GENERAL NEWS
MOKMONISM IN NEW ZEALAND.
CONVERTS LEAVE FOR AMERICA
POLYGAILT STILL RIFE,
| Wo take tho following from a Sydney paper: —Mi J. F. iSmith, preri--lent of tho Mcrmon Onirch. in addressing tho Church Congrc&s at Washington early this month, ad--1 mitted that tho Church of Latter Day Saints, as the Mlbrmon organigaliou is styled, had &olctmnis.ed 1100 polygamous mariic«es in 1910.
Tho church, d?f■dared Mr Smith, waa endoavcuring to eradiciate polygamy, -which was- not in acooidancc with its laws.
As shown in n recent article the intiention of abolishing pi lypamy is not oon-nstent the aetiong of tho heads of the Mon'mon persinsion. The dos-troying element of our-modern moral codei continues its ravages dcsjiite oily sptcphes of 10-ad'ers.
M'ciauwhile porver^ior. from theCliristian faith gees on. Switzerland is a happy inintii g ground of the proselytisei*. One hundred and fifty Swis.-, girls hrimigiato annually to Utah, although a Monnoo, missi:>n- , -vy m New Zealand denies the truth [of "this. ; None of their missionaries, hel assei'ts, ai'o allovetl to taptise anygiil or wife without the consent oi tho parents husband, or guardian, as "tho case might to, and' no one is allowed to emigrate 1 under acre uithcut tho full consent of the parents or guardians. ,
However,, recent activity on the part of Mormon missionaries in -New Zealand doea nafc boar out thisdenial. . -■ ■
On April Bth ithretei -families of New Zealand converts to Mormonism, comprising twelve persons, left Auckland foo* America.
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Thames Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 10356, 3 May 1911, Page 1
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240GENERAL NEWS Thames Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 10356, 3 May 1911, Page 1
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