Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-07-09
LETTER TO EDITOR
Calls Mormonism @InsIdious. Deadly
Enemy To Christian HOme-Liie In
The World

The World
TO the Editor 81 the EUeHiHg Capital:
Mormonism Is perhaps the most in
sidious and deadly enemy 10 Christian
teachings and Christian home-life IN
the world. especially in that il pur-
ports TO have its foundation upon the
Bible. but while ] endorse the con-
domination OF this sect by our Protest
ant brethren, / see no logical legs
under them in their stand against the
Mormon missionaries. The Mormons
make exactly the same claim as every
sect since Martin Luthur started the
ball rolling-they also came, Bible in
hand, preaching the pure Gospel to
those that sit in superstition and dark
ness; they interpret the Scriptures
according TO their own predictions
and formulate a theory OF faith by
which they live and try TO attract
others. Their case is parallel with
those OF other religions started by
man and goes to shoW that "the ignor-
ant and unlearned wrest the Scrip
lures 10 their own damnation."
Not that the Mormons are ignorant
and unlearned; they are keen finan-
ciers and Mormon money is more
dominant in Wall street than is gener-
ally known, while the communal life
OF Salt Lake City Is a financial tri-
umph. The money power behind Nor
monism is its most potent converting
power, Their use of the Bible is
casuistry pure and simple-the casuis-
ltry OF the devil himself, and only
dupes or those harboring interested
motives are taken in by it. The Nor
mon elders residing in Annapolis may
be sincere dupes of the system or they
may not. But they come Bible in
hand, and logically Protostants can do
nothing but grin and bear it unless
they are able to take up the Bible and
beat them with it. But this is doubt
full, for there was never a Bible-be-
gotten sect that could beat another
Biblo-begotten sect with the Bible! 1t
would take a church founded before
the Bible was written, and by whom
the Bible was written to do that little
job.
In the chronicles of the Gotta fam
lily, written in Luthur's time, we read
that DIR. Luthur was very angry with
the Anabaptists (thore is no mention
OF the slaughter of the Anabaptists
under DIR. Luthurs' direction how
ever, for this book is the pet piece of
Reformation propaganda)" he was
much upset too because friend and
contemporary of his had gone over to
the Anabaptists. The writer laments
these early differences, but comes to
the weak conclusion that there is no
real difference after all, because the
Bible is the foundation.
And along comes the Mormon, Bible
i'm hand!
Undoubtedly the Mormon elders
would be more favorably received if
they paved their way with anti-Catho-
lie propaganda; if they got up some
camoufiage paper, now,-say Men
ace" or Good Citizen" or Gospel
Trumpet" besprinkling with senti-
mental Bible stories and melodrama-
tic tales about the red-headed, no, the
scarlet" woman galloping around on
a soven-headed boa-constrictor, with
some pictures of the pope with seven
hoTnsand a dozen or so tentacles
reaching out to grab some swect-faced
Professionals standing on a sea of glass
reading the Bible with the American
flag hoisted in the middle.
EVA DORSEY CARR.