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"While Shepherds watched their
flocks by night."
Then she called him.
"Come, my son."
"I am coming, mother."
And he went to her and climbed up
on her knee and went to sleep with
her kiss on his lips, and the next morn
ing when the old darkey came to make
his fire, he found him seated in the
chair with a rare smile on his face,
and he knew the old preacher had
found a home on Christmas morning.
Sunshine Hawks.
MOKMOXISM
"The Mormon churches give dances
in their meeting houses to raise money
for the young missionaries." ? Chris
tian Statesman.
The Christian Statesman, comment
ing upon the recent election of Wil
liam 11. King to the Senate from
Utah, remarks: "With a Mormon
priest on each side of the chamber
the United States Senate will look like
a temple conclave."
"The utter hypocrisy of Mormon
ism is illustrated by this: At the re
cent General Conference of the
Church, Elder C. H. Hart, of the
hierarchy, said: 'It (Mormonism)
places the ban upon tea, coffee, to
bacco and alcoholic beverage in any
form.' And yet the Mormon Church
store sells tea, coffee, tobacco and
liquor in various forms. ? Christian
Statesman.
"Francis Marion Lyman, president
of the Council of Twelve Apostles,
which rules the Mormon Church, died
in Salt Lake, November 18, 191G. He
was heir apparent to the Mormon
'throne. His place may be filled by
Apostle Grant, one of the most big
oted of the polygamous priests, or
Prophet Smith may carry out his long
planned intrigue to advance his favor
ite son, Hyrum, to that position. The
New York Tribune's notice of Lyman's
death says: 'Lyman was a polygamist,
with three wives, twelve sons and ten
daughters, he said at \he Heed Smoot
Senate hearing. He told the Senate
committee that Joseph Smith, the
head of the Mormon Church, and all
the apostles had lived in polygamy.' "
The organ of the National Reform
Association, which is conducting the
national fight for the passage of the
anti-polygamy amendment, is authori
ty for the following: "Mormon mis
sionaries sometimes dispute our state
ment that Mormonism is an attempt
ed substitution for Christianity. And
here comes the Mormon prophet's
favorite son and favorite apostle, Hy
rum M. Smith, who 3ays in a recent
sermon printed in the Deseret News:
'Why, my brethren and sisters, Chris
tianity never had the eleinents of suc
cess in it from the first two or three
centuries after Christ. It never has
succeeded and never will succeed in
the world; but let it be remembered
that I absolutely and positively dif
ferentiate Christianity as it is known
In the world to-day from the gospel
of Jesus Christ. There is much of
good in it and there is much of bad
in it; there is much of truth and there
is much of error; but it is lacking in
that spirit which enables men to dis
cern the good from the bad and the
truth from the error. There is not
within it that power that impelR men
to seek for God and to keep His com
mandments and to keep themselves
from evil. That power is wanting in
what is called Christianity.' "
The following list of offices held by
Joseph P. Smith, the president of the
Mormon Church, is given by James
S. Martin. M. A., general superintend
ent of the National Reform Associa
tion, which, from its headquarters In
Pittsburgh and throughout the coun
try, Ih conducting a campaign to over
come the evils of Mor monism:
"Prophet Smith is a director in the
Union Pacific Railway. This was the
favorito railway corporation of the
late Edward H. Harriman. The Union
Pacific was re-incorporated in Utah
under a plenary statute which was
secretly procured by the Mormon rul
ers. The connection between the
Union Pacific and other great trans
portation companies of the country is
so close that the prophet has access
to all the leaders in this line of busi
ness, to financiers who supply the
money lor railway improvement, and
to manufacturers who supply mate
rials.
"Prophet Smith is director of the
Deseret News Publishing Company,
which is the official publishing house
of the Mormon Church.
"Prophet Smith is also president of
tho following: The Beneficial Life
Insurance Company; The Consoli
dated Wagon and Machine Company;
The Utah Hotel Company, which built
the marvelously beautiful hostelry
which $ells whiskey near the Mor
mon Temple; The Inland Cystal Salt
Company, which controls the output
of salt from tfrfe great Salt Lake, with
its 14.000,000 tons; The Zion Savings
Bank and Trust Company; the Zion
Co-operative Mercantile Institution,
that mammoth store, which has a
wholesale and retail liquor depart
ment; The Utah-Idaho Sugar Com
pany, which dominates the western
beet sugar trust.
"Prophet Smith is director in or
a potential influence in a dozen other
great corporations.
