The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1840-04-07
M cell a m G O u g.
o. friend has handed us the following
with the request that it might be published in
the CaledonIan

w. friend has handed us the following
with the request that it might be published in
the Caedonan:
THE MoRMoNITEs.
To the Editor ofthe We,o Era:
Sir: In your paper of the 25th inst, there is
an article copied from the Boston Recorder,
headed "Mormon Bible and signed matilda
Davidson" which, justice 10 our society and to
the public requires me to answer, and | trust
that d sense Of justice will induce you sir, to
give your readers both sides of the question:.
/ am one of the society who believe the
Book of Mormon and ms such am assned in
the statement processing to come from Matilda
Davidson.
In the first place there is no such'book in ex
istence rs the Mormon Bible The Mormons,
as they are carly called, believe in the same
Bible that all Chrisendom profess to believe in :,
viz: the common version ofthe Old and New
Testament The Book of Mormon is not emit.
titled Bible except by those who misrepresent
it, |: is entitled the Book of Mormon
The religious sect alluded to in your paper, are
there accused OF knavery and superstition. Now
we are not sensible Of being guilty of knaVery,
and we do not know wherein we supesti'
tious, but very much desire to know, in order
that we may reform. If some good minister or
editor will condescend to particulars, and point
out our sIperstions we will take it great
kindness for we are the declared enemies to
knavery and superstition.
IL a firm belief in the Gospel Of crucified
and risen Redeemer, as manifested to the nations,
and as recorded i'm their sacred books, amounts
to superstition, then we are superstitious. 1
preaching that system to others and calling them
to repentance, is superstition, then we are super
stitious If refusing to fellowship the modern
systems OF sectarianism which are contrary 10
the pure doctrines of the Bible, be superstition,
then we are superstitous, for we hereby declare
our withdraw al from all mysticism priest craft
and supersttons, and from all creeds, doctrines,
commandments, traditions and precepts of men,
as far as they are contrary to the faith and doc
trne of the Saints, and we hereby bear our tes-
timony against them.
We do not believe that God ever instituted
more than one religious system under the same
disuensatiop, therefore we do not admit that
va different sects can possibly he right
The churches of Jesus Christ, in any age or
country. must be built upon the same faith,
the same baptism, the same Lord, the same Ho'
Nv Spirit which would guido them into all truth,
and consequently from all error and superstition.
The Book of Mormon has never been placed by
MS in the Mace of the sacred scriptures, but, as
before said the sacred scriptures stand IN their
own Mace and the Book of Mormon abundant
y corrobo, ates and bears testi nony o. the truth
of The bible.-Indeed there is no society, within
our knowledge, whose members adhere more
CLOSELY to the Bible than ours.-For proof OF thIs
we appeal to the muhitudes who attend our re
lgious meetings i'm this city and in all other pia
ces.
The piece in your paper states that Sidney
Rigdon was nected in the printing otiice OF
MIR Patterson Tin Pittsburgh and that th!s Is
fact we'll known in that REGION and as hI9aoh