Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1906-01-19

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are they Doing In secret? And IL these
church leaders. these apostles, are iiy-
Ing I'm such Illicit rela tionship- what are
the rank and file OF the Mormon church
| doing todayf II the truth about the
hoertinism OF the Mormon church could
be fully pictured the walls OF Pompeii
would be looked upon as picture gal
lery OF virtue and of modesty In COM
parison. Ali decency, all purity, all
virtue, should rise up in wrath against
the sins of the Sodom and Gomorrah of
the Utah plains.
| But modern Mormonism stands for
more than financial graft and unlicens-
ed libertinism. 1t stands for the degra-
dation of woman, not Only through the
evil door OF sin. but also through the
narrow door of superstition. What
Brigham Young and his associates
could not accomplish by false means
they tried TO accomplish by the blinded
eyes of superstition. Where they could
not overthrow woman by her physical
weakness they tried to overthrow her
by her spiritual credulity. The sue
cessors of Brigham Young are now try
ing to render her helpless. as the Phil
istines rendered the mighty Samson
helpless after his betrayal by Delllah.
They try TO put out her two eyes and
compel her to stagger around in the
temple OF GAIA while they mock at her
and deride her helplessness.
| An Impossible Task.
There are two means whereby IL Ia
possible to overthrow a good woman.
The one Is through her heart or by her
love. That Is not what the Mormon
leaders can do. Even Brigham Young,
with oil his powers OF persuasion, could
not prove to sensible woman that he
could love equally well and at the same
time twenty-six wives besides n score
or more of affinitics. The second way
for the Mormon hierarchy TO overthrow
a good woman is through her religious
beliefs. This is one of the ways in
which the Mormon church accomplishes
its infamies. The leaders of that
church promulgate these two doctrines
| First they say:
"A woman who Is unwilling to mar
/ ry and beget children is woman who
will have no part in the giories of the
celestial life. Therefore it is the duty
of every woman to marry. no matter
what may be the desire of her heart.
Love or dislike OF life has nothing to
| do with the matter. In the Mormon
| world a woman must be sealed to a
man or else she is doomed to eternal
DEATH" The second doctrine is like
unto the first: ''The highest seat In
heaven for the good Mormon is for the
Mormon saint who takes unto himself
| up the greatest number OF children. for
on the great day OF ascension God will
first call III the husband. Then the
husband. I'm turn. will call up his wives.
Then the more wives and the more chill
dren the man can produce the greater
will be his rewards for eternity"
Therefore the Mormon church says:
Woman. marry. Woman, get your
husband as many wives as you can, for
such is the will OF God" BY thus ap-
| pealing TO woman's superstition we
find that husbands have married sis
tiers and even mothers and daughters
and had children 10y them ALL Is IL not
about time for this horrible teaching to
end?
| But" again says some ono. ''the
L
belief OF man and woman. Here we
have no union OF church and state"
NO, the y Nernment has no right TO try
to make a Baptist out OF Methodist
or Presbyterian out OF n Catholic.
but IL certainly has n right to stop any
teachings that lead directly to crime or
which may be used TO overthrow a
mans or n womans morals. The In
dian government certainly had right
to interfere and stop mothers casting
their children to. the crocodiles I'm the
Gauges. 1t certainly had a right to
| stop the widow burning and the Indian
Juggernaut. Our government certain
ly has right TO forbid the use of the
mails for vile literature and for the
selling Of lottery tickets, and IL GER
tainly has right to stop the crime of
polygamy ut its source and to compel
| all citizens to obey the statute of the
land. Utah as n state pledged herself
to such obedience, but she violated her
solemn pledge. The government has a
! right. therefore, TO enforce the laws
and prevent our land from being over
run with the crime OF polygamy and
with illegitimate offspring. The super
stitious teachings OF Mormonism are
responsible for these conditions. The
degradation OF women is its object. by
fair means or by foul, by the door of
SIN or by the narrow gate OF blinded
| superstition.
But these are not the only objects
aimed at by the Mormon hierarchy.
They aim to scatter their evil doctrines
and evil teachings over all the west
and over all the east and over all the
north and over all the south and over
all the United States. Their object is
not only to capture Utah for their
church, but all this western hemi-
| sphere.
Brighaan Youns's Prophecy.
Many years ago Brigham Young wac
asked this question: "Mr President. do
you believe Mormonism will ever elect
president of the United States?" at
do not know" said he whether the
Mormon church will ever elect presi-
dent during my lifetime, but / do feel
that before ! die the Mormon church
Will be SO powerful that 1t will hold the
balance Of power at the ballot box.
Then the two dominant parties will
have to make terms with us before Ell
Their one of them will be able to elect
q president" Is not his boast, made
many years ago. in danger of coming
true today? Mormonism politically
dead? Why, Mormonism was never as
much alive as today. The danger Of
menacing Mormonism is not that Of
galvanized corpse. 1t Is an actively
virulent destroyer, which threatens TO