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conducted in his household night and morning. In all relations,
whether private or public, he is a theocratic dictator.
He once said this publicly :
" B}^ the wave of my hand, I
can move this people as I will. ... I have a right to dictate
to the Church in all things, either temporal or spiritual, —
even to the ribbons the women wear."
Progression, they believe, extends to the next life. All
may be saved, either here or hereafter, except the " sons of
perdition," — apostate Mormons. These are not to be
eternally damned in hell-fire, but destroyed, disintegrated,
returning back to their priinal elements. This is what was
meant by the " second death." They preach the continuance
of " spiritual gifts," and aiBfirm that President Young
has been so overshadowed or entranced by their prophetfounder,
when speaking, that his "gestures seemed, and
voice sounded, precisely like Joseph Smith's." "When first
occurring, this created intense excitement. They are loth
to accept any spiritual manifestations now, however elevated,
unless coming through the adherents of the Church. In
this they resemble the Roman Catholics.
Though upwards of seventy, Brigham Yoimg, dreaming
of an empire, is endeavoring to establish the order of
Enoch,— a Utopian project of despotic communism. This
scheme, which puts individual rights, property, and the
liberty of conscience, into the hands of priest and president,
is meeting, and deservedl}'- so, with a most potent opposition.
Prophets are
their sting.
criticised nowadays, and anathemas have lost
HOW TO DEAL WITH POLYGAJSO".
That which is not just is not law. Governments, the
statuary enactments of fallible men, are necessarily imperfect.
And yet considering society, and the low moral condition
of large classes, restraints and laws, with their legitimate
penalties, are indispensable.
Mormonism is Asia-imported ; and its devotees are doubtless