Show AN ERROR REFUTED ut i THE new york worlds issue of may stay ath contained the fol sol following lowin paragraph 1 t I 1 was shown the other day a co copy y of odthe I 1 the original book of mormon cpr which they say the latter day concourse cour of isalt salt lake saints are paying great reat sums whenever they can lay hands bands on it their purpose Is to destroy the early edition of the book which contains very distinctly an edict levelled bevelled level led at the practice which Is of all others nearest and dearest to them the mormons cormons are everi evell morg determined on the advantages g of revised i editions than are their more morally 1 eared reared neighbors the common everyday christians they certainly have good reason to be if they purpose going gog g on in the cause cluse of polygamy 1 the he book of mormon chic was shown me is isan asan an old yellona leaved calf bound affairs affair and it contains contain some ome inconveniently rigid laws of morality in lla one instance in stanco stance it comes down flat footed and coul commands mands the followers of the fanth saith falth to take unto themselves under penalty of severe retribution no more i than tuan one wife this admonition is several times repeated in terms so un that nobody who reads it can very well wonder atthe anxiety of jhb mormons cormons to get the book out of sight it is rather odd that what has now become a main feature of their faith and certainly the only feature that brings converts to their cause mause should haye hiye beell been the point to which t ithe original boomer boomers 11 odthe of the faith was most persistently and emphatically opposed it is quite uit likely that the mormon religion swindled dwindled until a feature was wa introduced into it which enabled believers to adopt at least one practice ce allowed by no other set sect alid and forbidden by all civil laws i the following response which dovers covers the ground of the worlds error ap reared subsequently in the same journal I 1 i I 1 lo 10 ro ke he editor of the world i in your issue of sunday may 4 un der the caption I 1 the town Liste listener 1 the writer magnified the importance of haaff an old yellow leaved calf bound lbook of mormon lor for which he claims to have heard the tiie latter day saints wre are paying great sums in order to destroy the early edition of the tile book because it comes comnes down flatfoot flat fiat foot ed and commands the followers follower of the faith to take unto themselves under penalty of severe retribution no abre than one wife now as a matter of fact the first edition of said book and the last are precisely alike word for word vord and the latte rd saints have no more interest in ln destroying the first edition than they have in destroying the many subsequent editions they all coil cori contain the same prohibition against plural marriage but that prohibition was to a people who lived over 2000 years ago and con necked with said pro dib bib is the following provisionary pro visionary clause which is found in every edition of said book r page last edition eor wor if I 1 will th eLord of hosts raise tip upped sed unto me I 1 will command my deop people ae i otherwise they shall hearken to these things tours yours very tru truly k JAMES H hart RT grud grand central hotel |