OUR 
 
 Work on Wheels 
 
 AND AFOOT 
 
 IN 
 
 of GUtttrhmd. 
 
 (Incorporated 1900.) 
 
 CHIEFLY FROM THE ANNUAL REPORTS 
 PRESENTED JANUARY 19, 1909. 
 
 Office at 
 1854 East 81st Street, 
 Cleveland, O. 
 
THE REAL MORMON ISSUE. 
 
 One can hardly emphasize too strongly the fact that the 
 fundamental need of the Mormon people — that alone which 
 will solve the problem bo it will STAY solved — is the TRUE 
 RELIGION in place of their false and really pagan system. 
 That is the whole issue in a nutshell. Nothing else can touch 
 the real, bottom need of the every-day Mormon. He is what 
 he is, because he believes his system to be the ONLY TRUE 
 I RELIGION. All the other evils of the system depend on this. 
 Make him see that his doctrine contradicts every fundamental 
 teaching of the Bible and reason, and he will begin to open 
 his eyes, and if honest with the truth, to change his belief 
 and character. That is the only way to solve the Mormon 
 problem. We are just as surely in a great battle of religions 
 as ever were Elijah and Ahab; and the issue is the same, "If 
 the Lord be God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him." 
 (I Kings 8:21.) 
 
 Seldom has there been an opportunity of service offered to 
 clear-headed, consecrated, strong men, equal to this. And sel- 
 dom, indeed, has there been an equal chance to transmute 
 | money into enlightenment of soul through the self-denying 
 i labors of such men. Christian friend, HELP US to find both 
 j money and men, for the sake of the Kingdom of God. 
 
 ACTION OF THE PRESBYTERY OF UTAH. 
 
 Springville, Utah, Aug. 26, 1904. 
 
 To the Presbytery of Utah: 
 
 "Your committee appointed to consider and report upon the 
 work of the Utah Gospel Mission, with headquarters in Cleve- 
 land, Ohio, and the statements made before the Presbytery by 
 Rev. John D. Nutting, the secretary of the organization, would 
 recommend the adoption of the following: 
 
 "In view of the fact that there are in Utah some S3 towns 
 of over 500 population, and about. 185 towns with less than 500 
 people, in which no Christian work has ever been done* the 
 Presbytery of Utah does hereby recognize the Utah Gospel 
 Mission as a most effective agency in reaching these non-Chris- 
 tian people with the saving truths of the Christian religion, and 
 a valuable means of supplementing the work of the Christian 
 churches in Utah. The Presbytery also commends the self- 
 sacrificing labors of Secretary Nutting in his efforts to reach 
 these needy people with the Gospel of our Divine Savior and 
 Lord." R. G. McNmcfi, 
 
 N. K. Climenson, 
 S. E. Wish ard, 
 (*This refers to ordinary Christian work.) Committee. 
 
 ACTION OF THE M. E. CONFERENCE. 
 
 At the Annual meeting of the Utah Mission of the M. E. 
 Church, held in Salt Lake City Aug. 15, 1905, the following 
 resolution was adopted: 
 
 "We express our confidence in the work of the Utah (jos- 
 pel Mission, under the direction of Rev. John D. Nutting, and 
 earnestly desire for him and his co-workers the utmost success 
 in their efforts to spread the gospel in the destitute portions of 
 Utah and adjoining States." 
 
 ACTION OF THE UTAH BAPTIST CONVENTION. 
 
 Whereas, The Utah Gospel Mission is engaged in preaching 
 the gospel of salvation in our state and in distributing helpful 
 literature by house-to-house visitation, Therefore be it 
 
 Resolved; That we assure the Utah Gospel Mission that we 
 appreciate the importance of and sacrifices necessary to m 3 ln , 
 tain this work, and commend them in their labors. (Adopted 
 at Salt Lake City, Sept. 31, 1908.) 
 
THE STORY OF 1908 
 
 IN THE WORK OF THE 
 UTAH GOSPEL MISSION 
 
 With a territory about 250 by 600 miles to work in, 
 where all grades of people and all phases of Mormonism 
 may be found, much diversity in our work is of course 
 to be expected. Utah has more than twice the area of 
 Ohio ; eastern Idaho is also almost solidly Mormon and 
 contains nearly another Ohio ; while the Mormon dis- 
 tricts of western Wyoming, Colorado, Arizona, New 
 Mexico, Nevada and Oregon have perhaps still another 
 equal area; besides which there are the large regions in 
 Mexico and Canada, besides many scattered Mormon 
 homes all over the West and probably in every State in 
 the Union. And all these outside Mormon regions ought 
 to be reached by our kind of work, as well as the 
 central districts which we have been working. If 
 enough good people only understood the facts, it would 
 be possible to do this. The purpose of this little book- 
 let is both to let our friends know what we have been 
 doing and to help all to get the viewpoint which we find. 
 
 THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE WORK DURING 1908 
 
 Perhaps the best way to realize what has been done 
 is to trace out the journeyings of the wagons during 
 1908, by the dotted lines on the sketch-map herewith ; 
 in connection with the descriptions given and the anec- 
 dotes of the work on the closing pages of this booklet. 
 But one should remember the great size of the State, 
 and that each dotted line often represents the passage 
 of several wagons, or of one passing several times, so 
 that these parts of the lines should be doubled, quad- 
 rupled, or even sextupled to give the right idea. All 
 the wagons center at Salt Lake late in June each year, 
 and start out from there for the next campaign as 
 soon as ready. 
 
 We aim to cover the whole field with a given kind of 
 literature before working any part of it with another 
 kind. Thus in some years, as in this, we must finish up 
 the left-over districts, etc. Besides this we have this 
 year covered a very large new region, recently opened 
 for settlement and with unusually poor roads,' which 
 reaches to the extreme north-east corner of the body of 
 
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 the State and includes the Fort Duchesne and Vernal 
 regions. The most difficult travelling we have ever ex- 
 perienced was perhaps here the past fall, with mountain- 
 ous roads newly made over clay soil and often soaked 
 with the late rains. Several breakages in the wagon 
 occurred, and several times the rope and tackle which 
 accompanies each wagon had to be called into requisi- 
 tion, or the aid of a passing vehicle invoked, to escape 
 from being stalled in a mud-hole. To get into this 
 great region the wagon had also to climb over a 
 mountain pass nearly 8,000 feet high, or about 3,500 
 feet above the valley where they started. 
 
 This, is the last large region in Utah which we have 
 not before visited. But the Kanab region on the south 
 and the Moab district on the east are yet unreached, 
 
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 being still more difficult of access ; though these have 
 together only about 2,000 souls. We hope to reach 
 these sometime, as God opens the way. 
 
 THE MOVEMENTS OF THE WAGONS. 
 
 The year opened with No. 3 wagon in San Pete Co., 
 with Bros. Fischer, Mix and Wuelfkin ; No. 2 was 
 in Cache Co., near the northern boundary of the State, 
 with Bros. Moore and Carson; No. 1 was in the sub- 
 urbs of Salt Lake to the south, with Bros. Dinsmore, 
 Gillespie and Tenney. All these wagons centered at 
 Salt Lake late in June, where the changes of men were 
 effected. After a month of work here we started South 
 and spent a month at work in the beautiful little city of 
 
 Three Wagons Traveling, September, 19u8, 
 (Bros. Hershey, Horrocks, Swogger, Mix and Hodge.) 
 
 Provo; and thence to Spanish Fork. Here wagon No. 
 
 2 left us and started to cross the divide for the large 
 eastern region already mentioned; where they labored 
 until starting south for Price, late in December. The 
 other two wagons, being short of men, stayed together 
 and finished the region where they were and then went 
 to Salt Lake early in December, where with sad hearts 
 we were forced to lay No. 1 wagon aside in storage 
 until men can be found to run it — probably till June. No. 
 
