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Show TRUTH IN PLAGE OF ALL THEOLOGY j Speaker At Secular League Meeting H Says Theological Hoax Must De H Mormonlsm li Cllscucctcl H ' ' In nn address beforo tlio Secular H I.eaguo at tlio Pythian Tomplo ro- 1 ccntly under tlio title of "A Tho- H .illogical Hoax una What Cnm0 of H H," J, A. MacKnlght a Mormon by H birth and a relative of Hrlgham H ..Young, set forth Mormonlsm is be- Jng founded Upon an Absolute liox 1 tlio alleged revelation to Joseph H Smith mid oh entirely crroncotm In H Its theological system, but as "having H been very bcnellclnl to Its disciples H In Its secular phases. H Hrlgham Young was described ns H a man of great practical genius, b whoso work, whllo autocratic, was of B great practical and economic benefit H to his H Even tlio alleged Mormon political H o, Indiicncc, which tlio sponkor stated H Is often hold up In this part of tlio H country ns a great evil and menace, H was hold to bo much better than It Is fl Wield Power For Decency LLLfl f "Tho Mormons wield their polltl- cat power with a good deal of do- cency, a good deal of solf respect and H a good deal of benefit to tho commun- H lty," declared tho speaker. "It Is H somewhat laughablo to hoar woll H meaning women talking In public about tho union of church and fctato H In Utah and urging tho National Ex- W ecutlvo to ubo his lnlluenco to chock V tbo political schemo of tho Mormons. 1 "Peoplo who listen to that kind of ' twaddlo aro simply having sand Hf thrown Into their eyes, so that thoy H may not discern tho real peril which a different theocratic clemont pro- H sents to American institutions. "Tho Mormons conduct somo i schools for tbo teaching of their po- H cullar religious doctrines, but thoy P have novcr mado any attack on tho H public schools, and are not In favor of any changes which would etnas- H cuato tho Constitution of tho Unl- H, ted States." f( Should Abandon Supera'.ltutlon i Tho speaker declared that "whllo H tbo particular hoax to which I direct H attention has played Us part In tho H bodevllllng of a small fraction or H tho American population, tho thco- H logical hoax In general has played H a villainous part In tho deception nnd debasement of all mankind," and H he took tho position that It Is tlmo H not only thoso of tho Mormons, but H all theological superstitions should bo H nbandoned for tho truths of science. H I Tbo speaker especially condemned H. tho Indoctrination of tho minds of H v children with theological fictions and H superstitions. H John 1'hilllps Meakln, who had H j onco been a Mormon, -also dof ended H j them ns a pcoplo of many excellent H qualities, though also rejecting their H i theology. H W. II. Coleman held that oven on H I. Kh secular elilo Mormonlsm was on II n low piano and charged that it was H J a Bcliemo whereby sclllsh lcadors ex- H plolt a lot of well meaning pcoplo 1 , economically. These remarks brought David R. H Roberts, a Mormon, of Logan, Utah, B to his feet, who defended bis pcoplo with rcfcrcnco to tho criticisms mado David Kcclcs arraigned Mormonlsm fl as nn example of theological- super- H stltlon nnd held that all who bellovo in divine revelation nnd tho mlrncu- 1 Ioiih aro committed to tbo fundnmnn- B tnl tenets nnd errors of Mormonlsm. H ilo Joined Mr. MacKnlght In urging H tho entire abandonment of theoiogi- H al superstition for the truths of na- H turo nnd science. A similar attitude wuk taken hy M J. J. Shirley. H Julian 1' I'lcrre, James (i. Kent, H and Mtb. A. C. Iloyuton also parti- H clpatcd In tbo discussion Washing- l ton |