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Show PROVO MEN'S BOOK SOON TO BE PUBLISHED Pioofsheets of ' "Fruits of Mormonism" by Harris and Butt Read by Authors "The Fruits of Mormonism" is the title of a new book by President Presi-dent Franklin S. Harris and Newborn New-born I. Butt of the Brigham Young university soon to be issued from the press. The preface, as shown by an inspection of the proof sheets, sets forth that the work grew out of an insistent demand for the real facts concerning conditions among the people belonging to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The authors, it is stated, have spent a number of years gathering material mate-rial for the volume. No special consideration con-sideration has been given to the theological teachings of the church; the concern has been with the pragmatic prag-matic test showing results and accomplishments. ac-complishments. The chief sources of material have been the reports of the United States census bureau and the official reports of various state, county, nnd municipal statistic-gathering agencies. The table of contents shows a consideration con-sideration of the following subject matter: Effect of philosophy of Mormonism on the lives of its members, mem-bers, education among the Mormons, leadership development, work in colonization, attitude toward government, gov-ernment, patriotism, hen 1th, Mormon Mor-mon women ns mothers, marriage nnd divorce, chastity, a study of insanity in-sanity among the( Mormons, their relation to crime,. The book is being published hy I he MiicMillan company of New York. |
