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In 1900, Nutting founded the Utah Gospel
Mission, which was a Congregationalist organization that used Mormon missionary methods to evangelize to the Mormons. They recruited "wagon missionaries" to travel in groups of two (first in canvas-covered wagons, later in automobiles) to Mormon areas of Utah,
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Nutting and his family moved to Salt Lake City in 1890 to take up a position as minister of the
Plymouth Congregational Church in Salt Lake City, Utah. He remained minister there from 1892 to 1898. During that time "he began to study Mormonism and to assess the difficulty of reaching Mormons with the
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Congregationalist Minister in 1885. In 1885 he married Nannie Keith Miller, who died in childbirth a year later. He went on to Minister at Congregationalist churches in Wauseon, Ohio (1886-1888), Newport, Kentucky (1888-1890), and St. Louis, Missouri (1890-1892). In January
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Nutting died in 1949 in
Cleveland Ohio. His wife Lillis took over operations of the Utah Gospel Mission until her death in 1961. While the Utah Gospel Mission was ultimately not very successful in its goals, it generated a photographic record of early Mormon life that is held at Bowling Green State
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Nutting directly coordinated the travels of Utah Gospel
Mission missionaries. Their greatest level of activity was achieved in the 1930s. By 1935, "381,510 house-to-house calls had been made, over forty-five million pages of literature had been distributed, and over forty thousand Bibles had been
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Idaho, Wyoming, and
Montana. They evangelized directly to homes, distributed literature, and held meetings. Imitating the Mormon evangelizing techniques, these missionaries had their living expenses paid but were not given a salary.
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John D. Nutting's papers are held in the
Archives of Wheaton College. Additional materials about Nutting and the Utah Gospel Mission are held at the Bowling Green State University archives.
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Protestant message. A new kind of
Christian missionary work was called for. His fellow ministers "commissioned Mr. Nutting to 'go back east' and find out what could be done."
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Nutting published dozens of anti-Mormon books and pamphlets. He also edited and published "Light on
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The Truth About the Origin of the Book of Mormon. San Bernardino: Harry A. McGimsey; (1900)
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What Congress can do about Roberts, Mormon Mendacity (no publication data, printed c. 1899)
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The Private Doctrines of Mormon theology Cleveland, OH: Utah Gospel Mission; (1900)
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Articles of Faith of the "Latter-Day Saints" NYC: League of Social Service, (1899?)
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The house built by John D. Nutting and Lillis Nutting is an historic landmark in
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from 1900 to 1950. He was a prolific author of anti-Mormon books and pamphlets.
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Nutting was born in Randolph Center, Vermont to Rufus Nutting II, a maker of
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The New Effort in Behalf of Utah Cleveland, OH: Utah Gospel Mission; (1900)
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Greater Points of Christian Truth... by... student of... Mormonism (1901)
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https://books.google.com/books?id=6nrE0uYk-PcC&q=john%20d.%20nutting
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sold or given away." Despite this, their efforts had little success.
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Utah State Historical Society Historic Preservation Research Office
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Teachings of Mormonism and Christianity Compared (1928, rep 1931)
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Reorganized or Josephite Mormonism, Carefully Considered (1922)
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Special Difficulties of Christian Work Among Mormons (pre-1922)
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Incidents and Anecdotes Illustrating Mormonism (1912, rep 1915)
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Converting the Saints: A Study of Religious Rivalry in America
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Contradictions in Mormon Books and Doctrines (1934? rep 1942)
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Some Soul-stirring Reasons for Knowing... Mormon Issue (1943)
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Main Facts Regarding the Growth and Power of Mormonism (1902)
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Paul's Method of Dealing with False Religionists (1927?)
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1890, he married Lillis Russel Morley of Mentor, Ohio.
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Religious Destitution in a "Christian Country" (1907)
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Oliver Cowdery's Renunciation of Mormonism (pre-1932)
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Eight Reasons why no one should be a Mormon (1939?)
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The Secret oaths and Ceremonies of Mormonism (1912)
380:The Fraud of the "Inspired Translation" (pre-1922)
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329:My Field of Labor: Where Does God Call Me? (1910)
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