 3 then went north to Morgan, east of Ogden, and was 
 laboring there when the year closed. It is thus seen 
 that the most of the year's work has been in the central 
 
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 north-and-south portions of the State, and the most of 
 this part in places of good size. About two-thirds of 
 Salt Lake itself has been worked during the year. 
 
 THE WORKERS DURING THE YEAR. 
 
 There have been fourteen different men in the work 
 during the year, besides the Secretary for nearly five 
 months ; but eight has been the largest number at work 
 at one time, and this was only for the first five weeks 
 of the year. One of these then left ; and two of the 
 new men could not come till very late, one being de- 
 tained by an attack of typhoid and the other by an' 
 imperative business matter. The usual June changes 
 thus left us with a very small force at the time when 
 it should have been the very largest. The average num- 
 ber of men to about June 15 was seven ; for July, Au- 
 gust and Sept., five besides the Secretary; for the 
 entire year, somewhat less than six, as against eight 
 for 1907. This has been a sore disappointment to us, 
 but could not have been avoided on our part except by 
 accepting men who wished to come but were not suit- 
 able. 
 
 Special mention should be made of Bro. Carl Fischer, 
 who closed two 
 years of faithful 
 service in Wagon 
 No. 3 last June, 
 to take up other 
 work; and whom 
 we were very glad 
 to welcome back 
 in the opening 
 days of 1909. Also 
 of Bro. Thomas 
 Hodge, who re- 
 turned in August 
 last year after an 
 absence East be- 
 cause of ill health, 
 and of Bro. R. H. 
 Mix, who remain- 
 ed in the work, 
 till December. 
 Bro. Hodge would 
 gladlyremain per- 
 manently in the work, but has at this writing (Jan.) 
 been compelled to return East again, as the winter work 
 
 Bro. Thomas Hodge, 
 Starting Out for Calls, at Vernal, Utah, Nov. 1908. 
 
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 is too severe for his health. He has been in the work 
 in all about six years ; and it is hard to see what we 
 could have done without him at several periods. 
 
 Denominationally, the men this year have been as 
 follows: Baptist, one; Congregationalist, one; Chris- 
 tian Alliance, one ; Methodist, three ; Moravian, one ; 
 Presbyterian, five ; Progressive Brethren, one ; total 
 denominations represented, seven — truly an object- 
 lesson in Christian unity which should be impressive to 
 people who are taught that all denominations are teach- 
 ing different fundamentals and constantly fighting one 
 another ! 
 
 Educationally, nine men have been college graduates ; 
 one, also in his Seminary course; one each a graduate 
 of the New York, Chicago and Nyack Bible training 
 schools, another from the German school, and the 
 other a college sophomore. 
 
 Owing to this small and separate condition of the 
 force, we are not able to present our friends with a cut 
 of all the men in a single picture, as we always wish 
 to do; but give the best we can. 
 
 A GLIMPSE OF THE WORK DONE IN 1908. 
 
 I. The Colporter Work. 
 The shortage of men of course affected the amount 
 of work done in all departments. And the greater aver- 
 age length of the calls in the colporter work has also 
 tended to lessen their number, though advantageously. 
 We would be glad to have calls always at least 30 min- 
 utes long, with 40 minutes or even an hour in specially 
 hopeful cases, and many of these latter calls repeated 
 before leaving the town. In respect to length of calls 
 and repeated visits the work of Wagon 3, with Messrs. 
 Fischer, Mix and Wuelfkin, during last winter, was 
 perhaps the best we have ever had; though the latter 
 half of the year has seen good, work, also. Hence the 
 figure of 12,672 calls made in 1908 as against 17,708 in 
 1907 is not really as much smaller as it seems. The 
 families visited probably contained at least 70,000 peo- 
 ple. About 5,000 of these homes were also visited with 
 tract-bills and verbal invitations to our meetings. 
 . This colporter work has been done in 73 places, rang- 
 ing in size from the cross-roads settlement to Salt Lake 
 City with its 75,000 people ; and besides these places 
 we have visited a great range of country having only 
 
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 scattered homes. Much of this latter work was done 
 on horseback, leaving the wagon with one. man to work 
 in the central village and the other two men riding per- 
 haps many miles a day to find the scattered homes with 
 the gospel message. The small number of villages above 
 given does not convey any adequate idea of the work 
 done, both because of this scattered work and of the 
 unusually large size of the places visited. For instance, 
 the time given to Salt Lake alone equalled fifteen 
 weeks of the average force for the year, and that in 
 Provo took about five weeks for the average force. 
 
 Of the 73 places visited, even though so many were 
 central and large, about 42 are without any local Chris- 
 tian work; and in many others the work is very small. 
 
 The literature used this year has been the same as 
 last, the main booklet being the " Wonderful Story of 
 the Wonderful Book," containing 104 pages and cover, 
 which is described in our Publication List on third page 
 of the cover of this issue. It has proved exceedingly 
 well adapted to the work, and will be treasured in many 
 homes for the future. Over 11,000 copies of this have 
 been used, aggregating about 1,184,490 pages of the best 
 possible material to stimulate thought and Bible Study 
 on the greatest themes of Christian truth and personal 
 religion. New literature will be needed for next year, 
 as noted further on. 
 
 II. The Evangelistic Work. 
 
 Two hundred and fifteen meetings were held, in fifty 
 of the 73 places visited. In Salt Lake City we held 
 fourteen street meetings with over 2,000 people present; 
 in Provo fifteen with over 2,900 present. The chilly 
 evenings began unusually early this year, making 
 street work impossible after about Sept. 19, instead of 
 continuing several weeks longer, as usual. The total 
 attendance at the 215 meetings was 14,902; an average 
 of over 69. The very small attendance at the meetings 
 in the newly-settled eastern region (only about 20 for 
 each of the 18 meetings) and that of still less in one 
 place of about 3,000 population,' on account of storms, 
 political meetings and seeming priestly control, lower 
 this average below that of any other year. The aver- 
 age of last year was 85. 
 
 In the services held while all the wagons and crews- 
 remain together, the Secretary intends to preach at least 
 once on each of the great subjects, and usually takes 
 charge of all the meetings, leading the music and 
 
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 answering the public questions. This is largely that the 
 best presentation of the subjects to our peculiar audi- 
 ences, and the best methods of conducting meetings, 
 may be made clear to all the new workers. The total 
 attendance of the meetings this year at which we were 
 together was 7,680; they were 70 in number, and the 
 Secretary preached at 49 of them, besides conducting 
 nearly all and preaching several times at other services. 
 
 III. The Eastern Work. 
 
 More and more the Eastern work increases in im- 
 portance, as the Mormon emissaries in various ways 
 increase their efforts and get new footholds. (Note 
 especially, on the growth of Mormonism, the chapter 
 beginning on page 12 of this booklet.) Yet. the extra 
 strain on the Secretary this year from his prolonged 
 and arduous absence in the West has made it impossible 
 to do as much as usual in the East. And he was. still 
 further hindered by an accident while returning from 
 the West, which made full work impossible for several 
 weeks after reaching home. But he has spoken thirty- 
 two times on Mormonism during the year, with about 
 4,000 people present. He visited twenty-two Semina- 
 ries, colleges and Bible training schools in search of 
 men and seeking to inform the students on Mormonism 
 so that they would be able to meet the issue in their 
 future work; made a multitude of personal calls in 
 finding funds, etc., and secured a circulation in the press 
 running into unknown thousands for items and arti- 
 cles on Mormonism. Probably about 165,000 pages of 
 our literature were sold or otherwise used from the 
 office during the year. 
 
