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8 BAPTIST AND BKriiEOTOK, NOV. 10. 189».
BAPTIST AND REFLECTOR.
altered or roi>caled by ttio Legislature. Among lygsmy In a large meeting at Muunt Pleasant. Po-
these iawd is the one against "unlawfUi co-habitalygamy was preached in the Mormon tabernacle
hero yesterday.
TM IteptUt, KiUb UM. Tba BaptUt ttonaetor, BiUb. U7L tlon" found in Section 8 of tho Edmunds law al-
,, , OoDMlldatad Ancnat U, IIM.
ready quoted. Tho Legislature of Utah incorpo-
PROSPECTUS FOR 1900.
rated this law Into tho penal code of the State. Wo shall try to make the BArriH-r and Uk-
NA5HVILLB. TBNN., NOV. I6.1899.
It reads as follows:
Fi.KCTonfor 1000 bettor than ever before. Tho
If any male person cohabits with more than one following are some of the special features which wo
KOUAB B FOLK BDITOB. woman he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, aud on propose to offer during the year:
J.J BUaHKTT
c invictlon thereof shall be punished by a fine of not
H. W TINUKLL
OoKBaaroiiDiiia BDrtou.
M Alldr BALIi ,
more than |S00, or by Imprisonment in the county 1. A series of articles by some of the best writers
A. B UABANIHM.
T, K. MIK)KK I riKLD KDITOM AND QBKUAL Aonrn.
Jail for not more than alx months, or by both said pun- In tho world, among whom wo may mention tho
ishments, ill the discretion of the court. (Kevlsed following: Drs. Cunningham Oeikie, T. Harwood
SUtutesof Utah, 189H, p. INK), Section 4'JOO.)
•DMomimoii ru Axiira, la ADTAiiOBi
The Mormons acceptetl these conditions. Of
Pattison, ()(H)rgo Dana Boardman, A. C. Dixon,
Hingl* oopr, 10. Iu oluba or 10 or mora, f L7& To mlnlstani. 11.60 course they did. They would have accepted any
John Henry Barrows, Theodore L. Cuyler, Way.
OFPICB-Cnab«rlaa« PrMbjrttriM PaMlaklai Mmw«.
Taltpbaat N*. if4|.
conditions to get Statehood. What did th^y care
land Hoyt, U. S. MacArthur, William K. Orinis.
for conditions when such a big prize was at stake ?
There will bo three groups of articles in this series.
icatand at poat-offlea, NMbvllle.TaDD.,Maecon(l.oiBaa mattar. Conditions, pledges, piomisos, are made only to bo One under the brad of "The Life of the Mnster"
broken anyhow—by Mormon»«.
embraces tho following subjects: Jesus in the Teiii.
I>1.KA«K NOTIOK.
Brigham Young had said in a sermon dcliveree on "The Higher Life,"
ple and make ttiem swallow Mormonism, polygamy
m, Tba label on tba paper will tall yon wban yonraubaerlp- and all.
embracing tho following sul)Jects: For the Master's
tlpa azplrca Notloa tbat, and wban yonr time U oat lend on We shall drop the old Isiiue between the Mormous Use, Spiritual Kxperiences, Girding on the Armor,
your renewal without waiting to bear from na.
and (be Liberals In Ulab, ally ourselves with the two
ai. If yon wUb a ebange of poat-offlca addraaa, alwaya give grval national parties, dividing ourselves about es
ceeded to teach polygamy all over the State and to in Bible Study, Tho Bltiie in the Home Life, Child
MORMONISM.
resume their polygamous practices, "snapped their Life in the Bible, Bible Teaching About Good
ITS HISTORY-CONTIM KI).
fingers" defiantly in the face of Congress and said : Temper.
Sutebood.
" Now, what are you going to do aiwut It? " Brig- 2. Articles on doctrinal and practical subjects by
Haviiif; TiHT AND Refi.kotoi( a medium of com.
anco with this condition, incoriiorated into tho Con-
municatlon for tlie Baptists of Tennessee from one
fltttution a clause forever prohibiting the practice of During tho campaign which resulted in tho
end of the State to tho other.
polygamy within tho bounds of that State. The election of Mr. Roberta, polygamy was the most
following is the clause:
prominent issue raised against him; and this Issue
7. Wo shall give Information each week fur-
"The following ordinance shall be irrevocable with- was made very clear.
nished by Secretaries Wililngham, Kerfoot, Frost,
out the oonaent of the United Btatn and ihe people Two of the *'Apo6tiGs" themselves took new
Holt and others with reference to our miraion work.
of thia Bute. Fint-Perfect tolerallon of lenKloua
sentiment la guaranteed. No Inhabitant of this Htate wives. They were arrested and tried. But the Judge,
The Bai'Tiht and Rkvi^botou Is the recognized
•eliall aver b« molested in person or property onao- tho prosecuting attorney and the Jury were all Mor-
organ of our organized work In the State; and It
jOOODt of bis or her mode of rellgloua womblp, but po<
JjrgMnoua or plural marrlagM are forever prohibited.
mons. What could be done? Only a nominal line
proposes to stand by that work and help It In every
This, aa is seea, Is almost an exact copy of the
of tlOO was imposed. What diflVirence does a little
way possible.
^ciaitae on the subJfKit of polygamy in the lOoabiing
matter of 1100 make to men worth miiiions? Un- 8. We desire to be of service to our various In.
>iiAct|tliowliig how thoroaghiy tho ficopie of Utah, of iawfkii cohabitation exists o|)eniy ail over Utah. stltntions of learning, Including tho Southwestern
Baptist University, Canon and Newman College,
I'Witom abont flve-eixthn are Mormons, agreeil toao- The AVfAiffofmi ChrMlan Advocate said recently
Brownsville Female Ooiloge, Boscobel Oullege and
' liept its provisions.
on private information from Salt Lake City s
ML B. H. Roberts, the OongreMmati-eicct from Last WMk Htber J. Grant, one of the twelve apo«-
other schools. We are always glad to publish any.
lleaofthe Mormon ebuioh, pleaded lullty in open thing about them, especially with rellarence to their
' Vt^iliTAij a prominent member of the Oonstltutlotial court to the oharga of unlawful oohabrtatlon, that la, progress.
OoiiiVMUod W^^^
llvliiRln polygamy, and paid a nntofllOO. A few
weekaago Angna M. Oannou, frMldant of the Salt V ». The Home and Young South deparlmnnts,
' tton^ OoovenUon '* provided Lake stake, a high poaition In llw Monnon ohttrah, which have proven so InterMtIng and so halpM,
ijli'iU Uym of tho Territory Jn foroe at the time plaadad guiliy ti^ a almllar chaiga and paid his flu
^,iili|9,i)oiiitttaUon WM adopted ahouid remain In ibrce uf fioo. OU Bunday. Baptambw 8rd, Gwige Q. Can*
will be continued, and their editors will do all In
nou, the pranler of Mormonism. ona of tha pi«^au« their power to Improve them.
tup i^iear expired their dwn limitations or were oy of the whole ohuroh, drflnidad iht piaotloa of po- 10. The articles on Mormnnlsm now being piih*
lished in tlio paper, written by the editor, will probably
run a month or two Inl'i next year. He had
expocteil t