Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1899-03-02

some Of the most ignorant as well
as the most intelligent, some of the
purest as well as some of the basest
people that ever dwelt within the
light of tine sweet face of heaven"
j. +. EsTILL.
The impressions made upon any
one visiting Salt Lake City will
last them a life time. The air of
mystery and the evidence of secret
workings and secret influences
among these people arouses the
curiosity Of every visitor. The
great temple which so fixed and
held the admiration and interest of
J. Il. Estill was dedicated in 1893,
in April, in the presence of 10000
people from various portions of
the West, mostly Mormons. A great
many Gentiles, as the Mormons
called US, were present to witness
that memorable event. The Mormon
preachers had for years been
teaching the followers of Joseph
Smith that on the day the great
temple was dedicated the prophet
would appear IN person before his
followers. Like other "skeptics,"
as those peculiarly religious people
called us, we knew that it was a
physical impossibility for an ordi-
nary mortal like Joseph Smith to
appear on that or any other day
set by mortal agencies. Yet those
deluded Mormons believed it with
the most implicit faith. On that
day their credulity was put to the
severest test. A Mormon woman
on that day gave birth to n child
within the temple walls. Accord
Ingly, to carry out their sham,
their ministers persuaded them
that their lord and seer had ap-
peared in the form of that child.
He was named Moroni in honor of
the angel who led the prophet to
Cumorah hill IN Ontario county,
New York, where he received his
commands on tablets of stone.
Feasted and worshiped will Moroni
be while young and at mans estate
he will be "charge d affairs" in the
Mormon church. Oh. religion, what
sacrilege is committed in thy
name!
Wonderful indeed is the great
temple. Nearly 100000 were
spent in its construction, and it is
an enduring monument to the pa
thence and faith of the Mormon
people. The great tabernacle with
it's sweet toned mammoth organ is
a product Of Utah skill and Utah
material. The most astonishing
feature of the tabernacle is the
wonderful acoustic properties OF
the great egg shaped building. A
whisper can be heard from the
rostrum to the farthest row in the
galleries. The unique architecture
of the building is delightful. 1t is
the largest auditorium in the United
States, seating $4,000 people. and
has the largest self-supporting ROOF
in the nation.
Between the Bee Hive and Lion
houses, one square from Temple
block, is the tithing office. Here
these poor dupes Of bright minds
are called upon every year to pay
1870 of all their produce into the
Golfers of the Mormon church
Oats, hay, calves, chickens, pigs
. colts and other products Of The
farm are collected punctually by
the officers of the Mormon church
Near the Lion and Bee Hive
hoases is Eagle gate. Here one
looks down street % miles long.
IA straight as the barrel of gun
and one of the most beautiful
thoroughfares in the world.
Three miles east of the city and
reached every Is minutes by two
lines of street railway lies the
magnificent panorama Of the Great
Salt Lake Valley. Travellers OF
experience pronounce il the lowell
est landscape in America. One car
see 100 miles of mountain-ribbed
home dotted, fertile valley, sentried
with cities, threaded with railroads
and jeweled with that tridescen'
gem the Great Salt Lake. Some
times at evening one can see from
there the sun pass through the
gateway Of the clouds and sink in
to the broad Pacific; then have a
vision, delightful beyond descrip.
ton, a vision that has tempted tC
that city some of the worlds great
est artists to vainly attempt with
pigment and canvas it's reproduc.
ton. WEED.