The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-29
NEWS OF GENERAL CITY
MR BoEWELL1S PAMPHLET
 WHICH CAUSED TROUBLE.
Selma Y. II. c. A. Baseball Team to Play Crack College Club from Kentucky-Flynn and
 Leath Arrested.
Advertiser Bureau.

1 Advertiser Bureau, | Nl.ss Selma, April 8. The following is the circular that Rev.
 Ira w. Boswell. pastor of the Christian 1 Church issued in ,reply to the Mormon | Elders. which caused the excitement on
 the strets late last Saturday afternoon. mention of which was made in the Selma | department of The Advertiser Sunday: In performing my duties as minister
 of the Christian Church.. have found 1t
 necessary to call attention to the pres-
 ence of Mormon Elders in this city. They
 have raised the cry of persecution and
 misrepresentation. To show how fimsy
 are the grounds upon which this cry is based, I send forth this little tract: What they say about themselves-"I have got the damned fools fixed. and
 will carry out the fun. The world owes | me a good living, and if can not get | it without, will steal it; and catch me | if you can.''-Joseph Smith.
 There is not a bishop in this whole territory who is not a damned thief. We have the meanest devils on earth in our
 midst, and we intend to keep them, for
 we have a use for them" ."-Brigham Young. '. Their Articles of Faith-I will call at. | tention to but one of them. It Is cal-
 culated to deceive the most careful | readers and thinkers. Here it is: I Article One-"we believe in God the Eternal Father, and in His Son, Jesus
 Christ. and in the Holy Ghost
 | This in the mouth of any Christian Is a noble confession, but in the light of
 Mormonism 1t Is robbed of all that makes | 1t of value. If 1t meant what the Elders
 wish you to think it means, would not
 take the time to write this tract. Nor mons never preach all they believe. The l things that would prevent their making converts are taught after the converts are made. will let their own authorities
 tell what they mean by God, Jesus Christ, | the Holy Ghost
 In Doctrine and Covenants" standard authoritative book. we have the follow | ing: ''The Lord appeared unto them. and they rose up and blessed Adam. and l angel.'' Again. "The voice of divers angels. from Michael or Adam down to the present time.'' This teaches that Adam was an archangei.
 Worse still. Adam is the God they have reference to in the above article of faith. Doctrine and Covenants says: "The Father has a body of flesh and bones as
 tangible as man's." The Mormon Chate- chsm says: Question I. What kind of
 
 from of a man." Question VI. Has God body then?" Answer. "Yes. like unto l mans body in fgure.'' Chapter ". Question I. Are there more Gods than one?" Answer. Yes, many"
 Listen to Joseph Smith, Jr. God him. self was once as we are now, and Is an exalted man, and sits in wonder heaven. This is the great secret"
 "A New Witness for God" is a book indorsed by the highest Mormon authori- ties. In this book the author. Elder B. H. Roberts. says: "I wish to be perfect ly understood here. Let it be remember
 ed that the prophet Joseph Smith, taught that man. that is. his spirit. is the off, spring. of duty; not in any mystical sense, but actually: that man has not only father in heaven, but mother also." In the same book he says: "The prophet Joseph Smith, corrected the idea that God, that now is, was always God" "We
 have imagined" said he. land supposed that God was from all eternity. I will refute that idea and take away the veil,
 so that you can see-God himself was
 once as we now are. and is an exalted
 man and sits enthroned in wonder heaven.
 This is the great secret" As quoted by
 Elder Roberts. Joseph Smith, in the same
 discourse says: And you have got to
 learn how to be Gods yourself-the same
 as all Gods have done before-namely. by
 going from one small degree to another.
 and from a small capacity to a great
 one."
 "In the beginning the heads of the
 Gods called council of the Gods; and they came together and concocted plan
 to create the world and people it. When we begin to learn in this way, we begin to learn the only true God, and what kind of being we have got to worship"
 Brigham Young says: "When our Father Adam came into the Garden of Eden, he came into it with a celestial body. and brought Eve. one of his wives with him. He helped to make and organize | this world. He is Michael, the Arch | angel. the ancient of days, and about whom holy men have written and spoken. He Is our Father and our God | and the only God with whom We have | to do.'
 Again he says: -"I tell you that God | was the father of Jesus Christ, just as l am the father of my son." Again. hear | him: When the Virgin Mary conceived | the child. Jesus. the Father. had begotten him in His own likeness. He was not begotten by the Holy Ghost. And who is the Father? He is the first of the human family"
 Apostle Kimball says: Jesus was the son of God. Hyrum Smith was patriarch and a son of God. and I bear witness of 1t unto all men,.
 Apostle Orson Hyde. president of the College of Apostles, in sermon. said: If at the marriage of Cana. of Galilee. Jesus was the bridegroom and took unto Mary. Martha, and the other Mary whom Jesus loved, 1t shocks not our nerves If there was notsattachment and familiarity between our Savior and these women. highly improper only in the relation Of husband and wife, then we have no sense of propriety.
 we say it was Jesus Christ who was married Cat Cana). whereby he could see his seed before he was crucided. shall say here that before the Savior died he looked upon his own natural children as we look upon ours. When Mary came To the sepulchre she saw two angels. and they said unto her, woman, why weepest thou? She said unto them. Because they have taken away my Lord, or hus- Dand'
 Once more hear Apostle kimball. Here s what he says about the Holy Ghost: Well. let me tell you the Holy Ghost Is man: he is one of the sons of our Fa- ther and our God. and he is that man that stood next to Jesus Christ just as f stand by Brigham Young. You think ,ur Father and our God is not lively, , ;ociable cheerful man: he is one of the most lively men that ever lived"
 What more do you need than this? You ,an rely upon these quotations. They faLy hIy |