The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-19
Rev. Bruce Kinney Talks on
MOrmOns at M. e. Church.
Leaders Declare They Can
Beat Worlds Game.
NOT VOLUNTEER
Church Orders Them to Go and
They Must.
How Mormon Husbands Keep
Wives i'm Submission.

In a lecture at the Kansas Avenue
Methodist church last night, the first
of the Home Mission week services &c
be held on the North side, Rev. Bruce
Kinney author of "MormOnism, the
Islam of America" quoted from his
writing extracts of a sensational enar
acter against Mormons. He quote
also from the Deseret News of Salt
Lake report of sermon of Brigham
Young, the late Mormon leader, IN
which Mr.. Young said:
World Has Nothing on NIormons.
Il h many a time, in this stand
dared the world to produce as mean
devils as we can. We can beat tne
world at any game. We have the
greatest and smoothest liars, the cum
ningest and most adroit thieves, elders
right here who can beat the world at
gambling-because we have men here
that live in the light of the Lord"
Rev. Mr.. Kinney, again quoting from
his own publications, based on several
years experience among the Mormons,
characterized the creed as delusion
disgrace and danger.
In speaking of the missionaries
some of which pass through and preach
in Topeka, the speaker said:
@sCaIIed" Missionaries Only So-CaI1eG-
The CMormon) church does not bear
the expense of its missionaries. II a
poor man is called on a mission his
fit dance or in some way raise money
to send him off, and his poor wife
must struggle at home as best she can
to support herself and babies and send
money to her husband that he may
carry on his work as a missionary.
The missionaries are not volunteers.
They are called to go. This mean
that they are ostracised socially and
boycotted commercially should they re-
fuse to go. These called missionaries
often curse the church bitterly but they
go.
.'As to polygamys the polygamatic
marriage are recorded only in the
books of the church, and as the lead
ers refuse to give these up to the
government, polygamy can not be pro-
van.
However, the husband is literally God
TO his wife. 1t is not uncommon for
Mormon men to threaten their wives
in case of disobedience, that they will
not raise them from the, dead at the
last day
Wednesday night, in continuation of
the Home Mission week DR.. Edwin
Locke. of the Euclid Avenue Method
ist church, will speak at the Kansas
Avenue Methodist church on The
Negro" and Rev. D. A. smut, past,
of the East Side Methodist church, will
speak on THE Immigrant.
An electric arc light will be installed
at the northwest corner of F'airchilf
and North Quincy streets in the near
future. according to Peter Miller, elec-
trio light commissioner. The light had
been promised last winter when the
big tree on the corner was cut down
but the matter has been delayed from
time to time. until Stanley. superin-
.tendent of the school, took up the mat
ter with Mr.. Miller last Saturday anf
insisted upon immediate action. The
corner is unusually dark at nights.
Notes and Personals.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Higgins of
Shorey entertained at dinner Sunday
in honor of Mrs. Higgins fifty-second
were: Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Higgins !
and Sammy Higgins, Mr.. and Mrs
John COPYRIGHT. Mr.. and Mrs. H X.
Perry and daughter Grace. Mr. and
A Riley. Mr.. and Mrs. A. W. Raines,
Mrs. Nellie Furze and daughter Nettie.
Mr.. John Higgins. jr-, frankie Bren-
nan and Morris Leonard.
David T. Gabriel. jr., has bought the
two w. NJ. Van Ness lots on North
Kansas avenue in Folman's additIO
and probably erect new hHIre /
the in the near future.
Two men guessed the same weight
and came nearest in the lump-coaI
weight guessing contest closed by W.
E. Section Monday noon. J. A Lol-
lev and Court Denison both guessed
the weight at 432 pounds. The cor
rect weight was 4S5 pounds. The coal !
was to have been given to the one |
guessing nearest the weight, but ii /
will be divided equally between the |
two men mentioned.
Proctor FOUGHT has returned from |
an extended business trip in Colorado. |
He has been looking after his land I
interests nea- ArOya.
William Willis is hunting ducks |
near Granville today.
w. T. williams has moved from /
HOS North Monroe street to the /
property he bought from Jonas Luz /
kens at 1909 Central avenue.
T. NJ. Forbes has gone to Kansas |