Mormonism Uncloaked.

Hokitika Guardian, 18 March 1922, Page 4

Mormonism Uncloaked.

SIR G. CAVE-BROWNE-CAVE’S DISCLOSURES. .

UTAH A CITY OF MORAL LEPERS

LONDON. Jan. 23

"Let us clear out of our country Mormonism and other unclean tilings.” | Speaking with* the rugged accent lie acquired while lie lived in the country around Utah, the Rev Sir Genille Cave-Browne-Cave used these words in a sermon on Mormonism at Brampton Parish Church, Brompton-road, S.W., last night. “Can you think what Mormonism is?” lie asked. “Where does the Book of Mormon come from ? It is supiroffed to bo a revelation to the Prophet Smith. It is a very curious tiling there was a man named Spalding, a Presbyterian minister, living at that time, and be wrote a novel so unclean that no publisher would publish it. “When Spalding saw the Book of Mormon, he said, ‘That is my manuscript ; that is my book.’ ”

POLYGAMY IN 1918. Speaking of the multitude of wives “owned” by the early pioneers of Mormonism, the preacher said we came to recent times, when polygamy among Mormonism was supposed to have ended its existence. “But four years ago,” lie added, ‘in 1918, to give the date, the sixth president left 5 wives and 42 children. Perhaps that is not polygamy. Perhaps the Mormon does not count it polygamy unless lie has more than six wives.

“The Book of Mormon is for polygamy, and in their hook ‘Doctrine and Covenants’ it is put as a covenant of Clod to he obeyed. If they do not do it they are consigned to fire for ever. That is not hard to prove, because you can buy the ‘Book of Covenants.’ And you must remember that the Mormons have never repudiated either. They certainly say 1 hoy use our Ribl hut their Dibit' has the*Rook of .Mormon’ added to it.

“1 was out in Salt Lake City when f was a range rider, before 1 thought 1 could he a clergyman or even a decent Christian. Before 1 reached there 1,(500 girls had arrived from Liverpool. Hundreds more girls—our girls—have gone over there since, in thousands, in fact, and have been handed over to Mormons as wives. What lias become of them? CITY OF MORAL LEPROSY. "One of them has been beard from. A censored letter came through to her mother, and her mother went over there. A long silence, and then came a letter from her mother that she was sfaiving in one room. Wltat has happened to the thousands unheard of we n.iav never know.

"It is a beautiful city, theirs. It must be on<e of tiie finest in the world. Yet it is one of the most ratten morally—as unclean as a leper. "[ was shown a stone outside Elder Smiths house, where women used to be dragged to and given away. You can sc* the blood on it. I have seen it and touched it. All the roads coming in are stained with blood, where women have been dragged into the city and men have struggled to get their women back. Every road, with the exception of the railroad, has been stained with the blood, of women and men.

"Quite lately I hear of a typical English girl, fair-headed, pretty, who is anxious, to go to he scaled to a Mormon. She lias heard all the beautiful tilings they have to say of their beautiful city. 1 wonder il she knows w’.at will happen. WHEN SHE IS DISCARDED.

"I wonder if she knows that she may 1 r sealed to an elder, pci Imps to any other mail, for 10 years, 2.) years, for life, for eternity. Hut dos she realise thiii Vi hen he sees a lace lie likes better than '■ ers she lias to give her liuusi.aiid to allot’, or in marriage—! hat she mios into the Temple, to take the , i i.uin a.i !•> t!u- hand and to say, gi,o -on in marriage to mv busi and’

r: , tired wife! Th'e .horror of it! ... off to the marriage feast and s! sit-; at hoin discarded. •• i Mormon gets rid of his wives vig... ti.;;. are old aid worn, for .. ail •/.dull is a Mormon woman f. r hut . o i i children ? And when i• , a.vc V'l iie as many children as a ' iv win stand 1(• misses them on to an ■r or nmn, to an older man. They !we;iica pi or, iced servant •. mi another

R | I!.:'.!! Moll Sf. C j “An i that is what is happening to ij English gills. I It K': Ait !)KD A.-; i?K \STS. 4 j “’I o'o is oil’ thing I u: ,- it to toll Ij you that is almost too terrible to Be j: utter i! from a pulpit. Brigham Young H was rmv asked, ‘Why don’t you proivide for your children?’ Consider Tiis j answer. ‘The bull never looks after ' the calves.’ hr replied. ‘That is the jj : woman’s work.’ G i “Ought Mormons to he run out of | England? My blood runs cold when I jj think of more of our girls going out P there. And where is our chivalry? | j What tire we doing—tire we going to he content tv leave it to the newspapers? i •• | ! are mine through the plague camps and i say Morinonism is worse tk.-ii '■ v nlag.ue. Thar can only kill • Cie body. Morinonism is killing Lhe 5 body and is driving tile soul down to hell'.” y , j In a crowded congregation were sevi oral young Mormons who, at the close ' of the service, discussed The matter at : the church gates and reprimanded each other for not interrupting the sermon.