Show MORMONISM IN BELFAST jerom r from the edfast evening telegraph july to the editor of the evening Telegraph i SIR sin As one of the newspaper fraternity tern ity I 1 ask for tor space in your columns to answer briefly souie some sonie question questions st propounded to me in your issue of the dinst as follows alfr mr C H quinn writes to us as follows As I 1 see I 1 from rom notices that a mormon from london Is to preace tomorrow to morrow at ah tha custom I 1 would re respect speet fully sully ask him to answer the following questions do mormons cormons believe the bible W to bo be the inspired word of god 2nd and Is voly foly polygamy kamy gamy taught therein 3rd ard are their miracles if any a proof of their divine mission and ath do they believe salvation attainable outside their church I 1 know theys they seem deem eem to have a decided aversion to controversy on the public streets this I 1 no doubt arises from reasons best known to themselves 11 I 1 intended DV to reply on the customhouse custom house steps stepa yesterday afternoon but was prevented by a c couple coupie of christian gentlemen who raised a disturbance while I 1 was addressing a very large audience who were willing to listen ardd arid urged me to proceed proceeds two voi vol policeman iceman compelled me to retires retire claiming that 1 I was making a disturbance and allowed the men meu who made tte uproar in lu company with a few rb uhs buhs take my place and harangue haman haran zue rue the auN audience lence this I 1 think is a singular way of pre preserving servin the peace I 1 am sorry that a stranger could not speak for a few minutes at a place of ga general public pr preaching eachin z in belfast without noisy interruption on the sabbath day and that the police took part with the rioters I 1 simply preached faith repentance baptism for the remission of sins and the laying on of hands for the gif gift t of the holy ghost as the one way of salvation through h jesus christ now noie as to 10 lo the questions mor mons accept the bible as a comp compilation lla ila of books written by inspired men but translated by human leardi learning 1399 and are willing to have their doctrines tested by those scriptures as a standard but they believe in other revelations from the same source god not being limited to a few jewish jewish prophets in informer former a ages cs but being the hame same in all ages ani and and aud in all nations his llis revelations revelation i have not been given forb for a ion lon long iong time because they were not properly sought bought for 2nd and yes if by the word polygamy ys is Js meant the ri rightfulness haf ulness of some men having more wives alves than one at tile the same sakne time abraham was in that sense a polygamist hels heis he is the father of the faithful and the friend of god the almighty sald said 1 I know him that he will command 0 mand his children and his household after him and they shall keep themay the way of the lord gen avill 19 ig christians when they die expect to go to abrahams bosom jesus said if ye were the children of abraham ye would do the works of abraham john vill viii ah 39 god gave to david besides beside S several wives ves yes of ills his own ail ali a all I 1 the wives of saul into tinto his boso bosom 2 sam xii 8 david was a mist and was a man after gods own heart it was only when he transgressed reused by taking wife that god turned from him but the lord declared that david turned nov not noe 1 aside from an any of his ills commandments all III ili his davs as save only in IA the matter of uriah th we s hittite I 1 1 I 1 kings xv icv 5 the conman commandment dment of god to israel for a living brother to marry the deceased brothers wife e who haid had no children was ivis obligatory upon a ma rhedas marcedas marrie dag das well as a single ingre man dent xiv 5 6 10 A mancho man mau who had two wives had bad to make hig big hl firstborn ilrath first born om the heir no matter which wife was the mother beuf axi 1517 15 17 many other quotations ml might t be given but these are enough tor for the purpose the question Is not noi Is this required now it Is does the bible teach polygamy 91 3rd ard Mormon Mor mons ss do not hot claim to work miracles they simply claim that Godan god cod answers prayer and faith produces the same results today to day as in former ages therefore every gift witt enjoyed by ancient saints may be arid ardd is en enjoyed joyed by latter day saints accord according ng to their faith mira cles alone are not proof of any auy ones divine mission miracles are to be wrought by the spirit of de Js and false sins signs will deceive if it were possible ta the very elear 11 but where are the signs christ promised to believers are na not nod enjoyed it Is evidence of little or no belief mark xv xvi 17 ath and ath mormons cormons Mor mons believe that in millions illions will be saved who were never in their church but they believe that all will hear the tho true gospel the one way of life elther either in the body or out of the body and have an opportunity of receiving or rejecting it that only one plan of salvation and cannot be more because there is but one god to worship and obey and this Is the condemnation that lf light ht ls Is come into the world and men love darkness rather than light lights because t their b e I 1 r deeds are evil when every knee shall bow and an devery every tongue confess le jesus is the christ to tb the glory of god the father then all will be in the same church and kingdom having one god onelard on one lord eLord one faith and baptism last the aversion to controversy in the streets which I 1 mormons cormons Mor mons seem to have so decided lyt 3 9 well grounded as witness the interruptions of sunday at the customhouse custom house ste steps s we have not come to contend and stir up strife and controversy but to preach the gospel as restored to earth by the ministration of I 1 an angels anels els eis neither have we come to preach p polygamy ancient or modern Atthe at the same time wedo we do not refuse to answer questions asked for the sake of information we have a message to deliver for preaching which we gain no earthly reward and only ask for fair play and common justice in declaring the truth as we understand it prejudice and passion are not arguments and st stirring rr ing up a mob to stop free speech is n not 0 t a christian method of spreading truth or suppressing error yours youra ours respect respectfully full fuli i ai u cius clug Wo jonusz J |