The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-09-08
POLYGAM0us EMISsARIEs.
Editor Democrat-Star

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looking men called at my gate an,
Inquired II Mr.. Dees lived there. BE
ing answered in the affirmative the,
inquired when l would be at home
and after stating they were minister
of the gospel, said they would cal
back at six p. m. to see me. Abou'
six they came in, and after Stain,
that they were ministers of the Cos
pei, said they, like the Apostles O
old, were travelling about doing good
and that without money or scrip
and asked IL they would be allowed tt
stay over night with me. | told then
that my late experience with preach
crs made me shy of any that | did not
fully know, yet If it was not for the
situation Of my family | would allow
them to remain that night, not will
ing to delay any good that any mai
may be trying to do, yet on account
Of sickness in my family | would
have to refuse them. One of them
requested the other to supply me with
some OF their literature, which he
did. The elder Of the men then
made some remark, which very soon
led all OF us into a Bible discussion.
These men are not classically educat-
ed yet are fully Informed and posted
on the Bible, and know how to use it
to the glory of Joe Smith and Bring
EN- Young" whose cmissaries they
are. | found that nlnc.tenths, If not
n~inety-nine one hundredths OF their
teachings on the Bible yer sound as
any STRAIGHTFORWARD Presbyterian
could ask, and in this lies their dam
ger. finally asked them in to sup
per, which they thankfully accepted.
After supper we discussed for two
hours, and in all their teachings that
were sound | readily agreed. They
also agreed with me in almost every
thing. They with many other de-
nominations held to baptismal regen-
Grafton and works for salvation, both
OF which | denounced with all the
force at my command.
They accepted all the Bible, vet
the Book of Mormon above the Bible.
claiming that it Is Gods last revala-
ton to man. Many of these claims |
would %denOunce, and often said to
them that the devil was the ''super-
human power" that caused MormOns
to make such sacrifices, and do such
labor. st. John, the Apostle of
meeknesS and love, could not have
borne these charges with greater for
bearance than did these two men. In
this is another one of their powers of
doing harm. With all my denuhcia-
tions, | treated them kindly and they
were much taken with me and seemed
much encouraged. 1t was evident
that they had been informed of my
recent troubles, and thought this a
lit time, and me a fit subject for IA
convert. We discussed far into the
night, and they said no one would
allow them "where to lay their heads"
etc. l finally told them they could
have IA bed and breakfast and then 90
on their way. All during our talk
they would regularly at short inter.
walls, speak Of Salt Lake and other
valleys that had been made to "blos-
som as the rose" by Mormons. This
finally led me to remark. something
about polygamy. To my great sur-
prise they very adroitly and cunning
ly began to try to convince me that
polygamy was right and biblical.
quoting Hosea l:2 and 81 to prove
that God commanded a man to have
a plurality Of wives. | showed them
that they were mistaken, yet they
even tried to convince me that no
harm or ~disrepect would be shown my
present wife should |, like their apos-
ties, be commanded by God to take
unto myself other wives. This !
considered adding insult to injury
and at once ordered them of my
premises.
These men are vile dangerous men,
"emlssaries of the devil and Bring
'em Young" and are subject to legal
prosecution under Sec. 1857 Of our
Code which reads thus: "If any
person shall teach another the doc
trines, principles, or tenets, or any
OF them, OF polygamy, or shall en-
dcavor so to do -. on convic-
tion he shall be fined not less than
uWcNuy-HNe uOlldTS nor more IMAM i've
hundred dollars, or be imprisoned in
the county Jail not less than six
months, or both"
Nearly two thousand years age
Paul admOnished the Corinthians
that Satan had been transformed in
to an angel of light. See Cor. lI:l4.
And Paul adds that the devils min
listers are also ''transiormed as the
ministers of Righteousness"
or cOu Sc | have no fears of these
men Smart as they are) so far as
what they may do among intelligent
and well informed people of mature
age, yet | declare these men much
more dangerous in a community than
the smallpox or yellow fever, and adj.
wise all virtuous homes to be strictly
q~uarantined against this Internal sa-
tanlc "Bring-'em Young" pestilence.
THIS statement is long, vet | feel II
my duty to sound this note of warn
ing. M. A. DEES
Moss Point, Miss, Sept. 3, 1898.
we notice from the DEMoCRAT-
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