The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-07-19

MOrmonIsm Exposed
LBCTUAE ~ AN Rx-nORAON RLDnR.
Mr.. John Hyde, Jr, formerly Aosmon older. and for
many years resident of sAk Lake Oty, delivered leo
ture Tuesday evening n Hope Chapel Broadway the
subject Of "Aornonism . Religion"
From the fact Of puclc attention having been lately 30
much directed 70 poygamy and thu Mormon Territory,
and The lecturer hsvi rendered himself neorious In
his zeal for the hich he has renounced beng
instrumen al d. udng numbers nom their home" 10 The
iaDcied paradise the lAke We had Anticipated
for MIN large audience; and although our anticipatons
not fully realised still he listened to by large
numuer OF Of o0ih sexes who evinced the most
lively Interest In The lecture and warmly appauded the
speake, 1t Its conclusion.
OF the subject upon which he dwet and handled II In
m0s fkilfu and mastery manner, commenced BY serv
ing that there Two questions which naturally pre-
sebted themselves to the minds OF his audience, and
these were-wa the subject Of sufficient interest TO
claim their attention. and why should this lecturer take
upon himself 10 lecture upon this subjec Now he cousi
dered that MOrmonsm aid present sufficient claim, not
only &c deserve but also TO demand considera ion
Were he address them the capacity Of philosopher
be would tell them that Mormorsm deveo, ed tho po
and capacity Of the mind In way that ether system
did at the present day; as potican he should tell
their republic, whose ooe the destruction or the
government under shich their happiness IN live,
which party was inorepipg day by day, and would By
and bye uness arrested be enabled to the rights
Of sovereignty; II philanthropist, he should Joint
them to hundreds and thousands who being edu
GATED In sin, VINO living under Of the greatest
~ ranny and the greatest "Reminiscences But whgever
capacity he addressed them, the subject sufficiently
interesting to deserve OF sufficient impo do
mand their undivided attention IL was also important
70 k ow what Opor unity the lecturer I'D OF becoming
q anted with the subjects, and whether hsd an
per motive In their disclosure he going to prove
70 them that Mormonsm utterly corrup,, rntenable
and ridiculous, and IL natural that his audience should
know his opportunities Of cleaning tho ,cN he should lay
before them, and also his motive In ikipg these dis
closures Ard might therefore be asked or him how IL
was, IL MormoDt IN the wholly ridiculous and
rupt system he alleged II 10 be, be led
brace IT. and how Il was, II he had not known these
things at the time he braced IT, that he did not i'm
dis teiy renounce it on becoming quanted with the
facs2 His reply TO this would be, that Normonism
Fpgland-the country in which he embraced it-and MIR
moDi 10 the United Slater entirely dere system
the Nor moniem pracsed In Utan that he
to know God and become acquainted With h, word, hsd
embraced Mormonism with this view, being led away BY
the fsse he received Of s doctrines and
thus having embraced at eary age, had grown up
with him. and his mind matured 1t sured in MORN
m and ali his views Of reIeisn derived from Nor
mon In this state Of mind he had gone 3a
Lake in 1853. But why, on discovering his mistike
did be not then renounce the greedy In England the Nor
had denied tho doctrine VI poygany an had
gone far 10 denounce 1t doctrine Of devils yet
when he went to Salt Lake. the FIRST thing he
OF these apostles In company wi b six wives
Bat principles nsed into the mind these had
stied otto his to be eradicated In week
month, and Brigham Young had not a very difficult
task in convincing him of purity that System ~hcn
n his desre to continue pure But constantly
hearing Of robbery murder and sacking he could not
help Learning the real reason why the citizens OF various
counties Of the State in which they hved sgaos
them and endeavored to Danish them He heard them
killed With the utmost impuny, &C. When he
binted his doubts and perplexties TO Elder
In England that to hi that he was not in Ms
right sphere-that he should be employer the nStry
when his efforts at convincing the minds OF oher men
wond end In avncng his He still tried 10 belle
their doctrines for his wife herself Nor non and
