Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-07-01
Latter Day Saints VS. Mormons.
Methodist and Baptist Ministers Testify.
Editor PLAIN DEAIrR.-,

s ~ .l,oss wy miei W hno" WIN 'ne
peoppo are onaO are lolulne meeblhgs
IN the tent situated in the east part
| of CreSco, we kindly ask Won to publish
tho fol,nwinr avtroo+s Ers+ ona
SAoioo'o' n'o "nu
cnieles0 VI winch Is parG OF court
decision rendered in 1880, as follows:
"In Court of Common Pleas, Lake
county, Ohio, February %, 1880.
Present, Hon. L. S. Sherman, Judge;
+. Paine, IT,, clerk; andC. +. Morley,
sheriff.
'sJournal entry, February term 1880,
"The Reorganized Church of Jesus
| Christ of Latter Day Saints, plaintiff,
against Lu.ien Williams. Jose oh
Smith, Sarah Il. Videon, Mark IL.
Forscutt, the church in u tah Of which
y John Taylor is president and COM
monly known as the Mormon church,
and John Taylor, president OF said
utah church, defendants.
1.-THE court finds as matters OF fact:
"That the said plaintiff, the Re-
organized Church Of Jesus Christ of
Latter Day Saints, is religious So
ciety, founded and organized upon the
same doctrines and tcnets, aud hav.
,s oaI sa,ie G EnulGl oIsanlaasion as
Latter Day Saints. orranized in 1s3o
by Joseph Smith, and was organized
pursuant 10 the constitution, laws and
hpaggeh ol s Ha ,;oir Gh anu as
other states >
"That the church in Utah, the de-
Iendant OF which John Taylor is presi-
nortad n Sson, W. sait,, anu ao. ialgeiy ue
ordinances and usaves of said original
Church of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day
Saints, ana has Incorporated into Its
,ia' nar vi Ipe ,DaiitH eG.es-
and the doctrines of Adam:God wur.
Ship, contrary te,the laws and constl-
tuition OF said original church:
tho n1ain vif ,a au nu Uaac
Of Jesus Christ of LMtter Day Saints.
is the true and lawful continuation Of
md successors to the said original
Sainrs o y, sTsus ~ 1sao 10 aI0 i; paY
titled In law to ali its rights and
property. -
1t will be noticed: First, that the
Reorpanized church now represented
- $50
~ oieoeo are noo ~" aho never nave
been connected with Utah Mormon.
ism and this fact esta blished by law
and NOT rhv rnror eecond +h,t
TT..,. ~
.ai nioi lhoniSin 10 nou JIG conCinu-
atlon OF the OLD Latter day Saint
church organized by Joseph Smith and
,thers in 1870 rrb;,d mot tho no
=. a1 Wy
eaulAa Iion 10 Ine legal successor 10
the original church. Fourth, that
neither the original church under
Iosanh Smith nor tho pooro.n,yo+,on
~. ~, ~ ~ WV W.. "u'ea wv,
oelAeVe III poiygamy OF ltS Klndreu
evils, recently being opposed, and
| rightly to. nv the ministerial unions
oil ovar +,,o oo,n+,u 800 ~ -,
- ~ .nS oounol ~ "iueu Wy ee'eia u
Thousand dollars and many volumes
Of books subscribed by Miss Helen
Gould.
u,,o eo,,a, c,..
io"iAe appe".ine ~ WV oiin.
eoh Iowa Heralo Ior June otn, Wall
further explain this matter.
| "The two churches are sometimes
referred to, one as the Utah church.
the other as the Iowa church.
Among themselves thew often use
the term sBrtphamites. referring to
the Utah church. and sJosephites. re
fcrrinp to the Iowa church
sThese two churches differ yery
widely, both In doctrine and practicc
| La many of the LEADING doctrines thew
are "a uarely opposed Ia each other
| Polypamy is one OF the great points
on which they differ. the Utah church
holding that il is OF divine oriuin.
while the Iowa church believes. as did
Joseph Smith. that it is an abomina-
tion in the sight uf God. But it must
not be supposed that polyramy is the
only and even the main point of dlf-
ference. There is perhaps more differ
ence between them than any two
churches of which we know. Indeed.
about the only Similarity is in the
title.
"Let the reader notice that what
ever difference now exists between
the two churches have been brought
about by changes In the Utah church
by introducing new doctrines and mis-
linterpretin and misapplyinp old ones.
The Iowa church stands firm, immoy-
able and Interchangeable for the doc
trines as taught by Joseph Smith
'fo sarb hoou re y" l144 shon,a nnda,.,ona
however. that there is a great diffar,
ence between what the enemies OF
Joseph Smith say he taught and what
ms 1rlends Know ne Taught. Somehow