| Show t r GIRLS NOT HERE HE E FOR POLYGAMY Under a 1 heading the the th Dc D Iowa Resistor and Leader ot of Sunday Sunda Aug ug 4 gives place to tho tot fol In reply to nn an Associated It 3 dispatch published In lit that paper cr a Q ar tow few r days tay boor before Tho Tim president of ot tho Iowa conference of ot tho th Church of ot Jesus Jeu Christ of ot du Sains moro more popularly known nu liS l tho Utah Mormons F I 1 B n I Hammond Jr denies vigorously tho Imputation ot of news dispatches th t tho th hundred or moro more young M onion brought aa IS rt converts from won wor ver Intended for plural marriage Thero Is I no HO such thing thin as n polygamous t in III our Church today ho h J declared yesterday and ho hI hoto pointed to tho recent congressional Investigations tinz as proof that thai the hits has been oNn discontinued bv b order rue of ot tho Church Chur ChurchIn ChurIn In Salt Snit Lake City Mr Hammond Is QUO one of oC a n ha ml of ot missionaries who ho aro nr busy from ono oi years ond cod to another in lown Iowa They Thoy hold street comer 8 In and towns they do to house work worl and preach their go oc occasion casion 1111 m ri fn ory ort t of place They Thoy use uso the methods of ot tho the old time disciples trumping through tim Iho Ih country on toot foot und and preaching at CUI a they fi Mr Mt Ir Hammond pays that thit In iii tho couro courso of ot a CL ear car ho walks voik thou miles In Iii the tha p of his work vork OIK Ind that other otho do 11 the tilt thea a ime In III Iowa tho the Utah Church tits hut i considerable following which Is isy un JI y ln 4 In your ou Issue Isue of ot Jul CI D O raid eald Mr Ir Hammond there as n a Il dispatch which iiIi that hat I a n hundred or 01 mol nor young Indies were wn on their woy fi m JuroD to 10 Salt City and that thaI the W VOlO PIO so 10 closely l guarded by h 1 agents f r the thi Mormon Church tIt that It was wt to t get nl with them III In your or Of Aug All 1 there appears nn nu edi editorial tonal of or the same Import ort Your tOnal Is I more tolerant than we WI usually S INI it for tor or you pr your our conclusions on an nn IF tF I would HUe 1110 to she jIve n 11 reason for this Importation of Mormon from J to and J 1 believe your our renders will see SN that It in III the thC only 1 thing they the could t do under tho th THEY fUBY n The 1111 principles of ot It a U nickname for fill tilt tho tl l gospel gOSet of oC Christ Christof of such nature that when u a man or ormUn woman mUn receiVEs them hen In III tho the world ho h does It at nt the cost ost of ot hh his ht friends i It H t l i Is a n case where 11 n man must munt think mora m of his hiM hi i elision religion than of ot hit hiM hi i It t tnt his ever boon heu FO so tI The wOI IK or tho tm th thIl Master Il ler are ure I come not to I bring peace but hut a the suid orl q is always In the hands of his enemies though Today roeln u it man finn can call ho he II a Meth Methodist MethodIst odist a 1 Baptist n it Catholic a n Chris Christian Christian Christian tian Scientist or a n Holy 1101 Holler and yet Ot In peace anywhere In hI ChrIs Chrls ChrIstendom hut hilt If ii 1 a n man or woman women join the tho Mormon Church ChUlch he Is Ie looked upon as ns though leprous this tiltS Is ts so i o I r lannot annot tell but It ever been ho so sofrom from Nouh till tnt now no Wives vives have slammed their doors In tho faces o ll otheir t their husbands for tor joining this Church anti and dented them entrance thenceforth husbands hUban s have cast out their wives for tor tho sumo same reason young oung mn and nn women have been ostracized o from so clet and arid disowned 1 y their parents what hat for Just because they believed In the tho Book of or Mormon and that God GodF F has IMS broken His Hit long IonA silence and doeS doeR speak pek with His ills servants the prophets In these days What hat are these outcasts to do dohnt What would you ou do Tho The only sensible iy ble blo and und courso course Is to gather guthier with Ith the tho saints For has not the Lord c said Bald My house shall be bo established In hi