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MORMONS. 14 MORNY. elders and aposlles in the Cliurch. Smith, who bore the title of Trophet, Seer, and Revelator, stood at the head of the >Ielchizedek priesthood, of which three presiding High Priests, chosen by the body, form a quorum of the Presidency of the Cliurch. The President of the Church and his two counselors form the First Presidency, and the three together represent the Trinity. The Twelve Apostles form a quorum equal in au- thority and power to the three Pic-idents pre- viously mentioned. The Twelve are a traveling presiding High Council, under the direction of the Presidency of the Church, to build up the Church and regulate its affairs in all nations. The Seventies are also called to preach the gos- pel and form a quorum equal in authority to that of the Twelve. The Seventy Elders have seven presidents to preside over them, chosen out of the number of the Seventy. There are now over 120 of these Seventies. In addition to these the officers of the JIelchize<lek priesthood are high priests and elders. The ollicers of the Aaronic or lesser priesthood are priests, teach- ers, and deacons. There are twenty-one Stakes of Zion in Utah. Over each stake there is a presidency consisting of a president and two counselors, who are high priests. This presi- dency Iwars the same relation to the stake that the Kirst Presidency bears to the whole Church. A high council in each stake, consisting of twelve members, who are also high priests, act for the stake as the traveling presiding High Council act for the Church in all the worhl. It is the province of the high priests to preside, while the special calling of the Seventy is to travel ami preach the gospel and build up the Church. BiBUOGBAPHT. The four chief collections of Mornioniana in America are: The Church Archives at Salt Lake City; Government publica- tions at Washington; the Berrian Collection, New York Pul)lic Library, rich in first editions and rare publications of the Karly Church; the collection of the State Historical Society of Wis- consin, at Madison, which includes the unique private collection of Mr. A. T. Schroedcr. late of Salt Lake Citv. Alormon Periodicals: Deserel .riis (Salt Lake City, IS.Vi-STi; Ehhrs- Journal (Kirlland, Ohio, and Far West. Mo., 1837-39) ; Krtiiiufi aiitl Moniinfi Star (Independ- ence, Mo., and Kirtland. Ohio, 1832-34) ; Journal of Dinroumrs (by Brighani Young and the Church leaders. Liverpool. 18.54-8fi) ; Lntlrr-Dai/ Saints' ilcHnrnqi r and Advocate (Kirtland. Ohio, 1834-37): I.a'ttrrDati Haintu' Millrnnial fitar (Liverpool, 1840) ; Times and ftrasons (Xnuvoo, III., 18,34-4.';; vol. iii. ed. by Smith; early files suppressed liv llri'.'ham Young). Pro-Mormon Works: Baiicriifl, Ilislori/ nf I'tah (San Fran- cisco. 18!I0| : I/andhook of Rrfrrenrr to Uistort/, etc. (Salt Lake City, 1882); .Joseph Smith, .Jr., Book of C'nnniandntcnis (Zion, .lackson County, Mo.. 1833; exo-edinglv rare: Salt Lake Tribune reprint. 1884): Itonh' of Mormon (1st ed.. Pal- myra. N. Y.. 1830; 2d ed., equally rare. Kirtlaml. Ohio. 1835) ; The I'earl of firm t Price (selections from the writings of Smith, Salt Lake City, 1891); Lucy Smitli, Hionraphieal Skelehrs of Jonepli Smith ami flis I'rofli nitom (by the mother nf the Prnphet : suppressed by Brigham Young: Liverpool. 1853, and Piano, 111.. 1880) ; Joseph Smith, 3d. and Henian C. Smith, fji.itorii of the Church of Jcxus Christ of T.ntter-Day Saints (from the standpoint of the Reorganized Church, Lamoui, Iowa, 1901); Thompson, Em- dcnces in Proof of the 'Book of Mormon' (sup- I)ressed by Brighani Young; Batavia, N, Y,, 1841) ; TuUidge, History of Salt Lake City (the work of a reformer, but censored by the Church; Salt Lake City, 1880) : Whitnier, An Address to All Believers (written by a primitive non-polyga- mous ilormoii, Richmond, ^Mo., 1887). Anti- Mormon Works: Ferris, Utah and the Mormons (Xew Y'ork. 18.54) ; Gunnison, The Mormons (description of early life in Utah by an army officer: Philadelphia, 185G) : Howe, Mormonism Unveiled (the earliest first-hand information against Smith, very rare; Paincsville, Ohio, 1834) ; Hyde, Mormonism: lis Leaders and De- signs (the confessions of an apostate; New "ork, 1857); Linn, The Story of the Mormons (the most comi)leto and exhaustive history of Mor- monism; Xew York, 1902) : Riley. The Founder of Mormonism (a psychological study of .Jose])h Smith, .Jr.: Xew York. 1902) ; Stenhimse, The Rocky Mountain Saints (a vivid portrayal by an able e.x-Mormon; London, 1870): Tucker, Origin, Rise, and Progress of Mormonism (the expose of a fellow-townsman of Smith : Xew Y'ork, 1867) : Utah Commission (Government Re- ports under the Edmunds Law, Washington). MOKMYR'ICa; (Xeo-Lat. nora. pi., from MoriHiiius. from Gk. /iopnipos, mormyros, sort of sea-tisli ) . A family of malacoiiterous fishes, allied to the pike family, but according to Cope forming a separate group, Scyphophori, having rather long, compressed bodies, and a slender tail, swelling out at the origin of the caudal fin. The skin of the head is naked, envelops the gill-covers and gill-rays, and leaves only a slit for gill-ojiening, and the color is dark. The mouth is small. All the dozen or more species inhabit the rivers of Xorthern Africa and are nocturnal in their ac- tivities. The beaked or sharp-nosed mormyrus {Mormyrus I'elrrsi) is regarded as one of the be.st fishes of the Xile, and is distinguished by the production of the lower jaw into an elon- gated (Icsliy ap]iendage. It is caught by lines baited with worms, and is represented on many Egyptian monuments. MORNAY. in.'.r'nA'. PniUPPEDE. A Huguenot statesman. Sii> Hi Pi.Kssi.s-MoRNAT, Philippe. MORNING-GLORY. Various species of Tpo- moa. especially I iiomoa purpurea, cultivated for their large funnel-shaped, diversely colored flow- ers, which open in the early morning, and close during the heat of the day. The garden varieties are propagated from seeds sown in sunny situa- tions in ordinary garden soil. Their large and abundant, roundish heart-shaped leaves make an excellent screen, the vines often attaining a height of ten feet or more by midsummer. See Plate of DiCOTYLEDOX.S. MORNY, niAr'n*', Charles Aiovste Loris .JosKPii iiK. Duke (1811-05). A noted French politician of the second P'lmpire. He was the illegitimate son of Queen Hortense and of the Comte lie FInhanlt. and conseciuently half-brother to Lonis Xapoleon (later Xapcdeon lit). He was born in Paris. October 23. ISll. The secret of his parc'ntage was well kept for a time and the Comte de Morny received 800.000 francs to adopt him : but he was educated by his 'grand- mother.' Madame de Souza-Flahault ; and Queen