| Show MORMONISM IN OLDHAM for ton ten or twelve years a branch of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints sainto have been in existence in oldham and on sunday the coca I 1 panay of a new dew meeting room MUG at the house and mill company s office union street was waa inaugurated by three op ep ocial 60 T the he latter day saints sainta are more widely known as a Mor mons and they hey follow the be teaching of joseph baub who in the early part of the claimed to have divine assis assistance Lance in translating the BOOR book of mormon a work purporting to be a history of tile the aboriginal in habitants of america connecting them with the early days of the Jewish natan years yeara ago the cormons mormons were mainly noted tor for the open encouragement to the practice ot of polygamy in their extensive settle bettle moot meat in the territory of utah one of at the western states of the union elders eldera are now sent out from salt bait lake city as of mormon iam and in what is ia known an aa the manchester Mano heater conference there aej ilk teen eldera including ino luding the mr J williams Wiil iama tuese individuals usually stay at their own expense about two years in england and then on returning re to america are succeeded by other brethren at present joseph B S broadbent ani ami joseph nel son eon are the presiding elders of the oldham branch and in erie person of mr B B R birchall Bi the small local community has another elder there were about two dozen persons present at the service on sunday morning when Broadbent Mr presided prayers were offered hymns from a boote book of sacred acred hymns and spiritual songs compiled by brigham young parley P pratt and john taylor were sune aung to the accompaniment of an accordion and addresses addressee were delivered to prove that baptism by immersion immer siou Is essential for the remission of BID sins the ane speakers were We seris nelson Bir birchall Birc ball chail and J H moss mom elders of haywood hay wood in the afternoon at a better attended meeting elder bider A M wild of tyldesley Tyl desy desly spoke on the personality of god a a elder eider 0 H bradshaw of manchester ana lysed lysek the gospel of christianity anu and compared Oom eom pared it with wilh teachings of latter day BMW the room was well filled at the evening service when birchall Bl and williams discussed the divinity of the book of morman they sought bought to the authenticity ut of that book as a divinely lopp inspired ired record and finished with stating that it teach es s the same principles as the bible |
