The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-03-30
ANTI-MORMONISM.
A Learned Divine Diseourses on the Polysa
nous Tenets Of the Mormon Church.

In his discourse at the Baptist church
last Sabbath evening on Mormonism,
Rev. A. ii. Lyons said: "a large force
missionaries is sent out with Bible in
hand. This is to give them entrance in
to christian homes and communities.
They come as ministers of the gospel and
present their articles of faith, which I'M
interpreted sound very like christian ar
ticles. They artfully conceal the true
| inv srdness Of the system. They deny
the existence of polygamy in Utah.
| They deny the TACT that the church con-
trolls the politics OF Utah and secures the
election OF such officers as are acceptable
to the head Of the church. These mis-
sionaries are sent out without means to
pay their expenses. They arouse sym
patty by appealing to the charity OF
benevolent people who do not understand
their methods. By one artifice or an
other they enlist the attention of the I'M
wary and inveigle them into the organi-
cation. Then they are taught that Jesus
Mary also that he was polygamist
married to Mary and Martha and other
women who followed him to the Cross ;
That the only God We have to do with is
Adam who came into this world and
brought with him one of his wives, Eve ;
that every man who has a friend who
died outside the Mormon faith can save
him bv being baptized for him in the
temple. So each and every man who
embraces Mormonsm may become
saviour.
at is cardinal teaching of Mormon
ism that an unmarried woman will be
lost for all eternity. Ii she wants to be
saved che must be sealed to some man
and help him to build up celestial
kingdom. Only the milk of Mormon
teaching will he given to the new con-
verts by the missionary the strong meat
will be administered later on. Within
two years the Mormon priesthood has de-
graded one of its high officials, disrip-
lined another, punished a bishops coun-
selor and called on an editor to apologize
for exercising that freedom of political
action that is the right OF every Ameri-
can citizen.
"Mormonism claims that its mission is
to subjugate all existing governments and
institutions and establish in their place a
universal empire under the control of the
Mormon priesthood. Is it not time for
us to cease asking how any sane man or
woman can become Mormon? 5000
converts have been made within a year.
Their prophets have said that before this
generation shall pass away they expect
to rule this entire country. The success
Of Mormonism means the downfall of our
christian civilization. Many think that
the Mormon church has given up poly.
gsmy, but in 1895 Bishop Richard w.
Hart, of the Mormon priesthood. said
Through divine command President
Woodruff suspended the ordinance of
polygamy, but it has not been repealed.
This subject of plural marriages is very
much misunderstood. As man pros
pers the church admonishes him to take
additional wives and he obeys as relig-
ious duty. In statehood when we are
free from Federal interference, the tenn
pie will witness the solemnization of the
marriage rites that have been SUSPENDED
In 1898 Brigham II. Roberts, who ac-
knowledges to having three wives, was
elected to represent the state OF Utah in
the U. S, Congress. Mormonsm has
thus thrown down the gauntlet of poly
gsmy to the American people. Shall We
tolerate ito"