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MormOnism by Joseph Smith
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~ .150. the night. of
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Wont-ed thrice before
. U. :h. then a resident or
I. (Hilario County. N. Y..
.,;n that the Bible of the
~ : m. the supplement
hlnlelll. was buried on
; \ :mornh. now common.
.7.- .\lurmon Hill. The VA-
. ‘ny four years the un-
he: gold plates which;
.1... statement oflJoseph
tll’lslnal of the Book.
,trmhcr 22. 1827. on
liwl by the angel Mn.
.ls: up "a stone box. in
.. p. .me. six inches thick
;..:1 plates 8 inches by
:nstcned together by
..:-gs." The plates were
. l small characters,
vn :llll to be in the “re-
mm tongue."
2 .tivn hook Smith said
. ..-u.lstpizite of gold and
,;~.ruuturai spectacles.
iu‘n crystals. or ‘lia-
s Sll\t‘l‘ bow. and call-
- . ’i‘hummim." by aid of
'zxrill‘. characters could
1 “as the beginning of
wt founded by Joseph
r t.‘.UlL‘h of Jenna Christi
.-. .‘imls' more common-
‘..r Mormons. according
.5. t‘ily Star.
“ \. York. in the closing
ugl tmnth century. um!
. cf the nineteenth‘.
mound for new religious
. u .s unrest and receptive-
luilt‘lll. and that. region
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man or persuasive elo ue
domitable will, and qhisnczxtggtlse
ability and shrewd zeal gained him
early preterment in the inner couno
clls cit/the ‘church. ,He was soon
made an elder. and in 1836 when a
turther move was made towards the
establishment of a hierarchy he be-
came one of the "twelve apostles"
who were sent as missionaries among
the "gentilee." At this time he was
given the tiQie "The Lion of the
Lord.'.' Lyman Wright and Parlev
Pratt. who also became apostles.
were called respectively. “Tim “Vild
Ram of the Mountains" and "The
Archer of Paradise."
Death of Smith.
Meanwhile. in the winter of 1330-
1831. Pratt Cowdery and two others
had come as far west as Jackson
Rigdon and Smith joined them at a
point near what is now Independ-
ence. There they laid corner stones
of Zion" ‘and of a Morman temple
and returned to Ohio. Following
their visit to Missouri immigration
to the state increased rapidly. Back
in Ohio the fortunes of Smith and
his followers did not prosper. An
unsuccessful effort was made to de-
poee Smith axhead of the church.
and in 1837 Smith and Rigdon. we're
charged with violating the state
banking laws for operating a bank
without a charter. They were cou-
victed and the case was appealed.
and Smithand Rigdon in J' ' -
1838. lets roi- Missouri, walla-31:”;
Far West (later known as Kerr) in
Caldwell County. There many of
the Mormons driven out of indepen-
dence and from along the Big Blue
had settled. as well as many others
formerly living in Clay County. Rut
Smith's troubles continued to in-
crease in Missouri. To such pru~
portions did the conflicts between
the Mormons and the "gentiles"
grow that they assumed the aspect of
a. civil war, necessitating the calling
out of the milita.
blood was spilled. Smith and Rigdon
were arrested. and some fifteen
thousand Mormons left Missouri
(or lllinoie. There they settled in
Hancock County and built the town
of Nauvoo. The state granted them
a. liberal charter and permitted the
organization of the Nauvoo Legion.
a military body practically independ-
ent of the state. commanded by
Joseph Smith who had escd‘ped ‘rom
custody in Missouri.
' ‘In Illinois. as in Missouri. the "an
tiles” tvero inhospitable. and the
friction between them and the Mor-
mons grew until it culminated in the.
murder of Smith and his‘ brother
Hyrum. The imme late cause of
the murder of the its
the destruction of the press of the
Nauvoo Expositor. a paper estab-
lished and issued but once by sece-
ders from Mormonism. The des-
truction ofthe Expositor press and
the expulsion of its editor from Nan-
\00 was a signal for drawing togeth-
er of all the anti-Mormon sentiment
Considerable,
brothers wus’
preparing to resist a wax-rant for his
arrest obtained by the Expositor's
editor the state militia was called
out and armed mobs began to three-
ten the Mormon town of Nantes.
Smith submitted and was taken with
his brother and some others in Car-
thage. Ill.. and placed in jail- Th8
governor of Illinois thereupon de-
handed part of the militia and
marched with the remainder to Nau.
Voo where the Mormons laid down
their arms. But the disbanded mil-
itia. in Carthage in the absence of
the governor. gathered and stormed
the jail and killed Joseph and Hy-
rum Smith. and injured two at three
of the others imprisoned there.
