Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-05-27
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The Edinbuig Review for April, contains an en-
tertaining article on the subject of Mormonsm from
which it appears, that in Great Britain Mormonsm
has spread most rapidly 1t is stated that by an
official census published hafyeary the British saints
amounted, in july 1863 to 80 $780, and contained 10
High Priests 257s Elders, 1851 Priests, 4l6 Teach
ers, and sS4 Deacons-and further, that 20 900 CO.
pies Of the "Miennial STAR" the Mormon organ, are
sold weekly. note appended to this article gives
additional particulars of the existence Of Mormonsm
in England as follows:
"The most Church in England is that OF Man
CHESTER which contains sic members; the that
OF Gsmorganshre, which contains $685. mostly at Mer
tbyr. In the very valuable aud authentic Report on
lgious worship by Mr. Horace Manu. which lately ap
peared under the auspices of Mr. Graham the Registrar
General superintendent Of the Census there an &C
count OF tue Mormons, p cvi-cIi. from which we ex-
tract the following passage :-"In England and Wales
there were in 1851 reported by the Census officers
many as 222 places Of worship belonging to this body
most OF them, however, being merely rooms The
Der OF stngs In these places (mikng allowance for
%, the accommodation in which returnedl
so7sS The attendance on the Census Sunday (making
an estimated addition for chspels, from which in.
tellgence on this point receved) Morning,
7bl7;!Ahernoon, ,4s; Evening, l6,62s The preach
ers appears far from unsuccessful in their o,rts
obtain disciples the surprising confidence aud zeal which
which they promugate their creed the prominence they
give to the exciting topics Of the speedy coming of the
Saviour, aud his personal mennia reign, aud the
Effectiveness to many minds Of the idea Of nfiibe
church. relying for its evidences and its guidance upon
revelations made perpeuay to its rulers these, with
other influences, have combined to give the Mormon
movement position and Importance with the working
classes, which, perhaps, should draw TO 1t much more
than has yet received the attention of our public teach
ers"
They have also, it is said formed churches in Dem
mark, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, France, Germany,
Italy, Switzerland Malta, Gibraltar, Hndoostan, Aus
ralia and the Sandwich Islands and have sent mis-.
sonaries to SIAM Ceylon China the West Indies GUN.
ma, and Chilli The Book of Mormon has been
published in French, German, Italian, Danish, Po-
lynesian and Welsh In Denmark at the beginning
OF 1858, they possessed 400 baptized converts In
the Sandwich Islands they had baptized $50 Before
their mission had been established twelve months
Their method of establishing these missions in for
eign countries, the Review gives follows: Amongs,
their converts taken at random from the mixed pop.
ulaon Of this country there natives to be found
of every nation in Europe They select a native of
the country which they wish to attack and join him
as an interpreter to the other emissares whom they
are about to dispatch to the land OF his BIRTH On
arriving at their destination the missionaries are sup
ported by the funds of the church, till they can
maintain themselves out of the offerings of their pro-
selytes.
The Review attributes the welcome which Mormon.
tue classes oil urcat
to the prevalence of discomfort among the poor against
the rich. The repinings of labor against capital
which have covered England with strikes, and Europe
with barricades, at sanctioned and consoled
by the missionaries of the Saints They invite their
hearers to fly from oppression to that happy land,
where the poor lords of the soil, where no cruel
mii-owners can trampe the rights of labor where
social inequalities are unknown and where all the
citizens united by the bonds of a universal
brotherhood and common faith.
The emigration of Mormons from Europe, to this
country is computed at about 5000 annually and the
nett increase of population in Utah at $500 annu
ally. AT this rate the population of the territory of
Utah will be 10000, sufficient to entitle it to ad
mission into the Union, as sovereign State, by the
year 1869. Since 1913 the population has increased
from 1000 to 10000, at the present time. When the
time for the application of Utah for admission
into the Union, the difficulty will arise of reconcng
the Mormon law, sanctionng and establishing
polygamy with the laws of the United States This
peculiar institution" exists under the territorial go.
vernment OF Utah, in violation of law, but we may
not expect to any effort male to suppress it until
the occasion arises for Incorporating Utah into the
Union. 1t ought then to be abolished, if not before