Show I 11 1 lH I 1 j 1 MORMONISM An Essay Read I r I f to t I 10 Alpha Al P I 11 S 0 I IJ I t I r I at its Yearly Meeting April 15 1910 at Ber Berlin er erI I I I I II lin 1111 Wisconsin VISCOUS i 11 iJ t I 1 I I t I i I r i t IA t v i i II Mr rH Cunningham Cunil I C i L n V f I 1 i I I II K I i r yr w KO 0 a 1 wm e J I I r r I Ii I f 11 J JI Urn Ian U lAth th wins winsome and II rf r t i 1 I I Ie Hmo fi tOm om h her r homo on tin Ih r l I I 7 H wide t ol of oln olM D kota to t vl vi H It ItI I iJ nn aunt In her hr farm horn home In III the Ihl k kI forest of where I l J 1 was the only fu l for the Iho kitchen 1 1 1 An a ono day da she o W che her he Hunt al i n work baking In the 1111 lame farn 11 1 e I I 1 her Hunt poke to hn f I i I n and Ud said Md J do uke that 1 CI t pun no 0 out In II the Ih yard tu I 11 l lr t I i j i I Or t Ie and bring in I In II I I M t w chIp Jil fur tor the tire fr Th The little la II IIi klo looked lit ner with lame wide open i 0 f k eyO and Ind said Ild 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IDe II quills fuli upon the f j I c J I J fretful porcupine 7 td I I Vo Wo club of ot It a e I 1 lm I 1 I I women omen hardly of the th du uikI k kj r fil I o j j though some me of us U might scream Iram If n nI lr j Q ran Into the room And IC those J II ir mouse rom thol I it t I I i I r q I I I I J l J talo but bUI ghosts Iho I m mO re shadow I I f I from flom the fanciful brain brIn or the sp t I Ii r 1 i 11 II 1 l ful tul mind of ot lor one on we WI are lre willing to 10 tot lk Iho 1 1 l t 11 In II laying them low It I Is I th n f 1 V J truth we wt seek ek to know For th truth i j free tr our minds mind from errors r i pG chain I I I J I d t I 1 I urn am deputed hy ou to seek ek for tor In InI I o t j f d j I f nation fur tr your enlightenment upon Up f TI t J 1 i tho subject of ot anil I I If II It I Id j 1 f i hal Meek lk for tor It I not from the Ih know n I I I F 1 j f 1 1 I J of the nl hut mi I j tact facts I f I 4 i I I IiI n f H 1 I r j i i TION OF 01 I I oa r 11 I In Hi tl stale Ial of ot Now New York In the ear 1111 I I 11 i I j 1 30 upon tho Iho sixth of April Apri there there 1 I II i f Wil ins Incorporated under the law IHUS of or j I 1 II I I Unit state for the of ot ro Il I I I J 1 11 a church at KI that thAI It CI time six members It uns 1 tha t 1 11 It t Ire all I 1 wal 1 wor I 1 I 1 hurh of ot Jt JIM us of t I dl Out OUI nation at al that Ihal Urn MIM M I lint hilt a I fe blo Infant Cl Jl II lo 10 Un It ItI I ton t It 1 present Western New Nw NewYork IVle view II I I 1 York nan W an Al untamed wilderness Ohl I I I 11 1 i S I WI a 1 wid thinly land lam lamI I tho th lly I In II 10 Ii 1 J t I 1 i I our ur I than thal rO p o ople I charf l I I j I I j nan WI as set t n I dim lm i I 4 i d I lil mi In the In brall u In ot if HB Its Inventor A At t 01 I 4 neek from Crom Boston n tn to New York W J t jr the Ihl inte raIl of ot travel and ald tho th thI r t j ut hud hIl I nut a I bridge I I daya dYA f iI upon It I which tu lil lie he 1111 These Fernl 1 f I the th of ot this Ihl country CU It 1 lien this huh nan WM fur rho 1 I I I wro thc thi da dl of nr th Ion lol cabin the Iha ox 1 II 1 I l the Ihl pioneer the wild wilI and J I I I The school mauler l i I an in l from house hou to I houi hou hout t r I I his hb PRY pity was wa a pittance nooks 11 ii i I I j I I I i Mere wre iv as a an hens teeth I th I i J Th wire Wll tho Ihl d IM s of ot Methodist t I I meetings of ot the rider rl r 1 t lu j 1 I j of Ihl the shell hrU talUt elder t II I I I 1 11 nr and l with nm l of them In nt damnation were wr their I i J I I I 1 f In trude Irad to tn i int I men ln and wom tn 10 come mt to 10 1 nt tt of 0 I the bench at lt H I of nt re rei reI I 1 k I r rh rw i L I Only