 The Secretary's evangelistic work in the West has 
 already been mentioned under that head. He also made 
 125 colporter calls, and attended to all the routine work 
 of finding places for the horses, wagons and meetings in 
 each place, purchasing supplies , instructing the new 
 men, etc. Our wagons are a sort of wheeled Bible In- 
 stitute and Theological Seminary combined during the 
 summer, with " personally-conducted " instruction on 
 points of Mormon and Christian doctrine, apologetics, 
 hermaneutics, homiletics, elocution, personal work and 
 economics ; with side topics on health, cooking, ven- 
 tilation of wagons, care of horses and wagons, etc., 
 occasionally thrown in. It may readily be imagined that 
 such duties are no sinecure; especially when sand- 
 
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 wiched between sermons every evening, at meetings 
 which last till 11 or 12 P. M., as is often the case, and 
 with hard study or calling in daytime hours, and the 
 constant feeling of responsibility. If we could have 
 even one competent and experienced man to remain 
 several years with each wagon it would relieve this 
 situation greatly, increasing the efficiency of the West- 
 ern work and also enabling the Secretary to do much 
 more in the East. For this we should all hope and 
 pray; and work as may be possible. 
 
 The Secretary spent all the time possible during the 
 summer in preparatory work on the new literature for 
 distribution in the field. This is upon the doctrine of 
 God, which is the great fundamental of both Mormon 
 error and Christian truth. The booklet will contain not 
 only the Bible truth about God, but in contrast both the 
 pagan view and the Mormon belief ; and in one part 
 will show in parallel columns the similarity of the latter 
 two beliefs and the almost entire contradiction of both 
 to the Bible — which book Mormonism nevertheless 
 arrogantly claims as its own foundation. It will also 
 show how the Mormon view makes the other great 
 Christian doctrines, about Christ, the Holy Spirit, sin, 
 salvation, the gospel, the church, etc., logically impossi- 
 ble. The astonishing fact will also be brought out that 
 Mormonism has completely apostatised from itself on 
 this point — the present pagan doctrine of many flesh- 
 and-bones, ex-human, so-called " gods " not being found 
 in the Book of Mormon at all, nor in the first sixteen 
 years of the so-called " revelations " of the " Doctrines 
 and Covenants," (their second special book of " revela- 
 tions;") while the doctrines about God which are found 
 there are practically those which we teach and they now 
 reject. This chapter has resulted from a special study 
 of every allusion to the subject of God in their two 
 most important books, and of much in the other one ; 
 and it would seem certain that such a plain contradic- 
 tion in their own professed " revelations " would open 
 the eyes of many and lead them to seek the true God 
 for themselves. We ask the prayers of every reader of 
 these words that this may be the case in multitudes of 
 hearts. We expect to begin the use of this booklet by 
 about April next, by which time we hope to have placed 
 the present book in the hands of nearly every home ex- 
 cept some in Salt Lake City — at least 43,000 copies in 
 all, or 4,601.000 pages, besides over 200,000 pages used 
 by others. 
 
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 CONDENSED STATISTICS OF THE WORK FOR 
 1908, AND FROM THE BEGINNING. 
 
 FOR 1908 
 
 Calls made in the regular visitation 12,672 
 
 (These families containing fully 70,000. people.) 
 
 Settlements visited this year 73 
 
 (Of which about 42 were destitute of Christian work.) 
 
 Our special gospel meetings held 215 
 
 (In 50 of the 73 places visited.) 
 
 Total attendance at these meetings 14,902 
 
 (Average attendance 69, largest 325.) 
 Pages of gospel literature carefully used, mostly ours 1,254,890 
 
 TOTAL SUMMARIES, 1901 to 1908, INCLUSIVE. 
 
 Total number of Colporter visits made 100,179 
 
 Total number of invitation calls made, about 30,000 
 
 Total of all calls 130,000 
 
 Total number of different settlements visited 506 
 
 (Of these we have held meetings in 348 places. About 
 396 of the 506 were destitute of Christian work.) 
 
 Total number of meetings held 1,341 
 
 Total attendance at these meetings 109,400 
 
 (Average attendance about 82; largest, 800.) 
 Pages of literature used, mostly of our special kinds. . 8,893,890 
 Miles traveled by wagons about 15,500; probably 16,200 
 more on foot £)nd horseback; total, 31,700. 
 The totals of the eastern work are as follows: Addresses by 
 the Secretary, 405; circulation of his articles, etc., in the press, 
 about 2,275,000; literature used or sold from the office, about 
 1,240,000 pages; miles traveled by rail, about 53,200. 
 Total cost of all the above (both east and west) $20,966.45 
 
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 THE FINANCES OF LAST YEAR. 
 
 Our financial situation at the close of the year is 
 better than we feared it would be, and we end the year 
 with a small balance. But this is only another way of 
 saying that our force and work have been far smaller 
 than they should have been ; though some economies 
 have been possible this year which could not usually 
 have been practiced. Not only would a full force of 
 men have added to the daily outgo, but it would have 
 made the new literature a necessity by November, as 
 expected a year ago ; and these two items would have 
 added to our expense about $1,600, bringing the cost for 
 the year up to the figure anticipated in our forecast in 
 the last Report. The increased railroad fares have been 
 auite an added cost, as was expected. We have paid 
 for travel between Chicago and Utah alone, about $160 
 more than exactly the same travel would have cost us 
 a year or so earlier; and the Secretary's travel East 
 has also cost more. The return fares to Chicago of two 
 men alone cost $17.95 more each than formerly. This 
 is very trying, as the real cost of carrying men is no 
 more, and no law requires any additional charge. It 
 
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 seems to mean simply that railroads under two-cent 
 laws are taking moneys from benevolent treasuries to 
 make up for reduced profits in other directions ; which 
 is a rather serious matter. 
 
 The following statement of our finances for 1908 is 
 collated from the Treasurer's Report, adopted at our 
 Annual Meeting January 19th, and from the Secretary's 
 personal knowledge as to the sources and character of 
 the receipts and expenditures. We continue our cus- 
 tom of not printing the names of donors, as being dis- 
 tasteful to many, and unnecessary : 
 
 RECEIPTS CLASSIFIED BY SOURCES. 
 
 Balance with Cleveland Trust Co., Jan. 1, 1908.. 330,19 
 
 One contribution of $450 450.00 
 
 One contribution of $400 400.00 
 
 One contribution of $200 200.00 
 
 Two contributions of $150 each 300.00 
 
 Two contributions of $100 each 200.00 
 
 Two contributions of $75 each 150.00 
 
 One contribution of $59 59.00 
 
 Three contributions of $50 each 150.00 
 
 Six contributions of $25 each 150.00 
 
 Three contributions of $20 each 60.00 
 
 Four contributions of $15 each 60 00 
 
 Eighteen contributions of $10 each 180.00 
 
 Church, S- S. and C. E. contributions 132.47 
 
 Refunds 42.25 
 
 Interest on funds in bank 20.87 
 
 Smaller and unclassified sums 214.88 
 
 Total receipts per reasurer's account $3,099.66 
 
 Deducting refunds 42.25 
 
 Eeaves net contributions and balance $3,057.41 
 
 EXPENDITURES, CLASSIFIED BY OBJECTS. 
 
