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"anti-Mormon" association, which exists in that . They
have hired a hall quite close to that occupied by the Saints
and are doing all in their power to break up our meetings there.
A man by the name of , waited upon
atwo or three weeks ago to ask me, as he said, for the privilege
of setting forth his principles to our congregations in our chapels
throughout the country. He said he was a missionary sent over
by the "New Organization of the Church" under young Joseph.
IMy reply was, that he could not have that privilege. He thought
I was not as fair with him as we wished others to be with
us—that we asked others for the privilege of preaching in their
halls, but would not grant him ours for such a purpose. I
told him, that I would feel very differently were he an honest
sectarian, who wished to set forth his views in sincerity; but
he, himself, had once known the truth and had apostatized from
it, and those who sent him where in the same condition, and
I knew they were neither honest nor sincere. I knew their
history well, and knew them to be base, bad men. He said I
was afraid of the truth, and feared investigation. I replied
that I knew the truth, and that there was no need at this
late hour to investigate the claims of such fellows as he,
for we had learned it through long years of sad experience.
He then wanted to know, (though he prefaced his request
by the remark that he thought I would not grant it) if I
would publish the "General Epistle of President Joseph Smith."
I told him of course I would not. He then left. On ^the^ Sunday
morning following I found him esconsed in a seat in one
corner of the chapel, when I went in. After I got through speaking
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"anti-Mormon" association, which exists in that . They
have hired a hall quite close to that occupied by the Saints
and are doing all in their power to break up our meetings there.
A man by the name of , waited upon
two or three weeks ago to ask me, as he said, for the privilege
of setting forth his principles to our congregations in our chapels
throughout the country. He said he was a missionary sent over
by the "New Organization of the Church" under young Joseph.
My reply was, that he could not have that privilege. He thought
I was not as fair with him as we wished others to be with
us—that we asked others for the privilege of preaching in their
halls, but would not grant him ours for such a purpose. I
told him, that I would feel very differently were he an honest
sectarian, who wished to set forth his views in sincerity; but
he, himself, had once known the truth and had apostatized from
it, and those who sent him were in the same condition, and
I knew they were neither honest nor sincere. I knew their
history well, and knew them to be base, bad men. He said I
was afraid of the truth, and feared investigation. I replied
that I knew the truth, and that there was no need at this
late hour to investigate the claims of such fellows as he,
for we had learned it through long years of sad experience.
He then wanted to know, (though he prefaced his request
by the remark that he thought I would not grant it) if I
would publish the "General Epistle of President Joseph Smith."
I told him of course I would not. He then left. On the Sunday
morning following I found him esconsed in a seat in one
corner of the chapel, when I went in. After I got through speaking