| Show last monday tor for about three hours mr if petry perry robinson the special correspondent sent by the london times to utah facts about the mormon 1 was in brigham city enjoying the hospitality ot of pres oleen N stool stohl and family pros pres stohl had to be in salt lake city but his estimable wife and her father lion hon john D peters entertained the party parly each of 0 whom bom expressed pleasure in the visitant tand hat they saw in brie ham cita in ia the party were apostle heber J grant wife and daughters edith and mary elder rulon S wells sir mr H perry Robin robinson soa and mr joseph cannon cannoa who drove the automobile elders eiders grant and wells had beer been in Logaa attending the cache stake conference accompanied by mr robinson and the others of the party as it was the purpose to let the newspaper man see how the mormons cormons Mor mons conducted their conferences and also to see how they lived in their homes during the short stop in this city mr jur robinson expressed himself as a much impressed with utah and her people 1 I am wonderfully Nonder fully impressed at the appearance of thrift and prosperity of this community it seems Z fo be very ry much adapted to fruit cul ture 4 and I 1 would love to be here dur ng ume time he stated mr robinson roban edged that tie fie had never in seen a peach orchard until he alt out into pres orchard i wheat wheal the settling of brigham city was q to him he remarked 1 I bait cart mater mak myself believe that this community his has built up in so short a time 1 he was much interested in birds and vigorously defended the evtush fla sparrow arow wien when told of the destruction that litile hule feathered demon commits in irule clod vegetable vegi gaT gardana gard doAs cna the th sea pea gula also Interested hi mand the 6 J savins il I 1 of oruie th crop croin cro 1 in la aily rhy atia gulls Is pou pouncing upon the crickets yas listened to intently I 1 mr ller 0 I 1 on Is a courtley gentle T man aan keer heel ai 0 t perception quick witted willed but very conservative he ia i out ihre hare to team leam all he can and I 1 wilt will leata lea ino i no stone unturned in the investigation the first message e i which he e sent to his paper in london w was a a cabeda t to 0 the times on saturday a IV west ee ago and was as follows the president resident of the marmon mormon church lihs has g agnen ven me the following for pub cat the times ministers InI 70 of the gospel of all ze nominations and to the public ot of reat britain with a view to counteracting the misrepresentations now beng made in england and in the hope of establishing the truth I 1 declare that during the nine years of my presidency of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints no man in the church having one wife has been permitted to take to himself another and no one in authority in the church has been permitted to perform such a marriage under pain of being excommunicated from the church no person in any land is invited to become a member of the church with the expectation of living IV ing in any other an marriage arriage state than that which obtains in all christian countries but all persons aro are invited to join us only as broders in jesus christ and to share the fullness ot of grace vouchsafed to us as we believe lieve e in revelations the church enjoins on all its members obedience to the laws and to all properly constituted authority adyr an statement to the contrary or which ascribes to the church any willingness to countenance or encourage any form of immorality or loose living whatsoever la Is false and will bring condemnation on its authors we ask you to unite with us in opposition to all appeals to passion or prejudice at this time and earnestly solicit tho the searching investigation gation into the conduct of our member in every community com munty of the church we pledge ourselves to do all to in our power to assist IR lr such an investigation slay blay the blessings ot of god be with you always the above was also read and approved by presidents lund a and ad jo john hn henry smith who with president joseph V F smith constitute what Is called the first presidency of the church I 1 it la Is therefore official to the fullest ex apy All unito ln in requesting me inc to impress through tho the times on the english people the extreme desire ot of the lea lo adera derx of the church tor for an aa exhaustive hau stive a and nd dispassionate clont ROBINSON |