 R. R. and field expenses of missionaries $1,788.39 
 
 Printing and engraving, for both eastern and west- 
 ern work, including third edition of 15,000 
 
 booklets for field use 425.10 
 
 Rent of headquarters, telephone, etc 334.85 
 
 Personal and traveling expenses of Secretary in 
 eastern work, including about 3,000 miles of 
 R. R. travel, postage, etc 203.26 
 
 Total as above $2,751.60 
 
 Deducting refunds 42.25 
 
 Leaves total actual expenses for Mission work.... 2,709.35 
 
 Plus cash balance in bank Jan. 1, 1908 348.06 
 
 and refunds counted in receipts above 42.25 
 
 Equals total receipts $3,099.66 
 
 The Mission is deeply grateful to all who have helped 
 make the above showing possible during the past year. 
 Their support, in the prevailing financial situation, has 
 doubtless meant real sacrifices in at least some cases. 
 It has been doubly appreciated. We trust that with re- 
 turning prosperity the needed support for this year may 
 be more easily provided. 
 
(It is of course understood by all our old friends that 
 our large work can be carried on for the above limited 
 sum only because every man gives his time without 
 salary; only the really necessary expenses being pro- 
 vided. This makes a contribution nearly twice as effec- 
 tive as it would be on the other plan ; though the real 
 reason for this method lies in the objections held among 
 the Mormons to paid workers. Salaries would greatly 
 diminish the moral effect of our work.) 
 
 Finances for the Year, 1909 — Outlook. 
 
 Estimating our expenses as closely as is safe, judging 
 
 from our past experience, the expenses for the regular 
 
 work will probably be about as follows ; calculating on 
 
 the basis of having a full force of men, as we ought : 
 
 Present force of five men till June or later as engaged .. $805.00 
 Eight other men for balance of year not covered by 
 
 present force 920.00 
 
 New booklet for Colporter work, 15,000 or more, two 
 
 kinds, and freight to Utah, at least 450.00 
 
 New horse, replacing the one which died in 1908, and 
 
 other expenses 200.00 
 
 Cost of eastern work and printing 700.00 
 
 Total for regular work as hitherto $3,075.00 
 
 The above is for the usual work of the Mission as 
 carried on hitherto, without reference to any increase 
 in those lines or to undertaking urgent work in the 
 East. At least twice this sum could be profitably used 
 if the men can be found, as we believe they can. The 
 Annual Meeting of the Mission Jan. 19 considered the 
 possibility of doing more by increasing the office force 
 somewhat and by co-operation with one or more men 
 in the South ; and appointed a committee to report on 
 these matters soon. (See "Appeals from the South- 
 land and East" further on in this booklet.) 
 
 Pledges in sight for the future and cash received at 
 this writing aggregate $660 against the above amount; 
 and we have substantial confidence in our past friends, 
 and in new ones to be found, under God, that they will 
 supply our needs. Much valuable time would be saved 
 by the Secretary for other work in the cause if friends 
 who can do so will write him at once saying what 
 amount they expect to contribute this year, and about 
 when we may look for it. And if some can speak to 
 friends about the work and interest them, it will be a 
 greatly needed help, also. Literature will be furnished 
 free for this use. The Secretary will be glad to give 
 addresses, either illustrated or not, where feasible. 
 
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 "WATCHMAN, WHAT OF THE NIGHT?" 
 
 "What is the outlook in Utah?" "Is missionary 
 work doing any good there; do you see any change?" 
 "Is Mormonism growing or dying?" — such are some 
 very pertinent questions which are frequently asked of 
 the writer. In part they are difficult to answer; in 
 part easy, but not so flattering as we would like. 
 The Present Strength and Growth of Mormonism. 
 
 One might write a volume on this subject without 
 exhausting it. The writer has been immersed, so to 
 speak, in the Mormon work for over sixteen years, and 
 is personally acquainted with most of the towns from 
 near the Yellowstone Park on the north to below the 
 center of Utah, as well as with the proselyting efforts 
 of the evil system' outside of the Utah region. And 
 every year he realizes more and more that there are 
 features in Mormonism which so fit in with crude, lax, 
 materialistic, unspiritual and un-Biblical thinking and 
 living that it can get a hold upon some people every- 
 where; while the present great lack of clear doctrinal 
 conceptions on the part of most persons lays many open 
 to such attacks who would otherwise be invulnerable. 
 And the house-to-house, crafty, personal, persevering 
 methods of the Mormon " Elder " are Satanically 
 adapted to finding out and snaring these souls, — very 
 likely getting a death-grip on even church-members be- 
 fore the pastor or any other friend who is able to help 
 them knows anything of their danger. Nearly 2,000 
 Mormon emissaries are thus quietly working from 
 house to house all the time, in this and other lands. 
 When a soul is snared they seek to attach him to their 
 organization with bonds of the strongest character, em- 
 bracing all his hopes of heaven and of their so-called 
 " exaltation " as gods or goddesses there, and then to 
 fill him with desire to proselyte neighbors and friends 
 or to " go on a mission." Perhaps it, seems strange to 
 the reader that this can be done; but there is no ques- 
 tion at all as to the facts. 
 
 instance this case 
 Which came under the writer's own observation in Chi- 
 cago during the past year: 
 
 After a meeting a Mormon convert of not many years' 
 standing urged the writer to call on her at her home 
 and hear the wonderful story of her conversion to 
 Mormonism. Having heard many such he was not 
 
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 greatly attracted by that part, but hoped to do her some 
 good and so went. She was a middle-aged woman, with 
 husband and son present when we called. Earlier in 
 life she had oscillated about among various religious 
 fads, missions and churches, including the Mormon 
 services ; at one time having been received by vote to 
 join the United Brethren church near by. But by a touch 
 of the supernatural, as she believed, she was led to re- 
 frain from going to the communion service at which she 
 was to be received, and joined the Mormons instead. Wc 
 spent several hours at her home, on two occasions, go- 
 ing over the main facts and false doctrines of Mormon- 
 ism and showing their error clearly by the Bible in 
 which she professed to believe, and by reason. Nearly 
 everything in our conversation was kindly, but she 
 seemed as hard as a rock against the truth, and so 
 blind to the facts ! What the Lord has done for her 
 through the literature left her we know not, but hope 
 somewhat. Even in Utah one seldom finds a person 
 more completely blinded. She told how she had 
 worked to get her backslidden Catholic neighbor to be- 
 come a Mormon; happily with the result of driving her 
 back to her own church ; and how anxious she was to 
 have her son, (a clerk in a dry-goods house) " called " 
 to "go on a mission"; in which desire he concurred. 
 She avowed her belief in many gods with flesh and 
 bone bodies ; in polygamy, and in practically every one 
 of the worst doctrines of Mormonism. And she was a 
 convert from the midst of Christian influences ! The 
 Scripture " In whom the god of this world hath blinded 
 the minds of them which believe not," (II Cor. 4:4) 
 seems to describe such cases ; " sold under sin " so 
 completly that hope itself almost ceases to hope for 
 them. 
 
 Yet in almost every large city such cases could proba- 
 bly be found. A recent Mormon paper tells of eight 
 places in Western Pennsylvania and Maryland where 
 "elders" were then working with success, in four of 
 which regular services were being held. Of one sizable 
 place it was said that " Things look rosy enough for a 
 harvest there before long." Many people have never 
 read the awful revelations of duplicity, pagan doctrine 
 and polygamy in the Smoot trial, and others have for- 
 gotten them ; while the " elder " now claims that Mor- 
 monism was " vindicated " by the United States 
 Government in that trial, and the brand put upon its 
 
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 traducers, the " ministers," who were proven liars ! By- 
 like crafty statements, and by " wresting the Scriptures " 
 as perhaps never was done before, they are deceiving 
 people all over the land, and are also bringing hundreds 
 every year from foreign countries. As these words 
 were being written another Mormon paper brought the 
 
 FIGURES OF THE MORMON " EUROPEAN MISSION/' 
 
 (which includes Europe & Australia.) These state that 
 
 "There have been shipped during the year, through the 
 Liverpool office, 1,297 persons, including elders returning and 
 infants." It also says: "There has been a marked increase of 
 the work performed over that of the previous year. During 1908 
 nearly five and one-half million tracts and more than one hun- 
 dred and sixty thousand books have been distributed, and there 
 have been a little over twelve hundred baptisms." 
 
