1900-04-11-New York Tribune-The Rev. Josiah Strong

The Rev. Josiah Strong

New York Tribune, 11 April 1900, p. 8

The Rev. Josiah Strong, president of the League of Social Service, thinks that nothing short of Federal interference can prevent Mor mon influence from becoming supreme in every State west of the Mississippi. He points out that while the Mormons are only one-fifteenth the number of Presbyterians, Methodists and Congregationalists, yet in a given period they have increased more than all three of those de nominations put together. Mormon mission aries are at work everywhere, more than 13,000 of them being active in the Southern States alone, and their energy and zeal override all oppressions and discouragements. The outlook is probably not so alarming as Dr. Strong im agines, but it is formidable enough to challenge attention and perhaps to inspire increased ac tivity, in the missionary efforts of other sects.