The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-09-25
OTA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25. 1908
THE LATTER DAY SAINTS

and no man can be married in the
temple who uses profane language or
drinks or smokes. AS it is the hight
of every Mormon girls ambition to be
married in this stately and sacred edi-
flee, the personal habits Of her af1ianced
must be above reproach-for the time
being at least. Gentiles say, however,
that the Mormons don't live up to the
rules Of the church any better than
people in other religious denomina-
tions. AS for that, we don't know.
Anyhow, we ran across a lot Of Nor
mons that wouldn't smoke or drink
and out at the big pavilion, owned
and controlled by them, on the shore
Ut the lake, no intoxicating liquors are
allowed to be sold or drank.
The Mormons do not believe in IN
fant babtism. They believe that
their children are born into the world
sinless and are not tit to take the
vows until they have reached the age
Of understanding. They also believe
that child, or an older person, may
be babtized for the dead and thus
make atonement for those in the
future world who for any cause were
unable to take the babtisimal
vows.
The Mormon considers it an obliga-
tion to God to give one tenth Of his
income or earnings to the church
whether in cash, merchandise, farm
products or chattles-and a tithing
house was bnilt by Brigham Young to
receive these contributions and is in
use for that purpose at the present
,, time. AS a result, all the poor are
I cared for and pauper among the Latter
Day Saints is unknown. The tithe is
not, however, compulsory-as COM
monty supposed-it being a matter Of
conscience with the individual
though in Brigham's time it is likely
that he took care that no Mormon's
conscience troubled him. The city
of Salt Lake is divided into ecclesias-
tical wards with a bislipp in charge Of
each. They, in comnN6ri with all
other priests, elders, eyangelists and
head men of the church serve With
out pay.
The Mormon church now has a
membership of 100000, scattered
Il +bro,,ol, fo,,r l,,,n1ro1 orrro ,,Si1n f3npc
over Utah, Montana, Oregon, idaho,
Nevada, Wyoming, Colorado, Arizona,
New Mexico, Alberta, Canada and
| Old Mexico. But Utah still remains
the chief center. OF the states pop
Iulation they claim seyenty-tiye per
cent, or about 100000, ninety per cent
of whom own their own houses on
their own lands.
i Much OF the antagonism between
the Mormons and the other religious
sects in Salt Lake City and through
out Utah as well has practically dis
appeared. While the Mormons are
the dominating sect at Salt Lake City
they work in unity with the "gen.
:. tiles" in all matters effec ting the citY's
good. Inter-marriages are common
At present the mayor is a gentle, but
the board Of aldermen is made up OF
: both Mormons and gentiles, and there
1 is practically no difference in the ad
4 ministratinn Of municipal affairs thar
!. were the Mormons so many Presbyter
t ians OF. so many Methodists.
: AS is generally known, the prohhe
t and founder of the Mormon church
: was Joseph Smith, born in Vernon
in 1905 His father was a farme
}, and devout member of the Methodist
y church-as was both Brigham Youn
h and his first wife when they Wer
o converted to Mormonism. Whel
a Joseph was fourteen years Of age h
n became deeply interested in religion
g matters. He made it a subject {
a PRAYER and was, as he stated, and q
e all good Mormons believe, made th
e subject Of a revelation. 1t came t
sr him in the form Of visitation Of tW
II personages, one of whom, pointing
e the other, said, ssThis is my believe
IS son, hear him. :" Inquiring which I
" the various religious sects were righ
II he was told to follow none uf them ,
re they had all departed from the W.
W Of the Lord, but was promised, that
le the fullness of time the true gosp
ishould be made known to him. Afte
st ward, in his chamber, Joseph WI
10 visited by an angel who gave his nan
n as Moroni, and subsequent revelation
r SO called, show the angel Moroni to
ID the last of a long line Of prehistor
~ prophets. whose writings when tran
is lated, constitute the Book of Mormo
q Moroni had closed the ancient recorc
u and the plates on which they we
II. craven We're buried IN the side nf
ne hill near Joseph Smiths home. RI
o.. hill was near Palmyra, New Yor