lev thy thoy said and andou 1 j ou be 1 A Catholic was wasi wal Mr lr I wil b II Ilia tho t J I f I 11 i looked loke upon v mi II holy hom hOMor r as I a aI I It I i I I thing of or evil vI tn to 1 and nd In some somei me 1 Ct I black robed iK h tt I i children from a rob Iw I I as A though he h were the th devil him III t 1 t J I 1 I et Instead In of or a minister of ot Christ Christi wn 11 I I i In that port of ot thi th country w a aI I i 1 u Ii I family of ot Jr hut hard h irit Ille r I I j l hll and hone t descendants 11 of ot May Iy Mayi I f i lower stock Iok and Ind from men of or renown lown j J i i In the Ih war of ot the th Joseph r mutter I Smith lon on waa Wi the founder of or orI I liv hy cv er I 1 i l and III to 10 him himl com MI I l rAm rame a him himIn fc r I In 10 form torm the Ih now n frown to a f 1 tody lod ot f worshipers number I r 4 about 0 people Small to 10 tn h 1 I 11 t S I sure IIA when rm with wih the Ih power l I mi I I i at Homo with Its I I i I In OUI land Hy I Josoph Smith WA I 11 t f f the Ih Hook Hok of o Mormon hy M tM Mt 0 t aid of ot divine power and Ind tn In him were WI WIt revelations from 01 onn t i many n I the th formation government I of nt th Church hU h I will wi V you ou tho Iho Articles of ot as u by the Ihl IhlI I Mirmon rmon prophet lz Iz IzI OK Ol HAITI FAITI I t l t I v V l IMI In II 00 the th his hll n JIH Christ l i In Ghost 4 II 1 We 1 b ll II ro that men nm will 1 be b pun punished 1 I for own Hn and nd not for Adams III JI Wo le t that Hi I i I atonement of Christ Ml 11 man me may be b bI I sated by to t the tl laws law and nd I 1 I ordinances t of lt the th gospel 1011 I I IV We 1 bell v t that the p ln I and ord are falli In w 1 the Ih lf Lorl it Jesus second lI re r Int ent ance third by for Cur forthe CurI I the re mine n r Inn In laying oi 01 I 1 of Qt hands hn fn t lh Ih ft gir f f C the tho Holy loly Oho V We believe lh t a man mn must lie he heI called I of f 01 by I r cy and a by lay layIng I Ing In on of f hands han by who are ue In InI I tu to preach ch the gospel pI and d In the th ordinances thereof 1 I VI 1 We Wt II c In th same ame organ oln I I I that existed In tl viz j etc VII We w In the Ih of ot 1 i he re I Interpretation of ot Inu ilc 1 1 I VIII UI We the to b the word of ot no as a tAr far an R It I Is II translated 1 we also al believe the Ib Rook Book of ot otIz VI Iz Mormon to be b the wort of lt IX We W all al that dud Gd has hal re r rI caled all he h doea now reveal al ml I Iw al I we w a b II that he will wil yet reveal Y I and n Important things I to h the Ih In in of nt 0 l c i I X We W In the literal l Rath Ith r I i ring of f Israel and an the restoration tolon of f the th t tn n tribes tn that Zio will 1 be b built bit iT 11 1 Iran continent that upon this the th American mar c J I I rt will wl 11 personally upon th tt 1 and that the th earth will 1 he re renewed I nw and nd It i Al t I I I I lory XI We the of nr w r A G to th j I I dictate 1111 or t our ur and a lr lrI I ow I l I all 1 men In the me pv I 1 let Ift them k I worship how where IN or 1 t they IhlY may mn t I XII XU We 1 believe In being to t and l HC rulers ma m In ot eln r ana In sue ue r i the l I Ij w j XIII I We 1 In honett true haitI benevolent virtuous and n oln 1 to tn nil ni men mn Indeed Ino we I l may my y that no fI f n w the admonition a 71 i of or r 11 ul We I hI all al thin w We have endured hope all al j HII hor hf e to be h able abl to en J dare IN all al Tf T tin ro is I m lo r t of n t po 1 1 O n npr praiseworthy we W nek t tj othY Pl FI j thine pr JO I Ii These Th are rl the Mormon dr nf or orI J I 11 j The Th we w soy MY of Church thur h The Tit chief lr coiner i I Nione ton Itu I 11 upon wC It Is I I Ii founded Is II the rOk of oC