Show I 1 C f fioro new herald the it J the of aa be nineteenth I 1 Cia century tury I 1 philosophers tal us th that at the grand law of human progression progress ron does not hold good in respect of moral and metaphysical science lenee se if this be true trueland land and we see no reason peason to doubt it if while we may safely stem steam engine tn ne the printing press the loom I 1 and aad the telegraph I 1 to be the imperishable and inalienable property of of maia we have no guarantee fortag for the lily of our religious creeds and schools of ethics if our descendants may be found more moie gro gross 11 and eia earthly athly in their pass passions ioro more debased in 01 feelings and besires do sires than we are the birth birdt and ana infancy of bf new religious doctrines and str age deserve a peculiarly careful notice itt at our k 4 A ava time when a devout abbe abba confesses aft sorrow that christianity tall can 0 10 o longer longe r yap afa A fa e with the intellectual pre progress gr e Ss of the world jirld and a mitred kitred orator i herd to declare declai chis his convict O of the ey of 0 the protestant doc tune bine tp 0 lisay the ria popular ar craving for mental food cheb the ive Fels ils made by countless missionaries i ara abroad d are arc too few to supply the void created by desertions at home we may be permitted perhaps pei haps for arguments menis sake bake to suppose for a moment that abe present forms form att Chris christianity christani qani ty will pass dway away and I 1 to io asat earthe the appalling question what religion is to succeed themi them at what shrine will posterity kneel bome fome worship of a higher being is an impei imperative alive I 1 bairt in the human hiort some source of morality nobler than a mere penal code is abs absolutely 0 cutely indispensable to ceilea cei leu t he W elements of 0 society among I 1 lie he MV how caloia of I 1 wb ai are e springing ing tip op ar band its esthete hete any absorb Pot protestant estaDt and catholic Oat holic bw fre and substitute a new faith we lea leave ve speed e 11 p J ailt 10 to lo sugg suggest t W a reply ont tei w 4 making a lew few bi cef ic marto on alte tyer howth osyth aid prospects of the most re m the many many re religious ji ious factions which have in country to the alie thoughtless reader the name of mormonism moRi is oy ofil suggestive of ribald epigrams on tile the M brigham N oliv and the existence of ahe gea a pare insie 1 I a W I 1 71 pa ii I 1 fixed oi on iffie taeyoung tRe young settled settlement t at deseret with appi eben cf ct no common magnitude the at salt lake is no assem assemblage blake of hair brained socialists or of rogues and dupes a haunt of and beastly licentiousness br brig 19 i liam young and his follo followers are neither idle knave nor bor corrupt profligate the stumbling hii blocks which I 1 have led kd to ism downfall of so nany false sects hays have py y etc te mormons cormons Mor mons their reli rellious religious ious code i ai 0 I 1 W vi ill 1 elou enough 11 mysticism to atti alti act ct the abe im im but it i is linked and coupled with a moral www yaw framed ob on the wisest basis 10 jl VS rt be brieve ii bove i w say bay the mormons cormons Mor mons in being honest rue 3 cas 16 mp erate benevolent virtuous yu and up teat analu doing good wall W all ah men indeed we esmay may say puy that wel We follow ollow afee e of raul paul we webe be jih Jit yc all we h pe all things 1 we have endur 1 thip things gsg and age to be e able to endure SU H Ini rigs K every very ahin g aloyi lovely aly praiseworthy q I 1 arid ami pp ap t good pai idora I 1 46 seik after looking for waid vard to the oja toward 1 but an idle or 01 11 tit tey persen an 0 o cannot artno I 1 be a christian neither have salvation he is 1 and deserves to be stung 0 to death and aad tumbled out of i the hivel hie I 1 despite imite all the tales which have been we have every reason to behave that the aie just in 91 their dealings and kind and charitable chari labie bolh bob to strangers and to each other olier polygamy lyga mk it is is true is is practised practiced imong among them and has bhea t venly severely used as a weapon in in the th hands of then as assailants but so far from being made subservient aa y aap aved passions pasi passions ions it is only tolerated toh rAted in in order to increase too ease the nu inbur of the With faithful faland and on the principle quoted above that drones male or female must be driven from the bave chiv hiv e female chastity and conjugal fidelity are essential virtues adultery and illicit intercourse intercom