The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-09-17
ELDER BYWATER'S lIORMONS
THE LTTTLH WTLLTaMsBrRGH CONGRE-
CLIFTON AT COMMUNION
Latter Day Saints who are Potyeamists In
Beiief and Monogamtsts In Practices sing
Ing the Old Hymns OF watts and Wesley.

Latter Day saints who are Potyeami.ts In
Better and MonogamI.i. In Practice sing
| ing the Old Hymns of watts and Wesley.
| There are few Mormon meeting houses in
the East. Rhode Island has one. and so has
Massachusetts, but Long Island has two. the
largest being in Willinmsburgh. There is mono
| In New York city. and Mormon New Workers.
therefore worship with the Williamsburgh
| Mormons in little lodge room at l76 Grand
street. The congregation there every Sunday
afternoon and evening Is sufficiently numerous
TO fill the settccs that are carried into the centre
OF the room. The fixed benches that limo the
| walls are not used. On tho platform in the front
| part OF the room are common chairs for tho
| elders. and carved chair behind little desk
for President Bywater. the head Of the little So
| cicty 1t was Sacrament Sunday yesterday. and
under the shadow Of the desk was table COW
cred by u large white starchcd cloth of coarse
linen. and over this. covering the sacred plate.
was smaller. finer sheet of white linen. with
| futod edges.
Tho President IL porty about 40 years old,
and has frank. wde-awake face. with big
stiff moustache. He wore a blue coat. n white
vest high collar. white tie and large shirt
| pin. He looked like prosperous storckceper.
| His congregation was composed Of plain. neat
| ly-dresscd people, with intelligent faces. and in
| apparently good circumstances. There were
many women. and the majority OF these were
beyond the middle ngc. All are monogamsts
n practice. but not in prcccpt. because the State
-. At 3 O'Clock the President arose and said:
Come 10 order Sing the hymn on the thirty
| ninth pagc. long meter" Then he read in
| low. pleasing voice the words Of Weslcy's old
| hymn:
Happy the man who End. the grace
| The blessings OF Gods chosen race.
The choir occupied n square fenced ofr with
| settees in front oi the platform; A. Young man
w,n ARG amour, 81 PAR on ms head lcd ne
| Another young man insisted him. ANYTHING
less musical than the singing II would be DIM
rut t. mag ne. The congregation did not Join
in Brother stone was asked TO pray He
prayed standing, with both arms held up over
| that all might partake Of the sacrament in the
proper spirit. and asked IA bless ing GU the heads
| ~ the church. the two Chnncrllors the quorum.
The Twelve aud All the duorums Of the priest,
| hood throughout the world. He asked Il par
tculur blessing for these. as God had taken
| away the head, nS Il We're. Of our most holy or
| gnnlltion.' The President read another Wes-
leyan hymn. commencing:
Let u- thine influence prove
Elder Thomas Pullan was callcd on nv the
President Tor an address, He said that the first
principlc taught in the Church of Jesus Christ
! oi Latter Day saints Il obedience Hence when
! h. is called on he must obey, whether il he TO
rs dictated IN the Holy Scriptures. or whether ii
| J." going OUT to preach; or only the publ ac-
| acknowledgement Of his faith. He argued that
revelation. He drew a line between being sorry
for sin and being truly repep'ant. and in this
| connection drew a picture of the milkman who
waters his mix, and IA sorry Tor doing II. vet
continues 10 water the milk hecause it benefits
! NJ, poo kct Instead of wecpin and wailin'.'
| sand the Elder, many persons had better bring
! pen rl AMI PAPER. and ngsrr ~ whether they
can arprt 10 r"u"nt. k"p"ntau'e. ~ St Paul
says, i'll l"aNi on ui sin, and aEit'n OF KNOW.
ege' The elder added that thu Mormons could
| nni no r. ord ~ nm apoet" sprh. ing. or being
| sprink!cl aud hence do not believe 1t To Les
| Iroper. hut hold to immersion; aud ~ It Is
! written He that belieNeth and is baptized, he
! shall be saved children are not baptized in
! MormVnism for they are not capable Of belief
| IN n- fun sense, The Latter DAY Saints are
! the only divlncly called people now ON earth
| Joseph Smith was specially called tu give the
| pie on the street but no man except he te Of
| the Latter Day Saints can tell how We feel IN our
The Pres ldent appointed Brothers Swartz and
| Stone To bless and distribute the embi"ms ofthc
| blessed sacrament. Brother Swartz Wore no
vest. and Brother stone wore a rumpled linen
cloth. and disclosed heavy service Of silver
ever, Urn, e"pleis. And Pilates. While they
SANG the hymn by Watts:
M,, ,~est S sIn"ap n.s is on s"Tr, 's;,
\ sweet-yoiced young woman IN "A brown suit.
| come tp She assistance OF ~" two Young men.
and an elder who SANG sympathetcaiN joined
/ u 80 that in IA" remainder oi th" service the
singing was good. The congregation. ahc 70
underslnni both words and ar, swcled the
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gregation with the broken bread. Then they
| kn"lt aud blessed the water. which lheyomptiei
b, all the members. The Mormons Wi! not use
Intoxicating wine. In Utah they use unier-
| Hrut"l juice 81 tho grape in this service. As
! their brethren in W lliamshurgh had none Of
this at land they used wal. r. first hlcssin It.
The President nrNt addressed thu meeting.
-" do not speak rs an orator he SAID. " or a. a
! grunmariHn, hut ils an honest man. who has %
work six days IN the week. AMI who simply de-
slry- To- pq a good rlllrn, a Il'nsani neis hbor,
! and "a good member OF our holy ctIrrh. ! luN"
~ tim" To read. could not get classical
grammatical. bur plain" H." said he had been
connected with this church twenty nine years.
the principle. lie had e-pouS"d. He had been
associated with the leading men of the church
| herr and in Europe. and believed that the prin,
times good for the human race. Az President
Bywaier spoke it war easy a. perceive what had
forrihe and ccrr -heaied His low voice. as
| ho warns TO his subject. gives place 10
higher one, and he gesticulaies. He carries
You will find here" he said. no line SER
mons 10 tickle your ears, no clow'ls of Worship
p"rs IN fine llks and cloths. no tine edihre. no
| chance u be fashionable popular. or iniuen-
| tal-only few poor ignorammses assembled
| in a liule small. urrer room." Nevertheless
the NJ lrmons had their triumph-. he said in
| being conSoiou II Gods special blessing that
rests on them "a. "A church. H. n-t fed poyg-
amy as aif1riing protection 10 women when
/ they are as fnyen tp one compared with the
| men. There Is nothing lu-t'ul about u-no-
/ thing Injurious tO women or hurtinl tu society.
! Norm ns iu-trnd of spending thousands Of
dollars IA yie. bring w IA wisdom and plcty
| give shelter and homes TO their wives. Tho
President counserd his people not To borrow
| trout" for the church hecnuee y had lost Brig
/ hmm Young. lie did not control the church en-
/ trrly. and was not looked Up TO solely 10y the
I Nnrmons God guided th" church then. AMI
docs now. The Apostles viii rule wisely until
man il found " i-e IN 'uEh to tax" tue lend.
/ such II man viii 10" chosen. and though II bee