Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-03
Mormon Meetings to Eeg1n rhis Even
ing.

mOImOu EIu6fS Will open GuCII
conference on corner of Maple and
Madison streets by singing their
noted song High on the mountain
top" Other songs will be rendered
after which the missionaries in
brief speeches will explain to the
people their belief and tell why they
are ''Mormons." In their deIibera-
tions they hold strictly to the word
of God and support their claims
from the bible.
The only compative spirit they
manifest in their work is that
against sin and wickedness. Due
respect is cherished for all men and
their religious belief. The visitors
from Utah say that the glory OF
God is intelligence and that no
man or woman will be saved any
faster than they gain knowledge,
overcome sin and perform works of
righteousness. That all truth comes
from God and error from the devil,
hence the necessity of broadmind-
edness. The ''Mormons" believe
strongly in education as may be
seen by refearing to the U. 5.
statistics.
One of the last suggestions from
the church authorities to the young
Elders of Israel before their leaving
to do missionary work is to investi-
gate the creeds of all denominations,
attend the different churches, COM
pare their teachings with your own
and accept truth from all sources.
This they do and ask the same
amount of charity from others. A
Methodist can accept truths from
other churches and still remain a
Methodist. A congregational may
accept truths from the MethOdists
and still remain a member of the
Congregational church.
These missionaries from Utah
hold that.the gospel of Jesus Christ
embraces all truth and they are
eager to deliver their message to
all who are honest at heart. They
proclaim restoration of the gospel
of Christ including the authority
from heaven to act in the name of
God, that all the gifts and blessings
have been given to men today as
they were in Christ's time.
They teach that God is the same
Yesterday, to-day and forever, that
He will require as much for saliva
ton to-day as he did of the people
on the day OF Penticost. They hold
formlY to the belief that Faith IN
God the father, Christ and Son and
the Holy Ghost is the first principle
of the Gospel; that Repentance,
which means strict turning away
from sin and committing it no more,
is the second, that Baptism by i'm
mersion by an authorized servant
of God, is the third step to be
taken. This we are taught is for a
remission of our sins. And that
the next step is the receiving of the
Holy Ghost bv the laying on of
/ hands. No one can claim the Holy
Ghost as an abiding testimony ex-
cept it be conferred by the laying
on of hands by those whose are
authorized to perform this holy
ordinance.
While the Mormon" Elders are
with us they will show and prove
that their is only one way or road
to the Kingdom of God and that is
straight and narrow, that no man
made systems can duplicate Gods
plan, that it is strictly cut of har-
mony with scripture for man to
devine for money and preach for
hire, that men who change the
ordinances, transgress the laws ETC.,
will be cursed.
The Elders will also tell why they
are nick named ''MOrmons, and ex-
plain to the people the coming forth
of the Book of mormon. what it
gives a history of, etc. etc. This
gives all an opportunity to become
correctly informed regarding the
history and belief of this people,
and you will do we'll to make up
your minds to attend all the serv-
ices for Mormonism will be exposed
to the view of all by men who
understand their teachings better
than their enemies do.
The singing will be pleasant
feature of the occasion.
Services to convene on corner OF
Maple and Madison streets tonight,
Sunday and Monday at p. M, and
also Sunday afternoon at o'clock.
%%%