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Show JIORMON PREACHES AGAIHST POLYGAMY CHICAGO, March 24. Missionaries of the Mormon church for tie northern district dis-trict of Illinois met In the Mormon church. 19g Oakley avenue, where Ashael H. Woodruff, president of the Northern States mission, said the Mormon church was fighting for Its existence. "We are fighting- a great battle, as most persons do not noderatand the Mor- mon faith," Mr. Woodruff said. "They ttlnk Mormonism and a plurality ot wives go hand In hand. This is not so. Mormonism Mor-monism and polygamy are not synonymous synony-mous terms, though usually accepted so . In the North and East. .. "Polygamy was not originated by the Book of Mormon, but about a year before he was killed by a .mob Joseph Smith. -bothered by the Increase of women 'in the rank of his followers, pretending to have received a , new revelation, altered the creed so as to enjoin the practice." |