Show MOR lIONS REV HH BRYCE KNOTT iott the following article appeared in the halifax herald of january esth and is an answer by president nepal jensen of tho the canadian mission to certain charges which were uttered against the mormons cormons by a reverend divine of that city tile the article was sent home by elder david L reeder who Is laboring in that city as aa a missionary sio nary the rev bryce knott sir the newspaper report of your recent mendacious attack upon the mor mons is another proof that the latter day saints are teaching the pure christianity of christs time for the best mark of the divinity ot of a religion is the tact fact that the paid preachers of 0 orthodoxy have always been the most relentless foes of true religious reformers they incited the rabble to crucify christ because he claimed to be the son of god they burned john tyndale at the stake tor for giving the english people the first printed new testament they burned Ser servious vitus at the stake for publishing heterodox views concerning the trinity they burned savonarola at the stake tor for calling people to repentance in flar ence italy and a protestant minister led the mob who murdered the prophet joseph smith in cold blood because he declared he had seen god satan and rev bryce knott are against us therefore the lord must be with us nothing in arithmetic is more sound than this conclusion this statement is not made sarcastically but in the utmost good humor for I 1 really sympathize with you it seems to be absolutely impossible for you to learn that the true love of 0 man Is the only infallible mark of a christian you seem to lack the capacity to learn that slandering others Is the most positive proof that you are not a christian why cant you learn that a christian is a man who follows the poets advice oh list to that small voice within whose whisperings ott oft make men confounded and trumpet not an others sin blush deep it if your own were sounded I 1 can just imagine you in conversation with your deavor about your anti mormon sermon here Is about what occurred oc cured rev knott 1 I dont know what to preach about next sunday I 1 just cant get people to come to my church deacon why not try denouncing the catholics rev knott that will not do there are influential catholics in truro I 1 dont think it would ha be a good policy to offend them deacon give the mormons cormons he hell they have no friends rev knott the thing people would rather hear bear a minister angrily denounce someone than to listen to stale sermons so you took the deacons cue you took the cormons mormons tor for your text and you stayed with the text with all the malice you could muster but do not delude yourself with the notion that you gave your hearers any proof of your own christianity ministers who give others hell usually have no heaven v en to talk about for the masters master words still stand but of the abundance of the heart the mouth speak eth you found fault with that great man brigham young because ho he said it Is the duty of every righteous man and woman to prepare bodies tor for as many spirits as they can you said our teachings lead to a deification of sex e you are right our religion today which is true enough and pure enough to deity deify sex sem dead religions always lead to the prostitution of 0 sex it Is really a pity that there should be ministers in a christian pulpit who do not know that god defied sex what was gods first command to man ot of course you dont know it but I 1 do not censure you tor for your lack of 0 information on this matter I 1 do not infect a keeper of 0 a theological morgue to know what the bible teaches so I 1 will quate it tor for you be ba fruitful multiply and replenish the earth gen 1 really does not that sound like a def deflection leation ot of sex will you yon say that the one who wrote that had bestial tastes are these words in the book of 0 books heathenish what think you of the bible listen again 10 lo children are a heritage of the lord happy Is the man that hath his quiver full ot of them 1276 what think you ot of the bestial tastes ot of david 1 suppose you preter prefer the modern respectable laby jaby butchery known as race raca suicide to to the teachings ot of god and brigham young concerning the divine use ot of sex dexl there are many fashionable men inen and women who sit alt in the amen ame corner ot of protestant churches who n the madness of their wicked lust murder their unborn children and tor for a pretense call the mormons cormons debased and heathenish because tho the mormons cormons Mor mons the words of 0 god be fruitful multiply and replenish the earth these same fashionable people throw stones at brigham young because he be attempted as a matter of religion to follow the marriage practices of 0 all abraham isaac jacob moses and david your reference to polygamy was just as hypocritical as the itzel rest VL ot your remarks the mormons cormons have not practiced polygamy since 1896 when they did teach that doctrine from the bible you preach froni from only three percent entered into the practice more than three per cent of 0 the population of all the cities in the world today outside of mormon communities are clandestine polygamists why not be consistent