Show ENTIRELY NARONG A A maruss matuss nest has been discovered by the new york maii mafi and express it asserts that the claim made by the mor imor mons that plural marriage Is a part of their religion Is a delusion and a snare the writer of the article in which this position Is taken had before him a copy of the first edition of the book of I 1 mormon I 1 from which he exultantly quoted the f following passage from the book of jacob wherefore 1 I the lord tord god will not buffler that this people shall shail be like ilke unta unto them of old wherefore my brethren hear me and hearken unto the word of the lord for there shall not any man among almonr you have save it be one wife and concubines he be shall shau haye haro none nobe one egr for 1 I the lord god in the chastity of women the mau mail and express then goes on to state with an air of great innocence that in consequence of that edition containing this condemnation under certain conditions 1 of plural mar marriage directed to an ancient people the mormons cormons Mor Alor mons gathered up all the copies so BO far as practicable and destroyed them so that it evidently tries to make out that the one from which the quotation Is made was a brand plucked lucked from the burning our I 1 new york Is expending its strength fighting with the wind the latest edition of the book of mormon being precisely like the first so far as the matter Is concerned including the passage which it takes comfort in throwing at the cormons mormons Mor IMor mons 11 it if the quotation had been honestly made however it would have included a quail qualifying lying passage in the same connection which Is as follows for nor it if I 1 will saith the lord of hosts raise up seed unto me I 1 will command my people otherwise they shall hearken unto eese dese these things 1 it Is noticeable albo alao that the fuu fun matl mail fau and exers tans jans am to quote a sentence immediately following in the passage it publishes measurably denouncing whore whoredom doin doln and other abominations so common in gotham and which practically have llave no existence among the latter day saints the proposition advanced la is that the mormons cormons Mor IMor mons in claiming that plural marriage is a portion of their faith placed themselves out of harmony with the doctrines of the book of mormon and that they had eliminated the telltale passages in the later editions of that record it would have been decidedly wrong for them to do so but it happens that the lack of honesty lies lles at the door of the accuser while those against whom the accusation is flung are entirely free from the charge pret preferred we have observed for some time that the vall nail and express is exceed exceedingly angly sour against the it mormons cormons Mor mons but it does itself no cred credit I 1 t in exhibiting unreasoning prejudice by giving expression expression to charges that are without the slightest foundation W we hope it will aim alm to be more truthful next time and remember that there are certain amenities that should exist among inenio men independent d nt of the widest differences of opinion only the narrow minded fall to recognize that important imports nt fact |