 The same paper also gives the report of the 
 
 NORTHERN ILLINOIS ( MORMON ) CONFERENCE, 
 
 with the following figures : 
 
 "We have distributed 2,540 books of Mormon [at 50c each, 
 bringing in $1,270], 145 other standard works, 9,932 smaller 
 books, 133,385 tracts, 8,073 Liahonas, 426 Liahona subscriptions 
 
 [$1 each]. 55,800 families visited, 8,122 families revisited 
 
 67,522 gospel conversations, 887 hall meetings held, 837 cottage 
 meetings, 598 open air, 118 priesthood meetings, 38 fast meet- 
 ings, 17 children blessed, and 33 baptisms In the 
 
 city of Chicago we have been very successful in getting the 
 Book of Mormon catalogued in several of the largest mail-order 
 houses of this city, through which we are receiving at the pres- 
 ent time good return for our labors, and we look forward to see 
 the time come when the Book of Mormon will become as com- 
 mon in the homes of the people as the Bible is today." 
 
 Almost every Mormon paper mentions new places 
 where meetings have been established. " Elders " are 
 often successful, to the discredit of our journalism be it 
 said, in getting editors to publish their deceptive matter 
 in order to advertise their, work in a place where they 
 are to hold meetings and seek converts. The Book of 
 Mormon has also been advertised on Chicago and Min- 
 neapolis street-cars during the year. The writer heard 
 the President of the work centering on- Chicago say 
 publicly that he had just contracted for 100,000 copies 
 of the Book of Mormon for sale during the year, having 
 sold 37,000 the past two years. (If we did not know 
 something of the unreliability of Mormon statements 
 this one would carry more weight.) The spirit in which 
 this work is being done may be judged from the fact 
 that this same speaker shortly said that " a man like 
 
 Dr. ," (a devoted and prominent Chicago pastor,) 
 
 "ought to be given a good turn in hell, and in the 
 hottest part, too," ^- because he had published a strong 
 article on Mormonism the day before; and of a prom- 
 
inent New York pastor, that he " was one of the biggest 
 blacklegs that ever came to Utah." At this time there 
 were claimed to be about thirty of these emissaries 
 working in Chicago. They own a large, old brick 
 church, which was formerly used for Christian services ; 
 and they claimed about 300 adherents. As long as there 
 
 Mormon Headquarters in Chicago. 
 
 remain multitudes of people who can easily be de- 
 ceived, together with such general ignorance of what 
 Mormonism really is and such lack of general knowl- 
 edge of Bible truth, there seems to be no stop to the' 
 continued growth of Mormonism in sight. But 
 
 ITS GROWTH CAN BE ENDED 
 
 by general information on these subjects, and its con- 
 tinued existence even in the West will also be eventu- 
 ally stopped by gospel efforts. Nothing can stand be- 
 fore the truth of God, if it be wisely and diligently used. 
 But small efforts cannot adequately cope with a great 
 evil. We must help many more to see the truth, and 
 we ought to do it quickly. With its immense tithing 
 receipts Mormonism is almost without financial limita- 
 tions : and with practical control over the lives of its 
 youth it can command all the workers it needs, as well. 
 And these workers are willing to undergo much hard- 
 ship to advance the cause of their system ; none of 
 them receives any salary, though expenses are often 
 provided in whole or part by friends. Such work means 
 
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 an immense amount of success, in spite of the truth and 
 of all else with which they have to contend. And we 
 need not expect anything else but the continued spread 
 of the wicked system until we can do far more than has 
 ever yet been done to forefend against its attacks and 
 to deliver its own people from their error. Mormonism 
 has about 2,000 men at work outside of Utah, with 
 practically unlimited resources. What force and means 
 shall we have during. next year? Everyone can help; 
 suitable men can go to the field ; others can talk to 
 friends, pray, and probably give. Will not the reader 
 help? 
 
 Appeals From the South and East. 
 
 As these pages are being written appeals from both 
 the South and East come to hand. From a Mississippi 
 minister come these words : " The Mormons ,, are as 
 busy as bees here, and 
 are literally honey-comb- 
 ing this southern country. 
 They are sowing their 
 literature unsparingly, 
 visiting from house to 
 house, preaching on the 
 streets, and devising every 
 possible way to delude 
 the people. Nice, re- 
 spectable people are sell- 
 ing their property and 
 going West with these 
 Mormons .... We need 
 to get to work here im- 
 mediately. ... I had no 
 idea till recently of the 
 gigantic strides this evil 
 had made in our southern 
 states; it is appaling. A 
 banker was recently tell- 
 ing me of many intelli- 
 gent men who are accept- Mormon Elders in Kentuck y- 
 ing their teaching and becoming their followers .... 
 A preacher told me this week of several nice families 
 
 which had just gone from to join the Mormons 
 
 in the west. ' ' 
 
 And this from a letter from New York City; "The 
 
 Supt. of our Deaconess Home at '■ — (in New 
 
 England) writes me of the imperative need of litera- 
 
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 ture for distribution among the immigrants at that port. 
 She says that "whole families, girls and women, are 
 coming from England and other countries by every 
 
 steamer. Please send in samples of literature " 
 
 These letters partially voice a great need in the South 
 and East, beyond question. We could use nearly or 
 quite as much money effectively in these regions as we 
 are using in the West, both in rescuing those who have 
 already been victimized, and in forewarning others. 
 We wish greatly that some one or more friends would 
 provide the support for a good man or two this year 
 in this work, independent of our treasury, we acting in 
 an advisory capacity, unless closer relation should be 
 necessary. Will not some friends consider this careful- 
 ly? We shall be glad to correspond with any one about 
 it. 
 
 Changes in the West. 
 
 "But in the West?" some one asks. Yes, there is 
 change there ; sometimes very rapid change. Salt Lake 
 City has been metamorphosed since the writer first saw 
 it, sixteen years ago. But the most of the new-comers 
 seem to be irreligious, along with many other people; 
 and the city is still the same old headquarters of the 
 Mormon evil as before, while it is acknowledged by all 
 to be one of the wickedest of cities in its vice. Yet the 
 growth and change, and the work of the Tribune in 
 showing up- the glaring frauds and inconsistencies of 
 Mormonism, seems to have loosened the attachment 
 of many Mormons to their system and broadened their 
 view, so that the city is regarded as in most urgent and 
 hopeful need of just our kindly, house-to-house work. 
 If it were possible to put a live, experienced man there, 
 to work steadily all the time, we should be glad to do it. 
 The same condition seems to prevail in some other 
 towns where the non-Mormon element is considerable 
 and educational advantages unusually good, even though 
 the latter are under Mormon auspices. In one such 
 place the past summer the contrasts were striking be- 
 tween Mormons who were openhearted and progressive, 
 beginning to question and change their old beliefs under 
 the operation of newer influences, and perhaps the 
 bishop of the same persons, who would be of the re- 
 actionary type, advocating the extremest tenets ever 
 advanced by Brigham Young himself, and doing it in 
 a very bigoted way. Perhaps in another near-by town 
 
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 the whole population would seem to be dead or blinded 
 in the darkness of Mormon doctrine, as if hardly a ray- 
 had ever reached them, and under control in some way 
 so that they would not attend our meetings, and so in- 
 active in mind or prejudiced that they would make little 
 or no response even in conversation during our calls. 
 Yet the very next place to one such was about the 
 brightest Mormon farming settlement we have ever vis- 
 ited — mostly of English blood, and of the one faith, 
 but with a bishop seemingly so Christian that he gave 
 up his services to let us have the house, and that we felt 
 impelled to ask him to lead in prayer at our meeting, 
 which he did very well. At our first service here we 
 had about 175 people out of a scattered farming settle- 
 ment of possibly 100 families. The next evening (Mon- 
 day) 85 came, in spite of crushing pressure of farm 
 work from fear of freezing up, and listened closely 
 while the writer preached for 70 minutes on " The 
 Truth About God," and the sermon was followed by 
 good-natured and mostly earnest questions until about 
 11 o'clock. 
 
