The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-06-19
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# Mormon" which. contains a very
mail amount d truth.
1t may have been. written in the
interest Of thf Utah detachment of
he so called Mormon church. lam
not disposed tp blame you for all that
appears in tSe Chronicle against the
Saints. Every writer is responsible
for his own production. One fact I
desire to set firth before your many
readers following this article, and
that is, there are two churches called
Mormon churches.
The original church of Jesus Christ
of latter day Saints, now goes under
the name q Reorganized Church. IF
Jesus Chri,t, of Latter day Saints.
The otbsr was not a re. pi ion
of the orr slnal church, but a new in.
stitutior4 under the presidency and
LEADERSHIP of Brigham Young, with
Joseph 'm,th was never connected
in amy Jay, because it was founded
by yopr5 and others after his death
flyer author will trace the true
churchhe will never meet with such
doctrit as poIygamy, plurality of
Cod r Adam-God worship and
blood tonemert, but he will find the
Saint still in the States of New
YORK Pennsylvania, Ohio, Missouri
Iowa nd Illinois.
n article under consideration
thefore switches off on the epic Of
fiig across The uhknown plains OF
thegreat west into the mountai,
str'gholds IF the Rockies" The
re, church never crossed the plain,
in' the Rockies, and this fact show,
q ignorance Of your author ON The
sject about which he pretends t,
10w 50 much.
The Saints under Smiths presiden
y were not driven from New York
hto Ohio, thence to Missouri. no NOR,
fhan were other home seekers, who
went west in that day. The saint.
ARE still here and rapidly increasing
and this is what moves, and animates
your authsr to write. He is. NJ,
doubt one of the "Rev's" convert.
Customers are liable to be caught
by the gospel of the Saints, thereby
ondangering his craft.
The stories about the Kirkland
bank, the bursting tree, walking on
The water, book of Mormon by Rio.
don, cannon balls up on the loft are
too silly to need reply. That "aood
christian woman, in Clinton. Iowa.
saw the tree burst into thousand
pieces and those long headed men al
so witnessed the miracle and mad,
the investigations" etc But that cir
Is the only witness. Where are thos,
long headed men? They surely mus
have done like Rigdon-turned over
to the Mormon's, (for there wer,
some" several, perhaps score
would have made The best Of witness
es, and that would have settled the
whole trouble. This story is simpl,
another lie. Itlacks that which couI,
give it even shadow Of truthful
ness. Joseph Smith, of Lamont
Iowa, offered the cash in "'the bes
money Of the world" for every dollar
OF that unredeemed money of tn,
Kirkland bank and is now. and ba,
always been ready with the cash. i
there Is any Of that money yet to b,
found, but moi a dollar has eyer heer
presented. THIS brands that story
with taIsehOods. Again, there la.
never been a man, woman or "pirl.'
who lives now or even did live, found
who can testify to having seen joseph
Smith attempt to walk on water.
We have been looking for such n
witness for fifty years, and now salts.
fed that witness existed. Let your
author give his name and dare meet
this issue In conclusion would cav
say that there is great difference De-.
tween Utahism and Mormonism.
Let us not Confound the two together
ne one. The Utah Elders would like
10 make 1t appear they are the Nor
mon church. They are not. This is
he reason | said this article may have
been written in the interest of the
Utah church
Whatever may be said Of Mormon
SIN one thing is true-it is not Utah.
sm This can be fully established By
imply reading the literature of both
Institutions and comparing them.
The one was headed by Joseph
smith. The other by Brigham
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