brigham young is dead why not treat all dead polygamists alike why not get up in your pulpit next sunday and say that abraham isaac jacob moses and david had bestial tastes by calling all dead polygamists debased and heathenish you will prove to your audience that you hate polygamy and that you are not merely throwing rocks at the tomb stone of brigham young because it is popular in some sections of the country to slander that great man and at the same time to sing the psalms of the polygamist david jesus said by their fruits ye shall know them this Is the only true test of any people or religion judged by this standard it can be said without the slightest tear fear ot of contradiction that the mormons cormons have no rivals in morals and intelligence they ezcell excell all modern people in health industry education probity and spirituality every word of 0 this statement can be proved by the testimonies of witnesses outside of the mormon church mormonism has produced the highest civilization known to modern man this Js ls a bold statement but it Is as true as it Is 13 bold it can be verified by the testimonies of 0 men and women ot of the greatest intelligence and anc the purest character what Is the first essential to the higher civilization the first requisite to the highest human well being la is good health how do the latter pay day saints stand in this regard are they hey a healthy people let the witnesses answer dr A W evans a noted hygen hygienist said in tho the chicago tribune recently of 0 all uie the states utah hes has the highest birth rate the lowest death rat rail and the least sickness among babies going back to 1917 in order er to get away from the abnormal conditions brought about by the influenza I 1 find that utah hid had a death rate of 10 2 as compared with 1 12 tor for uie the country at large what Is the next essential to jbf h highest civilization industry vad common prosperity how do the latter day saints rank in this reslI respect ct mr W V E smythe in ill tile the ancient america says no other governor either in the west or in the east is able to say what the honorable heber M wells said in assuming the chief magistracy of 0 the new state in january 1896 we have in utah said the young governor farms and of them are absolutely tree free from incumbrance macmeans Ma cLeans a canadian magazine december 1 1920 says my own experiences with them the cormons mormons lorma Mor mons ons is that they were an industrious hardworking sober people the I 1 boys are helpful and the girls are modest what Is the next essential to the highest civilization education how do the mormons cormons rank in aducat education I 1 on the impartial witnesses declare that the schools and colleges in utah hold first place let noted men and women testify mrs W B E groves in toronto evening page 11 23 1920 utah is the only state that has attempted to eliminate idleness from twelve to eighteen through the public school system no other state is within hailing distance of utah in an efficient attempt to solve the civic industrial du and educational problems of the youth from twelve to eighteen dr james L hughes an eminent canadian educator agrees with dr W E D winship on the ques question fion of educational cat ional advancement among the mor mons in the canadian magazine may 1904 he says 1 I found too that the mormon people have very advanced institutions the state schools and the mormon schools provide an excellent education for the people I 1 have not seen anywhere in the united states a more advanced normal school than the state normal schools in salt lake city what is the next essential to the highest civilization virtue and mor aliby how do the mormons cormons rank in their moral wholesomeness geo H ham in macmeans Ma cLeans a canadian magazine december 1 1920 page 23 says henry ward beecher whom I 1 frequently met spoke friendly efthem the mormons cormons Mor mons and said that their young men and women lead pure lives colonel theodore roosevelt an american statesman in colliers magazine february 1911 says indeed among these mormons cormons the standard of sexual morality was unusually high what Is the next es sentIon to the highest civilization pure spirituality how do the mormons cormons compare with other religionists W is religious zeal and fervor let the eloquent christian statesman william jennings bryan answer after attending a session of the I 1 mormon vl ormon conference at salt lake lahe city april 1920 he said 1 I have never witnessed such religious fervor a anywhere ny where this is our standing defense mor redeemed dei deserts deaerts erts planted civilization in a wilderness made villages 0 and marts of trade spring up 71 in waste places huilt built school houses on the h hill I 1 11 sides and temples in the valleys and made the note of praise ring out in the mountain fastness where no S sound had broken the stillness but the howl of wild beasts andlar and war whoop of savages mormonism is the pure christianity of christs time it has produced a great people who have clean blood healthy bodies material prosperity unexcelled facilities tor for education the purest morals the sincerest faith and the tha truest love of 0 god NEPHI JENSEN 36 ferndale avenue toronto out ont |