“ Last week, after gathering some 2,000 members from the upstate area that includes Palmyra, the Mormons established a stake (roughly equiva lent to a diocese) there. Today, the Saints are back in Palmyra, and Joseph Smith is no longer a prophet without honor in his own land. which prompt ly gave it to the world by kicking it -and its founder, Joseph Smith- out of town. “ The Mormon Church was born in 1830 in Palmyra, N.Y. More than 200 missionaries are ringing doorbells, knocking on doors and trying -to bring back to New York the strange religion their forbears carried westward into exile more than a century ago. “ For the Saints, as they call them selves, are in our midst as never be fore. The salesman is really a mis sionary, and what he’s selling is Mor monism. a bright-eyed, earnest young man may knock on your door and try to sell you some thing.
O u r a t t e n t i o n has been called to an article in the JanuNew York Sunday News en titled, “ The Latter-Day Saints Come Marching In,” by Tom Allen, in which astonishing information of a resurgence of Mormonism in New York state is given. Monroe Parker, President for catalog PILLSBURY Conservative Baptist Bible COLLEGE Dept. Spa ciou s cam pus e Consecrated Faculty e S po rts e C h o ir e C lubs Write Dr.M issions e Pastorology s Evangelism e G reek e Music e Christian Education.
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