Show i L D 0 S S. S Warned Church Does Not Countenance Plural Marriages I Members of the L. L D D. D S. S church were warned Saturday that the chur church h does not countenance plural marriages and that offenders face immediate excommunication excommunication in ina a sta statement ment issued by the first presidency The statement t. t Issued publicly was yas signed by President Heber J. J Grant First Counselor Anthony W. W Ivins and Second Counselor J. J Reuben Clark Jr The first presidency has recently r received letters making Inquiry con can con concerning cern the position of the church regarding regarding re- re re re- garding the contracting of polygamous or plural marriages the document read I r It u Is evident c from these letters a awell as aswell aswell well as from certain published ma that a secret and according to reputation an oath-bound oath organization tion of at misguided individuals Is seeking seek seek- ing tag to lead the people to adopt ous otis relations under the thc guise of a pretended and false polygamous or oi plural marriage ceremony The Thc statement called attention to the thc fact that the thc church has been opposed to plural marriages since 1893 and Instructed church officers to take immediate steps to abate persons found guilty of at violating violat ing rig the thc rule |