Church critic John Hyde ridicules Church's use of Freemasonry.

Date
1857
Type
Book
Source
John Hyde
Excommunicated
Critic
Hearsay
2nd Hand
Late
Reference

John Hyde, Mormonism; its leaders and designs (New York W.P. Fetridge, 1857), 100

Scribe/Publisher
W. P. Fetridge & Co.
People
John Hyde, Heber C. Kimball
Audience
Reading Public
Transcription

There is one thing that is utterly ridiculous, the pretending to claim inspiration as its source. Its signs, tokens, marks, and ideas are plagiarized from masonry. The whole affair is being constantly amended and corrected, and Kimball often says, "We will get it perfect by-and-by."

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