A SCOTCH MORMON SUSPENDED.

Grey River Argus, Volume IX, Issue 658, 7 April 1870, Page 4

A SCOTCH MORMON SUSPENDED.

A correspondent of the Daily News, in describing a visit recently made by him to the Mormons, says: — "During my visit to Salt Lake City the Saints were thrown into commotion by the announce- j men t in the Tabernacle that some of the most notable of their number had been! suspended from the enjoyment of Church privileges. This is the preliminary to ex pulsion from the Church. One of these erring brethren wa3 Mr Stenhouse, the editor of the 'Salt Lake Daily Telegraph. Born at Dalkeith, 1 near Edinburgh, and a convert from Presbyterianism to Mormonism, he had given strong proofs of his devotion to the religion propounded by Joseph Smith. He was one of the enthusastics who, tin foot, had made the terrible journey across the plains from the Missouri to Salt Lake, pushing a hand-cart before him containing his possessions and his household goods. He had gone as a missionary to Switzerland arid to England, and gained many proaelytes. As the husband of three wive 3 he had committed himself to the version of Mormonism promulgated and upheld by Brigham Young. ' It is supposed, however, that he has given offeiice by riot being as ardent a supporter of the President's temporal power as he has been of his spiritual pretensions. Another of the I suspended brethren was Mr Godbe, a Londoner by birth, the proprietor of a large 'store' in Salt Lake City, > and a man of reputed wealth. He had : devoted a considerable portion of his substance to founding the Utah Magazim. ; This publication has more than once disputed by implication the infallibility of the President, and has even had the ardicity to call in question 'the wisdom of his policy. Mr Harrison one of the eJjtors of the magazine, was included aT.anr the number of the censured. Mr Stenhouse submitted to the rebuke, and has made his peace with the Church. This can be done by making an unqualified admission of error, a recantation of the condemned doctrines, and by preferring a humble request for pardon. The Mormons have borrowed many formulas from a Church more ancient than their own, and, like it, advancing claims to.collective infallibity. Mr Godbe and Mr Harrison, remaining stubborn, ha c been formally excommunicated. As the Bull of Excommunication is not a lengthy document, and as it is certainly a curious one, I shall quote it entire :— *To whom it may concern.— This certifies that Win;' S. Godbe, E, L. T, Harrison, and Eli B. Kelsey were cut off from the Church of Latter-Day. Saints on Monday, the 25th day of October, 186& f for harboring arid spreading the spirit of aJpostacy.'— William Dunford, Clerk of Council, 1 I have not yet said anything about "'TSli B. Kelsey, who is among the excommunicated. He was one of the Churoh; Council hy -whom the heretic." -were r tntetl rai^d sentenced; When the Votes were taken it was found that he alone was in the minority. For haying thus hindered the Council from coining to an unanimous vote he was ■suiiimarily dealt foifii' and treated as 1 one who had harborgct < the' spirit of apostacy.' Such is the Mormon notion of fna§ die-, cusoion and fair play," ~