, 1885-11-22
Miss Field on Mormonism.

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Field tonight entertained large audience
at Chickering hall for two and one-half
hours with a lecture upon the vice and
treason of Mormonism. By way Of intro
duction the speaker said, although pos
sossing average intelligence, until a year
ago she knew nothing about Mofmonism.
Accident led her to visit Utah, and she
became SO much interested in the subject
that she remained several months, The
religion of Mormonism sprang into life in
1880. By a so-called revelation, however,
it was not given to the world until 1852.
John Taylor, the president of the Nor
mon church to-day and its chief apostle,
calls himself the ''mouthpiece of the AL
mighty" A more fenGish paper than
the so called revelation by Smith never
existed. One of its sections declared that
II a mar wa married to a woman accord
ing to the laws Of the church he was at
liberty to commit all kinds of bias
phemy and crime, except the she'd
uihk VI luuOCtuN ulOOu. Inc pCnllles
were not of innocent blood and therefore
could be put out of the way without
shining wherever occasion required. The
blood of atonement was not practiced now
to the extent it was during the palmy
days of Brigham Young. If it had not
been for Vermont, continued Miss Field,
there never would have been such a thing
as Mormonism. Brigham Young, Joseph
Smith and Heber c. Kimball, all bright
and shining lights of the Mormon church,
and, indeed, its very founders, were all
born in Vermont, 1t seems just, there
fore, that Senator Edmunds, who framed
the recent law against polygamy, should
have been born in that state also. 1t is
the religious nature of woman that is APP
pealed to and outraged in Mormonism.
She is taught her husband is her god.
The majority of Mormon women are
more unreasonable than sensitive. Heber
Kimball used to call his wives cows. The
Edmunds bill has served to make polyga-
nous elders wary. They no longer marry
wives in the endowment house. The Ger
emory is performed in kitchens, back
yards, or any secluded spot. Think OF it
Utah, an empire state. and under the
same flag We should be ashamed of
ourselves, that is, those of us who vote.
applause Brigham Young used to tell
his wives that they must not expect him
to love them. They should consider it a
sufficient honor to bear children to a saint.
The theory in regard to women seemed to
be that they are not worthy of damna-
ton. Miss Field said she found it impos-
sible for her to believe any
thing she heard, unless it was proven,
Mormon women would lie about their re
ligion without a blush. The divorce laws
were formerly very loose in Utah. Brig
ham Young used to charge hls elders $40
for every divorce granted. The speaker
called attention to the fact that John
O'Kane, Utah's representative in con-
gress, received 50, 500 more salary than
Eli II. Murray, the governor of the ter
ritory. The Mormons teach that Joseph
Smith will be the first one of the faithful
to rise from the grave on the resurrection
day. There are glories in the Mormon
heaven. First, that of all unmarried
men and women. They are, as it were,
celestial bootblacks to the elders. The
second is that of the %monogamists. The
third that Of the polygamist, who alone
see Christ. Mormonism therefore, places
a premium on vice. Mormons have no
politics. There are neither Republicans
nor Democrats among them. They hold
millions of dollars worth of property upon
which they pay no taxes. The temple of
st. George in the southern part Of Utah
cost Ss0O,O 900. The temple at Logan
$500, 900, while upon the new temple at
Salt Lake $500, 600 has already been
expended. The latter probably would
not be finished for thirty years to come,
if subscriptions should continue to pour
INTO the treasury of the Mormon church.