"No one dares to rebel against his
Church's tyranny. The Mormon will
not, because rebellion against the
prophet is rebellion against the Mor
mon god. The non-Mormon dares not,
because commercial and political
ostracism will work his destruction.
To-day the Mormon prophet is the
most powerful and insensate indus
trial and financial autocrat in the
United States. Even publicity con
cerning his crimes is difficult to pro
cure.
"The National Reform Association's
remedy is a thoroughly lawful and
patriotic one, already approved by
precedent. It is just al30, in that it
will injure no innocent person.
"The Association proposes this:
That the Attorney-General of the
United States shall bring a proceed
ing to compel the Mormon prophet to
account for the trust fund which he
received from the government. That
ought to have been done long ago.
Neglect of a plain public duty, through
many administrations, has permitted
the Mormon prophet to perpetrate his
financial offending until it has reach
ed a magnitude and power invincible
against local attack.
"Let every reader write at once to
the Attorney-General of the United
States, at Washington, asking him to
bring proceeding to compel an ac
counting of the property which the
government bestowed upon the Mor
mon Church in trust."
A SCOFFER SILENCED.
A minister of the Presbyterian
Church in America delivered a series
of discourses against infidelity in a
town in Louisiana, on the Red river,
some of the citizens of which
were known to be skeptical. A few
days afterwards he took passage on a
steamer ascending the Mississippi, and
found on board several of the citizens
of that town, among whom was a dis
ciple of Tom Paine, noted as the ring
leader of a band of infidels. So soon
as he discovered the minister he pro
posed to his companions to go with
him to the opposite side of the table
and listen to some stories that he
had to tell upon religion and relig
ious men, which he said would annoy
the old preacher. Quite a number,
prompted by curiosity, gathered
around him to listen to his vulgar
were pointed against the Bible and its
ministers. The preacher did not raise
his eyes from the book which he was
reading, nor appear to be the least
disconcerted by the presence of the
rabble. At length the infidel walked
up to him, and, rudely slapping him
on the shoulder, said:
"Old fellow, what do you think of
these things?"
He calmly pointed out of tho door,
and said: "Do you seo that beautiful
landscape spread out in such quiet
beauty before you?"
"Yes."
"It has a variety of flowers, plants
and shrubs, that are calculated to fill
tho beholder with delight."
"Yes."
"Well, if you were to send out a
dove he would pass over that scene
and see in it all that was beautiful
and lovely, and delight himself in
gazing at and admiring it; but if you
were to send out a buzzard over pre
cisely tho samo scene, he would 6ee
in it nothing to fix his attention, un
less lie could find some rotten carcass
that would he loathsome to all other
animals, in which case he would alight
and gloat upon it with exquisite pleas
ure."
"Do you mean to compare me with
a buzzard, sir?" said the infidel, col
oring very deeply, and walking oft
in confusion. He went by the name
of "The Buzzard" during the remain
der of the passage. ? Selected.
The Church is the communion of
believing and worshipping souls, liv
ing a supernatural life in the midst of
the world, and thus, by their simple
presence, extending the borders of the
kingdom of heaven, as the leaven per
meates the mass, as the lamp illumines
the darkness, as the spring of living
water makes the desert rejoice and
blossom as the rose. ? David Smith.
Children, obey your parents in all
things, for this is well pleasing in
the Lord. ? Col. 3:20.
FERTILIZER FACTS No. 33
Order Your Spring
Fertilizers Early!
Shortage of Empty Freight Cars
September, 1916 - - 19,000
October, 1916 - - 60,000
November, 1916 - - 108,000
December, 1916, (estimated) 112,000
lThe Situation is Growing Worse'
Early movement of fertilizers for spring
use is necessary this year because of the con
gested condition of shipping and the shortage
in railroad cars and labor throughout the
country.
Indications point to a big increased de
mand for fertilizers this spring. Even in
normal times it is hard to move the 4,500,000
tons used by farmers in the spring. Unless
orders are placed immediately for prompt
shipment no one can insure your goods
arriving in time. Order full 30-ton cars in
stead of 15-ton cars.
No matter what the weather conditions
may be this spring you can't afford to plant
without fertilizer, so you take no chances in
ordering early. With present prices for
cotton and all farm products, fertilizer will
be doubly profitable. Protect yourself by
hauling your fertilizers now when you have
plenty of time. Farm profits depend upon
having a good supply of plant-food on hand
when you need it.
Write for Free Bulletin No. 14 on " Commercial Fertilixerm"
SOIL IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE
Southern Fertilizer Association
Atlanta, Georgia, U, S, A,