The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1899-10-18
METHODS
Mormon Missionaries
Rev. William r. Campbell.

The substance Of what they will
give you in these conversations and in
these tracts is as follows:
At the proper time, as it seems to
them. they will say: ave are mission
aries of the Church Of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints" Thereby mislead-
ing all who have never happened to
hear the Mormon Church called by
this euphonious name). "We believe
in the Father, Son and Holy Ghost,
the same as all other Christians do"
Thereby leaving the impression that
thew believe in the orthodox doctrine
of the trinity, which they do notl.
ave believe in the Bible as the Word
of God, given by divine inspiration"
tnever intimating that they believe in
other Scriptures that are later and
better adapted TO these times" than
the Bible). ave hold some views
which arr little different from the
views held by other denominations;
but we do not ask any one to believe
anything which we cannot prove by
this Bible holding up the Bible)."
In all their preliminary instructions
they take care TO begin in such a way
as TO keep unsuspecting Christian
people from seeing divergence of Nor
monism from Christianity, and to pro-
coed in such way that when the di-
vergence afterward appears, it will
seem to the ordinary mind so slight
as TO be immaterial. The following is
the substance of what they will say as
they proceed:
1--WE believe that faith is the first
principle of the Gospel" They fol
low this statement by elaborate quo
tations OF Scripture to show that faith
is necessary TO salvation, without init
mating that their definition of faith is
entirely different from that of Chris
tain people.
They then continue by saying "We
believe that repentance is the second
principle of the Gospel" Again they
quote Scriptural passages to prove the
necessity of repentance, all this time
leaving you under the impression that
their idea of repentance is the same
as the Christian idea.
They follow this by stating: I'VE
believe that baptism is the third prin-
ciple of the Gospel, and that baptism
is for remission Of sins, as is taught
in the Scripture. Here we differ a
little from some denominations who
teach that baptism is an outward sign
of inward grace In this particular
we claim we are right because we fol-
low the Scriptures while other demon
nations have turned away from the
truth unto fables. In this connec-
ton, they quote a number of passages
which teach baptism and use the ex'
preston "remissiOR Of SINS They
generally discuss one point at time
and dwell upon il until they feel that
they have convinced the enquirer
before they take up the next point,
After having satisfied the one to whom
they are talking that baptism is ne
cessary and that il is for 1.-The remis'
sion OF SINS" then they proceed: ave
believe, moreover, that immersion is
the only valid mode Of baptism"
Then they take up the next point by
saying: 1--WE believe that the doctrine
of the laying on of hands for the gift
of the Holy Ghost is the fourth prin
ciple Of the Gospel" In support o.
this so-called principle" they quot'
Acts viii. ~, IL; Acts tx. IL, aud Act
xix. 8. They here claim that the Hol,
Spirit cannot loo received ~as a gift
without the laying ON of hands, ann
that these passages, mterpreted II
view OF the context, 80 teach.ic III TIN
i,snquirer7 happens to be sufficiently
familiar with the Bible TO quote LUX