MORMONS.
Mr G. M. Thomson, M.P., is asking tlie- Minister of Justice, to take steps to rid the country of emissaries of the Mormon faith, wiho are seeking to spread their doctrines among tfae people of the Dominion. For tlie sake of the country's reputation for "freedom of speeab,," it is to bie hoped that the Minister will do no such foolish thing. The Mormon has as much right 'in, this country as the Jew and the Gentile. So long as he lives a deoenit) life und pays 'his way, nobody has right to molest him. His religious doctrines may be on the fantastic side, iaiui may appeal to .the Natives, more, readily than to the ' That is not a iSuffioioait rcasoni, however,, for his banishment. There arelots, of fantastic.things in; the Dominion.., and if ia raid is to be made upon them,', a start ,sOhouild 'be made some-where in! the neighbourhood oTThpmdon,'WelEhgton.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10300, 1 August 1911, Page 4
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153MORMONS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10300, 1 August 1911, Page 4
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