Show education and morality in catali letter bafo recently appeared in boston in relation to mattoes abo pep pic of by elder F cummin who is now labor in alio modern athens they acro called forth by newspaper article pulpit utterance ami wide spreading minors and aro written in clear forcible style they have evidently carried partial conviction to people for tho editorial remarks upon them ave been of very fair character under tho head precede lint article tho boston of ali o etli lisha tho communication to the i dorwn journal in your izuo of yesterday hero api pears report of a discourse by a minister from salt lake in some statements occur that are calculated to create erroneous im regarding mat tars in the mitat there aro not and have never been any free schools in hat territory ia scarcely in accordance wath tho facts somo icum tinco alio legislature passed a law providing for meetings of the qualified voters in any school di triet to decide bv vote whether they would havo a I reo or subscription school and many of alio districts have decided in favor of alio former and free schools havo for several years beon growing w numbers and popularity the speaker described utah as i region where there was not college within a allos As early ns alio year 15 the legislature made an for tho university of deseret Dc seret ail oscr and at the present time occupies a leading position among the educational bf the far west i f i in connection with alio university which ia at salt lake city is territorial normal school cd by teach cri receive a fili pro training alio being conducted by amablo corps of professors fes sors before the introduction of free schools the children of lie poor biad their tuition paid from the tithing fund and thus tho latter day aunts cannot justly be charged wi ali buying neglected alio education of their youth indeed when it ia remembered eliat llroy acro driven by mob violence from comfortable homes to seek an asylum in tho heart of thu great desert alian a thousand milca from the frontier of civilization and jn one of alio arid barren and forbidding regions on th a region chero tho severest toil waa to wrest from lie inhospitable clement a bare subsistence their accomplishments in tho way of education should reflect lustre and not calumny upon their character the object of tho speaker was to to lio salaries of tain individuals who aro engaged in missionary work among ahe daiy diy saint but it looks singular to seo alio of boston bending money newly miles away to tain missionary work among a coin manily alio aro ally church going pc sabbath aro thronged thron ged of thousands of little worshippers wor shippers and in in adit tho vices of rum drinking prostitution gambling etc waro comparatively unknown until introduced liy who from in faith witolo tha latter day alint do not to sli aring alio llio of money from kist eliy it an ali public baled by to con trib atte money alie ostensible purpose of ameliorating their condition here in jhc thc so eastern so many loest and fallen anro vastly objects on which o bestow on tl irony than the comfort biml contented butali very H B l cl jr of alie church of of utter day saints au myello street hooton ll 11 1879 |