Show MORMONS IN AUSTRALIA richmond melbourne victoria aust july 1897 colton says we hate some persons because we do not know them and we will not know them because we hate them I 1 dare say no one appreciates preci ates the truth of that saying more than the latter day saints in general and the elders in particular it has been our lot to be hated because we are not known and some people will not know us simply because they hate us here in melbourne we meet this class of people occasionally although friends are not wa wanting inting recently I 1 had the pleasure of be becoming acquainted with a journalist W H mitchell by name who is friendly to us and tries by every means in his power to clear away some of the prejudice which has such an influence against us he has read nearly all the literature brother barton and I 1 possess and though he cannot see his way clear to accept all of our ur teachings he is friendly and occasionally casio nally gets a paragraph inserted in a paper for which he is a correspondent the following is one of his next month there will be celebrated in the state of utah ufah U S A a jubilee that is attracting some attention in the united states this is the anniversary of the arrival of the mor mons in salt lake city after the horrible persecutions they suffered in the states farther east when brigham young and his associates arrived on the spot in 1847 they found a bleak tarren barren wilderness today the city is one of the most handsome and most prosperous cities in the union at the forthcoming jubilee there will be exhibited all kinds of relies relics and mementos of the hardy pioneers who founded the state including the identical wagon that brigham young drove to the then desert mormonism Is much misunderstood it Is a very tar far more truthful religion than most people think there are many thousands of mormons cormons in australia and new zealand in melbourne the representatives of the church are carr and barton who reside at 6 Wang arratta street richmond and readers of the guardian who are in any way interested in the latter day saints should address those gentlemen for literature and particulars occasionally the Melbon melbourne rne papers have something to say about mormonism and as is generally the way with people who write about us it is sor something of which they know nothing two or three times within the last twelve months this has hai happened but it was not until a wellington N Z correspondent of the age wrote something that was downright untruthful that we thought fit to make any answer the following is our reply to the editor of the age sir in your issue of saturday last the following appears in the new zealand letter there are several kaowles mabries who wh 0 have two or three wives and even more and it is well vell known that polygamy has increased since mormon missionaries from salt lake city arrived in new zealand for the purpose of making converts amongst the native race these missionaries have also succeeded in inducing some european settlers to go to utah and embrace the tenets of brigham young and his lc disciples this casts a reflection upon that body of people known as the church of jerus christ of latter day saints but more commonly called mormons cormons Mor mons and we as the representatives of said church in melbourne feel that out of justice to the church we represent and to the community at large some answer should be made to the above charges first your correspondent does not state whether or no the ma ories who have two and three wives and even more are mormons cormons Mor mons but from what follows one can easly easily imagine that he thinks the mormons cormons are responsible for the existence of polygamy in new zealand it may or may not be true that polygamy has increased since mormon missionaries arrived in new zealand and it may also be true that several mabries have more than one wife however that may be these particular mabries referred to are not members of the mormon church nor have they entered into polygamy with the sanction of mormon a i nor have the missionaries propagated the doctrine of polygamy among the mabries Ma ories it if polygamy has increased in new 7 zealand kaland since the arrival of our missionaries it is due to some other cause secondly these missionaries have not induced any european setlers to go to utah but they went of their own free will thirdly the european settlers did not go to atall to embrace the tenets of brigham young they joined the church in new zealand and emigrated to utah because they wanted to not be because c au ae they were induced to the principles we teach were not originated by brig ham young nor and other man but by god himself and if any one vm vill cast aside prejudices and compare our teachings with those of the bible they will find them alike again brigham young was not the founder of the afie mormon church for it was organized in payette fayette seneca county new york united states of america on ath april 1830 by joseph smith jr and live others yours etc A E CARR june HORACE W BARTON the work is progressing in melbourne not many will accept our teachings but we are trying to do what we were sent here to do viz to warn people to turn from their present pre man made systems of religion anti and connect to the only true church of god the gospel seeds are being sown and it is our prayer that they will fall upon good soil and bring forth fruit we may plant some one else may water but it is god that gives the increase so we can only do our share and leave the rest with god 1 A E CART CARP t |