The Cairo bulletin., 1906-01-21

. Utah does not give 10 the church his
Z tenth the church will deliberately start
forth 10 take away his trade. Tho most
hendlsh work of the most merciless
trust Ia not more relentless and destruc.
tive than this evil Institution of which
Brigham Young was the creator and OF
which Joseph r. Smith Is now the In
/ iquitQus head
I But In this description of the Nor
mon liiera rchy We must ais, declare
that modern SIormonism stands for
/ licensed libertinsm and immortality
/ Many Of these long bearded apostles.
by their own confession, are living to-
day IN open adultery. These gray wb&.
kered Mormon criminals before the
senate investigating committee not
only unhlnshinsly admitted that they
We're living With plural wives. but they
even We're photographed wifi them ani
with their illegltimatc offspring, born
since the famous manifesto Whereby
the Mormon leaders declared they
would only cleave to one wife there
after.
Now, the rank and die Of a church
cannot be better than the leaders Of q
church. II you have corrupt pulpit
in time yon will have corrupt pew.
Dean Swift IN clerical garb means
bean Swift with debauched congre,
CATION. Water by the law of specific
gravity cannot rise higher than its
source Yet 1t Is undeniable that there
are many Of the rank and lie who are
thoroughly Disguised with the odious
lives and false Pretenscs of those lead
CPS. TO these honest ones, who long
for better things, we must extend an
sympathy.
Visit 10 Salt Lake City.
Let MS 90 aud visit Salt Lake City
We stop and look in the city directory
TO find where the Mormon leader lives. |
My" You say, Uncle Joseph mast
move quite often to escape paying
rent Why. here are dye different
houses under his name" Yes. say.
he sleeps in one house. eats breakfast
IN another house, has supper in another /
house, spends the evening In another /
house and sleeps IN another house. In .
each one Of these homes he has 4 diff I
feFent wife. When he walks along the f
street f0rty-twO different children can
stop him and call out, Hello papa"
Uncle Joe must have a great memory
to remember the faces of all these chill
dfep. lie must have deep well Of
affection 70 love all Of his progeny. He
must be financial genius SO support
oil these homes and yet he q poor min
Isier. y Most Of us Protestant minis
lers have hard work 70 make financial
eflds meet and support one wife aud
three or four babies, but Uncle Joe GER
fainly can do wonders have more
respect for the Stag lordlng it over bis
herd or the shaggy four logged beas-
leading, his cattle over the western
prairie ihan for this human nbertblc
walking around and posing ms an apos-
lie of God and talking about love. Yes.
ne has love. but II is the love OF n
wholesale libertinlsn which ought tn
lusti Its devotee out of all decent 80
,iety.
While writing this sermon there lies
'efore me a list Of tire domestic me-
age Of the leaders OF the Mormon
hurci. Francis NJ Lyman. the presi-
lent Of The twelve apostles. 4ins two
yives; John H. Smith. IN apostle two
wives; He5eg !. Grant. apostle. two
wives; John W Taylor, APOSTLE. i've
Tiyes; Mariner W. Merrill. seven liv-
lg wives and fOrty-siX children: Mat
bias f. Cowlcy, apostle, three wives:
'pdger Clawson. two wives. Now. If
bese men are living in open sin. what
re they doing In secret? And IL these
hnrch leaders. these apostles. are liv- |,
ir in such Illicit Relationship. what arc
he rank and Gle Of the Mormon church
Dug today II the truth about the
hertlnism of The Mormon church could :
9 fully pictured the walls of Pompcii
rould be looked upon as picture gal
~ Of virtue aud Of mo1esty ia com
arlson All dccency, 81 purity. all
irtue, should rise W in wrath against !
ie sins Of the Sodom ana Gomorrah Of =
le Utah plains. -
Bglt- podern MoImeaisW -sta4p4s Tor
lore than financial graft and unhccns
liberinism. n stands for The degra-
alton Of woman. not only through The !,
I'll door Of sin, but also through the :
arow door Of superstition What :
Tigham Young and his associotcs "
mid not accomplish by false means :
icy tried - accomplish by The blinded "
res Of superstition. Where they could .
Dt overthrow woman by her physical
they tried to overthrow her =
r her spiritual credulity. The sue
'ssors Of brigham Young are now try
z TO render her helpless. as the Phil /"
tines rendered the mighty Samson >
'lpless after, bis betrayal by Delilah. .
hey try to put out her two eyes aud =
'mpel Der TO stagger around in the y
nipple OF GAIA while they mock AZ her -
nd deride her hclplessness. =
An Impossible Task. :,
There are two means whereby II ls -r
'ssible 10 overthrow a good woman i.
be one Is through her heart or by her :,
We. That Is not what the Mormon
aders can do. Even Brigham Young. !,
IT'D al his powers Of persuasion. could ;,
v prove IN sensible rvonsnn that 10 =.