Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-06-16
THEY'RE LAW ABIDING CITIZENS.
THE MORI1ONS OBEY THE LAWS
OF THE COUNTRY.
So Two Travelling Elders Claim at
any Rate.

Elder j. Warren Wright, Washington
Falls Idaho, -" Elder Thomas A Nicely,
llyrun, Utah, were the legends upon two
cards which fell upon the desk last
week, and "A reporter of this paper
determined To interview these two
apostles OF the faith Of Brigham Young,
and see how the duly authorized mission
aries OF our multi married friends about the
Great Salt Lake interpreted the article, of
faith 50 consplcuousy printed upon the
back Of their calling card,
After much hunting he succeeded in
finding the gentlemen in question sat
home" in Every's Hotel, and found them
agreeably ready to be questioned upon their
faith, with the understanding that they re-
served to themselves he right not to an
,wcr any question they saw H.
They said that the Official name OF the
church was The Latter Day Saint, Of
Jc,u, Christ" that they believed in tie
divinity OF Jesus Christ, and that he wa,
the only savior oi men: that mcn mus,
work out their >al,a'ion that prophets,
such a, the prophets % old, -.iii exist that
a prophet could ioreicn tie future, and
that Joseph Smith and others bad ire
qucutly done 50.
He called especial attention to tie .eh'h
article Of faith which reads I'VE believe
the Bible to be the word Of tod, 50 iar as
1t i, translated corrective We also believe
the Book Of Mormon To- Doe the word Of
God, and asked them what wa. meant by
SO lar "a, it i, translated correctly" It
was replied that many inaccuacic, had
been found in the translation OF the Bible
into English. and that these inaccuracie,
were what wa, referred TO. Upon question
MIR Necley said that they believed in the
verbal inspiration Of the Greek and He.
brew scriptures. not seeming to see that
Bl5le meant to the writer Of the Article, OF
Faith Eug'ish. Blj,c.
The eleventh article reads: I'VE claim
the privilege Of vor,hipiug Almighty God
according To the dictate, OF Our conscience,
and allow al. men the same privilege; let
them worship how, where or what they
may Upon being asked whether this
meant the practice OF polygamy, Mr. Medley
replied thar dispen,ation had been re-
cciycd by which they were not compelled
to practice polygamy: that they believed it
to be right, aud scriptural, but that be-
cause in practicmg it they were prosecuted.
a revelation bad been received that grant
ed relief from the divine command When
asked whether God fitted hi, revelation to
human laws, it wa, replied that he granted
relief to his chosen people many times, 10
relieve them Of persecution, failing, how
ever to quote any scripture to back his
statement.
When asked if Congressman Robert, was
supported in his course, the elder replied
that the manifesto gave permission to those
who were then living in polygamy to con-
tinue to support their wiyc, and children;
when asked about living with those viyc~,
he said the manifesto gave permission to Go
80, bat that their church was not ~olemniz-
ing any more polygamou, marriages.
When asked ii the people would return to
it if the ban Of The law wa, removed he
said that he did not wish to say. but that
they might Go 50. When asked if they
still believed in poiygamy, the elder said
that the female birth rate wa, ever in cx-
cess OF the male, aud that woman, end IN
life was marriage, and that they did not
believe she should be deprived Of thi-.
He said he believed that there was 10
moral turpitudc in polygamy.
The two elder, left Tor Ithaca Saturday,
from which place they viii work for some
time to Republican Leader.