The RLDS And the American Economy

Any American organization, to be successful, must become part of the American economy.

The RLDS were not part of this economy, and they failed. The LDS were part of this economy, and they succeeded.

Mormonism originated early in the 19th Century, but most of its converts were Industrial workers, with little education, but great powers of belief.

After a disastrous period in Nauvoo, Illinois, that resulted in the death of their leader, Joseph Smith, they moved westward to the shores of the Great Salt Lake.

It took them 100 years to become part of the American economy, but they did make that transition.