Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-06
NOT MoRaONs, nut CHRISTIANS.
Tho Hoorghnirod Church OF Jcsus Christ
0f Lnttcr-Dny Saints.

nf Lnticr-Dny saints.
ELgnAnr, TIM. bee. 4, 1885.
TO the Editor Of tho Gazette.
IN the items by your Temple CORE.
spoudcut OF the 2Sth OF November, n note
occurs, which, by implication, misrcpre-
sents both myself and the work | am
engaged In | refer To- that which says
"Eldcr r.. H. Kelley OF the Mormon
church lcctured here Saturday night aud
Sunday morning In the Opern-hOusc,n etc.
This statement aud wnat follows by the
correspondent touching this matter ~
untrue. The correspondent shows quito
clearly further ON In the notice what he
understands 90 bC the "Mormon church"
VIZ. "Thc one sending out her mission
aries aud preparing the public minds IN
advance upon the grcut question which
will coHne before the people OF the
United states for settlement In She
near futurch So states your CORE.
spondrnt. My public notices In Temple
fully showed that ! did not represent
that church. Indeed, | never had MT any
time In my life the slightest connection
with that church, ~ | assured my
audiences IN Temple aud elsewhere. The
body OF people | represent differs aa
widely In principles, fifth, doctrine and
practices from the Utah Mormon church
as does any religious society In the state
OF Texas, II IL not only upon the qucs.
ton of polylnmy we differ, but many
Other Items ~ truly essential to-wlt:
The belief IN the God we worship; the
doctrine 0f the RtOnCmcnt; church organl.
2ntlon, the observance of law, etc; In
fact, there Is far more In which we dis.
ngrec than In which there Is found re-.
somhnuCc.
We do not wish to be plnccd before
your readers In u diffcrunt character to
what we really are, not bclng the kind Of
men who are either too modest or cow
nrdly openly aud fully to ayow In Temple
or any other place what we believe and
all that We believe. The church that
represent IN the Rcorganlzcd Church Of
Jesus Christ Of Luttcr-Day Saints, which
Is duly Incorporated under tho laws as
! provided In the United States, aud which
since the year A ID, 1852 has worked az
necessarily against the infamous doc
trlucs and practices OF state polygamists
"a the apostles Paul and John did against
| Nicolas and the polygamy of the Nlcolal.
tnns In the FIRST century
| The writer Of this aud the party referred
to pg the Mormon preacher by your cor.
respondent himself made mn oral argu.
mcnt before the b-judicinry COMMITTEES
OF tho house Of representatives in an
swer TO George l., Cannon and In ndyocn,
\ cy Of what Is now known us the "Ed.
munds Anti-PolyRamy BINS" and was one
of tho committee OF the church now
represent Tint urged the passage of that
hlll before the president aud members OF
the Forty-Soyeutb congress.
Doubtless we have enough sins to an.
swor for Of which we ure guilty without
being mlsrcpreseutcd before your readers,
aud we respectfully ask the insertion OF
this ny a correction.
We hold ourselves ready TO answer
any aud all questions that any may
desire TO ask touching our faith,
and assure you that whit we have done
aud are doing IN your state Is not In a
corner, but Is subject TO criticism at ali
times. The presiding elder of tho work
In Texas is Elder Herman G. Smith of
Temple who Is n citizen of the state for,
10, these mnny years, and he IA assisted
by Elders l, n, Roberts aud II H. Thomp.
son OF Ocnavlllc, j W. BtyNu OF Elkhart
aud many others In various parts OF th,
state, Trusting this VIII correct the fnls,
inslnuatlon that our work In your stat,
or any other part OF tho country is In the
rcmoiost sonso la the interest VI IN,
, Utah Mormon church, | am, very respect
fully, etc. ", H. kELti.Y.