ae will be punished with death by tile the mormon code both honor and religion oblige the iian man whose ase w fe daughter t or sister has liean b een injured to kill the seducer seduce i it would be foreign fore agn to our purpose to attempt to anaze ahir beir religious belief it is is an eclectic compound cf I 1 christianity Plato nisio 1 san ma i 1 alid atia th that at new spiritual igual p philosophy hil which wb ch various fi names is is captiva captivating captivation tin g the superstitious the nineteenth century it is is peculiarly calculated to I 1 the aspirations of those who feel a void in se arts f i chichi Christia christianity niti cannot fill like all secfus the political constitution of abe onais isa is a pure despotism the pies president ident or c chiat 1 af 1 pries DI lest I 1 holding undisputed sway ver the prop i p we ly applin W iw I 1 1 if r 1 fer ctr thiefs thi r eis is nol not among thre mormons cormons Mor mons the asua usua usual man worship found ill nl the he admirers ot of splendid abilities and of the founders of religious s sects J each ach man watches with an eagle eye that first prin ann are aie adl to and stands ready to proclaim apostasy apo apos stacy ticy in chief 0 or o layman I and there seems to bea be as fair a sample of intelligence moral pro biry bily and good citizenship among them hem as can be found in ili any christian community whether joseph smith did or did not deal in irh imposture aeck established on such principles as these md aud after a struggling existence of twenty years counts its vot votaries aries by hundreds or of thousands thousand entitled ih to in more ore than ic and contemptuous sneers these but add fuel to the zeal or of the acolytes persecution braces their energies and strengthens inthe ineil convictions while we look on oil with thousands in in europe and Amen Amerie caare aare silently enrolling themselves under the banner baner ot of mormonism where is is this to end all religions which have been at the same time civil polities have been the work of a single individual and have lemed si emed in in their origin 01 agin insignificant and ridiculous abraham was the inspired founder of a sect which was destined to become immortal and to usury and sell old clothes all orations crat actions ions for many centuries etwas but a famil family egypt fai pt fought jong against the hardy priests of isis they purchased victory with their blood little I 1 did Zoro astei think when he taught his disciples the pure tenets acne of his simple dimple faith that persia would one da 31 hold him to be a agod goda and that hiss his creed would become the established religion of the gire the se sens usand aul romulus founded religions which g were also polities how petty were their beginning how dis heartening the scorn of neighbors yet each i in n turn ahrea thi tented to subjugate the world who has not no pe beard ard of br or stood in in the damp vaults of the catacomb 0 where the trembling f few ew who constituted the elect christian chach used to meet and pray that they might inight be permitted to practise with impunity a novel kiat harmless inless floral form of worship which was destined the unive universe se thus it has been with all cradled in m martyrdom physical or moral according to the age new forms of belief have babe grown to puberty aei and m the plenitude of their strength have bave defied the scythe of time they are all zone gone but the mothr wg in curth of christ none wag was better batter perchance the other the edif chief merit of each successive creed ideas as its fitness fit neis for the times I 1 abow with ath fadil foi speculation tile aie contrast between mahomet maholt and joseph smith DO both were men of indomitable energy avid tion and extraordinary power over the mass es both believed a great portion of what they the taught jit but ad tl d not ser tiple to tn varnish then their 1 tale ale with flights 1 ats of fancy both date their mi mission sion from frim a vision vis from heaven the command was given to both fay by a messenger from god neither attempted to no root or destroy dest rpy but to renovate sa s1 tine simplicia simp simplicity licit Y was the avowed aim aim of voth islamism was an at 16 breatore the dayson days of moses and elias moi loeks to the early arly ages of the he church as a both mahomet and aad smith sacrifice the social I 1 happiness of the female sex to tile the interest of the state by tolerating foamy po amy the machinery of both alfi religions cops requires requires the int Mention of al beuins beau nil in 10 the ope one aag 3 and an