The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-07-01
The latter Day Saints.

man exposes his willful ignorance or
duplicity by trying to SET forth the
faith. doctrine and history of the Lat
ter Day Saints.
The article | refer to appeared in
your generous paper some time ago
over the name OF II. c. Lexington, and
filled two columns including one illus
tration
The illustration presented what the
writer claimed to be six tablets or plates
from which the Book of Mormon was
translated, and in doing that, Mr.. Len
ington imposed upon your readers
the cuts of the famous Kinderhook
plates of brass which were found at
Undertook, Illinois, years after the
Book of Mormon had been published
to the world.
The golden plates from which the
Book of Mormon was trans lated were
never photographed.
The above is q fair sample of the
many false and misleading statements
in MIR, Lenington's writeup
With your permission, MIR, Editor,
and in order to correct false ideas re-
speeding she religious faith of some of
the oldest and most respected citizens
of Crawford county, | present the foil
owing:
The Reorganized Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter Day Saints, whose
publishing house and seat of the presi-
dency is at Lamont, Decatur county,
Iowa, is strictly christian society of
whom the state and nation have just
reasons to be proud. With this church
the Bible takes first place on all points
OF doctrine, organization and duties of
its members upon which it treats. The
Book of Mormon is religious book.
but does not supplant the Bible as many
of our enemies have ignocantly or will
fully asserted. 1t gives the true his
tory of the dealings of God and Christ
with the people who inhabited Amer
lea centuries before the coming of Co
lumbus, and takes its place in the lit
erary world as an historical and, i1spir-
ational record. In faith, doctrine and
righteous teaching it agrees with the
New Testament, and we claim that the
Bible abounds in prophecies pertaining
to the time when it the Book of Nor
mon) would come forth, and the vacan-
cy it would fill in this Christian dis
pensation.
The true Latter Day Saint church, Of
which the writer is minister and
representative, is organized lin perfect
harmony with the Bible directions,
having living apostles, prophets, evan
gelists. bishops, elders, priests, teach
ers etc believing in and enjoying
present revelation from the Lord and
angel ministrations.
This church has no connection with
the Utah Mormon apostate hierarchy
who teach that Adam is their God, and
scores OF other false and corrupt doc.
trlnes introduced by Brigham Young
who was the sole author and his
church the promoters of polygamy in
America
In order to assure your readers OF
our sincerity. we defy any professed
minister of Christ, in Crawford county
to produce from the teachings of their
acknowledged Protestant Rcformers or
leaders since the days of John the
Rcvelator, purer, truer and stronger
code of laws against all manner of
crime and evils than Joseph Smith
wrote and taught.
We suggest that persons in the
county preparing lectures or essays on
go called Mormonism call on or address
some acknowledged representative of
the Latter Day Saint church that they
may be correctly informed on the sub
ject For truth and right
&. j HUNT, Deloit Iowa.