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Show REBUKE FOR MINISTERS Penrose Scores Authors of Anti-Mormon Pamphlet. CALLS THEM ALL FAILURES Sermon at tho Tabcrnncle Devoted to Dri.unclatton ot Enemies of Morinonlsm Eldor Tenroso Said Signers of Famphlct Gleaned Tholr Alleged Tacts Prom Matter Sent Out 1'tora Utnh by Ministers, Who Have No Authority From God to Preach tho Gospel. (Mondns's Halls ) The feature of sesterduv nfternoon s sen Ices at the Tabernacle wns an address ad-dress bs Elder ehailes Pentose In which he tcniperntels. but cfteetlvels excoriated the nuthois of an nntl-Mor-moii pamphlet which Is rum being circulated cir-culated tbrmighout the countrs "lb." pamphlet Is rlgned by a numlwi of ministers, min-isters, iiono of whom aie known heie anil Is n scathing ntralgninenl of Morinonlsm Mor-inonlsm It Is set nut 111 the Plu hlet which was lend In full by Flder Pen-lose, Pen-lose, that Men monism is n nienue to the countrs. In thai It Uneaten free t.nv eminent, thnt Its grusplng priestcraft priest-craft Invades properts lights that polsgnms Is stilt Iwlng pniiUn 1 in violation of the pi utilises given when Flan wns admitted Into the I'lilnii tint It has Its grip cm this Slate nnd will In time have nmtrol of several adjoining States Itefeienie wns also mado lo the alleged fact tint the church has 200) missionaries In the field who mo making mans converts ia. ...elm. ii, i, e.iiuenlilet Elder Pen- lose snld he hid lend It In order tint the peoplo might know vviut their friends, tho cneins were snslng about them He then snld that Mormons were used to that kind of thing as thes hud been misrepresented fiom the beginning begin-ning lie did not object to It, however, he .ild, ns It led eople to make In qulrles ns to what Moiinoiilsin Is ami ulwiiss lesultec In good to the ehitreh Tho slgiers or tho inmphlet, Elder Ienroso said, had irobibly gleaneel their alleged facts from in itler si nt out fiom Utah It, w is evident, ho added, that Ihey did not know anything about Morinonlsm und hud gathered thcli Information In-formation fiom ministers who had been rent hero to elo nilsilonnry wink and had made, a miserable falluie of It At any rate he snld. It wns cv blent that thes had been Imposed upon Referring to tho mlnlstets who wero making war on Morinonlsm Elder Pentose sibl that none nt them had nns .luthoilts from God t preach tho gospel, ami none pietenelod thit Ood ever revealed himself him-self to them but when naked ns to their dtithorlts, thes quoted the cniniu mil ' Go Into nil tho world and prcm.h the ernsnet." elo. Elder Pentose denied that the chinch was pas Ing the fine of those who tamo to Utah fiom thn old countries, ns net nut In tho pamphlet Thetc was a time, ho s'ld, when Iho church usslsled pco. plo who wero unublo to pay theli way, but thnt Congress stepped In and compelled com-pelled tho thurch to do nway with Its perpetual Immigration fund, which was 1 lied for tbat purpose, und now tho rcopla paid their own wny. (letting back to the ministers ugnln, Elder Penrnso said thut they would b given plenty of rope, and thnt in tho end they would hung themselves He further said that ho could show nil or them that they wcie preaching things not In tho llible, nnd that their hollers wero coutrnry to the teachings of the Bible. This was evidenced he said, by the fact that they nil based their belief upon thn Bible, yet at thu samo time wero In conflict with each other. In conclusion, Elder Pentose s ild that Mimo of tho gentlemen leferred to had lately been spying nbuut hero nt homo to seo how many babies had been born, nnd that they claimed thut some of the eblldien hnd not been born pioperly. It vias a pity, ho declaied, that they could find nothing better to do than to go nosing nround Ills parting shot reguidlng tho pamphlet was Unit the people who were realls lespunslblo for tho stuff wero fourth rate prtnihera who had been sent hero to convert tho Mormons Tho choir was In splendid voice, nnd tho inuslcnl portion of the exercises wns most pleasing, ns usual The opening open-ing prayer was ortercd by Elder Andrew Jensen, and tho benediction was pronounced pro-nounced by Elder Henry I', lllehards |