Vol. ? Pittsburgh, March 13, 1901. No. ?
THE ORIGIN OF THE MORMON BIBLE. SCENERY HILL, PA. March 12 -- Standing in the little grave yard in the town of Amity, on Ten Mile creek, but a short distance over the hills from the town is a little mound and the remains of what was at one time a headstone that bore this inscription: |
Vol. ? Harrisburg, Penn., Monday October 28, 1901. No. ? Dr. HILL's EXPOSE OF THE FALSE FAITH... The church was filled with people who listened with bated breath, and tense drawn faces to Dr. Hill's awful expose of the purposes, degradation and curse of Momronism... In his sermon Dr. Hill said... "Having lived in Utah but little short of five years, and having made a close and critical study of Mormonism during this period, I think that I am able to speak truthfully and intelligently with reference to this history, doctrines and purposes of this so-called religion. |
Vol. 52. Indiana, Penn., February 6, 1907. No. 9. "Book of Mormon." The "Book of Mormon" has been proved to be a literary plagiarism, being a free paraphrase of a romance written by the Rev. Solomon Spalding in 1816,the manuscript of which came into the possession of Joseph Smith. and he, sitting behind a curtain, dictated it to Oliver Cowdery, who, seated out of sight of the reader, wrote the matter as it was given him. Smith pretended that the book was discovered to him by revelation and dug up from the side of a hill not far from Palmyra, in the county of Ontario, N. Y. The claim was made by Smith that the writing on the plates was engraved in "reformed Egyptian," which he was unable to read until magic spectacle s. which he called his Urim and Thummim, were given to him, enabling him both to read and translate into English. |
Vol. ? Pittsburgh, Thursday, March 23, 1911. No. ?
QUIET OBSERVER.
Many of you have forgotten, if you ever knew, that the great Mormon movement first flourished here, and that one of the brainy but adventurous men of this city is accredited with giving it a start. |
Vol. XII. Charleroi, Penn., Tues., Aug. 29, 1911. No. 27.
OLD SCHOOL BAPTISTS
The 135th annual association meeting of the Redstone Old School Baptists will be 'icld Friday, Saturday and Sunday Septemebr 1, 2, and 3 at the Maple Creek church in Fallowfield township. Announcement of the meeting has been issued to th members of the association. |
Vol. X. Sewickley, Pa., Sat., November 9, 1912. No. 12.
WILL LECTURE Hon. Frank J. Cannon, who is to lecture here, was the first United States senator from Utah, was organizer of the Republican party in Utah and is a world traveler, author and orator. Recently he resigned from his position on the editorial staff of the Rocky Mountain News of Denver that he might give all his time to the Lyceum and Chautauqua platform. |
Vol. X. Sewickley, Pa., Sat., November 16, 1912. No. 13.
A splendid lecture was given on this subject in the Auditorium last Thursday evening by Frank J. Cannon, before a large and appreciative audience. It was the first in the lecture course of the Home and School Association, and in this initial success, the Association scored a great success. |
Vol. X. Sewickley, Pa., Sat., November 23, 1912. No. 14. The Origin of the "Book of Mormon." The following extremely interesting narrative relating to the origin of the first "Book of Mormon" was related by Judge W. A. Way as a prelude to the lecture given on "The Modern Mormon Kingdom," by Hon. Frank J. Cannon, under the auspices of the Home and School Association on Thursday evening of last week. The authenticity of the narrative, the local coloring attached to it, and the nature of the occasion, made its rendition peculiarly appropriate, and we deem it a pleasure to be able to present it to our readers" |
![]() Vol. ? Washington, Pa., Tuesday, Feb. 7, 1922. No. ?
Three Religions Starting Here, How Mormonism, the Christian Church and the Cumberland Presbyterian church had their real beginnings from Washington county, or were started by men from this section, was told in a most interesting manner last evening by Attorney Joseph F. McFarland, at the February meeting of the Washington County Historical Society, which was held in the public meeting room of the court house. An interesting feature of the evening was old-fashioned music of 100 years ago played by William Cummins of Washington... |
Vol. XXVIII. Charleroi, Pennsylvania, Aug. 4, 1927 No. 51.
New Light Shed On Old Cult The report from Waynesburg of a plan to open a supposed grave of a "halcyon individual" on the John Parkinson farm, Morris township, this [Washington] county, brings to light a curious bit of almost forgotten religious history of Washington county of more than a century ago. No doubt the "halcyon undividual" referred to was a member of either the Halcyonites, Rhodanites, [or] the New Light sects that flourished nearly a century ago in old Finley and Morris townships. The grave referred to, if a grave it really is, is probably that of a member of one of the above sects. |
Vol. ? Erie, Pennsylvania, ? 1938 No. ?
WANDERING
A full page picture of Heber J. Grant, twenty years president of the church of Latter Day Saints in the current issue of Life. Erie insurance men knew Heber J. Grant by reputation and personally because of his prominence in the insurance world. |
Vol. ? Pittsburgh, Pa., July 24, 1952 No. ?
"Book of Mormon
Amity, Pa. -- Was the famous "Book of Mormon" written under another title by Rev. Solomon Spaulding, who died here in 1816? Innumerable arguments have failed to settle this question. |
Vol. 74. Connellsville, Pa., Fri., June 25, 1976. No. 194.
Church of Jesus Christ
The Church of Jesus Christ was organized at [Green-Oak], Pa., in 1862. Present headquarters are in Monongahela. Its basic belief is that the Gospel, or Authority of God, was restored to earth in 1830 through Joseph Smith, Jr. There is no connection or affiliation with any other church, including those who might believe in the Book of Mormon, which the Church of Jesus Christ has accepted as a Divine Word of God. |
Vol. 16. Warrendale, Pa., Sun., May 28, 1977. No. 21.
Hiland Church named
Members and friends of Hiland Presbyterian Church, 845 Perry Highway, Ross, will dedicate a plaque naming the church an historic landmark following the 10 a.m. service tomorrow (Sunday). The Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation has named the church one of the landmark buildings in the Pittsburgh area. |
Vol. 80. Gettysburg, Pa., August 31, 1982. No. 203.
Church may trace roots
AMITY, Pa. (AP) Can the Mormon Church trace its roots, through a 19th century plagiarism, to this quiet Pennsylvania village about 25 miles south of Pittsburgh? |
Vol. ? Pittsburgh, Pa., October 1, 1995. No. ?
HIGHLIGHTS OF
Have you ever heard of a jury guzzling beer introduced as evidence in a trial? |
Vol. ? Washington, Pa., Friday, April 18, 2008. No. ?
Authors look into Spalding,
Is it possible that in 1814 a man living in Amity wrote a novel that would become the basis for a religion now with 13 million members worldwide? |