The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-09-18
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Renewed Activity Of Morn.. ~,s..s.-
A aries IN England and Scandinavia 4 I
srAcung Attention Women sseminwl
| NE Principal Object of shs rros~lytin,
uorss-sndividuai Interviews. Rattle
man rseisc Meetings. Now Rssorted To
LONDON. Sept 1.-The renewed NJ
uvity Of Mormon missionaries In En-
gland and Scandinavia is ATTRACTING
marked attention. As previouSi,
stated, fully 200 elders from Utah mr..
now engaged in the work Of proscly-
ting IN the countries mentioned. They
are sent from Salt Lake City with com.
missions TO stay one or two wears.
wnen they return and their places are
taken by fresh recruits. In Yorkshire
there are known TO be eight ut work.
and more than this number are labor.
ing IN Lancashire. Two Of the mis-
sionaries have been working in =
small Lancashire village for nearly =
year. They do not hold public meet.
ings' but endeavor TO secure converts
py private interviews. Their method
- 70 visit the people in their homes.
and In conversation with them to point
out the beauty Of the system Of belief
OF the Latter Day Saints They have
supply OF tracts setting forth the Nor
mon faith, which they freely distrib-
ute. These proselyters are young men.
4 reporter happened TO be visiting
cottage when one Of these mission
aries called. The cottage was occupied
~ three women, weavers. and all sim
gle The elder said. after a pleasant
greeting: II will leave you this tract
and will call again to answer Won any
questions you may desire to ask me
about it,"
The tract contained an outline Of
their doctrines and was entitled:
The Church Of Jesus Christ OF Latter
Day SAINTS; its Faith and Teaching
BY Elder John Morgan.
man whom one OF these elders Wis
tied says: II asked them a single
question and that was enough. I said:
DO you believe in a plurality Of |
wives ?" He replied in the affirmative.
then told him that that finished the |
job, so far as was concerned.
To another man one Of the elders
showed card containing the Articles
% Faith" Of the Latter Day Saints.
which asserted belief in the gift OF
in visions. in the power Of
healing BY prayer, etc. The man sug-
gested to the elder that he 60 with him
and cure girl who had withered
hand. To this request the elder re-
Piled that he had seen sight restored to
the blind by prayer. but that he would
not visit the girl referred TO- as faith
was necessary on her part in order to
enable him to bring about cure.
This elder. in the course Of an inter-
7iew, said polygamists were Of as pure
lie as others. They lived in accord
lnce with the laws Of Abraham. They
we're not prompted by vice. but were
simply fulfilling Gods will. There
ire no Mormons now living in polyg-
my said he. but they are obcying
he decision Of the supreme court
4 the United States In Utah II Z
; believed that the decision Z
unjust, and we fought il
Until the church decided to abide by .
he decision The decree. however, p
aused great amount OF suffering in y
consequence Of the forced separation 4
( wives and children from their hus- =
ands and fathers 1t is not true that y
ne Mormons opposed education What '
brigham Young opposed was the pub
c schools In the United States. We 4
elieve that education includes rcli- b
ious instruction. We believe that II
hrist will return TO his own people, y
tho will be gathered in the United i
tates. Our converts are still mostly i
rawn from England. Wales and Scan b
d
During the interview the words q
martyr and martyrdom" were fro y
uently used q
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