Since, then, there are so many common mistakes with reference to Mormonism, let us endeavor to look at the system fully in a fair and impartial manner, considering its marvellous history, in the first place; and, then, its threefold character as a religious, social, and political system, with which we have to deal not only as patriots, but also as Christians.
PART I.
HISTORY OF MORMONISM.
“Examine history, for it is ‘Philosophy teaching by experience.’” —Carlyle.
“’Tis strange, but true; for truth is always strange,
Stranger than fiction.” Byron.