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THE MORMONS

... such as cloths and counterpanes, equal to the finest fabrics of the Eastern States. The mechanical arts are the fostc of the Mormons, and coming, as may of them do, from the great manufacturingdistricts of Europe, they ase probably the most skilful artificers ...

HISTORY OF THE BOOK OF MORMON

... I HISTORY OF THE BOOK OF MORMON. As the Book of lformon or Golde's Bible (as it was originally called) has excited much attention, and is deemed by a certain new sect of equal authority with the sacred Scriptures, I think it a duty which I owe to the ...

THE TRUTH ABOUT THE MORMONS

... all a correct idea of the manage- ment of the Mormon politico-ecclesiastical system, and still fewer of the ordering of Mormon households. Even now that the pseudo- sanctity of Utah is invaded, and Mormonism has become the subject of ridicule and denunciation ...

REPORTED DISCOVERY OF THE BOOK OF MORMON

... has at last come to light prove well founded, all surmises on the matter are likely to be set at rest, though of course the Mormons will not be backward in asserting the document to be a forgery, just as Shey de- clare Solomon Spaulding to have been what ...

THE VERY PECULIAR PEOPLE OF UTAH

... construction. That would have been very pleasant for the Mormons indeed. In Utah they are in an enormous majority, and although Utah has not yet been admitted as a State, still even as a territory the Mormons might well think they would obtain greater latitude ...

THE LITERARY EXAMINER

... to the Mormon presidency. He is the Great Prophet of the Mormons still. Brigham Young has shown much shrewdness in the use of his position. He saw that the pure despotism-and this, too, a despotism of the basest kind-which is the essence of Mormon government ...

NEW BOOKS

... co-operative stores, seem to threaten the stability of the Mormon state, there is really' no foretelling what the future may bl. Mr. ?? u found, of course, no means of seeing the inner life of the Mormon homes, so he gives the larger part of his attention 'to ...

REVIEWS OF BOOKS

... an eloquent fact that the Mormon missionaries candidly confess that they have never been able to make any converts to their creed amongst the Irish in particular and Roman Catholics in general. Had you ever an Irish Mormon among you? I asked a venerable ...

LATEST ASPECTS' OF THE UNITED STATES

... it to the test A practical victory for the Mormon caum, ~ k*J ier '. of this dead letter. Justice M'Kean, who came into ier with party mandate to improve polygamy out °( America, endeavoured to entrap the Mormon bishops and elder* in the meshes one their ...

Poetry

... other band, the volun- teer system may be so arranged as to comprehend two great objects-first, the expulsion of the Mormons or the Mormon hierarchy; and, secondly, the colonisation of Utah Territory with a new school of settlers. From the western side of ...

POLYGAMY

... which the human race has willingly succumbed~, Mormonism is one of the most strange. It is difficult to understand how! any fairly educated man could have ever believed in the legend of the Book of Mormon; it is more extraordinary that women of respectability ...

THE READER

... the Mormon settlements. Mr. Robinson detests polygamy, and gave free utterance to his opinions in talking to his Mormon hosts. Yet he was received everywhere, and claims that he has had better opportunities for getting at the truth about Mormonism than ...

Published: Saturday 01 September 1883
Newspaper: Graphic
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 3597 | Page: 20 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture