. Mormonism unveiled; including the remarkable life and confessions of the late Mormon bishop . ypocrisy. He was resolute and firm of pur-pose, strong as most men in physical power, and all who sawwere forced to admire him, as he then looked and existed. In the sports of the day, such as wrestling, etc., he was overan average. Very few of the Saints had the strength needed tothrow the Prophet in a fair ttissel; in every gathering he was awelcome guest, and always added to the amusement of the peo-ple, instead of dampening their ardor. During the time thatwe were camping at Adam-on-Diamond, wai
. Mormonism unveiled; including the remarkable life and confessions of the late Mormon bishop . ypocrisy. He was resolute and firm of pur-pose, strong as most men in physical power, and all who sawwere forced to admire him, as he then looked and existed. In the sports of the day, such as wrestling, etc., he was overan average. Very few of the Saints had the strength needed tothrow the Prophet in a fair ttissel; in every gathering he was awelcome guest, and always added to the amusement of the peo-ple, instead of dampening their ardor. During the time thatwe were camping at Adam-on-Diamond, waiting to see whatwould be the result of the quarrel between our Church and theGentiles, one Sunday morning (it had rained heavily the nightbefore and the air was cold) the men were shivering over a fewfire-brands, feeling out of sorts and quite cast down. TheProphet came up while the brethren were moping around, andcaught first one and then another and shook them up, and said,*Get out of here, and wrestle, jump, run, do anything butmope around; warm yourselves up; this inactivity will not do. JOSEPH SMITH.(The Founder and first Prophet of the Mormon Church.) LIFE OF JOHN D. LEE. 77 for soldiers,** The words of the Prophet put life and energyinto the men. A ring was soon formed, according to the cus-tom of the people. The Prophet stepped into the ring, readyfor a tussel with any comer. Several went into the ring to trytheir strength, but each one was thrown by the Prophet, untilhe had thrown several of the stoutest of the men he stepped out of the ring and took a man by the armand led him in to take his place, and so it continued—the menwho were thrown retiring in favor of the successful one. Aman would keep the ring so long as he threw his style of wrestling varied with the desires of the Eastern men, or Yankees, used square hold, or collar andelbow; those from the Middle States side hold, and the South-ern and Western men used breeches h
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