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Show ANTI-POLYGAM- STANDARD. Y 37 itable, good wives, tender mothers, MnmUkdmU hithrd. and faithful friends, but they are a No. 4. sad illustration of a saying that is The glorious Fourth was very I have given a brief sketch of current in Utah, that Mormonism Reasons generally observed by all the patriQwhy the Christian women of the of and the man for a or ahvoman In of early this history anypolygamy, residents tic spoils Territory. UcitcdStatesshouUsllppMlthe Asii.Poltoamt how the forced women shown a Mormon. And were those but demonstrations Standard thing Salt Lake City the were particularly fine, and the re- - to submit to it for two reasons. who do not drift into infidelity al- marks of Gov. Murray met the en- - First, to illustrate the principle most always become spiritualists, Tbe STiSMI1D ., (he ony paper m ,he Unitcd women made has which Utah the of because which is the all classes of worse, States devoted to the suppression of Polvgamy. of. tire approbation perhaps and which general tendencies of modern citizens. Sev- - what they are legal and JL are not conducive to either eral of our exchanges contain very can find no parallel anywhere on of the civilized globe, and moral or intellectual strength. I j Polygamy, as it exists in Utah, is not undecomplimentary notices of Gov. Mur- - the face second, to show that if Utah were rhope my Apostate friends will not stood by the people of the United States, rays speech. admitted as a state, unless polygamy deem I do them injustice by saying v Rev. Mr. Ilifi of the Methodist . were abolished as completely as they are not supporters of evangeliChurch m Utah, leaves New York 11 is the mission of the Standard to now is, that the same things cal Christianity, but nevertheless this I enlighten J slavery on the 15th of August for a year of PfPle America in regard to the workings in b( fed- - Given seems to be the ftCt . A prominent i this monstrous system of inquity. foreign travel. lie journeys to the statehoof at presen the Gentiles a woman of refine-- 1 lady, Apostate Holy Land in company with Bishop ld sooa of the coun. ment, culture and unusual strength Merrill, returning from Palestine to b the Liberal schools and new of character, said to the writer only It is now more than years since remainder of the the year Europe d and a rei of a short while ago, An Apostate Polygamy was planted on the shores of the Great will be spent in the principal cities that wouldn cost the Mormon cannot with consistency Salt Lakeinaurated Mr does d Iliff of the continent. United States millions of money embrace any other religion. not expect to return to this stake of lnd lives before the abolition During this time Congress has utterly failed to Athena. The Zion till September, H81. enact efficient, or enforce existing laws for the could be accomplished, m m j accomof the Standard 'vishes abolition of this great crime. good a Uttle Send to us for extra copies of this dterminationfe on tbe number of the pames Mr. Iliff and his family. coupled Standard, and scatministerial are the apFollowing part of the Government would soon ter them broadcast over the land. Polygamy has never taken such a degrading Church Methodist of the evil from the and and stop spreading, pointments fm in aatT' or aong anr debTK woman in the United I What every : the in Utah, made by Bishop Wiley place it in the way of complete lt people savages, as in it read, the States should Utah. Lake City, II. D. Fisher; Og- nihilation. amy Standard. den and Corinne, M. B. Hyde; Toole The women of Utah at the pres It is degrading to man and woman, a curse to City, J. B. Morris; Provo, George j ent time, leaving the Gentiles out and destruction to the sacred relations E. Jayne; Beaver and Frisco, Erastus 0f the question altogether, maybe UTAH COMMERCIAL, children, of family. Smith; Park City, to be supplied; divided into three classes. First, Published Monthly by Book and Tract Department, Salt Apostates, that is, those who have withdrawn entirely from the Mor- - EL G. We call upon all the Christian women of the Lake, G. M. Pierce. Main 14I Salt Lake St., United States to join us in planning and executCity. Ladies, do not forget to look over m?n Church; second, those who are PRICE PER ANNUM CENTS. 