The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-08

that uniortunates suffering the torments
of hell have been and can be rescued by
Mormonism.
II they proiessed nothing further they
would by these few doctrines heve con-
WINGED mentally well balanced people that
Mormons don't know what they do believe,
or that their idea is TO have double-action
doctrine, adjustable and warranted TO fit
any individual want, however warped or
desperate.
Another practice believed in by the Nor
mons is blood atonement. This is not
generally followed, but in extreme cases is
resorted to without compulsion, says the
ex-Mormon, now minister, OF this place.
The Mormons hold that there are certain
sins for which only the shedding Of blood
will atone, and that in such instances he
who is instrumental in the shedding OF the
blood is a friend and benelactOr. Blood
atonoment IL also Tcsorted 10 in cases
where converts have renowned the faith.
Brigham Young once said in a public
meeting There arc those here today to
whom il would be n mercy for some friend
TO slay them" But this practice is grad
ually dying out, the sentiment OF the Nor
mon Church itself being against II.
A Mormon marriage must be an indie
cent spectacle when performed with all
the ceremonies accompanying the ordin-
ance. II is pantomime based on the APP
pearance OF Adam and Eve in the Garden
OF Eden, A few years ago a Mormon El-
der and a Joscphito preacher came in con-
tact with each other not far from this city,
and, in the presence OF few converts 10
both faiths, held n joint debate. The Jo-
scphite insisted that the Mormon Church
led TO degradation and shame, because most
of its institutions were immoral. lie then
described real Mormon marriage, and
when he had finished he asked the Nor
mon Elder II his description was true, as
far as he had gone. The Elder made no
reply. "Can you say II is not truc?" in
sisted the speaker. Tho answer was that
lac could not say that It was not true
Elder John Morgan, one Of the biggest
men in the Mormon Church today, and
now resident Of this State, Is u nephew
OF ex-senator Morgan, OF Nashville. lie
was wild boy and one day left home not
knowing whittier he was going. The next
heard OF him he was n Mormon Elder,
and finally President Of the Southern Mis-
sion.
Nathaniel Eldridge lived at Tunnel
Hill, Ga, from boyhood I'LL a few years
ago. lie had amnssed comfortable for
tune as the owner OF n largely patronized
mill, and had for forty years been a
stanch Methodist But the wiles oi tho
Elders scduccd him aud he went Ia Utah.
taking with him party Of thrty-one, in
Guiding his wife and two daughters. Three
years later ho returned to Georgia an
Elder, and his sons and another party
from Walker County, Ca, went back to
heWest with him.
A p1iml case is told from Winston
County, Ala. A family named Ellison,
residing near Clear Creek Falls, became u
target for the Mormons. The husband
aud father became convert, but, contrary
TO the usual rule, the women remained
an,agonisic Finally the head OF the
family went TO Utah, where lac still re-
mains, while the family, though at one
time wcll.to-do. has fallen into bitter
want. Mormonsm IN the South is a
thistle that cNhausts the soil, gives no ro-
turn, AMI is In itself a curse TO any spot II
touches.