“As to Mormonism doing likewise, look at the Mountain Meadow massacre, the lying and perjury to prevent convictions for polygamy, and the private assassinations committed to carry out their fearful and wicked doctrine of blood atonement.
“In that doctrine also—asserting that the blood of Christ does not cleanse from all sin those who accept his offered salvation—they agree with the Church of Rome, whose teaching is that forgiveness of sins and final salvation are to be obtained by penance and good works supplementing the finished work of Christ; that good works are to be done not—as the Bible teaches—because we are saved, but in order to earn salvation; thus flatly contradicting God’s word, which says:
“‘A man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.’
“‘By grace are ye saved, through faith; and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God.’
“‘The blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin.’”
Again he opened his Bible and read: “‘Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do: he was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him; when he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own; for he is a liar and the father of it.’
“‘He that is of God heareth God’s words; ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.’
“Are not those words of the Master peculiarly applicable to all those teaching doctrines so diametrically opposed to his?” he asked.
“They certainly are applicable to any who teach false doctrine,” she replied.
“And can you call the Mormon doctrine of ‘blood atonement,’ by any softer name?”