50 ing measures to arrest the further progress of Church, but who do not our advertising columns each month. SH11 this evil. You will find no better places where believe in polygamy, and third, -those who do, or pretend they do to purchase your necessities. No. 39 Second South Street. We also call upon them to assist us in keeping believe in polygamy as a religious Dealers in all kinds ot itpublic sentiment in agitation against an abominaWhat town will immortalize - LChoice Domestic and California Fruits tion that inb vitiiiiuni peculiarly oppresses and stigmatizes self by organizing the first branch u not The first and clasg woman. Mmer. Vegetables. of the Woman s National Anti-Po- count but their STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES. they 0US) lygamy Socie y . Goods Delivered Free of Charge. ranks some noble women who have Polygamy is a sin most especially against woWeight & Jack, the popular Green burst from their trammels under man as it desecrates the home and the fireside, 1IO FOR Grocers have removed to No. 39 many difficulties; women who have and renders mutual confidence between husband and wife an utter impossibility. Second South street, where all their suffered untold martyrdom for the old patrons, and we hope a good sake of a false God. But there is many new ones, will find a fine as- - something very sorrowful about the T II 33 Consequently it is only right then that woman sortment of every thing in their apostate Mormons, as a class, to the should be its most uncompromising opponent, line. mind of evangelical Christianity. & and work for its complete abolition. MormomChurch the After leaving By special request of the minis- STAG E COMPANY not take refuge at the cross do ters of Utah, the late general Con- Christ, but drift either into It is true that nothing more fully attests the ference of Cincinnati placed this progress of a nations civilization than the posiConference back on the footing of spiritualism or infidelity; not one tion and character of its women. a mission. We hope some substan- - in a hundred becomes a member of tial assistance will be rendered to an evangelical church. I had a dear assist in carrying on the educational friend, once a Mormon, vhom I asked It is also true that at no period of the worlds to become a sponsor for one of my existence has womans work of love among her work. own sex been more sicnally blest. she positively deVisitors from the country, as well little ones, but clined on the ground that she could as ladies in the city, should not fail -running a line of Stages from Blackfoot, subscribe to Are Utah & Northern Railway, to Challis, Custer to step into Camerons New York not conscientiously creed herself, or be- City, Bonanza, and all points in the Yankee Consequently, we call upon women to aid ns religious any store and inspect his car load of Miniug District. Forty (40) pounds of bag- in this work of charity, trustihg that our labors come responsible for another. They Fork Stages leave may also be crowned with success. gage allowed each passenger. new goods. and Challis and swinBlackfoot have been so Mondays, that Wednesdays they say connection close with passenmaking Fridays, The lakes of Big Cottonwood dled and deceived, and seen so maUST ger trains at Blacktoot. arn now to be seen in their greatest ny atrocities perpetrated in the That this system of iniquity should be pracSo says the Salt Lake name of God and under the name and cloak of religion only that beauty. ticed religion, adds to the enormity of the crime. Tribune, and tourists are gathering when once free from Mormon round them. B. A. trammels, they appear to hate and Dont forget tbe despise their very names. Dont That these unlawful and unhallowed alliances to me of God or religion, said talk out sale Walker at Brothers clearing Land Agent & Mining Attorney , are termed celedial marriages makes the system to I woman one the have writer, all the more revolting to our common Christian establishment. classes All of sumprinciples, mer goods can be bought at less had enough of that to last me a U. S. Before Ofllcc. Laud lifetime; I believe in neither God, than New York prices. You once had heaven or bell. Consequently, we ask the Cordial Subscribers, who do not receive Papers in Final Proof on Preemption babe has who innocent a lovely, concerted action of the Christian women of and Cash and Entries made out free of their paper regularly, will please from you, I replied; do you charge. Office, Sixth South st., 2nd our land. notify the Standard, and the mat- gone not hope to meet her in another house west of Main st., Salt Lake City. ter will be attended to. sphere than this? The question By th&v&ntinued agitation of the subject, we Mr, Joseph is our Foreman, seemed to touch her motherly feel may dtfafidently hope that the great crime ol :agent in Salt Lake City and is auMARION, JOSEPH a little, but she answered, phTygmy will be abolished. thorized to receive subscriptions for ings would rather she be in a Gentile Mining Operator, the Anti Polygamy Standard. Mormon heaven. than a perdition The Standard is only $1 per annum. SubIt is the duty of every wife am: And yet these women who have Salt Lake City. scribe for it yourselves and recommend it to your mother, to aid in circulating the such infidel tendencies are real good friends. Address, Standard, y Standard. Box women; honest, virtuous and char- P, 0. Address, 393 P. 0. B .x 385, Salt Lake City, Utah. The Women of Utah . 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