. The Rocky Mountain saints : a full and complete history of the Mormons, from the first vision of Joseph Smith to the last courtship of Brigham Young; including the story of the hand-cart emigration - the Mormon war - the Mountain-Meadow massacre - the reign of terror in Utah - the doctrine of human sacrifice - the political, domestic, social, and theological influences of the saints - the facts of polygamy - the colonization of the Rocky Mountains, and the development of the great mineral wealth of the Territory of Utah. hants nniy be gleaned Ironithe fact that iMliHcoB are nowbeing erected
. The Rocky Mountain saints : a full and complete history of the Mormons, from the first vision of Joseph Smith to the last courtship of Brigham Young; including the story of the hand-cart emigration - the Mormon war - the Mountain-Meadow massacre - the reign of terror in Utah - the doctrine of human sacrifice - the political, domestic, social, and theological influences of the saints - the facts of polygamy - the colonization of the Rocky Mountains, and the development of the great mineral wealth of the Territory of Utah. hants nniy be gleaned Ironithe fact that iMliHcoB are nowbeing erected with brick IroniJ^hiladelpliia, and iron frontsironi KcNv Vork. The FirstNational Jiank has met withrare prosperity, and very prop-erly has taken the lejul in in-augurating tlie * iron age inbuikling. With such indications oftlio stability of connnerco,and the inevitable growthand development of the Tcr-ritorv, how strangely rca«l thel)ropheciert of the ! Twcnty-fivo years ago,w^Iien the exiles were poor and needy, and but a little higher in the scale of social life thantlie Indians, it was natnnil enough for Brighan* ti> j>roplie8y ofthe dist^oluti<»n of all society. The eiid seemed near enough tohim then, but ho has since become wealthy, and his name ii?fouiul to railroad bonds, whoso redemption is <hited later thanthe time when ho professes to believe the second coming ofChrist will bo I * For Heveritl ycurs Iha Tubernaclo acmions abounded with predictions aboutfamine and The First NaUoomi lUok of UtAta. 4. w 708 THE IIOOKY MOUNTAIN SAINTa Wiiatovor lollies have been eoinraitted by uiitliubiubtB iufixing tlie date tor tlie reappeuranoe of the Sou of Man, l^ri^-haiii ia fully resolved that the wliiapcring of the Spirit toJoseph Stnitii ^ ahull in no way interfere with hia own mun-dane atfairs. Instead of preparing for this great event, whiehwas, in the beginning of Moriuonibiu, a matter of faith with allthe Saints, lirighatn is bent o
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