' _ Exodus to Ctnh.
Sidney lilgdon .th‘e survivor of
the first presidency. and Brigham
Young. who were absent from Il-
linois at the time of Smith‘s death.
were rivals for Smith‘s place. Young
succeeded in having the Council of
Twelve. of which he was the head.
made the supreme authority. and
then had Rigdon tried for threaten-
ing treason and "cut off from the
church."
\00 city charter was repeated and in
October of that year a commission
of tour. including Stephen A. Doug-
las. appointed by the Mormon au-
thorities for the Mormons to leave
the state the following spring. In
the exodus that ensued Brigham
Young led the people Westward.
Rassing over the frozen )liSSiSslptli
in February. 1846.‘the main body
In January. 1845. the San;
the ’middle of June. Five 2051-,
panics of Mormons joined the force
under Col. Stephen \V. .Kearney
which marched to California in the
winter of 1846-67. And an explor.
ing party under Brigham Young.
July 24. 1847. entered the Great
Salt Lake Valley and chose it is a
place for their newwity. Young then
returned to winter quarters. new.
what is now Florence. Nob, and
there. December 5. 1347. was chosen
president as Smith's successor.
L‘nder his leadership and in ac‘
cordance with a Echeme ”rey‘eaicd"
to him and announced in January.
1347. the.march was organized in a
masterly way.
instance. in its trip across the prai-
ries 'made flour in a mill built by
mcnths before an advance guard.
The first migration arrived in Salt
Lake City in September. ahd the
Population of the new steelmcnt by
the end or 1848 was about five thou-
sand. From the temporary shelters
on the frontier the ~Nauvoo exilcs
accomplished the LOGO—mile journey
without a. fatality. and t’ollowing lhl?
first general migration there came
yearly to the new home in L'lah.
generally in church Wagons sent to
the frontier to meet them. Mormon
emigrants from the states. from
Europe and from other lands to
which missionaries continued pros-
perity. and Young. who died in Salt
Lake City in August. 1877. left an
estate ~oi' more than 2 million dol~
lars and was survived by about
made its way acress the prairies of txventyfive wives and more than for-
The main only for
tee .
H».
be was "for driving). Cromwell. for
intrigue a l'dachiaveli. for executive
lords a Moses. and for utter absence-e
of conscience a Bonnaparte."
Other Branches.
The practice of polygamy was a
part at Utah Mormonism dating;
from 1862 until the sanction of the
church was Withdrawn .by the “ntan-
testo" or” \‘t'iliord \Vocdruf. tilt-u
president of the Ltah church. which
was issued in 1890. Polygamy was
never entorced by the laws of the
Mormon hierafihy‘, but it. was
preached by the elders and practiced
by the chiefs of the cult and by
many other adherents’of the Utah
church. The institution of the prac-
tice of polygamy by the Mormons
has been dated back to a revelation
alleged to have been had by Joseph
Smith in 1343. This has been denied
and largely discredited. and thB {act
has been pointed out that not until
nine years after the death of the
founder, or in 1852. was polygamy
officially recognized as a part of the
Mormon religion. In an interview
a. number of years ago Joseph Smith
111. son of the founder. stated that
his father had had but one Wife and
that; he had\not been a believer in
polygamous practice.
On the official recognition of poly-
gamy by the Utah church in 1852 a
large number of Mormons under the
leadership of Joseph Smith 111. 'who
although a boy at the time of his
father’s death. had been called the
"true successor." and was a contend-
er for the place filled by Brigham
They declared that polygamy " he'd
been foisted upon the church to
Brigham Young and that he was an
interioper. Since that_time this
body has led a separate existence as
Josephitea. “or the Reorganized
church of Jesus Christ of Latter
tin}; or this church walk
lllinois in'1835.
Jos. Jance to Build
in Connecticut Av
Day Saints. In 1M8 a census shmv- Building InSpector Hubbel!‘
ed them were about iurty-citltt granted a permit to Joseph J.-
thousand of this branch of the erect, a house and store in Co
church. and about three hundred clut 8‘ cutie at a cost of $6.000
and titty thousand of the followers
of Brigham Young and his succes-
sors.
.kstill smaller band of Mormon
schismatics owns the "temple lot"
at Independence. Mo. and' calls it»
self “The Church of Jesus Christ."~
And its members are known some-
times as Hedrickites. The organiza-
A Ricimess of Flavor
recommends
Several universities in El:
maintain chairs of criminalisti
{study and teach scientificdet -
of crime.