 On the whole, we find the local Christian pastors more 
 encouraged than perhaps ever before; and we believe 
 that there is reason for the feeling. The leaven of truth 
 is slowly working. If there were more leaven put in, it 
 would work faster and more widely. The field is white, 
 indeed, for the harvest. The writer has often felt that 
 if he had no other responsibilities he would just go and 
 live among this people, pouring out his heart and God's 
 truth among them without other support than what they 
 would supply, staying in one place as long as necessary 
 and then going to another. He believes that not only 
 would he be cared for but that a very great work would 
 be done. O, that men might be raised up to do this 
 work ! Only by sacrifice can this people be won ; per- 
 haps our winning will be about in proportion to our 
 evident sacrifice. Certainly multitudes of these people 
 were led into Mormonism through the sacrifice of the 
 " elders " in going " without purse or scrip," as they 
 often say they do, in their work; and it's equally cer- 
 tain that the unsalaried feature of our work adds greatly 
 to its effect with them. 
 
 The outlook for any missionary work in difficult fields 
 must always be a hope-look and a faith-look. The 
 promises of God are sure, that His work shall not be 
 without results. The seed may be slow in germinating; 
 
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 much of it may never start into life. But. the writer is 
 one of those who believe that a slow but sure change is 
 going on in the minds of many Mormons, which bye- 
 and-bye will result in a metamorphosis of the doctrinal 
 contents of the system beside which the changes in Salt 
 Lake City will be as nothing ! And he believes that 
 among the causes which are bringing this about must 
 be counted the work which we are doing and have al- 
 ready done. In seven and one-half years we have vis- 
 ited practically all the homes twice, using many tons of 
 gospel literature suited especially to the needs of the 
 people ; and have preached the good old gospel to 
 about 110,000 persons, besides talking more or less on 
 gospel subjects to about an equal number. Though 
 much less than it might have been, it is good to think 
 that we have done even this much ; and we know it will 
 not be without results for the Great Day and beyond ! 
 
 — *— 
 
 A NEW FEATURE IN OUR WORK — 
 SUPPLYING BIBLES. 
 
 Last June inquiry came from the Denver office of the 
 American Bible Society, New York, as to whether we 
 could arrange to act as their agents in supplying the 
 people with the Word of God. Our wagons being al- 
 ready taxed to carry our own literature and workers, 
 the matter presented problems ; but these were arranged 
 and we began the new work in July. We had always 
 made it a feature of our work to ask if the people had 
 Bibles, and if not, to urge them to buy them ; as well 
 as to urge the proper use of the Word. Varied were 
 the responses received to our inquiries. Usually the 
 reply was that they had a Bible; but further talk al- 
 most always brought the statement that they did not 
 use it much, or hadn't opened it in such and such a 
 time; and frequent difficulty in bringing the Book to 
 light when desired for reference made us feel that some- 
 times the existence of one in such a home was at least 
 doubtful. At least these facts, taken together with the 
 almost universal lack of knowledge of the Word be- 
 yond certain so-called proof texts of false Mormon 
 doctrines, long ago showed to all our men that there 
 was almost universal practical if not actual destitution 
 of the Message from God. And probably not a dozen 
 copies of the American Revised Bible could have been 
 found among all the people before we began selling it. 
 
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 By its superior clearness in better renderings and in 
 avoiding verse-divisions, this version is of great ad- 
 vantage in dealing with ' any system whose supposed 
 Biblical foundation consists chiefly in the difficulties and 
 obscurities of the version in use. Hence we have 
 especially urged th* Revised version, though carrying 
 both. When cash was not at hand we have taken eat- 
 ables for men or team instead. At the price of 28c. for 
 the, round-cornered, minion American revised, and 23 
 cents for the King James of the same size, it is no won- 
 der that people will buy. Our sales have not been 
 large, but about 125 Bibles and 30 gospels and Testa- 
 ments have been placed in homes and schools ; and we 
 hope to do better in proportion this year. Some inci- 
 dents on the last pages of this booklet will help to 
 understand the feeling of the people toward the Bible, 
 and their need of it. 
 
 *_ 
 
 DENOMINATIONAL CO-OPERATION. 
 
 We are very grateful for the continued co-operation 
 of the United Presbyterian denomination in the support 
 of this work. The largest sum named in our financial 
 statement was from this source, through the Board of 
 Home Missions. The support of about two men was 
 voted by the General Assembly, after our President 
 had presented the matter to the Missionary Committee 
 and the Secretary had been given a hearing before the 
 Assembly. It has been a great pleasure to have the 
 hearty co-operation of the pastors where we have been 
 the past summer, practically without exception. Several 
 took active part in our meetings, and all were hearty 
 in expressions of sympathy ; while social amenities and 
 sometimes substantial support for the " inner man " 
 were gratefully appreciated. We seek always to aid the 
 local Christian work in every way possible. Upon mo- 
 tion of one pastor, who had known intimately of our 
 labors, the Utah Baptist Convention voted a new reso- 
 lution of approval for the work, which appears on the 
 second page of the cover of this booklet. By invitation 
 the writer also spoke before the Presbyterian Teachers' 
 Association, and the work was warmly commended by 
 pastors afterward. The Session of the church at 
 Manti also passed a vote of appreciation, for the work 
 done there. 
 
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 THE TRUE THEORY OF WORK FOR THE 
 MORMON PEOPLE. 
 
 The work of the Mission has always proceeded upon 
 the theory that the only. honorable way to cast out error 
 was to replace it with the truth ; that minds sincerely 
 believing error need kindly enlightment on "the points in 
 question, and cannot rightly change their view until such 
 is given. Of course the spirit of love for souls and the 
 utmost possible wisdom from above are presupposed in 
 this statement; nor must we forget that prejudices, 
 rather than actual conviction of the supposed truth of 
 their errors, is often the controlling fact. But our ex- 
 perience has demonstrated the principle beyond a 
 doubt, to the waiter's mind. Which of us would change 
 our beliefs without seemingly adequate reason in facts 
 presented? To do so would be treason to intellect, to 
 truth and to God; and it could not be done without 
 dishonesty. That is the way the Mormon feels, too. 
 
 It is painful, however, occasionally to hear some one 
 say that doctrine and theology do not count for much, 
 and that we " must be very careful not to oppose the 
 doctrinal views of the Mormon; he is as sore as a boil 
 on these points, and if you touch them you will hope- 
 lessly offend him. Just preach the gospel to him ; it is 
 the power of salvation to him as to every one else." 
 Such views are dangerous, because they are vitally un- 
 true. After talking with at least 100,000 Mormons in 
 our work, of all classes and in. all parts of the country, 
 we know that they are not thus sensitive or offended, 
 except in very rare cases. On the contrary, they are 
 almost always very willing, if not anxious, to talk over 
 their most important beliefs thoroughly, and they think 
 far more of a man who comes out fairly and frankly in 
 opposition to their views than they do of one who dares 
 not say his soul is his own or stand up for what they 
 know he believes to be fundamental gospel truth. Of 
 course if there was any way of getting the surrender 
 of will which makes a sinner into a follower of Christ 
 without 1 using the basic truths of the gospel, this would 
 be unnecessary. But it is the order of nature and of 
 God that the will acts usually in view of the facts of 
 the case ; and the facts must be presented before action 
 upon them can be had. The choice of will, also will be 
 apt to be right and permanent about in proportion as 
 these facts are thoroughly understood. Mormon and 
 
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 other frauds get adherents by making them believe that 
 falsehoods are fact. We must show them the truth to 
 get them out of the clutches of error. There is no 
 other way. Paul did so; Peter did so; Christ himself 
 did that way; and all the great victories of the Cross 
 are won that way — by storming the citadel of human 
 will with a loving bombardment of the truths needed. 
 
