1835-09-09-Zions Herald-Mormonism
Mormonim
- Source: Zion's Herald, v6 n36, 9 September 1835, p. 1
Mr. Editor—A few weeks since, a man by the name of Pratt made his appearance in this town with a Mormon Bible, as it is termed. He has been lecturing in this and the neighboring towns, and notwithstanding his doctrines and methods are so repugnant to the word of God, strange to tell, he is drawing disciples after him. I have attended one of his meetings and heard him state, that three days after the ascension of Jesus Christ, he came down on our continent and made a revelation of what would come to pass in the last days. The man gave an account of some plates which he stated had been dug up at the south, and that God, by his angel, had made known this important revelation, as found on those plates. He stated that since the apostles, all flesh had corrupted their way, and that preachers, since then, were all false teachers—that God was about to send out Hunters and Fishers, and that the people should be hunted and fished; and if the Gentiles rejected the call then, they would be cast off—the Jews would be gathered in, and so all Israel would be saved. he pretends that he can impart the Holy Ghost by the laying on of the hands, and that he has many miraculous gifts. He states that Mormonism is the true gospel.
The people in this place have not the knowledge concerning them that they wished for. We came to the conclusion that our best course would be to write you on the subject and get what information we could, and then we shall be prepared to take the mask from the deformed head of the monster, and show his cloven foot. We wish you to collect what information you can concerning them from the first to last, and insert it in the Herald, that we may have the same next week. We want facts, well authenticated, so that they cannot be disputed. We think you can give us what we ask for in short, and it will very much serve the cause of Zion in this quarter.
- Yours, &c.
- Salisbury, N. H., Aug. 27, 1835.
