Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-06

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the saints--was the administration OF
sacred ordinances. but II was also de-
signed and used for schools. RELIGIOUS
meetings and councils Of the PRIEST
hood. There was no baptismal FONT IN
this building. the ordinance OF baptism
for the. dead. for which such fonts are
principally used. not being pracuscd
by the Church at that time. T'he spir-
itual keys pertaining to THIS Nichlour
work. which was 10 turn ,he n,n ~
Of the fathers 10 the children ana INC
children to the fathers" as fotetoid
nv Malachi were committed by blllah
the Prophet TO Joseph Smith anu oiiNcr
Cowdery In the Kirkland Temple. Np,l
2, 1886 The Savior and other heaNeny
beings appeared 10 them on the ssme
occasion and Moses committed 70 them
"the keys Of the gathering OF irrae,
from the four parts NJ the earth. ana
the leading Of the Ten Tribes from the
land Of the North.
s,derahie fame "a n center Of learning.
gcbools OF science and languages
wcr,. established by the Prophet. Who.
with the Apostles and other l,alhs
Elders now sought TO avail hlmset OF
every advantage u education. " was
INC scholastic repute of Kirkland at
this time that drew TO II the man ucs-
tined 10 become the nth President OF
the Church. Lorenzo SNOW. a native OF
Mnntun. Portage county, whos.
sister. Eliza II. Snow. the poetcsH. MAJ
preceded him into the fold. Lorenzo
was baptized In June. 1896 by John +.
Iloynton, one Of the Twelve Apostles.
APosTAsY.
About this time wave Of temporal
prosperity, OF what appeared 70 % sn,n'
phseed over the church nj Kirkland.
and It's ultimate effects. spirit
usily and temporarily. proved iisas.
trUua The greed ~ Raln, the spirit OF
speculation. 20 fatal 10 religious enthu.
riasm In all ages. tapped the spiritual
life OF the Saints and drove the SNIP
Zion rapidly toward the rocks and
brcss.r- u destruction. Apostles. Sew
entities and Elders neglected their spirit
uai cailings to compete In the mad race
for wealth. An unwiac innation OF
values was followed by the inevitable
collapse, and bitterness. hnircds aud
hsartburningr were the result. The
failure 81 the Kirkland Bank. Nor
mon institution. which with many
other banks and business houses
throughout the country went down dur
inE that period Of general financial dts.
aster. Intensified the ill-wlil felt In and
out of the Church toward the Prophet
and those who stood Loyalty by him.
Among the foremost 81 his defenders
against those who denounced him aH
"a fallen Prophet" was brigham
Young. who. with the Prophet and
ELDER Rirdon. was finally compelled TO
nee for his life. Among those WIN
yielded 10 the spirit " apoataHy then
prevalent, were on. of the First Presi-
dcncy and several of the Twelve Apos-
ties.
BRITISH MISSION OPENED.
An event that did as much as any
thing TO strengthcn the hands of the
Prophet and save IN" church NJ this
crisis In Its history. was the opening
Of the British Mission By Hcber q.
Kimbaif. Orson Hyde. Willard Richards
and Others, IN the summer of 1887. At
the call OF the Prophet. these devoted
men left Kirkland on the 18th Of
June, and In company with Joseph
Fielding. ffanc Russell. John uo"d-nn
and John snidcr. sailed from New York
on the LIST ~ July. They landed at
Liverpool. pcnnliess. July soth. the day
that Queen Victoria was crowned.
Their marvellous success at Preston
and other towns and villages OF Lam
cnshire. Cumberland. and other coun.
ties Of England. where In eight months
they converted and baptized about two
thousand souls and laid the foundation
OF the Ercat European Mission. the
parent of all subsequent missionH on
the Eastern Hemisphere. are familiar
themes IN the chronicles ~ Mormon
ism. Scarcely less notable VERY the
isborr Of the prnft brothers. paricy
and orron. dnrins this period In the
Eastern States and Canada. Farley
Il T., prattr ~vnnRelicai pamphlet. the
Voice of Warning" which has con-
verted tens OF thousands 10 Mormon
lam. was Issued at this time; Among
his converts NJ Toronto. In tho spring
or summer Of 1889. was John Taylor. a
native Of Miinthorpo, wertmoreiand
county. England. who became an Apoa-
NC and Afterwards President % the
Church.
FAR WEST.
Early In is3s, the Church. unable
longer To maintcin Itself against the
tide OF apostasy and persecution that
had set In 10 strongly at Kirkland and
the surrounding region. removed its
hcadauaftsrn 20 Caldwell county. Mis-
souri,. a new section Of country, where
lands had been purchased by the
Saints. and whore they now settled.
ten thousand strong. and founded the
city Of Far West. They also established
settlements In Davies and Carroll
counties. their principal town IN Da-
ticns being Adam-ondl Amman. the
Identical spot. the. Prophet told them.
where the great sire OF the human
race dwelt after he was east out of
Eden. The Garden OF Eden was In
jackson county. America. according
70 Jeseph smith. Is the Old World. not
The Church was now set In order and
purged OF ipontateH. among those OK
communicated being one Of the First
esidency.-Frcderlck q. williams
four Of the iwclvc Apoatles-Eldrrn
MoLsliin, Iioynton. aud the johnson
brothern-and the Thrc. Witnesses to
the Book Of Mormon. Some Of these
afterwards returned and died In the
faith. Neither OF the Three Witnesses,
In on out of the Church. ever rcpudiated
hts testimony To the Hook of Mormon.
The law OF Tithing was Instituted aa
a standing law of the church Uhe Unit
cd order being temporarily diacontln-
uedb and the foundation ~ two Tenn
Piles were laid. one nj Far West. the
other nj Adam ondi- Amman. Good
order. sobriety and Industry prevailed
ana peace aud prosperity were every
where manifest, heaven smiles
Ipon the Saints In Caldwell" tho
Prophet wrote. after surveying thr
Happy picture. hut all this must soon
change. The old fires We're but
smouldering. The volcano only slept
July tth, 1855, was celebrated az Ear
West with great relolclngH, Thousand,
~ the Saints assembled 10 par
ticipate In the proceedings In honor
OF the Nations birthday. sidney rig
don, the orator of the day Ia "a burst
OF heated eloluencc. unged with re-
sentiment for the wrongs the Saint
had suffered, called on God und angeli
To witness that they no longer proposed
10 tnmcly submit to mob violence
''The mob than comes on " TO dis
turb ua Hnil he utnara ahuf