seers in ln the he other bah appeal as well to the senses as to the moriis cokl perceptions ahe the p pleasures tell 3 aas 4 res of con ivia lity and ali ablutions ablution i are inculcated by both bolix erae creeds As the swan an and d the book of mormon alike one god supreme infinite and from the nawt of ibe the deity that mat of 0 his prophet is inseparable in in prayer in in both many points of resemblance can be found in the mow ima 1 ma mahometano Mahome I nall tans aud the articles of belief both t 10 look k forward to a millennium on ap pp T ab when peace alenty plenty and aad th foretell a glorious g r 4 resurrection resurrects on in 1 I 1 be incorruptible both iff ff roundest sound sst tenets ot of morality laora lily mahomet and lith were equally successful in rousing the po pop p dac eby oratory tup aults follows fio ma I 1 hampp adherents adhe centa gy irom mecca the Mor mormon mons ate ape expelled iram rod jackson county the bind bina by a league to haye hail no comm tb abs tbs new ew secil seel HI and bafs adire that no reliance tan afsa be placed on con tracts catered erite red anto by mormons Mor mons dissensions break olt olit in both em ps smithis not a whit less energetic I 1 ibm amk Maho inet in repressing them and monopolizing I 1 1 the supreme controls driven from mecca to bayef thence back to mecca and again forced to fly to medina mahomet slaked his life on the success of his cause the Morn ions men women and children are brutally hunted out of zion in mid winter boys of nine years of age are murdered in cold blood de fenceless men are tj trod oil under foot till their bowels gush forth the wearied exiles hardly obtaining from their po aej time to complete the idol of the their r hearts their temple are banished from nal nai and the enmity of far fanaticism atticism ati cism is now close ori on their tracks in the distant valley of salt lake here the parallel fails mahomet driven to desperation pe ration unites his little hide band of followers at medina males makes a political question of his creed 1 and after fa defeating a thousand men with a sma small 1 force barely exceeding a hundred resolves 10 prorogate prop islamism sin by the sword conquers invincible jo arabia in in nine nine years and dies leav leaving irim behind min half a continent ct c f proselytes prose lytes joe at a time wh when ell his martyrdom d did d more for his ap ceu e vp the most brilliant feats of is savage savagely y mun murdered at carthage he leaves behind him a devoted band of adherents he rents sealed to the faith by their adoration of his memory and sworn to 10 avenge liim him his successor possesses all the qualities which were waitt na in in smith leuce frissi tb ie sight lit cautious policy mormonism gut has aas ceased to be bae a mere question of religious doctrine its unparalleled growth growt 1 its novel polity its attractive garb has already adraan the anxious eye of state stateside sipe i upon the utah settlement men have not been bee n wanting to advocate the entire extermination mi of the sect and ana experience is rife with ex amplem of similar acts acte of fanaticism should the bloodthirsty blood lood thirsty bil bigots who would extirpate mormonism ism obtain oata m the preponderance in our national councils which god foi fo forbid bid ibid the most desperate valor would be found aifong the persecuted race every spur which can goad man to heroism the love of country of religion of libei ty the voice of natural affection Ithe and the supernatural influence of a belief in in T a divine adiline mission would unita unite to render their annles ble on the ot other ber side mean envy and cowardly persecution are not likely to inspire deeds of daring WP JA arh f tn L p obdulo u T A I 1 once already in in long ong gone ee ajr by the banners of christianity and islamism were unfurled in hostile array and the faith of the world depended on a successful charge had the he prowess of chartes chantes martel fors forsaken alcen him on the plains of tours rs the conqueror Ab derame deraine would have ha y e overrun europe europ and bosq mosques aes ues might now have stood wherever the spires of christian churches point to realms above history says th thi philosopher e constantly repeats itself itse 1 I f but each a ell successive revolution is the birth of cf a new era ve ae are glab there is one editor in the world who can call begin to see things as they are without a moon glass sun glasses to bl blind lind the eye are growing out of use cormons mormons Mor mons banished them a long 0 time ago their eyes can bear the light any time |