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THEIR FAITH TROUBLES HIM.
Declares to Presbyterians That
MoTmOniSm is InCipient Trea-
son Of the Worst Kind.
Tonight He VIII Delve Into His WIS.,
dom Box and Tell What Should be
Done With the system"

The Rev. Notorious z. Clemenson OF
Logan has evidently sometime. some-
where, read the old saw, ANY fool can
ask questions. but II takes a wise man
to answer them
This statement is justified by the fact
That this afternoon that erratic ind-
yidual delivered an address before the
Presbyterian Teachers association. now
IN annual session at the Collegiate in
s.itute, on The Mormon Problem" In
which he piled 80 many interrogations
that his audience got dizzy. 1t is un-
derstood that this studious gentleman
VIII place himself In the wisdom class
tonight and answer all the questions
that he propounded this afternoon.
CLEMENsONs HATRED.
Il is manifest that Clemensou has lost
none Of his hatred for everything as
ISOLATED with the Church from which
he renegaded in his youth to fight the
faith of the mother that brought him
across the seas to live among a people
whom he has industriously slandered
for years Today h. declared that their
Church was a reasonable organization
and tonight he VIII tell what should be
done with H. II Is understood that he
VII recommend most drastic remedy.
This, In brief Is what he said today:
THE MORMON PROBLEM"
"rhe problem Of Mormonism has been
regarded as a problem In an Of its past
life, b. the American people, who have
heard Of IL as a mysterious, insCIutable,
difficult problem and today. Il Is con-
sidercd An enigma whose solution puz-
zles, battles and dlstressos the thought
iul and patriotic citizen alike.
Writer'S statesmen and Christian
students have studied H. each rising
from the task convinced that there is
no more difficult problem confronting
the Christian church than the so-called
Mormon problem.
Tile reason? II Is not found IN the
Mormon people themselves, as is too
often assumed.
WHO ARE THE MORMONs?
who and what are these people. and
whence are they?
What differentiates them from The
rest NJ mankind?
Are they as a body On and of them
selves ~ such quality and desperation
as "a menace to mankind?
who are the Mormcns?
They are the klth aud kin ~ the
rest ~ US. They are from England.
Scotland. Ireland. Scandinavia and con-
tinental Europe from New England.
New York Pennsylvania. Ohio. the
southland and from an parts Of tho
- eat west, from an walks Of life. ana
even from the Christian church Itself.
4 PEACEABLE PEOPLE.
They are naturally pcaceable. trac-
table industrious. religious. sRayed by
an eamestness which has become the
admiration NJ their fellows Their very
character is not incon spicuous eie-
ment in the problem, though not the
problem itself
BLAMEs THE SYSTEM"
THE problem Of Mormonlsm Is the
system itself segregated from It's peo-
pie and considered apart.
What is this system?
THE question is one Of the FIRST I'M
poriance
There are three gernane elements
which rise out Of 10. and may De named
under threefold claim. as follows:
"l This is the only true Church, ex-
Guiding an others.
90. This is the only legitimate
Church. excluding all others.
g. Polygamy or plural marriage is
an essential % salvation.
HAS NINE CONCEPTIONS.
but the system itself may he deslg.
mated under a different conception, as
follows
%. Mormonlsm is clear and well
defined philosophy Of maicr!1llstio
character
% N0rmcnisin Is a theology provld.
.ng a definition Of deity and correlated
IDEAS which run counter 10 the best con-
reptl0rs Of mankind
90 a hierarchy setting NJ 2 sys-
tenn = government concentrating power
u ihe hands ~ a few
&c. Normonisn ls a sociology erect
Ing q social structure an lbs own. and
which if put into successful operation
would dispense Vith an others.
&c. Mornonis'n is commercial
rust
g Morm0nism o. political machine
" hiCh votes hs people as unit a WILL
"- Mormonim o. a pOiygamic cult
which places the crown ou tho dual
form of the family
"N Mormouism is a blasuhemy which
s best illustrated hy !ts temple ritual
placing Elohm ON the stage
90. Mormouism D. mciuient treason.
Iacinr the test oath obligation On rs
emple service by which II binds an ~
q people who pass through the ESQ.,
eric rite to hostility 70 the nation un-
Ter whose flag t lives.
RUSSIAN MURDERS.
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