The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1898-07-05
= Preaching in England.

contain some articles regarding the work
OF the elders in that district Because
OF the many Lehi people who have come
from that district we should be D eased
to publish the articles but space will
not permit so we will give some extracts.
The first article is by II w. Lathom
and is as follows.
81 am broad, but / am not broad
enough to welcome the SO called Latter
Day Saints, and own it with grief /
saw placards about Ddnstable that
this sect was welcomed actually by our
public governing holy, and allo we'd to
use public room in the town it surely
cannot be known by all what the doc
trines Of the Latter Day Saints are
Can Brigham Young, Utah. Salt Lake
City be unknown Dun table? In their
own city the followers of this sect have
perhaps the finest place OF worship in
the world Let them keep there and
not seek TO obtain converts mere. The
distinction most obvious TO the outward
eyes between the Latter Day Saints and
the Roman and Protestant Religion is,
OF course, the question OF marriage.
Marry many, say the first, marry one Il
speak of the priests OF the different
religions MOSTLY say the last, marry
no one say the Romans "
The next paper contained the follow
ing editorial:
"Mr. Lathom's remarks in his last
weeks 'Jottings' anent the Latter Day
Saints in Dunstable, appear to have
aroused the ire OF those gentlemen, and
several independent readers in various
parts of the country have shown dis
position to take up the cudgels on behalf
OF the Mormons. We have selected two
OF tie communications received and
publish them in another column. We
do this because it is our invariable
custom to allow all sections OF our readers
equal opportunities to express their
views; and we shall next week be quite
as ready TO reserve reasonable amount
OF space for replies from the other side.
We are aware that the letters published
this week may be the commencement |
OF Il warm controversy, and if such |
should be the case we propose for che |
present to hold aneutral position in the |
argument, although we have our own
strong views on the matter and may
give vent TO them at some future time.
In the meantime perhaps these gentle
men from over the water may be able to
put themselves on better footing with
us, and to make a,trife more clear their
real object in visiting Dunstable. We
have listened to several of their address
ses, and have carefully pursued some OF
the tracts which they distribute, but we
have TO confess that heretofore we have
not obtained much OF the light which
they have come TO shed in our midst
We heard speaker ut one Of their
meetings denying the insinuation that
they had come to Dunstable to induce !
some OF our young women to strengthen |
che Mormon colonies. Now we would |
not go so far rs to make such base
insinuation, but we are OF opinion that
ii these Latter Day Saints have come
here purely for the purpose OF convert
ing our staid Dus.able folk 70 the tenets
OF Brigham Young, and to induce them
to emigrate to either OF the Mormon
settlements, they will discover that
the Dunstable folk will require quite a
lot OF converting"
The publishers show spirit OF fair
ness in this matter which is commenda-
BILE. The two articles referred to are
given. one being signed by Mark Austin
w. j. PAINTER ami Heber Swainstone
and the o,her by "Broadguage" OF
Liverpool. They are both explanations
concerning the Mormon people andthe
conditions as they really exist here.
W. bove often been much surprised