Polygamy; or, The mysteries and crimes of Mormonism, being a full and authentic history of this strange sect from its origin to the present time. . lks and deadbeats of other communities generally, who have been deceivedby the representations of progress there, and expected to betterthemselves by casting their fortunes with a rising sect. Andfrom this class have originated many of the Mormon troubles,in times past. They often become dissatisfied and turbulent,and often apostatize, but have too little fixedness of sentiment,and too much dullness of moral perception to be of any valueto either s
Polygamy; or, The mysteries and crimes of Mormonism, being a full and authentic history of this strange sect from its origin to the present time. . lks and deadbeats of other communities generally, who have been deceivedby the representations of progress there, and expected to betterthemselves by casting their fortunes with a rising sect. Andfrom this class have originated many of the Mormon troubles,in times past. They often become dissatisfied and turbulent,and often apostatize, but have too little fixedness of sentiment,and too much dullness of moral perception to be of any valueto either side. Some of them seek easy positions under thehierarchy; others, more desperate, sink lower, and become themere tools of the leaders to do all their dirty and infamouswork. Mutual guilt then makes them mutual spies, and con-scious that their lives are in the power of their masters, theylive as guilty and miserable slaves, with the assured knowledgethat, at the slightest disloyal move, their lives will pay the for-feit. More than one of this class have met with a bloody death,from the simple fact that they knew too much, as 314 POLYGAMY; OR, THE MYSTERIES Another and a rather hopeless class in Utah consists of thosewho became Mormons sincerely, but from slight or insufficientmotives. They united with the sect, with as much sincerity asthey were capable of, but with no clear understanding of whatwas before them. Before embracing Mormonism, they weregenerally afloat on religious subjects, or dissatisfied with whatthey saw in their own churches, and had fallen into the dan-gerous habit of suspecting all men of hypocrisy. I have metdozens of this class who have been lobby members of theMethodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, and Campbellite Churches;that weak, feeble class of Christians who expect the Church topick them up and carry them to heaven, carefully lifting themover the rough places in the road, and removing every annoy-ing doubt which will rise in an idle or
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