The Mormon puzzle, and how to solve itBeers, R. W.
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The Mormon puzzle, and how to solve it
Beers, R. W.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- Doctrines; Latter Day Saint churches -- Doctrines
IV. PERJURY is indulged in to a large degree at the command of the
priesthood. Dora Young, one of the daughters of Brigham, apostatized and
declared that the first thing that opened her eyes to the atrocities of
Mormonism was her father's wholesale perjuries. John Taylor, the present
President of the Church, has also set the people the same example. When
placed upon the witness-stand, he has always been a very forgetful man,
and could never recollect anything that would be of value in any case
against any member of the Church. Such an utter absence of memory was,
perhaps, never before exhibited in a court of justice. George Q. Cannon,
also of the Mormon Presidency, the ruling spirit of the Mormons, said that
he did not know whether any record of plural marriage is kept or not,
although it is said that that book is one of the most important books they
have.
Now, when the leaders commit perjury in that way, what can be expected
from those who regard them as gods and as capable of no wrong act? And so
we find that Judge Zane had to dismiss one case altogether, owing to the
lack of evidence through false swearing. Women in polygamy have sworn that
they did not know the father of their children. A daughter of Brigham
Young professed on the witness-stand recently not to know that her sister
was married, although her sister had had a child by her polygamous
husband, and she had been in and out of the house frequently. Some time
ago a Mormon mother was called upon to testify before the Grand Jury as to
the marriage of her daughter to a well-known polygamist. The mother
testified that she knew nothing about the marriage of her daughter, and
denied knowledge of any facts connected with it; and afterward, on being
questioned by one of her lady friends how she could swear to such a lie,
she answered: "I only lied to their God; I did not lie to my God; and the
authority justified me in doing so." Oh, what a picture of moral slavery
does that present before our minds! The fearful oaths taken by a Mormon
when he passes through the Endowment House require him to defend a member
of the priesthood even by perjury, if necessary.
V. But that is not all, nor the worst. Under the head of moral bondage, I
think, must be put that vice, which is called a relic of barbarism, and
which has put Mormonism in antagonism to Christian civilization and the
laws of our land. I refer to the practice of POLYGAMY, which is with many
synonymous with Mormonism, but in reality is only one of the evils of that
social system.
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