The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-01-21
MORMON ELDERS
SETTLE in TOWN
They Are Not So Elderly, Room
at Your Y. M. c. A. And
The Four of 'Em Have
MT a Wife

Preaching the, gospel a la Jo-
seph Smith, with no dues, no
collections and no Hell-fire, four
Mormon Elders landed in Eliza
beth City the other day. They
went about their business quiet
ly, distributing tracts. renting a
church, and preaching to- any
body who wanted to hear, re-
gardless.
These four Elders, the eldest of whom
is only %, are likely looking quartet
of young men. They travel in fours as
did the Apostles of old, and even when
pairs. Called, to spread the Mormon
doctrine they are pursuing their mission
without script or purse, Or begging. And
| like the Christian missionaries who find
| it necessary to preach to the Chinese
from their beloved Confucius, these Nor
mon youngsters preach to Elizabeth
| City folks right out of the Bible.
| The Elders were found stopping at the
Young Mems Christian Association on
Mann street. They give their names as
follows:% J. W. Green, of McCammon
Idaho, age 25; ]. E. Gubler, of LAYER
kin, Utah, age "A; Rodney T. Bell, of
Glenwood, Utah, age "a and Fred s.
Biggs, of Mesa, Arizona, age q. And
they are all unmarried, and proved to
l bo on bY1nch
I'VE are not seeking to make con-
verts to our creed, so much (as we are
trying to make the country acquainted
with its true principles, said Elder Bell,
$50 many stories have been sspread
abroad concerning Mormonism until
Gentiles have come to believe our re-
| ligion is something to be Stunned. The
! articles of faith of our church do not
materially differ from the principles es-
poused by other churches. We believe
in God the Eternal Father, and in His
son Jesus Christ and in the Holy Ghost
that men will be punished for their own
sins and not for Adams Hransgression;
and that thru the atonement of Christ
all mankind can lie saved, by obedience
|
| pei We believe in obeying and sustain
| ing the laws of the countries wherein
we live and are not the lawless tribe
some would have us be. We believe we
should go to preach asAwe are called,
having faith in the Bible as the word
| of God as far as it is correctly trans
| lated and also believe the book of Nor
mon TO he the word of God.
The impression that polygamy still
exists in our church is misleading. said
Elder Gubler. The proof that poly
gamy ceased in 1890 when the laws Of
Utah forbade a plurality of wives, is
unchallenged, and not since that date
has such a ceremony been performed
within the sanction or knowledge OF the
church. The articles of faith would
not permit it for we believe in honoring
the law"
Those who go to the Mormon ser
vices at the old Primitive Baptist
Church on Cedar Street, will find some
thing interesting as we'll as they who
read the story of the Mormon exodus
to Utah where it suffered innumerable
hardships, but by hard work built city
IN the desert which blossoms like
rose, having a lasting monument in a
great temple costing four million dol
lars and taking forty years in the build
ing" said Elder Biggs- -.--
The Mormons hold their meetings on
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays OF
each week in order to avoid confiction
Ae 9TH Srk1S
fact that they do not take up collections
would be interesting to some church
,goers. while others would lose interest
in the faith on learning that the Nor
mons no longer. believe in q plurality {
ss4p.ess. glpp,st,. The ca1otlaons thenseIves
ehe zdaaa1rca Of q {e~as9 e'hrtstsot' Latter
s. - @-"s-ss - rc rs
:; 4siE IIathlla va ST; T. -, ca
III you wesnaglassesy; !; have |,yg:s3 |
your eyes and glasses both ]
examined from time to time,
and go to the place where you
can afford to pay a reason
able price~for real professio-
nal work. Remember your.
eyes are your bread-winners.
Take care of them.
You have your teeth ex-
amined twice a, year. Why
not you eyes? They-are
more important.
DR. T. D. Hathaway