Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-11

Elders wife he puts this IN the mouth
OF prominent Mormon"
ooh yesl heard something about IT.
quite a tidy wench, they say. Some OF
them told Brother Brigham and he sald,
ITS not right for Brother Brand to
keep her In secluslon We must bring
her into the Territory and have MIN
show her on.
Speaking Of other ladies IN a company
crossing the plains, one Of the Nor
mons Is made to say:
"rhey are fine strapping wenches.'
said Carson, as they proceeded towards
the camp, They'll be snapped up
mighty quick when they reach the val
lev shouldn't wonder Il Brother Brig
ham looked them over Bit
The subjoincd language IS attributed
to President Young
eve shall have no trouble with
| Brand, but this girl that he married In
| England needs TO learn her place. IL
| may be necessary to let her know that
| we do not recognize her marriage until
| she has been sealed by competent au-
l
| Of absolute divorce A hint that she
may he cut Off from husband aud child
| as well as from the Church may teach
her reason
Here is a specimen Of the authors
idea Of n Mormon Bishops instruc-
ton to wife while her husband is
away: She asked.
did Mr.. Brand request you to tender
| your services?
mo, not exactly, but when a brother
| is absent upon business or on mission,
1t deyolves upon his Bishop as the
| shepherd Of the flock, 10 look after his
wives and superlnsend his household
The accompanying conversation and
differences are too vile for repretitlon
here. The Bishop Is said to have asked
"Wn you, / say, encourage Brother
| Brand 10 take additional wives. accord
| ing TO the Abrahamic covenant"
II suppose you know, my dear sister,
| that those who dlsobey will be cut on?
| cannot leave you to work your own
ruin
| lVh VIII Fubnllif MS A'Ni FANA'lf 4
| am persuaded, II you should not,
| however. YOU will be brought before
| the President, divorced from your hus-
band. separated from Your child, and
cast out into the wilderness
The following paragraph is part Of
an alleged conversation between Brand
and Brigham Young, but which con.
lalns prurlent inslnuations that we viii
not reproduce:
but what's TO hinder my marrying
her?' asked Brand aghast
| 'Well. you will nave 10 get the con-
sent OF your WIFE or get divorce
declared Brigham bluntly II thought
your wife would hearken to reason,and
prove submissive; but she has a devil,
II II OF your own fostering, too and
unless you con crst It out, YOU must
cut her off from YOUR own llfe,0r choose
your portion IN Hell with her" With
wave Of his hand, Brigham dis
missed him"
These quotations from the book are
sufficient to show to people acquainted
with the situation here in early times.
with President Brigham Young, and
with the doctrines and regulations Of
the Church, that the whole representa-
ton Is absurdly incorrect, and betrays
the ignorance Of the writer, or his
strenuous desire to paint In hldeous
colora, scenes and circumstances that
never occurred, and to coin expressions
that never were uttered for the purpose
Of prejudlcing his readers against
"Mormonism.
The very title Of the work Is mis-
leading "By order of the Prophet
means that Elder Brand, and others,
were compelled against their own will
and that of their wives TO practice
poiygamy, to brutalze themselves and
their families, TO practice the deepest
deception, TO be false TO their own bet
ter nature. to sacrifice their personal
liberty ana bend in AFFECT submission
10 the orders Of the Prophet" all OF
| which Is totally untrue Little scraps
of real history are intermlngled with
pages Of sheer fiction, In order to de-
ceive the unsophlsticated reader. The
same tactics are employed in reference
to Mormon doctrine Isolated ex-
tracts, which Of themselves are per-
haps correctly given are interviewer
with the notions and peryersions Of the
writer and persons from whom he de-
rived his so-called Information, and
thus the whole subject is presented
in a distorted shape
Mr.. Henry is no doubt, under the
impression that he knows a great
deal about "Mormonism," because
he has read some Mormon" works
as well as anti Mormon publications
and thinks he understands the Who'll,
subject. But we fear that he has don.
so IN the spirit In which he depicts IN.
manner Of investigation pursued by hi
heroine, who Is made to say.
"Whie he is gone will study mo-
| llldl 1 may w WIN liiNNh Jul AiAt iial
convince him.
II Is because Of that method Of in
vesugation that he makes these re
marks,
For there was no splritualizing o.
; refining power in their system OF be
| lief; and SO this religious community
had 10 be driven to submission b.
taunts, sneers, yituperation. and by tn
display OF a cruel, dominant will,'
The truth is. there Is no religious sys
TEN under the sun in which there !
; greater individual liberty, that is NOR
enrituahzng IN It's tendencies. tina
lifts man up nearer to God and Christ
that requires the domination OF IN
spirit over the flesh, that imbues Il
deyotees with a sacred influence lead
iny TO things above. that opens TO tn
soul OF man the spiritual world an
: gives him definite knowledge concern
3 ing Go dand his relationship TO hi
Eternal Father, than "Momonism" !
| and does Mr. Horny shows that N