The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1895-05-17
R~sorganized Church Of the Latter Day
Saints.

Coldwater, Mich Sun.
This church was founded April 6, 1880, at
Fayette, Seneca county New lors. In the
short space of fourteen wears 1t increased its
membership 200, GOO, 1t claims to have beeen
founded by express command Of God, in full
fllmeut of prophecy. Rev. 1876 Isaiah ll;ll,
IL: Isaiah 80: Q, l4,l7. Its organic structure,
composed OF apostles, prophets, evangelis,s,
pastors, teachers helps, governments and di-
versities of tongues" See Ephesians ~l:ll-l4,
also | Cor. II: q, IS. Ii declares belief in God
and his Son, Jesus Christ and in the Holy
Ghost see Matt. Is: 10; | John 1:3; ST John
Ill: 20. 1t claims that men will be punished for
their " sins, and not for Adams transgres-
sion. All men may be saved BY obedience to
the laws and ordinances Of the gospel.
Ii claims that these ordinances are: First,
faith in God and in the Lord Jesus Christ I;
second, repentance; third, baptism BY i'm
mersion for the remission Of sins; Matt. 8:
1915; Mark la; Luke 81 John 3;5; Acts
p; Ii; fourth, laying on of hands for the gift
of the Holy Ghost; fifth, it believes in the
resurrection of the body, tina, the dead in
Christ will rise first and the rest of the dead
will not live again until the thousand wears
have expired. job 10: %, 20; Dan. II: 2; | Cor.
10; AZ; | Thess. 4: 10; sixth, it believes in the
doctrine of '%'eternal judgment" which provides
that men shall be judged, rewarded or punish
ed according tn the degree of good Or evil they
shall have done.
1t believes that A man must be called Of God
and ordained by the laying on o ihands of those
who are in authority, to entitle him to preach
the gospel and administer in the ordinances
thereof. 1t believes that the canon of the Bible
is not full, but that God, by his Spirit, will
continue to reveal his word to man until the
end of time. See job 80: s; Heb. 1873; Amos
., =, D.,1,,. o.. IN IL. l.. az L. l1-.
that marriage is ordered Of God and that the
law of God provides for but one companion in
wedlock, for either man or woman, except in
cases where the contract is broken by death or
transgression. Gen. 2: Is, 2l-2i; Nal. 2:li, 10;
Matt. 10: 4-6; | Cor. ~; Heb. Is: 4.
1t believes that the doctrines of a plurality
and a community Of wives are heresies and are
opposed to the law of God.
On the above basis the church existed and
prospered for fourteen years-till lSii, when
Brigham Young led about 5000 to the fast
ness of the mountains and e~nslaved them in
the doctrines of demons, and threw the letters
of polygamous bondage around them, See Jer-
emlah l1:5, & Peter 2: l-3. And in 1852
publicly announced the doctrine of polygamv
and other corrupting tcnets as the basis OF
the new society. See Hon Schuyler Colfax's
speech.
mere were numerous OF nOnest men ana
women who did not propose to throttle the man
AMI womanhood, who did not follow their per-
nicious ways, and stood aloof till 1860, when
the scattered fragments were collected and
re -organized on the original and ,%irtuous
principles hereinbefore stated. They now nun.
Der from 81 900 to 10000 The declared mission
Of this reorganized church is to strip the Utah
serpent Of it's guided embroidery and lay open
that pit Of abomination that has so long clal.
lenged the moral sense of the civilized world
and of the Federal government. And we want
to inform the people that we are the only re-
ligious society that has been successful
against it. We believe that the religion Of
Jesus Christ can be exempliied without break
ing the laws of the land, and as a class repre-.
sentiug thar society reorganized, we have lived
here in your midst for twenty wears, teaching
that "Jesus is the Christ" and there sis nc
other name in heaven, or on earth, or among
men, whereby we can be saved only the name
Of Jesus Christ" and "all things whatsoever
We would men do unto you, do YOU also tc
them" Mr.. Editor, we cite the public to the
foregoing, that as Il body of religious and law.
abiding people we may stand properly repre-.
scented, and spare the criticislng public az
undue and unjust Judgment against us. Witt
love for all-mallcc for none.
Hopefully etc.
f. p. ScARcLIrF.
Scranton, Miss, May 8, 1895.