An ornamental tasseied cord re
gambling the old fashioned bet! ‘
operates a new electric light sin;
for residences. ,
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>. Emitter] 1789. when
" .v.‘.l‘.tw‘r‘li founded "Jerusa-
.~,7 ,. 1 'v's County. New York.
.. ‘-u the Fox sisters gau-
, a ,-;..'li\lallslic manifesta-
, 'cn units from Joseph‘s
llit; (rillll Plates.
. is born December '1
. '.~ 1:011, \'t. and about 181
»;~ ~ 3:: ins parents. moved to
nrar Palmyra. N. Y.
.. m 1x19 to Manchester.
13.4.9 1mm Palmyra. Hi.
grandparents .ac-
a
a.
0o
i‘". '..'Ill
.,- » —9 ltle
_~ » Encyclopedia ll'itan- '
.. , superstitious. neurotic.
and belieters in
and in heavenl,
. direct revelation."
-~ 'I' p is a digger for hit!-
; , . :nl used a divining rm
.. , placcs for digging:
v. «‘r rnal grandfather was
'l mug Mai: and Smith
~ ".1 good-natured. lazy
‘: from a. bad harem};
.. p3)clllcn.lly. whole-
. among which seem in
l"’l epileptoid u‘ir-
~. lw it he recovered up-
he came of age." At
. . muth he became a
, .tX ‘. nrul with the lid of
."1 2r" discovered the
' : cf pretended hidden
rt . L~ 71F.
.rws
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. : the alleged discovery
' . r t 3 .‘cs. Joseph Smith who
- . rrdd or write fluently
.iumnuenscs. first Mar-
‘l-mzi his own wile. Emma
, :mr Cowdery. black-
a‘lzmll teacher and finally
‘ .‘m' r_ To them from he-
'..-.2 a ."lill ho dictated a trans-
‘ ~rmtlng or which Slai-
.. An edition of me
.u‘,‘ m’ the Book of Mor-
ml early in 1830 7n
w: of the Wayne Sen-
3. It was accompan-
sllmnny of the Three
. . a sworn statement of
3“ n \‘w1l‘tl‘mr and Harris that
: .. ; r I‘mvl had shown them the
’ ' ~. the book was a trans
1‘.ch also made a sim-
ztwmrnt. The ”in".
llrt‘lnrcd this testimony
the translation
‘;~:. according to Smilh.
. -'~ .lr‘appr‘arcd being taken
-. ' ' 1. uncwl Moronl. . '
.1. “or the appearance of the
' ‘ll‘xmrtn there raged I. :on-
’3 ' u- to US authorship. it
u! '-"i that Smith had re-
‘ ‘ "rh but a few changes
uhllshed Tomance en-
rmuscript Foynd." writ
. . I: by Solomon Spauld-
‘ tittls‘rr and iron founder.
"15 in‘f‘rtlslod in the Indian
" “mm and wrote a ro-
‘o l'xpflm their origin and
rrtgm or the North Am—
ms. For the Book of
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:lf'nr
.' , rt‘rvfrzsors to give the his;
r7 Anznzlmn from its first set~
' .1 cmon‘y at “Jaredites”
Biro: the crowd
”a; ’i’l‘n'sl'ln of tongues at the
> swim] down to the year 5
"e contention that Spluld-
E" m‘e thinly disguiied was
film-i r.’ the Book of Mormon.
E11..- smce been discredited.
:1 r'mn'n and his few‘adher-
Wired to attract followers
\mlmo. numerous enough
‘lrll 6. 1830, a. church .'M
at Fayette, N. Y.. Jonph
w accepted as first elder and
‘ mm».- as prophet. seer and
7 in October Smith sent
7 ‘l‘ratt. Oliver Cordery._
1'“, [""‘*""n and Peter Whitman
V...” 7:. :nonarics. One of their
“5‘7“:7‘4’: in Ohio was Sidney
a” formerly a Baptist preacher.
:1;‘ “1th Alexander Campbell
‘ 3"” Scott. had mahushed
.a--..f”.' 1‘7“": of Christ. Smith. be-
“; r. llcrsecutlons” in andabout
16-” tor-n. left with Rigdon to?
‘1; r :‘frro at Kirkland the sect
‘Lm‘dl shwl. and where. Smith
W .v made an exert to found
. g ‘ Jerusalem. But here the
, ' f (".13 "persecuted” again. and
. » 1832. Smith and Rita“
,- ‘ "2 and feathered at I. town
'3 leam. By 153; the chute):
.amy organized. and March 8
he
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‘”-_”k G. Williams were, _ styled
.dw'ffpresidency” and were en-
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.p.‘::er;~f"l‘d Erin-ham Youngftu
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