divine revelation I if tion ton believe 11 that thai Gd I Ie e I tn In till our I 1 his hiI mind mil t I I wi to t lilt 11 the prophets cen fn 11 lui 1 ho b did In 11 sn t nt tm es In the tim of or hj toiv 11 n that 01 1 l tho ane el 11 nv ni 1 or ortho ever Burcy the tho 11 a OJ J w ii J Jn nothing n but Iut he 1 ri s e rc rn i into nto ta his hi at the th prophets Amos III II 1 The rel of lt Die ll Lord I la I with that Ihal tar fear him and i will 11 w them his ti covenant alm 1 1 And nl I pay MY 11 unto Ulio to that art and ald upon UI tnt rock roc h rock rok of ut til divine vine revelation 1 I will wi build my church curth and ad the th gate IM of r hell shall 1 not nOI prevail again It I And Jesus answered said e unto him hin art ar thou Simon for tor llesh lelh ard blood has h not It unto but my Father hN which Is I In heaven 16 Ie verse VI r Joseph Joeph Jr tn to the Ihl world In which he lived led that he h had ha received a I rlou revelation lon from Oo and ane this when he I wai w but bl 14 I yearn of ot Ale age Tina Th revelation wa wae In th brond d ht and In the mom Ing of II IIII II day and anc in to tp his hl pra Irl er r foi tI wisdom to know knol which r the of th the day he h Join und Ind while he hI waa w ti upon til Kne s In In Il a grove Iroe of trees cm n his father r trl rm the Ih l and Hie Ih Hon Hona appeared a r to 10 him two glorious beings In the form fon of ot men mn One On sad 1 pointing to t the Ih other Thin Is I m I beloved 1101 Son Hear ler him A recital of or th tn to I Ihla hi hla most mOl Intimate friends frIMI the tho ministers of th vicinity on Oi Joseph Smith bitter denunciation und oot and this Ihle man mn told pot lot to 10 tell 11 about his hi vision to 10 anyone anyon for Cor no ni more himself to men Hut Bul tin th youth told lold others othel und and brought on severe erf treatment scoffs abuse and t bitter persecution which followed him though all al his life and finally caused sud him to lie be murdered with wih his hi brother In the tho jiul at 11 Carthage III II Korty times he hA ll on Oi charges charge and every elry time on trial he wan W declared Innocent of ot all al wrong by juries picked from unions men Iel not nol his hi He le 1 murdered In II cold blood blO upon up Inn Ihn 1 la a of f June by b n mob with blackened faces fala led If by a minister UN II last 1111 word were O 0 Lord lArd My Hod Go He had luw predicted hi death I Ishall shall Ihal dc III Innocent and It shall hll he said Id of ot me mI Hn IA WI murdered In h cold blood blod his hi death tho Mormons tr driven from the tho city of ot Nauvoo a 1 place they the had built bull numbering 20 people pOle and after afler many bitter biter 1111 In traveling over the wild plains plaIn of ot the far fr west well settled tn In Halt Lake Lak valley now Utah Ulah In II July This ollIe haw suffered terrible trials trial many driven from their heir I homM In II Missouri and Ind Illinois their men ml and d children murdered their women out outraged olt raged by Mends In human shape halo hu burned their destroyed hundreds of nt Innocent women and little children perished In their brutal from their hor In the the dead c at of oC winter II Iho Ico Ie of t the t Mississippi In February F brua They r the Ih bleak of nf the thon wild wili territory of low 10 In II 1 with wih only a I canvas for tor shelter In n them were we bom and ald moth mother er died from anc auf and Ald trial those Ih of the martyrs of nC Kuro e who suf uC red for 1 Hake They crossed Imme plains over mountain range often surround surrounded ed iby y of ot red rd men who hough yet yel were n kinder to Ih hem than men exiling thom el h civil zed IN I TUB TIm Among lon the who drove the lh lor mUl from was their com command mand nander