The Greeley tribune., 1908-03-19


new religion" whicn he knew ABOUT, ,,
and for which mankind were an
rife and ready. P(eripatetic> f(eo'
dliny) Pratt pointed tue preacher 'o
PALMYRA. The mysterious stranger
I'm Joe Smiths cabin in the cary
simmer of 1897 was Sidney k'edon'
for sure. Pratt cot his reward Ne
WAS made one OF the first quorum OIL
the Twelve Apostles of Mormon'sm'
and WAS called ''the Isaiah Of his
people. >
A,otber "ldiosyncratic" Denial
The Mo.monS have strenuousIy oe'
MED that any connection between
Ripdon and Smith existed until atter
the appearance of the Mormon hioie
in 1890.
Lorenzo Saunders, near neiShoof
OF the Smiths, testities Sd"
Rigdon at Smiths several times ana
the first visit was more than two
wears before the book appeared.
Abel Chase, another neighbor' tes'
titles Il saw Rigdon at the smiths
at different times, with considerable
intervals between. -
Says J. ii. McCauley 1t Is
matter too we'll known to need argu'
ment, that Jospeh Smith, the foun'
der of Mormonism, and Sidney Rig
don were acquainted for consider
able time before Normonism was
first heard OF. -
Something OonG
Rigdon and Smith are together.
Sou ething is bound to occur The
preacher is incubating a new relig-
on the prophet is ready TO hatch
t out Spaulding wrote a story,
Rigdon has possession of it, and now
t is TO be used. The story gives an
.ccount of golden plates Rigdon
ellis his brother-in-law, Adamson
3ently. and others. of golden plates
oe Smith sees golden plates in
he hill where the story SAYS they |
re deposited. OF course How
asy
AT this point should be read in |
he narration of the find, the die
alton of the translation by Smith |
o Cowdery for writing, and the
publication Of the book, as given in
he preceding paper.
And let 1t be borne in mind that, |
ccording to the affidavit Of the rep
table Peter Ingersoll of Palmyra,
'mith said the whole thing was a
loax, that he found no Stftfr-" book,
nd that as he had got the fools fixed
le was bound to carry out the fun
The Manuscript Found Again.
This time the manuscript, i. e.,
What was written on paper, is found
n the Book Of Mormon. though
The paper, while 1t can be traced for
l time, conveniently disappeared.
Persons who read or heard read
Spauding's manuscript, have given
heir testimony.
John, the brother of Solomon
spaulding. saws: Il have recently
read the Book of Mormon, and, to
ny great surprise, found nearly all
he same historical matter, names,
etc, as they were in my brothers
Martha, wife of John Spaulding.
says: Il have read the Book of
Mormon which has brought fresh to
my recollection the writings of Solo
mon Spauding, and have no man
ner Of doubt that the historical part
Of 1t Is the same that | read and
heard read more than twenty years
ago.
Henry Lake, Solomon Spaulding's
business partner, says: One time
when he was reading the tragic ac-
count of Laban, pointed out to him
what | considered an inconsistency
which he promised to correct. but bv
referring to the Book of Mormon,
find, to my surprise, that it stands
there just as he read it to me then. ~
Such evidence is most convincing.
John N. Miller, an employee of
Spaulding & Lake, says Il have
recently examined the Book of Nor
mon, and l find in 1t the writings of
Solomon Spaulding from beginning
to end, bur mixed with Scripture
and other religious matters which /
did not meet with In the Manu-.
script Found. ~
Aaron Wright, an acquaintance of
Spaulding. says when at his
house one day, he showed and read
to me a history he was writing OF