The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-09
TwREACHER0US MORAONS.
The Rev. Dir. Herr breaches
a Vigorous Prelude
Against Latter Day
Saints.
DANGERS OF ROBERTS ELECTION
Sees In It a Determined ion OF
the Church to Repudiate
It's Solemn Pledges.


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The Rev charles Herr DID,. at the
| FIRST Preshvterian Church. last evening,
nrea cbed . nralude on Mormonism. Mr..
| Herr smoke at length upon the conflict to
eradicate noIvgamv from the soil Of Utah
and said that Wben that territory became
a state IT was thought that by the con-
| ditlons 1,non which Utah was admitted to
Statehood that conflict had been won.
| con+in,linp he said
.sThe Morrnons have plainly declared in
This election of brigham H. Roberts to
| roneress that thev have no respect for
their pledges and no intention to carry
out the law. And this sort of thing was
| IN he exnecfed. Every church which ell
tartains other aims than the salvation of
mon from sin and the exaltation of Chris
as the pure and holy Saviour of the world
| is not to be trusted at all. Every church,
which is not eyanselical in its doctrine
and entirely spiritual in its purpose, is
| false to it's name and will be false in its
life and methods. 1t Is an enemy of GOD
| and CT men. 1t will stop neither at false
hood nor murder to attain its ends. The
lMormon church in its teachings and It's
! practices is a black and heliish lie, and all
lies may be expected TO proceed from 1t.
1.-THE present revelation of its attitude
is not without its personal proof to US,
who live far from its home. For Mormon
ism sends out its missionaries. a year
ago there was one of them trying to work
in this community. There was nothing IN
tbe tracts he distrib1ted to awaken suspic-
- 49, ea,.ohooa ana denray.
ION Oh the ueptns y 0ai
| ifV that lie in The system ne cOHlIlGIQtO,
and the guileless and unsuspecting might
o.. civ he ansnared Ruf / had a conyersa-
$50 lsmass -. 80 found him an
lion with nm one uaS any ~ r.
aggressive defender of polygamy. he
| affirmed that the practice had been given
- ~ 18th ardor ana nositiveness he
up' out VIII ~
supported its wisdom and righteousness
as a revelation from Heaven.
.srha. election IF Roberts marks also
~
a elimination IN the return y
mon leaders to interference in politics.
tn dasanoa If their nledpe to keep church
sse4s 5sst;.at tha1, hoyo with in
and state dlstlnct, they nave WIN =
ereasing energy and method since the ad-
,n;ssion of Irtah as a State. pursued the
- - o;,;1 affairs
During the first campaign for the election
of state officers under the new consti-
tn4,on ~ Mornoon ofic;a1s ;nterfered so
lution' Tue 80
4 tAot
obliged TO reassemble its State convention
. ~ ~ est
in order to defeat their enort. IN Inc nrst
| Legislature held in the state, IN 1880, a
secrat comnittee of six representing the
-. - +ha
mormon church' anu not inenipeis u
Legislature, labored to control the nature
Of the legislation. II the church confer
encc' in April 1897. a manifesto was
adonted reoliring officiaI members of the
cbnrch to secure the sanction of their
ecniasiatioa1 s11neriors before aeeeDting a
nomination 10 anv n~olificaI office. and in
norni,ah az ain,osi avarv ad,lIt member Of
aSSnii S, e haI5s : af7aia1 nos;fion tbis
= p+hat ~ Iormon bas %naliticai Free
dnna hs sna l. ii sir,n1v fha n = Of . few
upln, u = Sliipis - puPpee ~"
cnurch oliclais. - z.b, ,xn
N the iate cainpaisn, ~ wnlcn WI.
ho9erts was eiecISo, polygaln pecalue a
leaaing feature. ne Is tne represenlativs
of the Mormon Church. ne was pushed
and elected by the MORMON propaganaa
in the face OF protests from a minority
of his own party, and his success shows
that the Mormon priesthood has absolute
control of the situation. The situation is
well summed up by the Salt Lake
pledges and assurances Of the Mormon
chiefs and people were from the begin
ming altogether insincere, and that their
purpose was first to entrench the new
kingdom within State lines. and then to
force down the threats Of Con-
gress and the American people.
what should be done by the people of
this country IN view Of this manifestation
Of Mormon dalnlicify and la wlessness and
temporal ambition?
.sFor one thing the polygamist, Roberts,
this violator Of law. elected to be a law
maker for the nation. whose law he flag
rantly cordemns. should not be allowed
to take his seat. We trust that Congress
will have such regard to its own dignity
and Integrity and such respect for the
American people that it will close its
DOCS against this Haunting lawbreaker,
unworthy by his immorallties of associa-
ton with decent men, and SO serve notice
upon Utah, that even though she Ms a
sovereign State, the United States will
allow mo haunting d1sregard OF the moral
some, way Of making polygamy both de-
testabie and roma =
For another Ining. the ehIofeemsnt q
antl-polygaIny Jaws shouId pc conamlItsd
70 feoeIaL tsgai ol,ieSls = e the
Willingness, or both, to bring any polyga-
! mist to punishment. Ihere is authority