The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1891-09-10
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LONDON, September 0.-Public
opinion in Great Britain is at the pres
emit moment turning with indignation
upon the Mormon crusade being
preached in many of the country dis
tricts. Revelations just made show
that there are two hundred Mormon
at present working in
Great Britain and in Scandinavia,
their attention being particularly call
ed to Yorkshire and Lancashire. Par
ticular attention has been called by
the press to the operations of two
young Mormon missionaries who have
been operating in the village Of Lam
cashier, and some strange disclosures
as to the proselyting methods adopted
have been made. There are at least
two hundred Mormon missionaries
working steadily and upon q we'll
planned system in Great Britain and
Scandinavia, for both Sweden and
Norway seem to be fruitful fields for
the peculiar outstanding efforts Of the
disciples from Utah. In Yorkshire
alone there are known to be eight
Mormon eonverters at work, and more
are in Lancashire.
In these localities, so-called Mormon
are constantly coming
and going between England and the
United States, and they are known to
be taking with them an apparently
inexhaustable stream of women con-
verts. These missionaries are sent
here from Salt Lake City for periods
ranging from 4 year to two years du-
ration, at the end Of which they are
supposed to be ready to return to Utah
with batch Of converts.
The disclosures just made show that
two Of these Mormon missionaries have
been working small village in Lam
cashire for the past nine months. The
missionaries do not hold meetings and
exhort the women Of the neighborhood
to turn. their attention toward Utah
and the blessings to be found there in
Mormon households, but during the
hours when the husbands, brothers and
fathers are at work, and while the
women were at home, and to degree
defenseless, they call at the workers
dwelling and commence operations by
a few words Of greeting and gossip,
and BY leaving behind them one or
more tracts of the Mormon order.
The Inconsistencies referred to are
young men, calculated to make head
way with lightheaded women. One Of
them distributes right and left among
the women Of the village neat little
visiting card, upon which is printed !:
Glider J. w. @. Richeville, Morgan
county, Utah. A reporter managed
to be in house where three women
weavers, all single, lived, when one Of
the missionaries called. When the
elder entered he simply glanced
sharply around him and said pleas
antly II will leave you this tract and
call again to answer any questions you
may desire to ask me about it. The
tract referred to contained an outline
of the doctrines, and was entitled .sThe
Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day
Saints, its faith and teachings, by
Elder John Morgan" A man whom
one Of these elders visited is quoted as
giving the following account Of his
experience with them. He says: 81
asked them one single question, and
that was enough. / said DO you
believe in plurality Of wives y He
said, Yes then told him that fin
ished the jobso faras | was concerned
Toanotherman one Of the elders show
ed a card containing the ARTICLES of
Faith y of the Latter Day Saints,
which asserted belief in the gift
of prophecy, in visions, in the power
of healing by prayer, etc. This man
then calmly suggested to the elder
that be 60 with him and cure girl
who was afflicted with a witheredhand.
To this request the elder replied that
he had seen sight restored to the blind
by prayer, but that he would not visit