| Show THEIR USUAL 1 S SWI WI We have n copy op of or n a 1 pamphlet let which Is III being circulated 11 III In Austra Australia lia by lIy the of tho the H church commonly hut but Improper Improperly ly I called for tor there are arc no nomore more moie virulent opponents of or many mammy of the Iho teachings of Joseph Jozeph tho the Seer leer than thull those Iho e professed disciples of tho the Prophet They are today among the most moat malig malignant nant of our and do more to In foment hostility and pro yoke voke than almont any nil other agency of that t kind The of th Ihl the pamphlet edit to 10 toUs Us tie Is IB clearly to prejudice and stir up against Iho Ih Mor Mol irons nonn as OR the Iho writer Mil calla the mom mem bers jors of ot tho the Church of Jesus Je IIA Christ of or I att It largely of garbled from remark nl III alleged leg 1 to have hn e been made many years ngo ego by h prominent men mell menn in III n this lion hurch Church which separated from tram the context are arc made mado to appear in III n on an Improper light and which have be been n explained time Iliac and again by o log ng the tho context and thus Ihus making clear the tho he true trul meaning of the And after all the tho Ideas advanced were those of ot the tho persons who argued In their fator fa fo faor vor tor or and nn are arc to ho so an o understood tood AS u thin Church hun has repeatedly formulated Its ts adoption of the the Hook of Mormon th the Doctrine and Covenant Covenants and aul the tho Pearl of Great Price us Its written n standards leaving other print printed ed d works orko to stand Bland on their own merits or demerits and as os the Iho views of ot their authors n u Tho The and falsehood fal of ot the tha writer of ot the pamphlet which Is le tied lied The Mormons and purports to tobe he be 6 published by The Australian Hoard of Publication of the Reorganized ll church hurch are exhibited In these the e opening sentences Almost every cery one has heard of Salt Bait Lake kp City Utah and the people who reside there thore Utah l le Is today synonymous synonymous with and ond Mormon lam sm U is I a n synonym for tor polygamy o my This assertion Is followed by a 1 con can effort on tho the part of at the writ writer er to create crent prejudice against the El m Elder der dera from Utah In their endeavor endeavors to preach the tho Gospel In Australia There Theres is s nothing In the tho pamphlet giving Unlit tight on oil the tho principles of ot salvation It Is III filled with malicious and false accusations with no other apparent oh nh left feet Je t than to Incite anger tho the Fil Ei Fillers lers dera In iii their labors of love lovo Tho rho writer attempts to tn deceive the public by hy draw raw Ina ng a 1 distinction between the Mor Moe mone thom he represents as thin th Utah Church end and the Saints who are arc represented as an the church Now everybody acquainted with the history of the Church Is IB aware that from Its lR organization In hi 1830 1930 to 10 the ho present time the Latter Saints have hlo been heen nicknamed Mormons and their heir Ih 11 doctrines have been called Mom MOl Mormonism monism This was long lon before thin Ihl principle of plural marriage was Ia In reduced Into the tha Church All AU th the hostile works written against the tha followers fol lowers of Joseph Smith during hh his hi life lifetime lifetime time dubbed them Mormons and their heir faith OB itS Mormonism It w his fact fael that led lell time the Prophet Joseph to o publish over OI his hili signature the tho well known mown explanation of at the tho word Mor Mormon mon men showing eho ving that It wile was not derived from tram tho the Greek OH as but hut from the Egyptian mon mat with a II con construction of the tho English l h more mort and it thus hus signified sI moro more good We Sr Ve arc aro mint lot arguing In favor tavor of ot this lon lion just now hut limit simply showing that the ho term lerm Mormon was applied to the thel l an nil the tho history of woe the he Church shows long lon before Utah wall WOH peopled or mentioned 1 Tint That Is not n nyno nym for polygamy IB In understood by hy every Ivory well Informed person and by h none better than the tho of ot the time church chinch In Tn trying tomako to tomako mako tho the distinction which wh Ich others of lit them thrum are setting forth besides the puerile writer In ii Australia they Iho unwittingly tingly use n It weapon against themselves If It they not nol Mormons Bud and their doctrines art not thou then they thy cannot possibly be an nn they the pretend the time original I Church nor their teach teachings lugs ings be bo HH till original tenets for rOl these were wen known by hy those names minion and were ro so 0 attacked std and defended from the very ery beginning Mormonism menus the doctrines of or Mormon That ritt IH Is easy to III understand Thero There Is III nothing In Mormons writings hint Inculcates polygamy Thorn Thero Is U nothing III In the toot rent meaning Inca of ot the tho word that makes It a II synonym noll for far po 1 The ho assertion of the Ihl Austral AustralIan Ian lall er Is II u II palpable falsehood false taille falsehood hood and the his whole pamphlet IR is of the time sumo nature and spirit nut Hut wo we ad lid advice visa ViM our l J there not to enter Into any contention with him or nr hum hlo Ilk but butto butto to 10 preach the time pure lure Gospel of at time Hie Hon Son of ot God which Is le the tho of Mor Ilor monism and leave the In of or strife and of ot wrath entirely alone The rhe of ot the Iho truth will wll win itIn lid th hearts of ot the tho honest hone t tanti and anti It will 11 shine In glowing contrast to 10 the clouds of calumny that thOl see sec sectarian rake rol e with evil intent |
