Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-07

~ thts T-s,,,,,i. !. ahe main purpp@s
the baint.-was the administration II
saerel ordinances. but II wae aleo A..
Ntnei ana used for schools religion.
ipeetlnEs ard councils of the prirsi-
n!yoi: There was no baptlsnai fontIln
ls building. the ordinance Of baptism
lof the dead. Tor which such fonts ara
principally used. not being prncttsed
~ The Church at that time The srir-
Nual keys Pertaining % this vicafious
Work, which was TO turn the hearts
q the fathera TO the children and The
shilaren 90 the fathers" az foretoN
by Malachi, were committed by I.iiiah
the Prophet 60 Joseph smlth ard Oliver
Cowdcry IN the Kirkland Temple. Anil
z, 1876. Tho Savior and other heavenly
beihsH appeared - them on the same
occasion and Moses committed n them
ihn Keys - the gathering ~ 'sfhei
from the four parts 81 the earth. and
land Of the North."
Kirkland NJ this period acquired con.
fidefahle fame az center u leaning.
schools Of frisuee and languages
were cstarliahod ~ the Prophet vho.
with The Apostles and other leading
lldora now sought % avail himself u
every advantage q education II was
the scholastic rcpute 81 Kirkland At
this time that drew 10 " the man dca.
tined 10 become the nth President u
the church-f0ronxo Snow, native Of
Inniunt Portage county. whose
sister. Eliza H. fnow. the roctssl. had
preceded him into the fold LORENZO
was baptized IN June, 1896. by John y.
lioynion. one of the Twelve Apostles
AposTAsY.
About this tim. a wave u temporal
prosperity. OF what appeared 20 be- such
passed over the Church at Kirkland,
q
uaily and temporarily, prnved dlsaa.
truuH. The Eryed u Fain, the spirit %
speculation. % fatal 10 religious snthu.
aiasm IN all nrua, Hnpped the spiritual
life o. the Saints and drove the shin
Zion rapidly toward the rucka And
breakers % destruction. Apostles. Sew
entities aud Elders neglected their spirit
uai caiiingr TO compete In the mad race
for wealth. An unwine innAtian "
values was followed BY the Inevitable
collapse. nfsi bitterness. hatreda and
heartburningr wete the result. Tho
failure of the Kirkland Hank. q Nor
mon Institution. which with many
other banks and business houses
throughout the country went down dur
Ink that period ~ general financial dis.
nntcf. Intensified the ni.aiil felt In aud
out u the Church toward the Prophet
and those who stood loyalty by him.
Among the foremost o. his defenders
"a fallen Prophet" was brigham
Young. who. with the Prophet and
Elder iliEdon. was finally compelled 10
Zee for his life. Among those who
yielded % the spirit u apostasy then
prevalent. were one Of the First prcsi-
dency and several u tho Twelve Apos-
ties.
british MISSION OPENED.
An event that did as much as any
thing TO nucnsthen the hands o. the
crisis In It, history. was the opening
~ tho british Mission By ifebcr Z.
klfubaii. oraon Hyde. willard richards
and othern. IN the summer 81 is1i. AZ
the call of the Prophet. these devoted
men lett Kirkland on the 18th %
inne, ana In company with Joseph
Fielding. Isaac Russell. John UoodsUn
and John snidcr. sailed from New York
on the ist of July. They landed At
Liverpool. pcnniiean. July 10th. the day
that Queen Victoria was crowned.
Their marvellous succeas At Preston
and other towns aud villages 81 Lam
esahire, Cumberland. md other coun-
ties Of England. where IN eight months
they converted and baptized about two
thousand souls and laid the foundation
Of the great European Mission. tho
parent 81 all subsequent missions on
the Eastern Hemisphere. are familiar
themes In the chfonlcicr ~ Mormon
ism. fcarccly less notable were thu
iaborr 81 tho Pratt brothers, pariey
and oraon. durin@ this perioi IN the
Eastern States and Canada. Parley
T., Pratt's evangelical pamphlet. the
Voice 81 Warning which has con-
yerisd tens ~ Thousands 10 Mornon-
Ism, was issued At this time. Among
hir converts az Toronto. IN the spring
| or summer 81 iN,G. was John Taylor, a
native ~ Mlnthorpc. Weatmorrlani
county, snrlnnd. who became an Apoa-
ne and afterwards President VI tho
Church.
FAR WEST.
Early In IAN tho church. unable
longer 60 maintain itself against the
| tide " apoatnsy and persecution that
had 80 Ia - strongly az Kirkland and
the surrounding region removed it,
headquarters to Caldwell county Mis-
sour. a new section % country, whore
lands had been purchased by the
Saints. and where they now settled.
ten thousand strong. and founded tho
city Of Far West They also established
settlements IN Daviera and Carroll
| counties. their principal town IA na-
yiena being Adam Ondi. Amman. tho
Identical spot. the Prophet told them.
WHERE the great sire OF the human
race dwelt after he wa cast out 81
/
Jackson county. An.eriea. according
10 Joseph smith. II the Old World. not
/ the New.
Tho church was now set IN order and
/ purged 81 apostater. among those en-
communicated being one " the firat
ealdcncy-frcderick a. Williams
/ four % the IWeiye Apostles Elders
! Mcfellln. lioyntQn, and the johnson
| hruthers-and the Three Witnesaes 20
/ tho Hoax ~ Mormon. Some OF theHe
| Afterwards returned and died IN the
| faith. Neither OF the Three Witnesses,
/ IN OF out % the church, ever repudiAtri
| his testimony 60 the Book ~ Mormon,
/ The law Of Tithlng was Instituted us
a standing law Of tho church tire Unit.
/ "a order being Temporarily disconiin-
ued)' and the foundation Of two Tein-
| pies We're laid. one al Far West, the
| other at Adam ondi- Altman. Good
order. sobricty and industry prevailed
and peace and prosperity we're every
/ wheru manifest, Heaven SMILES
! upon tho Saints IN Caldwell" tho
I Prophet wrote. after surveying We
! happy picture, But all this must soon
/ change. The cid frca were put
/ amunlderinE, The volcano only slept
| July 4th, 1885. was celebrated AZ Far
/ West with great reibcinga, THOUSANDS
/ ~ tho Saints assembled TO par
I ticinatc in the prusedlngn In honor
| 81 the Nations birthday sidney RiE-
don the orator of tls day, Ia burst
/ of heated tloquoncr, tinged Win ~
sentiment Tor the wronga the Salhis
| had suffered called on uod and anger.
| 90 witness that they no LONGER ploposei
10 tnmrly submit TO mob Nlolehee'
! THE mob that comes on " 70 Jus