hithe Inthe inthe the tops of oC the tho mountains and all alt na nu nations lions shrill How lIow unto It These cast castr r gravitate to communities with lUt lUta n a belief bellet like their own You cannot ct blame biame them for Cor this It If they thoy tile remain rem alII In inthe tho the world the linger of Scorn Is point pointed ed Int at them and anil many times employ employment ment Is denied No io wonder vonder they took look fo f n 0 the valleys of ot the Rocki where all Is bright and happy Anything would bo IJo can ean Improvement on th their r re relations lations with those In whoso whose hand Is I Ithe the sword of ot Intolerance If U the of ot tho world want our converts to stay sta stanway away wy from Utah let lot them bo be free tree from c 1 treat them thom with the tho same samo i as US other Christian believers and andi i they will wilt stay sta Wo Yo O do ito not think that ZIon consists of tho land of ot Utah alone but hut both of or the tho Americas are aro Included lu In this favored land InnO not no Utah Is la the tho Mecca of m WIlY WHY WOMEN JOIN joi Fault l Is found with us because many mailY young women Join QUI out church Honestly now Is la It a 11 sin to admit with young oung oung women to fellowship Christ 7 Go to any church In Dm Des 1 Moines and you ou will wilt lind many morn r young oung women than young men Wo Women Women Vo men loon aro are naturally moro inure free from sin and Intrigue than mUll num so In preach preaching lug ing tho the gospel of Qt repentance Is It a 1 terrible thing for tor moro more women than men to join us IH 1 there a minister In this city who vIo would refuse follow fellow fellowship ship to a young lady Ind because sho she shei i have a n male escort with her hel herr r Young women were very vory fond rond of ot y Christ In his day anti and we Ie no rec record ord of ot hIs hl casting any away 1 p Thou Then again It Is said that these young ladles ladies ell on their way to Utah wore were too closely guarded by their escorts Tho dispatch tailed fatted to tot t state though who these escorts were 1 In rii every train of or Immigrants that has lIaa over ever gone gOlle ono to Utah from fruin any country thoro there has been a largo large pro proportion proPortion portion of ot fathers mothers and broth brothers brothel ers em el of ot those these young ladles nut But what t would our critics havu luwe us u do Ilo Should these young ladles hulles who know little of ot tho the world travel all tho the way 1111 from froni to Utah without escorts In these days of ot men and atut pickpockets tho most moat cosmopolitan co nr not lIot sate safe Blither Bather does dol It not how sito thoughtfulness and ClIO care on op the tho part of that UN Its are aio well guarded while traveling tm through this land html of ot tin tIm free NOT NOl WIVES dispatch to In to contains ono one unfair II II IIII unchristian chat go which the tho and Lead Leador or er lr fairly ov nver r with an till If it Ji 1 Hinted tI that thOse young are aro In III int t nii nil us IS plural ii in ru I vios lu hus That t IH is a it 1 faise A man could no Ito e get IUt ot n It 1 plural wife III In Utah than limn limni i lu III i It Iowa There re IH is a I church cli it iti uw ami amia i a I state mate law forbidding polygamy In iii Utah but hu neither In lii Iowa for thu of such Buch has arisen hero rite ro ye j r 1101 tile thA fact tac that Hint not hot one erie plural I I hail had boon been performed In III Utah ine isao 1890 It n cost our out government a u aA loss S I to provo proto It II Itami IIiI A Quit ami the tho greatly helped h our cause TIO Iho KO gov paid palti iI most of ot Iho tho Benator was WIS itH put PI to tp and tutU all 1111 it itI the tho n I Utah LUI wet patti paid the u usual ual feo fee no sri 1 through nit nil ting this t lIs lUll hue md ry i 1 this 1111 i t 1 Z r mill and of ot the tho Mor i mon Church wo we atone alono Have come out oil W n tiit It I HI ace lie II mon 1 n 1 aio 1110 hll r III oi nun UN II a ini i i 0 Durum J Juno und J July Jut I of r IIiI t W iv year a II score of ot us Mormon