The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-02
POL TGAMY IN UTlH
Is Il stu Practiced without ConcenIment from
Thoae or the Mormon Faithi
From the Indianapolis Journal.

from inc Indianapolis journal
SALT LAKE CITY. Utah, Nov. 25.-I see from
a copy of the Journal of the l4th inst. that our
Mormon friends from Utah, some of them from
this city, arc holding a conference in lndianapo-
lis. This is taeIr right and privilege. guaran-
teed by the Constitution of the General and State
Government. 1t is TO be regretted. however,
that when thoy visit the Eastern States they
do not present their doctrines as they are
taught and praCticcd in Utah. They present
their articles of faith that sound much like tho
belief of Bible Christians, but when they ex-
plain those articles IN Utah they are found to
be widely different from their apparently sim.
pie statements.
To Illustrate this point: They teach here in
Utah that Adam is our godnthe only being to
whom, we may look for salvation. Their defni-
was; what he is now I shall he" That is.
Adam was once a man; he is now god; l am a
theists. They believe there are many gods, Of
whom Joe smith is one, BRIGHAM Young is an.
poIygamy y and becomes mes the head of a 4 numerous a US
posterity, is to be a god.
Brigham Young, the prophet, seer, and rove
1852: when our father, Adam. came into the
Garden of Eden; he came into it with a celestial
body, and brought Eve, one of his wives, with
him. He helped to make and organize this
world. He is Michael the Archangel. Ancient
and spoken, He is our father and our god. and
the only god with whom we have to do"
HOW does that sort OF blasphemy ,narmonize
with that first article Of their creed: I'VE be-
lleve in God, the eternal Father, and in his Son.
Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghostl' They
p~olygamist. married to Martha and Mary, and
probably to those other women who sorrowed
at his crucidXion. Here Is the teaching of their
Question What kind of a being is Godl
Answer--He is in the form of man.
Question-Has God a body. thenl
Answer-Ycs, like unit a man body in figure.
Chapter a. question IA there moro Gods
Answer-Yes. many.
They teach also that Christ died to save US
themselves from personal transgression. They
teach also that, We can be baptized for the dead
who have ided in impsnitence. and by that
lieve in continuous revelations. Hence, Joe
Smith got his revelation authorizing and com.
handing plural marriages or polygamy. That
revelation threatens with damnati0n those who
do not receive and abide in this new cove
iation: "Behold, / reveal unto YOU a new
and everlasting covenant; and If ye abide not in
that covenant then are yo damned" This Gov
Mormon Church has not given up belief in the
doctrine and duty Of PolyEamy:
elders arc reported as saying: "PolyGamy was
abandoned by the Church in 1890, when The
hoods. First. the courts ruled against poly
gamy at least fGur years before the Church pre-
tended w to o Iis3,nS ,B Roly gGiHgy In Max n iIs lssGi.
ruling of the court. and offered his services to
selves to abide ny the law. They indig-
nantly refused TO cease prGcticing polygnmy
But in 1890, when the Mormons concluded that
they could get, Statehood IA Mormon State,
and rcvelator' of the Church. advised them TO
cease the practice of polygnmy for the present.
lawful relations with plural wives in all the
outlying towns; and in every county in the
which one Of your missionaries in the Indian
apolis conference came. Is raising a family by n
p2lygam9ns wife, thhough an officer bound TO
GENTLY stated publicly in the Methodist confer
encc in this city. The Sheriff did not deny the
thai he should be singled out.
Tho Richiicll 1dr2catc published the follow
weeks ago, which no Mormon has venturcd to
disproVc or even deny:
fright here in Gunnison we SEQ enough to
convince II stranger even that the AduOcdtc's
recent assertions are true to the letter. c. p.
Hansen, sG nMg n" as Fly, Flying Hansen, lives with
of age. ! woman rcputed to he the second wife
OF, John Metcnlt, the hotel man of ,Nlarti, and
ten days ago to another. Metcalf was here dur
ing her illness and remained for about ten days,
lie otici4tes Iii tho ceremonies of the tempe ut
MART. j. A. Ncwgrccn, a shoemaker here,
wife liyes at Scoiieia This summer she visited
Minnie Christensen IL supposedly unmarried
woman, gave birth some time ago 10 u child
who has since been blessed and given the name
)fTaylor, II vas commonly reported that Min.
ME was the wife Of Apostle Taylor. even before
tho bnhc's birth, and Its christening has con.
frIncd the report. II has still further been vcri.
fed by Taylor's visits TO hor. the last being n
week ago, when he put up with her at her
fathers home, and it wat, generally remarked
here That the cd people and her sisters did more
Tyiisiting with tho nSighbors Than ever before,
These cases are public property in GunnisOn."
With such facts as the above. notorious In
every county ana community in the state, tho
Mormon missionaries go TO indianapolis and
other Eastern cilics and declare that poiygamy
Is n thing of tho past-is now abandoned. We
have no mnkind feelings toward the Mormon
people. We go among them and do nur mis-
siOnnry work among them. But the system ia
30 abhorrent 10 all Scriptural teachings that wo
must speak the truth concerning il.
=. l.. WISHARD.