 PEN-PICTURES OF MORMONISM FROM OUR 
 WORKERS IN THE FIELD. 
 
 (The following are a few incidents from the weekly 
 letters and reports of our workers, illustrating the con- 
 ditions and need in the field.) 
 
 " Last night, as well as to-night, six or seven of the 
 young 'deacons' on the way to the 'priesthood' meet- 
 ing stopped in. They stayed for a couple of hours, and 
 we tried to make them think a little. Ages 32 to 16. 
 I asked one of the brightest what he was baptized for. 
 He replied with the usual ' For the remission of my 
 sins.' I asked hiin what the word remission meant. 
 He replied that he had never looked it up. I tried to 
 show him how the water might wash away the dirt, but 
 hardly the sins; and asked him what the hands were 
 laid on for. ' O, I know, but I can't think of it ; con- 
 found it, it's just on the end of my tongue, but I can't 
 say it.' They told how the bad fellows were sent on a 
 mission, just to reform them; how some stayed good 
 when they returned, but some went back to their old 
 habits. None of the boys knew what baptism meant; 
 somehow the water washed away the sin. I finally got 
 them to see the ridiculousness of the idea that water 
 washed away the sin like dirt. One little boy said, ' I 
 heard them say of him (one who drank-) that they 
 ought to have kept him under an hour and a half. He 
 thought it would take that long to wash away, or 
 rather soak the sins out.' 
 
 "This will probably be my last report. This week I 
 met a man who prophesied that if I did not accept his 
 testimony and receive the gospel (Mormonism) within 
 five days I would come to an awful and sudden end. 
 ..).... His wife said that everything .he ever prophesied 
 before came true, so she warned me to repent and re- 
 ceive the truth." 
 
 A Mormon lady on tithing : " The Lord says, Pay 
 tithing. Again he says Pay it to Joseph Smith. I do 
 * it. I don't care "if he throws the money on the street. 
 It's none of my business." 
 
 "In the population is 720; the families 53; 
 
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 these figures are official and just out. Over half the 
 men here used to be polygamous." 
 
 " An ' elder ' said : ' There is no hell' I said that all 
 wicked men would like to do away with hell; but you 
 might j ust as well try to do away with heaven, for both 
 are clearly taught in the Bible. ' We do not believe that 
 the Bible is translated correctly,' was the answer. 
 There is always a loophole for the devil to escape ! " 
 
 An old Mormon was very bitter against me when I 
 called. He said that all sectarian ministers are liars and 
 that I had come to Utah only to misrepresent the Mor- 
 mons in tile East. One needs surely the love of God in 
 order to keep sweet in all circumstances. , 
 
 " An apostate told me that in the Endowment House 
 the Christian minister was represented by a finely- 
 dressed man shaking hands with the devil, because they 
 were of the devil. I asked him what he had thought of 
 this at the time. ' O, I thought it was quite natural.' " 
 (The influence and character of the ministry must be 
 ruined in the minds of the people, to make way for the 
 priesthood. Ed.) 
 
 (Of Pres. Jos. F. Smith) "They tell me that 'he is 
 the mouthpiece of God on earth,' and what he says a 
 good Mormon will do, in politics as well as church." 
 
 Speaking of work in Salt Lake and of attending a 
 Mormon S. S. theological class : " The class was dis- 
 cussing the attributes of God and which of ^hese the 
 
 Son of Man possessed Several attempts were made 
 
 to divert the class to the mere physical likeness and 
 bodily form being from natural generation, (which is 
 all that is usually recognized at all, Ed.) but the leader 
 held the class close to the spiritual likeness in a most 
 
 orthodox manner I have called the second and 
 
 third time on several families, and found many dis- 
 claiming all allegiance to the Mormon church." 
 
 (In conversation with a Mormon who had been a 
 member of several churches before joining the Mor- 
 mons,) "God is a man with body, parts and passions. 
 It seems foolish to me to conceive that God is not 
 material." This is the substance of a long talk." (And 
 is the universal Mormon doctrine, pagan as it is. Ed.) 
 
 " This is the confession of all, or nearly all, when I 
 talk with the people, Mormon and others, about the im- 
 portance and value of reading the Bible. "That's good ; 
 I know we ought to read and study it more. I don't 
 read it much." 
 
 " One Mormon woman 73 years of age said : ' I have 
 never read the Bible through, and now I am blind and 
 cannot read it.' A Mormon man, when this subject was 
 brought up in calling, turned to his wife, and pointing 
 
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 to his Bible on the shelf, said, calling her by name ; ' I 
 have not read that Bible in three years.' " 
 
 A Mormon telling about his conversion to the sys- 
 tem in Sweden said he went out to pray in the woods 
 and asked the Lord to tell him if the "elder" who had 
 been talking to him " held the priesthood," and a voice 
 spoke to him as clear as noonday, " He has." I asked 
 him, How did you know the voice came from God? 
 "The voice came from my right side, and the devil al- 
 ways comes on the left side," was the reply. 
 
 " I had visited all the morning and until ®ne o'clock, 
 when I was invited to come in at the house where I 
 called next. The family was at dinner; and the lady 
 invited me to take dinner with them. After dinner I 
 explained the book, (our 'Wonderful Story') and the 
 teachings of the gospel; and urged them to read the 
 Bible. I sold them a Bible and thanked them for their 
 kindness. The lady said, ' I am glad you called and for 
 your talk. Come again.' " 
 
 The story of the conversion of a Mormon family 
 through our work; "They came from Kentucky about 
 six years ago. Three years ago the man was down with 
 typhoid and one of our men came to the house for a 
 call. There was another Mormon there at the time, who 
 argued with the missionary for two or three hours 
 straight. All this time the sick man simply laid quiet, 
 drinking it in. He said that was the first thing that had 
 set him thinking, and after a good deal of investigation 
 (our literature was given them) he and his house ex- 
 cept one older daughter joined the church at 
 
 (the next town.) 
 
 " A Mr. S — who came to Utah about forty years 
 
 ago ' for the gospel,' (Mormonism) and discarded it 
 soon after his arrival, made a full surrender to God 
 last Thursday morning and seems to be a very hopeful 
 case. After considerable talk we knelt in prayer and 
 he himself began to pour out his heart in prayer to 
 God, and the Lord spoke peace to his heart." 
 
 "I heard a certain Mormon elder of Salt Lake say 
 in his talk that the distinguishing difference between the 
 sectarian churches and the Mormons was that the for- 
 mer ' needed the Bible for their guide and to take 
 texts from to preach, but we do not as Latter Day 
 Saints need the Bible, (pointing at the time to the Holy 
 Bible lying on the stand.) We positively do not need 
 it.' Referring to the coming of the Mormons to Salt 
 Lake valley to settle, he said, Tt was not a guide; what 
 could it have shown them how to get the water out to 
 irrigate the land with ? ' " 
 
OUR PUBLICATION LIST 
 
 Bel/jw we list some very useful publications on Mormonism 
 — ouf own issues except the last two, which are inserted because 
 of their extraordinary value. We can also supply Mormon 
 books. The first price given is for a single copy, the second for 
 ten copies, the third for 100 — all prepaid. 
 
