| Show MORMON ELDERS as phe pendleton Tend leton reformer published at i kentucky has a correspondent X SA the neighboring town of knoxville 11 bained maude ashcroft t recently r have been a number of meetings 4 beld by mormon elders in the latter 1 place and the reformers correspond out at writes bites of them as follows the series of meetings that has haa been conducted inducted at knoxville christian Q fierch by elde elders rs woodruff and mckay r 01 ft utah came to a close sunday night while alle they are of the latter day or so ao called mormons cormons Mor mons they f tri imy understand the scriptures from to revelations never since title little village was settled have the been so fully explained or vms latched ached to this people as they have won teen by these mormon gentlemen atelle we do not believe in the so called mormon reed creed we believe that we 1 ve grained gained a great deal of information tact them as well as everyone else who at t under tinder the sound of their voices wa wab thank them for their good singing and their learned explanations of the scriptures it seems strange that a community which mormon elders appear and preach their doctrines should be so 80 radically divided concerning them and thir teachings as is usually the case most always two classes rise up among the people one Is delighted with the preaching and filled with ad of the manner in which the are expounded while they ted charmed with the singing of mareel mop hymns the other class shows hostility to the elders and teachings to sini singular gular and radical division of 1 can be at least partly ex planned plat ned ed by the fact that the fortner former alwo consists mainly of people who t re heard for themselves while the oter to la comprised almost entirely of ono that depend upon popular originating in prejudiced 1 V for the information upon the 1 strength of which they assume to pasal pass judgment the appreciation of the preaching of mormon missionaries which is being shown in various parts of the united states and of which the expressions of the knoxville correspondent are an aji example is a most gratifying sign of the times |
