The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-03-09 00:00:00

MORMONISM-LECTURE AT TM!, MUSIC

HALL LAST NIGHT.

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Last night, at seven o'clock, a lecture, including Po
ful disclosures on " The Spiritual Wif,: D Jetrine,
held by the Mennonites, was delivered in".-
Music-hall, Bold-street, by the Rev. J. B. ~ ,6
A.M. Amongst other gentlemen, there were
sentr the 11,w. Messrs. Butler, Mivnard, "r;:,
Bardswell, Wallace, Mathias, and Messrs. Pilchsrdtto
Jones, Green, &c., &0., and interspersed among° votl
company, here and there. might be plrticularly reino;
several " Mennonites," if their peculiar garb and distir/0
rive beard are correctly recognized as characteristiC

the sect.
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The Rev. Dr. M'NErt.e, on entering the room (, sw
was so thronged that many persons were unable t ° dxi
admission,) as well as on taking the chair. was 1011,
cheered by nearly the whole of the company. Alter I.
propriate prayer by the Rev. Mr. BUTLER,
The Rev. CHAIRMAN reminded the meeting' that i°
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object was not discussion, but the delivery of a leCtilre—t it
legal exercise of our British liberty : and any sae.°
, disturbance would be speedily put down by the arraof
~,
1 ments that had been made for that purpose. 13e alu'
I
tioned this circumstance, not in the apprehension of o
sof
such disturbance, but to allay any fear or unoe`'esodi•
timidity that might be felt by some portion of the Bbol
tory. (Hear, hear.) Ho then referred to a tract.
tot
lately put in his hands, which professed to be a I'o°3lo
a trial, in the Salt. Lake, of a man, for !punier. a A,
show that, whilst in England and the United States;"
seduction of a wo man was only punishable by civil 0000
pecuniary fine, amongst the Mormonites -he offenceot
punishable by death. This pamphlet was evidentlY Ad
forth with a view to show that the chastity of worne°oo.
more safe with the Mormonites than with us. N('`°,' 01
posing this not to be a sham or misrepresentation. Vistiol
no one who reads it can believe for a moment') off
was the result. ? Why, no man's life would be lted
for a moment. In the pamphlet it was adalbol it
that the murder had been committed. but the ha9i to
was held to be justified in comoti, ting it, because ° go
prisoner being alleged to have seduced his wife'bolt
that it only required but the malice of a jealous huslifejtt
without any substantial evidence, to cost a wan 1'15004
that " happy valley ;" and he warned his hearers 0s jo 0
against the pamphlet as lie did against the evil ^PinthellY
those unhappy and deluded people who had linked the 0
selves to so false a system as that professed by ,
termed Mormonites. (Hear, hear.) ens`
The Rev. LECTURER then came forward amid g-t°0110:
applause. After a few prefatory remarks and a sligiiclba
sion to his previouslecture on this subj,ct, he annouelleOft
intention to treat the subject under two Ip•ads,ltisio deo
and doctrinally. If, on examination of the evn(110,
alleged and the testimonies brought forth in favoui.tssr
facts asserted to he true, it should in ove t hem to btliev'frllea
was a great probability that this system might Ittaa.nto'
from God ; —then they might take the second ecoltba
and enter upon an examination of the system itself, eft'
doctrine founded tin these alletzed facts. But ii• andrber
mination oftheseallegedfacrsthemselves, he convince se 0'
minds, after a candid and patient inquiry, that ibtotioil
leged facts were not facts at all, but a very fabrottO°4
from beginning to end, and that there was no fouaett
whatever for the statements male, then they were eiheer
from entering into any examination of the doctril'ea, pritl'
selves. (Hear, hear, and applause.) The firs'sipithoi
ciple of Mormonism was allegiance to Joe book
-be
described as the missionary of God; and the a onto
Mormonism, written by him, was to be receive cost,
of word of God. In continuation and in that 011°.
of his argument, the lecturer asserted, and we° jog 00
prove by quotations from Scripture and by enolPhar,ess,„/
writings of the Mormonite followers, that Sniiir„drre
artificial impostor, and the hook of Mormon a alar-ted "01
fabrication. (Applause.) He next slightly adce‘,oo,,,
ae articles that had appeared in the authorised 011'0.,,"
the sect in this land, the Millenial Star, in refereil bed
his previous lecture; and he added, that, with 9'ol
blushing effrontery, they had not endeavoured WeacsSia
one of the arguments he had advanced on that °,,,tett
in opposition to their miserable and false b• './S,
(Hear, hear.) The rev. gentleman thee showed 1/;000:
Smith's" own confessions, that he had been a fie.:i
sfijet, and had frequently fallen into the errors an,_,bej,
nesses of youth, although his mission bad berwaictr
been held nut to his followers to have been Prfletteero;
even on his birth ; but. Smith, he remarked, 'i pre 9ro
the translator, the prophet," had made this staterooctl
a penitential confession, because he knew his eibioliskie
was so notorious that it was no use to deny it, an ° et"'
therefore, adopted this course as an artifice to 6:11010.°,;
previous career; and the rev. gentleman furthero whir
strated, by written documents, the estimation !, Pos
" the prophet " was held by his neighbours !fad lie
cashire, from which locality his removal was b.a; ino e,
high satisfaction by those to whom he was be,),e 0:10
The doctrine of this sect had been deemed hY. 'l, 10'0
