learning, to its manifest surprise, that plural marriage and
"Mormonism" are not synonymous terms.

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And so the story of "Mormonism" runs on; its finale has not yet
been written; the current press presents continuously new stages
of its progress, new developments of its plan. Today the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is stronger than ever
before; and the people are confident that it is at its weakest
stage for all time to come. It lives and thrives because within
it are the elements of thrift and the forces of life. It
embraces a boundless liberality of belief and practise; true
toleration is one of its essential features; it makes love for
mankind second only to love for Deity. Its creed provides for
the protection of all men in their rights of worship according to
the dictates of conscience. It contemplates a millennium of
peace, when every man shall love his neighbor and respect his
neighbor's opinion as he regards himself and his own--a day when
the voice of the people shall be in unison with the voice of God.



THE PHILOSOPHY OF "MORMONISM"



CHAPTER I

In this attempt to treat the philosophy of "Mormonism" it is