The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-12-13
MANY wIVED RELIGION.
A Mormon Mission Started in
the City OF St.
Louis.
Chat With One Of the Saints Hun
6reds OF Mormons in
This City.

This City.
Paragraphs have Apyea,>: fo- sever 81
Gavs "a h. -ffec: lhat certain Mormon
elder. would begin tn bU,I revival meet
in-e Ia hall on North Broadway. y
Ihronici. F-porier last evening Met one
of the saints lie VAS rather I good look
ing scr; q, = person. was Well dressed and
might ea.ils have heen iaken ior solid
business Liau. H. Sac very enthusiastic
ur the subject the mission and when
asked what lb-v expected, h. replied:
III course only The very create: sue
c,-.s We have canvs---ed vur ground we'll
and have reason 20 hope Tor i large sc-
cesei"n "a oGT numorr Irou this city"
''i"w :nany M"rm0ns sre there here
New >"
Il snpp5s. there &rr fully two hundred
in this par, ~ The country who believe IN
the tcncts .: the Mormon faith
What Ir- these I-nets -
TO 70 into iull discussion would &C.
capy too much time and more space than
you could give m.. Come 10 our meet
irgs and Won will understand better than
could ;el! yuu nov -hst they are. They
muet I've good AMI couv ipcing or We would
alnays had for S. Young = church"
You believe ~ the b:bi., den. you ? IL
has been doubted
"Of cour.-, ~ believe ss much a. any
one in the main principles 81 ths oibl..
but W. ga iur.h.r Ihan others do"
"is IL necessary Tor 2 man to become \
I.olygsmist or Becoming d In.Dt-r OF your
church ?'
NV no means. We have hrooreds oi
our stroBess, members IN this world.
who are ne more pulygamis's than AN, ore
eI-.."
WHY. then, BIT. so many ri y"., peu Of
MANY vive. ?"
"E.>.a;is-. when eur order wsS frs; start
Cd. ". wer, lev III number ana our cau-'
..,em.i HOPELESS 81 obtsiEirl, -,nverts
onr frs, leader, knowing that s..i had at
lowed. nay encouraged Inc marrying o.
mauy women in such cas--, a., for ia
.tannc. IA the times al III, l,.,.ri:r.h- ut
old. thought that by encouraging m4r'-
having nlsuy wives hc S1ulr LaSa min,
chiiiIcn who uoU'l ~ rsi--d IA he Nor
m"u dOc,r;ue. ov ;.I"ir parenIs 40 would
thu- -Jr.neIh.sr ;i,,- "oi.-.'
Has IL Gon- al p
"lrs, mtcalculabI, si.rc. ih, or.i.r We,
started. Oar mcmfers from this SQUIRE.
s.0ue. ! from n other. would L. nov MT,
icla what IL ~.:s 1t the end q: IL. mrs. rsr
N.sre a;i; oar children. * thew grpp 90
Eianhu-.I. W.T. sent abroad ~ tn. ts-l me
.iDuar"s Aid S"Fr Ih. n.v>t pOt-u. III
spreading Uu- gospel. my--ii var on. NJ
la, ~ children ~ NrrUon pA"nte, anu
have -pr'ai al, gospel lar and vide"
"lnu nssr about tS0 hundred disciples
her. noa, you SAY. How many 40 you eI-
p.-'t /. ;.,ii IL NoGr pres. n, n;.sui---.'
her cur g,,.j work - done ~y eXpec.
10 hzy. triple oar present number, ~ ~
,.e-,t tn hsy- A. 4 result of our g"ci work
80" instead of 30 converts. and each or.
Of thee coo will add a SOY, in 4 wear. 49,
that in H.. than year We hope 10 couui
Oh go disciples here"
"May have a copy ri your E:Li. for
examination or study ~
IL am sorry. but 1 can't le: YOU have
IN, 10 take sTay with YOU. | have not
amin, il her. and s-c JUS. what re hay.
IN our Bible"
Prom Shai classes do YOU dr.~ bo-t
ri var converts"
"A good MANY sT- miners from lIlinoie.
but all Arc veil-rcsd, learned people. w..
can gay With truth that We have fewer ~
norant peopl. with Us than slmcs: sny
dcnominalion'
What effect have the lectures oil Ann
Eliza Young aud the other -,posers OF
Normondcm had -
"As untrue A. they Are in the main, thew
have had good effect because they have
called peoples attention 10 us out "i Gu
riosity, snd have gone away convinced al
our gooinee4"
Have YOU Dsnites and DESTROYING angels
now ~
No, sir The stories told about US ar
grossly exaggerated. Our people have al
ways tried 20 b. law sbiding, and have net
been one-half so bad as many would like
To make Us out 10 be. You can sav that
We have never b~en guilty OF the atrocities
stated, and that our people arr q great
deal more pescesble snd quiet than the
majority oi your 50 called christian people
who despi>e aud run US down. Be- sure
and come 20 our meetings and Zee Tor your
self II what saw be p"t true and right.
Good day" and with this the elderexcused
himself, saving he bad business slsswhere.
St. Louis Chronicle.
-SS-
After Three Years.
About three years ago. Mr. Ed. Bridges,