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threatened
The Rev. Mr.. Morgan Says
Roberts Should Not Be
an Hour in Congress.
ENDORSEMENT OF POLYGAMY
National Morals Attacked by
the Election OF a
Mormon.
ENDORSEMENT OF POLYGAMY

sTherefore shall a man leave his father
and his mother, and shall cleave unto
his wife. and they shall be one flesh.
He said
..The home is to our Republic and to
every Christian nation what the heart
is to the human body. Touch the heart
and you touch a vital place. Touch our
home and you touch the vital place IN
our national life. l believe that the
homes of the United States are, in a
very deep and solemn sense, threatened
bv the election to the United States Con-
gress Of Brigham Fl. Roberts from Utah.
I believe that what we have done, or per-
mitted to be done, should. as far as
nossible. be undone Mr.. Roberts should
never for an hour be permitted to take
a seat in Congress-
Mr.. Morgan recited Grover Clevelanas
message to Congress in 1885, when. dis
GUESSING the proposed admission OF utah
TO the sisterhood Of States. he warned the
Representatives that the strength ana
nernet,Ity Of the nation rested upon the
homes Of the nation. He recalieo the
fact that in 1880 a manifesto was mace
by the Norman Church, declaring that II
Utah was admitted the practice OF poiyg-
amy would be abolished. Mr.. Morgan
said that to the best of his knowledge
and belief this had not been done. ms
question, he declared, was one OF the
greatest moment, and the American peo-
ple could not afford to relax vigilance
upon the assaults OF the safety oil thelr
homes and all that the word nome IN
American life implied.
.T feel and believe he said that every
right thinking man and woman believes III
the veracity of the Bible and in national
morals. which have been attacked ana
are now seriously menaced by the election
Of Brigham H. Roberts to Congress.
Mr. Morgan then told of the efforts OF
the Mormons to prove that the Bible up
held polygamy; how they quoted the Bible
in showing that God favored Abraham.
Jacob, Solomon and other great Binlicai
characters who possessed coneupanes.
This the Mormon apostles did through
false xegesi and without aking into
consideration the connecting facts OF
Brblical history. He emphasized the fact
that SO far back as Genesis, referring to
his text. Cod said that when a man shall
leave his father and mother he shall
cleave to his wife mot wives).
Pastor Morgan cited facts to show that
the missionary work of Mormonism has
always been done in private and de-
clared his belief that it's apostles have
been working for years with a secret view
to having a voice in Congress. Mormon
ism, he declared, was not confined to
Utah. 1t had stretched out its arms to
the north to Idaho and Wyoming lin
which States it was claimed at least it
held the balance of political power. To
the east it possessed a portion of Colorado.
To the south it had gained a foothold in
New Mexico, on the west in Nevada, and
even in Oregon it had gained a hold. Mr..
Morgan also added to the fact that, ac-
cording to newspaper reports, it's MISSION
aries had been found working silently in
Greater New York. He called attention
to the fact that the Mormons boosted that
they had 1907 missionaries in the field and
during the past year had made over s., 600
con-verts-more than the Presbyterian
Church had made. IF zeal in a wrong
cause could do so much. zeal in a good
cause he declared, should turn this
world upside down and deliver it to Christ
as His own kingdom"
The minister said that the Mormans
were making every effort to dodge the
promise they made to the American peo-
ple, He quoted from Roberts own
paper. the Improvement Era as say
ing that the argument OF polygamy was
q complete defence of the revelation made
by God to Joseph Smith. He did not be-
lieve such a man should be seated in
the American Congress. He told how
Governor Wells, of Utah., a Norman, had
l1..hfa1 411o o~nadfonaxr ~ ra-df-r DIT
erts to Congress, as 1t might serve to
renew the old discussion. Roberts re-
piled, he said, to the Governor that the
Governor was fouling his own nest and
advocating something that had a tendency
to- destroy his own religious system, to
which Governor Wells replied that hi
would rather die than repudiate the d.
vinity OF the system which gave him
birth.
as a covenant breaker. He told how
Roberts had even married his third wife
since the covenant between Utah and
elared also that Roberts had the uppor
Of the Norman Church. He told how
Roberts was defeated for Congress at
first, because he ran on an independent
platform and was not elected until he
had the sanction of the Mormon Church
to run for ss.,s of nice tn as I a,sg a aSon1d ROB bss
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been permitted to come into the sister
hood of States without making any cove
nant, which, together with his acts and
u~tterances, implied that he did not con-
slider the oppigation binding either from
q moral or legal standpoint. The min
lister declared that Roberts must be ex-
upon Utah that the American Congress
will not allow Utah to break her cove
nant. His seating in Congress after an
election ON such an issue would be con-
sidered by the Mormons as an endorses
ment of
THE American people, declared Mr..
| Morgan. have a way OF settling such
questions as What are you going to do
question in the Civil War and the libera-
ton of the Cuban slaves from Spanish ty-
| ranny He advised all his voting hear
ers, Irrespective Of party. to write per-
! soral letters OF protest against the seating
OF Roberts to their Representatives,
| Massrs. DAILY and Fowler, and said he was
In possession OF petition blanks which he
| desired the women of his congregations
to circulate among their voting friends
and relatives for signatures of protest.
The history Of Christ, he declared, show
| ed He had set his Divine seal upon the
The minister declared that he had not
| chosen the theme as a sensational one.
He said that nothing more sensational
| could be uttered than the truth. II there
be healed. If there was q cancer It should
over il merely TO soothe the pain and let
| the sore break out In sorne other place.
/ The roots shQ}11d BE- got at. P~olyxan1X
/ should never find q place In Wa4hfnx4o1.