The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1899-07-19
The Mormons.

Beware Of false prophets, which come 10 ysu
IN Sleeps clothing, but invsrdly they are raven
Ing wolves. Matthew u Is.
We shall all agree that right views
about religion are very important. AT
ter living many years in Utah, where
the majority OF the people are NOR.
mons, feel able 10 tell something of
the doctrines and practices Of this
false religion. And as | learn that
the mormons are sending their mis-
sionaries into this region to convert
you from Christianity to mormonism,
| am here 10 sound note Of alarm.
have here TO say TO you first Of all
that the so-called mormon elders, who
are at work attempting 10 proselyte
Christian people, are acting the part
Of wolves in Sleeps clothing They
do not tell the real doctrines Of NOR
monism nor reveal its practical work
ings. Thousands Of poor people have
been deceived by them and have gone
TO Utah only TO meet bitter disap-
pointment, and thousands more who
have started out to follow these false
guides have found that they did not
know what they were doing.
In the first place, the mormon doc
trines are very different from those
suggested by the little card which the
mormon elders distribute from house
to house. For instance, the first ar
ticle reads, 1--WE believe in God, the
eternal Father, and in his son, Jesus
Christ, and in the Holy Ghost" Any
Christian might say the same, but the
question is what do they believe about
God and about Christ and about the
Holy Ghost. The Mohammedans be-
lieve in God and in Jesus Christ and
in the Bible even, but they also be-
lisve in the Koran, and the teachings
Of the Koran practically set aside the
teachings of the Bible. So the NOR
mons, though they claim to believe in
the Bible, believe also in the Book of
Mormon, which is a fraud and a
cheat, and in what they call the pres
ent day revelations, so that the head
men of the mormon church claim the
right any day TO set aside the teach
ings of the Bible.
The Mormons believe in a God who
who is only an exalted man, Q God
who has flesh and, who is really no
other than Adam. That is what Jo-
seph Smith and Brigham Young both
taught, and what is taught today.
They believe in Jesus Christ as q
man. They claim that he had three
wives when he lived in in this world.
They say that Christ and God are
two persons, in the same sense that
John and Peter are two persons.
And when they say they believe in
the Holy Spirit, they teach that it
is nothing but q form of electricity
Another Of their doctrines is that
men cannot help SHINING In their
catechism stands this question, WAS
il necessary that Adam partake of the
forbidden fruiti" Eyes. did Adam
and Eve lament or rejoicei They re-
joiced with exceeding great Joy.
Another doctrine is that the NOR.
mon priests or head men are a part oil
God and have the right TO control the
people in all things, spiritual or tenn
poral. They claim the right to direct
what business man shall enter, and
how many wives he shall have.
In investigating the practices OF
mormons, we must remember that
mormonism has only been in existance
a short time. The people who are
mormons today have been greatly in.
auenced by the Bible and they are not
vet as bad as their children will be who
are brought up on mormonism by it.
self. can only mention one or two
points One is that the priests control
absolutely the politics OF their people
Another is that they teach that it is q
mans duty TO have as many wives as he
can support Hundreds of ssdfaced
women may be seen in Utah whose hap
piness is destroyed by this teaching
Aud the example Of this sensuality on
the part of the mormon leaders leads &c
sensuality among all people. In all
mormon villages are dance houses, fit
ted up with theatricals, where liquor il
passed around, and boys and girls meet
together unrebuked by the priests
And the una jority of the marriages, it ID
believed, are forced by previous sin.
1t is amazing that Christian peopl,
have not long since exposed and de-
stroyed this great fraud. We are nov
organizing society to enlighten the
mormons and save the people whom
these corrupt leaders are deceiving
Anyone who will hand me 10 cents OF
send it to my address, 739 Republic st
Cleveland, o., will receive a packag,
of printed matter which will tell al
about the mormons, and enable you Il
put TO silence their missionaries.
OF course in practicing polygamy
the having Of many wives the NOR
mons violate the laws Of the land
They solemnly agreed to stop thiI
when Utah was admitted as state
but il is now carried on almost openly
as it has always been carried on in 50
crst, and they have just elected a maj
named Roberts who has three women
70 Congress. The christian people 0
the nation are rising up TO protss
against this great scandal.
At the close Of the sermon the audi
enoe voted TO send a petition 10 Con
Oraaa for anita la action auainaf IN