went out California, where no sppoi ted over
company going to the sandwich Islands and then,
CD the broad Pacific eye upon him out The eye of
God, and no - tn commune with except the spirit OF
Cod then he felt and found bis duty and began TO unier
and tha ha huAh hear nIar and hn
acquainted with the real facts Of the case and
found the people every where searching for ght anxious
and fssded by It's frends-not II stgm Iized
and sggr waited by it, enemies, and 1t msuuder
stood and unapprecaed by persoos woo had no oopo.u
TO bis friends and 70 h God, who nat let him he
Of his way In this frame Of mind he vent the
Sandwich handr and there he proclaimed the tuh, and
also came back to California 10 do and
here night in pursuance Of the same purpose ana his
inform alton, which Cleaned from the be~t authorities
denied by the Norm themsel ses and hs
motives for making there disclosures open God and
the world In discussing Mormonsm . religion ne
In the early history Of the church polygamy entirely
deni IN the ST. ont eat terms by Jne Smith himself
sht wn by his book on Mormonism, and . man having
thad one life looked upon having comml IL
adultery This was Joe Smiths doctrine In 1880, when
the church organized In 1885, when the church had
extended 70 Ms.bsippi lie salacy desired anosher wife
and his mpudepce forged another revelation, and then
commenced The practice Of poygamy although Il wa still
constantly denied. In 1912, however, Mrs Emma Smith
his first wife, began 70 get very uneasy and unhappy and
angry, and being necessary TO cate her ne got up
smother revelation In lst3 allowing him 70 practise poly
eamy but still II constantly denied by the church,
although ono by one the leading men we're iti
tiaied into IT, And aner II had been prscilsed
10 be prophets and apostles Of Jesus Christ again denied
Notwithstanding that Joe Smith pracased and that
Brigham hmself had six or seven wives. But In 1882
Brigham found impossible 10 conceal any ,nser nom
the world and the revelation Of 1853 read Ia 1854
lecture delivered on II, brigham Young iusufyng In
most remarkable language And the doctrine polygsmy
every thing Mormon could pretend TO boat of-every
blessing, every PSwe every prvilese was N som, som &c.
monism religion had no blessing wbsiever TO bestow
which not in some way connected with sensusity.
The lecturer then went into lengthy and rich erpe OF
the evils attending the doctrine OF polygamy, illustrating
bis position by various individual instances and proving
O, ncusively 10 be Institution teemng with cruelty,
cenousucse wickedness and immortality and also be at
variance with the laws OF God which shown by the 70
marsabc fact that taking the whole OF the world together
there male than female iDhsbitans Then came
the important question how this evil " be remedied
The population OF the Territory was being constantly
Increased by emigration well ~ by the rising generation
II q difficult point 10 decide but thing
lain whether they survived but FOR O fes years for
The Tvs or nature and the laws OF Cod and was Ger
tain that God would by and by rise In all his strength and
all his supremacy and sweep this great and growing evil
The second lecture on this subject which was
ed for Wednesday evening did mo- take place. the reason
Of which did CLEAN and the only conclusion
arrive al is that tho lecturer decided upon p,stponnx
Its delivery In order W larger Hence by giving
!. greater publicity. viihsAnding this fact however,
notice having been given OF u poeponement number
OF persons assembled round the chapel ana waited pa
tently for long time fully anticipating that the lecturer
would arrive. but they we're 81 length convinced OF the
faacy Of the idea and obliged 10 retire very much
disappointed, and Judging from their looks very much
mortned and chagrined.
Mormouism In scotland.
srEKcH or KLDHR GIBSON AT KDrSBUsg-vHAr rHg
UNITED sTArBs TROOPS NAY EXPECT IN UTAH.
The quarterly conference OF the Mormons held In
Ednburg saturday, June 90 when the assembly, con
sisupg OF seventy eighty persons about half Of
whom women and children AMI oil apparently be
longing 10 the working classcs, Addressed by mis-
siOoary from UiAh. His speech thus given In the Ein-
burg ErJvess
Brother Jacob Gibson, President Of the elassow Con