 True Mormon Doctrine. Stated in quotations from Mormon 
 works; very valuable for distribution where "elders" are 
 
 j working ?c, 12c, $1. 
 
 The Private Doctrines of Mormon Theology. Additional quota- 
 tions, for discriminating use only 3c, 12c, 75c 
 
 Mormon Doctrine and Christian Truth. The only careful dis- 
 cussion of Mormon Doctrine ever published. 88 pages; very 
 - valuable. Every Mormon convert and every pastor should 
 
 have these 10c, 75c, $5 
 
 Some Mormon Stories. Anecdotes of Mormon life, illustrated 
 
 lc, 7c, 50c 
 
 Mormonism Proclaiming Itself a Fraud, with cut of title-page of 
 first edition of the Book of Mormon, and Mormon Morals 
 
 v 2c, 12c, 65c 
 
 The Main Facts Regarding Mormon growth and power, the Chris- 
 tian missionary work hitherto done among the Mormon 
 people and the further need — very important facts and sta- 
 tistics. Illustrated 3c, 12c, $1 
 
 The Story of a Mormon Convert. The true story, over his own 
 name, of a good friend in N. Y. City, who was deceived by 
 the "elders" but found the light again largely through our 
 
 work. Very important 2c, 10c, 75c. 
 
 The Special Difficulties of Work Among the Mormons, and how 
 they, may be overcome. Very important facts. . . .2c, 10c,-75c 
 Present-Day Mormonism and Its Remedy. Eight articles by Rev. J. 
 D. Nutting, from a syndicate of religious papers early in 1904, 
 giving a sketchy view of the history and character of Mor- 
 monism, difficulties and successes in missionary work, Jose- 
 phite (Iowa) and Brighmite (Utah) Mormonism compared, 
 etc., Very helpful in getting a correct general view. 20pp. 
 
 5C.35C, *3.°° 
 
 The Guard's Great Question. A pithy collection of stories and 
 teaching concerning the New Birth and how it may be ob- 
 tained, with suggestions to young Ckristians 3c, loc, $1. 
 
 The Wonderful Story of the Wonderful Book. A concise, plain, 
 interesting presentation of the miraculous origin, preserva- 
 tion, translation, character and power of the Bible; with some 
 of the evidences for it and against all other professed books 
 of revelation, reasons for its systematic use, rules for un- 
 derstanding difficult passages, a compendium of its chief 
 teachings in classified passages for ready reference, and a 
 special study of the passages claimed by Mormons as prov- 
 ing their false doctrines. 104 pages, 11 engravings; very 
 valuable for young Christians and Bible-classes everywhere, 
 as well as for a statement and refutation of Mormon doc- 
 trine. Should have a very wide use 10c, 75c, $6.50 
 
 Mormon Doctrines Anlyzed and their errors demonstrated in the 
 light of the Holy Scriptures, by Wilfred S. Hale, M. D. A fine 
 contrast between Mormon Doctrines and the Word of God, 
 
 chiefly arranged in parallel columns 5c, 50c. #4.f>0 
 
 The Origin of the Book of Mormon. A scholarly lawyer's 
 demonstration of the Smith and Rigdon authorship of the 
 
 book, 56 pages • • • •. • \; v 1 P e 
 
 The Mormon* and Their Bible. A complete annihilation of the 
 claims of the Book of Mormon, from internal evidence; by 
 Rev. M. T. Lamb. Illustrated, 152 pages. Every Mormon 
 
 should read this book .25c 
 
 Sample packets, containing all but the last two on this list and 
 our circulars, postpaid 35 cents. The same, omitting No. 8, 30c. 
 The whole list- 65c. 
 
Officers of The Utah Gospel Mission. 
 
 (January 9. 1909.) 
 
 President, REV. J. R. J. MILLIGAN, Pastor First United 
 Presbyterian Church. ' . 
 
 Vice-President, REV. ALBERT EHRGOTT, pastor Cedar Ave. 
 Baptist Church. . „ , v '. 
 
 Secretary, REV. JOHN D. NUTTING, pastor »« Salt Lak* 
 City, 1892-1898. 
 
 Treasurer, MR. DOUGLASS PERKINS, Cleveland Trust Cc 
 Auditor, MR. EDWIN V. HALE, Citizens Savings & Trust n>. 
 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:— The President, Vice-President. 
 
 Secretary, Pres. Chas. F. Thuing, D. D., and Rev. J. D. 
 
 Williamson. 
 
 BOARD OF TRUSTEES— (Cleveland.) 
 
 Rev. Walter R. Breed, D. D., Rector St. Paul's Episcopal 
 Church. 
 
 A. G. Carpenter, Attorney, Society for Savings. 
 Rev. Albert Ehrgott, Cedar Avenue Baptist Church. 
 Rev. J. H. Goldne*, Pastor Euclid Avenue Christian Church. 
 Rev. C. W. Hiatt, D. D., Euclid Avenue Congregational 
 Church. 
 
 Rev. J. R. J. Milligan, First United Presbyterian Church. 
 Rev. Robert Moffett, formerly Secretary Christian Missionary 
 Society. 
 
 REV. George K. Morris, D. D., Presiding Elder, East Ohio Con- 
 ference. 
 
 Rev. John D. Nutting, formerly of Salt Lake City. 
 
 Dr. J. R. Owens, of First Baptist Church. 
 
 Rev. Faul F. Sutphen, D. D., Second Presbyterian Church. 
 
 Rev. Charles F. Thwing, D. D., President Western Reserve 
 
 University. 
 Rev. J. D. Williamson. 
 
 ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
 
 New York : Oberlin : 
 
 o CV - c^TS! 1 ' D n D n Prof- ©• Fred'k Wright, LI,. I). 
 
 Rev. Robt. S. MacArthur, D.D. 
 
 Rev. Chas. H. Parkhurst, D.D. 
 
 Rev. Chas. J. Ryder, D. D. utah : 
 
 Rev. Henry A. Stimson, D.D. (Several ministers of different 
 
 Rev. Josiah Strong D. D. , . 
 
 . _ . denominations.) 
 Boston: 
 
 Rev. John L. Withrow, D.D. Elsewhere: 
 
 Rev. Tesse WBrooics, Ph. D. Rev. Geo H McGrevv D.D. 
 Rev. "W. T. McElveen, Ph.D. Rev H. C. Applegarth, D. D., 
 n, „■ , . Rochester. 
 
 H. Clark pST"" - " " Re ^ C D ' D " St 
 
 Bishop W. A Leonard, D.D. Re £°jf j*. Brown 
 
 S ev V J - Tyler Rev. J. L. Cheney, Wheaton, 111. 
 
 X. X. Crum p res W- q Frost> Be rea, Ky. 
 
 Pittsburgh : R ev . w. S. Hawkes, Idaho 
 
 Rev. R. A. Hutchison, D. D., Rev. I. L- Kephart, Dayton, O. 
 
 Secretary U. P. Board of Rev. R. B. Neal, Grayson, Ky. 
 
 Home Missions. Rev. W. ' L. Pickard 
 
 Rev. W. A. Stanton, Ph. D. Rev. B. L. Smith 
 
 Rev. T. M. Thoburn, D. D. Rev. H. B. Steelman 
 
 BEQUESTS. 
 
 The Utah Gospel Mission is duly incorporated at Cleveland, 
 under the laws of Ohio, and is thus competent to receive bequests. 
 The Board of Trustees is the corporate body.