ralit.y of the public so absurd and so nonsensibe seshie
was not thought worth while to oppose it; an it3_l)
was, that they had found it creeping into b°11(-cfier110
district, and leading silly women and silly men AO 'or
and some of them, he believed, sincere reen,..a be 4
their ranks. If their wickedness and absurdities ,17.,, bee
however, before exposed, the Mormons wouid 12,rwookif;
driven from Liverpool as they had been from Uitigeir,e
without having made a single convert. (ApP",o k.
After exposing with much ability the " blundesoofproi
genies" of Smith and his assistants, in their books sPePt
phecies, doctrines, and covenants, he proceededveroeit,
of their system. and declared its ecclesiastical g(.,).„,„er9,01
to be unscriptural,. and even as going beyond ru_roetnj
self, in the formation of its priesthood and manag'ir (IS,
its church. (Hear, hear.) But if this part of they'd lig
exceeded the extravagance of Popery, what °/%901.,,,
meeting think of the Mormonite doctrine of batlbere;ig
the dead ? What would his hearers think, in le gettiol
teenth century, only some two years ago, of pea, Gen,ect;
themselves baptized in order to the salvation of
the Is of
Washington ? (Loud laughter.) But such wed.sorier,ll
and by virtue of their baptism, such was Wild fob 01,
their keys, (for the Pope himself never preteoit`beir PO
the power of the keys as this sect,) the whole °flok ef e
genitors partook of baptism, and by it part -1 10,00
kingdom of heaven. (Hear, hear, and laughter') t 0 pie
system, however, the eloquent lecturer went of Judd 0,
by scriptural extracts, there was as much "4001 ilt,
as of Popery, —for the baptism was to be I),,e•ogs °, oil
the temple. He then quoted from the wr,',..10 0. ihoP
Mormonites their definitions of the Alroig" 'jeSabitt
Saviour, of angels, of spirits, and of trieth.„,os !PR
in language, at the same time that it v'ug digolt
deringly blasphemous, and derogatory to l'aitri,llo,
of the God of Heaven, was most childish and P-esietiell
but for the gullibility of this professedly progre eV or,
totally unworthy of notice or comment, or eve° 0001
in any assembly of persons possessed of the veryo,4o
capacity. The rev. gentleman explained howt'oleoet'
was to read and to expose this horrible systemtLecule
to be a duty to do so ; and he further exposed tnior IV
ing doctrines that were taught to what weret.'`ooso,
initiated, under the title of " The Mysteries of,tuoo abee /1
doctrines like the " Spiritual Wife Doctrine,' tferelial,
sable for publication, or even for more direct re,ieeSor
print. Having further spoken of " spiritual " the hod
" polygamy" as tenets held and carried out bliehe.49
monites, the speaker called for:any one present' roil. r
to give any information with reference to the flog•
toot
the sect, to come forward and address the Ineleougb filP;
Mr. FRENCH, a resident in Liverpool, t led 015
the threat of an action for slander if he divulged beeicfro
respecting the creed of Mormonism, said heost,frtf:/
elder for three years, and described it as aril .: 010050
and profligate system. Mr. Roberts, anotke' (Oa Pc.
had also left the Mormonites, exposed their of f
creed of " spiritual wives," of adulterle'o)teil:
nication, of theft, and murder. (Hear, 101407$
narration of these offensive details, even thougnects;jotio
in the most guarded terms, caused many re.,:i 11100 Di
males to leave the auditory, and the gr' ofrtit.a
of the men present took every possible
tote 'Jr
express their indignation of the perniciousost.i4
repeated marks of disapprobation and dl:,-bsern9
rev. lecturer then made a few closing " Si rte
asserting his conviction that uq modest 3,0 .4
felliis felt
remain a member of that baneful. system %If, Pteareil
endeavouring partly to expose—for he had °'oll,ol,
sent, exposed part of the insidious and disrePuw IPreF:O
of these people. After thanking the meeting 'OO Pottied
attention paid to him (especially the Morniscert $ll i
who had come he firmly believed only to 0 wee,
truth, mid ware really men of moral characterti'd 0
away by this evil sect), he promised, amid ,115 giOt.P AO
)
if necessary, to continue his exposition of t" , Prig
acknowledged
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sl
the
hhoaeewnlde
Rev.ddge Rev.
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CHAIRMAN,
Mr.
unanimouslyubr c.yt
Lowei vt .
carried
aesryrsri
feteoedvrmiel
leaving
evyilislndt(erhAl
oempqpaoul
svea sel (Applause.)
gentlemani
neib)evicy,,t co re,() of
tobc!::01;
valuable information he had conveyed to ta- 00° 00
compliment was paid. et COll ,
The proceedings of the evening were P
until a quarter to eleven o'clock

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BODY FOUND IN TETE RIVER.—On Sun",,e'lllo,vrif
a man, apparently a seaman, and about 3;, rjhr ,i° °
mwaesafuoruendd inno al e
sdsc il
thano mposed
feet state
inchesrii in the: rieel:i :
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5A ITdlo.
continues Ni rsi .e
the Dingle, and deposited in the Pri 's Pc'enk;lll' tie.4'''
tru.Vag, fter'')
eokxrniiiAfiebLiatiniodNn
the week the Ma '0 and al
DR. KAHN'SANATOMICAL MUSEUM 'l, 419 Vtlf e 0
numbers ef sid l'
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t 0 els
have been 5 r '
present. All who have not Ye- WO,
pTtpoieliarstwiirnetreetrefostuinndgdiarn:
dfttlevie: Ge At:::
should
do so, convinced as we are that till or
before spent an hour or two ' '''s.- Ti
with greater D
attract Crowds

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