have havo hll placed Hooks Bool of or Mormon In III that th t many m ho 33 a and on tun en Um J many homes nave navo a tract or small book bo le our all this In the tho now counties that BUM Polk about Smoot localisations they th are Just what we wo want rant Any Au system tem of ot that will wilt not bear hour tim tho limo lIme lt of o 0 fair Investigation some day go to tl tho the wall willi Until by the tto Mormon question has h fJ been hoell dealt I with mostly by religious bigots whose minds worn wore iet et before the tion Vegan Jeran Now statesmen have hae had hadn hada a n hold holt of ot the th For Tor four lour long I years every e of ot this With was l to light and a Jd with the tile ex et etoN e oN V M t k i l lV MM M My X XI y X X k I Y Y X k I t I z y zA Y A t Iii X E I YI 11 y y yX yv v y I t IX y yv Iv t v t X y k I J f II v y 1 i i iE 1 f fr f k k 3 I Y 1 iJ i im i Y 1 Y 1 I f ft t 1 f Ii V Vf i y I y y y 9 r ro GROUP OF MORMON ELDERS IN FAR OFF AFRICA The sis sic sl elders shown In tho the accompanying picture aie are laboring In South Africa their address being Woodcock toek CAPO Cape Colony One Ono of the tho number another writing to the t he News oV says fays the he neld of ot labor Is almost straight through tho th cooler cantor e ot of the earth front from Utah All hl 11 are QI In good health henith and ancl excellent spirits and me are enjoying their work The names of ot the tho elders wading reading front from left heft to right ate aie George W V Simons Albert B 13 Foulger Orson M 1 Rogers Ralph A Badger C I 1 Grow and James G McKay Ic ll 2 x PP P of ot tho the doctrine of polygamy which has been heen eliminated our great senators could find nothing In Mor llor monism that any believer mid find mida finda l a for tor In the Bible and all l nothing for tor which Mr Smoot should be bo ejected I l trust your readers witt will give Mar Marmon mon recruits the same privilege to Im tin migrate to the loud land of their choice ns as the pilgrims or tho the Quakers and if It they the still stilt think young oun women are arc es escorted escorted escorted to Utah to become plural wives why start stait another vo will assist alt all wo we can PIONEER DAY IN IU NORWAY It may ma Interest somo sonic of ot the Notre News readers renders to hear hell I a 11 word Vord from Crom Norway Wo We 0 celebrated the tho sixtieth anniversary sary liar of ot tho tim settling of oC Utah by that noble band of ot pioneers of or ISH by b hav has having havIng hasing ing an entertainment In honor of the theold theold old folks All over Ocr CO GO years euls being guests of or honor were ero presented at the thedoor door doO with a white silk bow hol There Theio were present all tho the old people It was possible to get among limon them an old sister lIster who had 1131 been In beth bed for n a num number ber her of at years ears Carriages were provided for nit all that wert sero unable to walk to the halt hall 1 We Ve commenced at lit 8 p m with Mil song and pra er A program of songs speeches recitations otc etc was WIlB then rendered el after aCter which a 1 very ver lunch vaR served by the young people The rue hall hail was filled HI led with salute friends and strangers and un all alt were wele very vet much pleased The work worl of ot tho the Lord IH Is prolonging progressing In this part pall of tho the vineyard Thor area good goad many ninny here that are Ire looking for tor the tho truth Wo Ve 0 have added quite a number to tho the Church ChulCh this year ant and our prospects fI for tor a rich harvest In III the tho near future aio very promising All MI Allour Allour our meetings no DC well attended by II strangers Our OUI choir of ot over 6 mem hers burs Is lii doing a n good work Wo c enjoy jO jOn a n go d many mallY privileges privileged hero hern and prejudice udice IH is doing allayed People are re be ho becoming coming more and are arc moro more willing to listen to the Word of ot the Lord lArd The Tho ho News Is n ii welcome visitor and Its Itu arrival IH is If looked for fOI with great In III Intel tel rat JOSEPH K g ISON Conference Clerk |
