The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1899-09-30

iae word Mormon IL 4 Greek
word ana means a speclte, "a
hidoou4 sho monster tLiadell
4 Scott Certainly the name is
vary appropriate 70 Mormonism.
One of the angels who IS repre-.
sented as appearing 70 Smith was
named Mormun, and the book
was to have begun With his rev.
elation But Mrs. Harris, wife
Of the scribe, seeing her band
devoting 50 much Of his time and
money 10 Mr.. Smith, determined
TO have some compensation, and
50 she stole, says Mr.. Smith, the
part of the manuscript containing
the revelation Of Mormon and
burned it up And so he had to
leave itout, as it would have been
too much trouble To translate il
again Tho book therefore be-
gins with the revelation Of anoth
&c angel, Nephi, and doNs not
contain the revelation Of Mormon
at all.
All, these womenl What troub-
le they do cause in the world !
Witness Eve and Pandora and
lielen--and Mrs. Harris. Just
think what a loss she caused to
the world, one which can never
be replaced
AS to Che plates themselves.
eleven witnesses testified to hav-
ing seen them Oliver Cowdery
| Martin Harris. David Whitmer,
whose testimony is preixed to the
1 Book OF Mormon, the father and
two brothers Of Joseph Smith
four Of the Whitmer family and
one page They affirmed that
they had seen the original plates,
'hetted them, and that they
| had "the appearance Of gold and
oj a4 4..ni work and curious
Workmanship. Mr. Stenhouse,
author Of the 1.-THE Rocky Noun
tain Saints, and who was him
! self a Mormon for over quarter
OF century, says that he zen
tered into correspondence with
one Of the Whitmers to elicit from
| him information concerning his
mrntai condition during the time
that he aflirms no saw the plates
4 Waitmer was asked if he was il
his usual condition Of conscious
ness, and was sensible to the sur
rounding objects when he behold
,aa plates. but he refused +,
answer the inquiry. Harris il
reported to have said that hr
Witnessed them by the eye o
faith. " What became Of th'
! plates no one knows.
During the translation Of tht
: plates, while Smith was debating
to Cowdery, they came to por
tion Of the narrative which as
serted that baptism by immersion
: for the remission Of sins had beef
, taught and commanded TO TIL
ancient inhabitants Of America
Smith proposed that they shoul'
Enquire Of the Lord their duty il
regard 20 the matter. - 18th
: Lord" instructed them through
messenger. who claimed to b
/ John the Baptist and they wen
into the water together and Smitl
!, immersed CowdeFy and Cowder,
immersed Smith. Smith laid hi
hands on Cowdery's s head an,
ordained him to the AaFoni
priesthood and Cowdery laid hi
= hand on Smith S head and or
:, dained him to the same priest
!, hood. This was the beginning
1t was some time in 1929. o.
April 9. 1890, the "Church O
. Christ" was organized in tn
! house Of Peter Whitmer in Fay
4 cite, Seneca county, N. Y, wit
! six members, as follows: Josepl
= Smith, Jr., Oliver Cowdery, Hy
! rum Smith, Peter Whitmer, Jr.
: Samuel II. Smith and Davi
4 Whitmer. The Smiths were broth
. ers and so were the Whitmers.
= Now, put together the abov
, facts-the religious excitement
the romance Of Solomon Spauld
! ing, its emendation by Sidne
: Rigdon, a former Campbellit
preacher, its similarity to tn
gold plates discovered ~ b
4 Joseph Smith and translated be
= hind curtain, the organizatio
4 OF a'church based on this Bib
70 (?)-and you have the beginnin
4 of Mormonism in a nutshell.
= is certainly most curious recor