Thomas Thal H a 1 Cani preacher and ll ono of ot th he mob was another alother preacher who 10 as ascended a to In the th topmost toner lower of o tho empl erected by the th Mormons for the Ih worship nt dod und n IH I inert o 0 th tn Inhabitants nf lt the earth now IO thAt the th Mormons are Ir driven out and the mob moh In I holy TrUC with lh vilest Jests blasphemous anil I horrid horid oaths Tills tempi emple M a beautiful building oost II ng or a million dollars do I The mob waa Wi led Id by of ot different do 01 the thy plundered the wagons wn of ot the th Mormons ruly treated the th k and nl and brutally me of or the people who wh WI thi lr d dea ad Thin Thil ull ni in these State Stat In the th century Why the Ih great hatred of o the th era f tor r this Ihl ev l t IU the th fact tol that thai they th pradd for tor hire for tor a I salary for tor monn Ione anything to do with lh their hatred for tor the Ih Mormons Wall 01 Mormons Irmon preach the Ih gospel of oft Christ t to 10 the people both bot rich and ald poor Ioor without monny and without 1 lu I price pr There hn Hover leer been H I paid I minister among them Ih Is I preaching any le a I trade Ille now a amean 1 mean of or 1111 making silver Images Ime to tn b be onh I DM gods I In InArt Art Act For a certain man which made mado Demetrius a A liver shrine for brought no n gain aln with wih the th nUmen whom he called together w wil Ith the Ih workmen of or occupation and Sirs ye YE know that b this we have hll our wealth moreover n r yv ee that not nt 11 Rhone but bIn y almost throughout all 11 Asia A la this I ali Hill hath turned AWO miKh people sa Ing that they the bo bono h no ends which lc are I mw with hands hAI MI that 11 not nOl only this our raft rt In I In dancer t In 1 I set It al at naught ht Ino her magnificence should be destroyed whom all al Asia Ala ami the Ih world And when thy they heard these sayings they were full tul of ot wrath Ind cried out saying Or Ht I Diana nf oC the th Ih IhlaM lans laM Ho 10 they th tilled the th whole city cl confusion and rals il up ut a I mob but the th authorities nf or the heathens had hl a fear tr of ot the law I of Home Roe an re restrained r strained the mob and nd quieted them and nr Paul Pul w not nol hurt hurl In I not human na nature ture tu much IU the Ihl name through the all CJ I t V 1 N lEH You ou will wi never sen HP a contribution plate or box ox passed pId In a Mormon lormon meetinghouse They Th never Invite stranger Into their churches and In then ask ak them to tn pay 1 to get It out or to In h looked upon with Ith a ur face tale No by their tithes Ith and offerings the pay p the Iho Df t their own on houses huI of ot wor worship ship hp A good 0 Mormon 1 H K tenth pan pr of ot all In his hll Income InCI Into the Ih of nf his hi Church In addition tn to this Ihl on the Ih Sunday of every month ho hopa pa In a offering much an a his hi hiroo fond roo would cost t for tor one on day dA nt I lenit for tor the Ih heln helf of ot the poor The Church keeps kP out in nth the world orld from jer r to 10 year about but SOM 10 These The go KO goto to 10 nearly nert ev rv part II of otthA the world upon u n nevI evI continent the th r are ae found and upon the lone Ion Isle In far distant sean from Icy Ic mountains to 10 India Ine coral Iral strand They The pay I their own expense either Ih or their par parent pr prenta ent enta for tor they th are mostly moal young men and ad cheerfully go 10 and preach and n teach tN the ba t gospel pl tome om from farm tam ranch and ld mill mi doctor lawyers la n mer merchant chant thant dentists miners banker brok broker er r of ut over ery trade and profession ex except tx minister for there are Ire 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