The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-03-17
MIR. JOHN L. HARLEY DENOCNCES
THE MORMONS.
he Dcslazcs that they Believe Many ABB
--s1rG and Criminal Thinss--Their BELIEF
as to God, the Shedding OF Blood
and PoIygamy.
Neaes and CourSs.

Ne16S ana CoHT1sT
$50 in your paper If lie 18Th IN
.tan' zn article which claims 20 slate
fnll, tie faith of the Jailed Mormon
Chul CO, and as 10 ono has explained
these statements or deried their truth
falness, they are passing current ~
the t:uc doctrise OF this sect. wish
o,a, that in these articles of tslth,
given TO the public through yonr paper
a. the doctrines of the Mormons, there
10 great deal Of truth. Thsse doc.
trines are held in part by all evangell.
cal cAurches, more or less, and are
preachsd in part by all evanseilcal
ministers. For this very reason You
ear hear good and intelligent people
saying sstns Mormon tai'h seems to be
ali rjgIt and is not so bad after ali"
In fact, it remiDds me vorS much OF q
woultt. bs murderer trying to coax his
yiciim to take {. glass OF water bT
speaking Of its freshness aud purity,
while as, st the ssms time. knows 1t
contains arseaic Il is wisdom to keep
tina; :sct concealed if he e1psets to
sacessd. ~-vz
This is exsetlx<ss KIND OF game
these spostlsof Joseph Smith AMI
SRishansKmg are playing in the .
8|.pgs snarsestcn to-day. II is q tat
that :he Iitefssura giVe2-to you're. ,
porter and published in tbs News aud
Courier is 3 esss in haud. N,w for
the Information of those who are resi.
ing this stuff let as ex2miae some Of
- PaS Sfh \
(: ~ 1--WE believe in God, tbs Eter-
r&l Father, and in His Son, Jesus
Christ, and in the Holy Ghost"
This is exactly the faith of every
evangelical church, bat it depends
upon who and whist We believe God
TO be, ~ to whether it ia heresy or not.
To the casual reader this part Of the
faith IF the Mormons seems to be in
accordance with the teschiRgs Of ,
Gods word, especially when so much
scripture 10 qnot.d to prove i. The
devil j. great 1T quoting scripture.
Nov if thsss elec' s,l,;s (?) would .
come $ At plainly in their misleading
itarat:. re and say: eve be'ievs tha: !
I'd " - once q n2n, wa, h - 60 ad-
vance,, "a intelligence sad pDwsr 'ha:
BE isi.;s Infinite; If taef vii co.ae
out su;"sxpose the soo!ishaess IT their
faith i; Trinity by sa:ing what tnsy
really taach-thst At1a,s j. The God oe &
Jesus :arist, Jesus Christ the God ~
JOSEPH smith, and tas Jase.,h S1,.th ;
% now be Col or this geaera:ion-
hen W. woald not aear people sacing t
hat tn. MDrmoas are ali r'ght in tsita t
a rega i TO the TRINITY.
Anot ar article published Ibis:
.ssWe be'isve tn. Bible 50 b: the {
" ord of God, as far .s i; is !ransHteG
We also be:;eve Tn. B ,ok Of
Normo, 10 be the Woci Of God
A pa-t Of the aooV* al Chris:itas
oalieve Bat whan neu saY thu, see ,
aothire ia tue Mormon !a;:a 10 cya.rs ,
iics, J.. ihsm rsms;nb.T ,na: wsea =,
hey scot the Book ,: M: %:n, l5s4y .
mast beiieve that JcScpa S.n;ta ga.
really Y:>itsd w sn anseI whils sIoae ,
10 the woode; that he was directed 20
} spot by the angel, whe-e ne fHuud !
the golden plates from which said !
book w=s sfterward sranslAtei Yen ;
must bs!ieve that Joseph Smith was
visited - john the Bap;iet, Nv Is, q,
1929, asd commissioned BY john 20
baptize ono Oliver Go w1r> aod ordsin g
him to the Asronic priesthood. Il
must b. remembered that Smith car )
ried on. this command OF John. snG
then Cowdr: baptized aud ordairsd
Smith 10 ths same Office Now If the
faith is true and Joseph Saith l
10 the God Of this generation, then thA
Almighty has ac'ed very strangely in 8
Ros ssB.iug us our God sooner, or,
rather, "a not coHing sooner.
We are called upon to believe fur
ther that Peter, James and John were
afterwsrd sent to ord.in this same
Joseph Smii high nr!est, after tis> OF
der OF Meichizsdek; th.: tae Almighty
Himse}f came to Smith, Jaly IL, 184s. ,
and inf .raed him tn: polvgamY a. !
in accordance with tha Divine will !
You nrst believe further that those
who die without bearing tie Gespei
may ~: be saved if some friend on
earth " Il be baptised for hem for ,hS
remissi,i: OF aims.
They teach also doctrine known
RmSag hem 40 "Bieod AtcneueNt,"
i. g. thst in some cases it is necessary
to kill man to aave him.
Brigham Young, successor to Joseph
Smith, said in a sermon FebruarYS
sa$7: Il have known 8 great many
Who haYe left this church for HhoRi 4
.here il 30 chance for e1al,atiop, but
( their blood had been split it would /
,sve hos halter for thsno Tia zrict n