Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-04-07
FASELiN, Idaho.
December Oh, lsiA

HHAAA NNAHANhff
FNNKLiN, Idaho.
December oh, 1913.
uoar Wrothor-Yours nf tho gl.h lust
received. tn reply will BAY, hut, that
you eau form NO idea ui what Mormon.
ism really ~ from the statements 10 lhrif
missionaries. I will answer your quuiiua
suriuilm!
Firsi-Thoy arc law abiding no iar ~
people eau DO who nto under tho iron
rule OF dospotic and irresponsible
priesthood.
seeond-Thoy have schools in which
thoy arc tanght lint Of Oh 20 ohov the
Priesthood. Since thc different churches
have established mission schools they
have Ia soIi-doionse built up schools OF
bot or grade.
Third-As to morals, prohno, obscene,
Sabbath breaking aud ialsohuud arc thu
rule. A leader boz our town la a sermon
said lately, ~ thov could no longer Keen
0oniIloa out. they must deceive thom To-
tho owe aud the car. Many Ignorant
people among them were raised under
Christian Influence, go. have some regard
Tor deconcy aud morality, but tho moro
Intelligent ONES arc Normona from love
OF power. lust aud gain. These hold tho
oihura under grinding tyranny.
Foufih-fho "Maniiesto" only "Bus.
pended tho taking of plural wivos Tor
tho 'pfosunt dittrcsr,' that D., iil Yah
can secure statehood, They DO not iako
more wives openly, but continue TO live
secretly with those they bad before. We
1.-Two two miles from the Utah lino. There
arc many pliyHamouH wives living hero
whose men are prominent Saints ice
"Llonn aud who visit them regularly.
And what they call "undcfrruuud kid.u
abound. Polyghmy is a matter OF fuyo.
lauou, GLORIOUS principle Of tholr r..
iigion,h aud cannot ho abandoned.
fifth-Thcir missionaries haVoh little
book OF New Testament subjects,
which with catches, quirks aud nor,
versions constitute ihoir stock On trade.
~ homo they mako very luilo use of thH
Bible, moro % tho Rock NJ Mormon aud
moro Hlll OF mo Doctrine and Covenants.
They say tho Bible o. reliable Ho lar as
correctly translated, bus In error when
Il condemns their tcnots and practices.
Sixth-Jop Smith IL thO gfuato.l OF tho
Prophola but Adam is God With tho body
passions ot muu-und iu uAtuul
human ioTm-by ordinary proCreatluu
became tho iathOr OF Jesus, who in turn
was puiyramlst Those women WHO
followed him from Gallilrn with Martin
and Mary ~ bethany comprised his
hnrom.
sevonih--Woman "a only tho slave OF
mans lust and convenience hero and 10
be raised from the doad only un tAu call
OF hor husband, aud with hor chIldron 60
form part OF bis retlnuv every "saiUtH
IT, to boz n"God" aud tho moro Wlyr, aud
children ho has tho higher bis rams. a
bishop hero said woman was nkon
hen, valuable only so long N sho can
raise progeny.
Eiehh-As 10 salaries. tho poonlu pay
D. ttn.h oi iucump-hutttr chickens.
eggs, sheep, cattle, horses and money 90
tho local Bishop, who accounts 90 tho
Hut Presidency ut Sllt Lake. Too
lcad0rt become rich nom this fund. no
support tho missionaries each ward
lhisbops IurIsdicuoul holds uanc0 boo
tho tabernacle, open with prayer, teu
ticket, uul plv tho proceeds 90 mission
arltH. The officials aye paid out OF tho
tithlur fund lg hH Presidency and ha
people do not know how much the priests
receive,
lulals Va somOroppca good country,
but hHru country 90 make Is living Boz.
AMI many of our people uro very poor.
and those who afo uululul by m.siou.
aries INFO coming hero will ind thom.
solves iu ubleOl a.hyury.
To rl hacls % ltl0-lhD MnrmuuH OF
low r'ad8 arc kind nuu fuudIy and
raatlNo uulor tho calling yoke, put cane
not escape.
j have lrIDd 90 answer your questions
and val only add tum uuu nsk Ia
writing and would request won MOT t1
publish my namo AL clu ID mot 1.-Two hprs
u ~ wrTe SHOWN uHd wuJsn lui.. .ut
l iult 10 duty tO dnulI lu my power DO
expose this munsuous fraud.
To sum up thDu, these mon WELD 90
Jaw whom they mus, but hlio 100 euseIy
ne government and people OF tlo Unit Il
'ln e., They arc ignorant, morally de-.
jasid lnly gamiHis, Caricnturu thu NluIo.
lonnr Joe smith moro than Christ.
md ensihVe their women. God save tho