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Minor Notes.
_Mormon Etymologies._--W. Richards, "Historian and General Church Recorder"
of the Mormons, says:
"Mormon is the name of an ancient prophet, and signifies _more good_.
'Mormonism,' a new coined word by the enemy, signifies ALL TRUTH,
PRESENT, PAST AND FUTURE; and the 'Mormon's' creed is _the truth, the
whole truth, and nothing but the truth_. And this creed is what the
devil and all his imps are eternally fighting against, and not against
the believers of that creed only, so far as the _truth influences their
actions_."--_Millenial Star_, 1850, p. 341.
This certainly displays the wisdom of the serpent, if not the meekness of
wisdom. Pray preserve it in your cabinet of literary curiosities.