| Show n CHKISTIAIUTT EXEMPLIFIED In Salt Lake City there appears semi t µ 1 spasmodically and triocca Tonally a n J bucolic and altogether peculiar sheet t 3 11 sailing under the banner of reagion and i P calling itself the Christian Advocate tai ta-i rr J typographical appearance and size t i might do credit to a town of 500 or say jt I 1000 inhabitants i but here it is somewhat t ri 2 I some-what obscure and desiring to do a i I good turn where and when we can t f t 1 f I THE HERAXD makes this mention in t J orderv that struggling genius may obtain i Ilti i s ob-tain that recognition which is sometimes L ff some-times in fact quite too often withheld i i k by an exacting overriding populace H popu-lace The Advocate is a gem in its 3 i way ahci in its columns WIll be found + j i1 I the digested thought of sages whose l f I minds are intent upon the further diffusion t h I 4 dif-fusion of godliness and whose f 3 j souls well like an inflated balloon r I r f i H at the prospect of grasping some thoughtless wanderer from grace j it by the hair before he roaches the brink j 1 of the bottomless pit and pulling him t r back into the atmosphere of the just f I V spirits made perfect And then the J P I li thought that in the sweet by and bye i t I when we join lhands and circle round t t r the top of the topless throne there will t t be some snatched from the burning J t t t I burn-ing as the work of these good people t is a sufficient reward for the ills and t t I afflictions with which this hard cruel ° life is beSeta life where the generous I Ii and the pious ore so poorly requited for i their good and glorious work that bUt r I for the retard held out by the hand of I l omnipotence in the grand glowing astf peculiar beyond they would withdraw from the contest and let the sinful sin I 11 I till they ran thegamaout or gotsome moremoney to spare > i il t As a sample of the pious and Chris I tianlike work in which this truly good publication is engaged we republish I 1 f I r from its columns a specimen brick as follows L i lr On the 9th day of this month the Salt Like rl I 1 City Council which is a strictly Mormon I i t i body and composed mostly of leading offl i dais of that organization granted a renewed t t f license to not less than tnirtyono saloon 1 gtfn etihll dlof i keepers ia this city It also renewed the I 1 I i license of the Zions Coopcrativ Mercantile j i 1 Mercan-tile Institution as wholesale liquor house a After which startling announcement it proceeds to raise Ked with the Mormon I I FI j Mor-mon Council for doing as above stated g I and judging from the redhot style in 1 It which the whole article is written 4 j it I h 1 t it is a fair supposition that not j 1 one of the said Councilor its supporters Ii II I i will ever get within hailing distance 9 f I I I the acephalous pedestal What it woul Y j substitute for the action complained of ii I does not however appear It cant be that the C A would have those establishments 9 estab-lishments run without the payment of a i license yet that seems to be the con j a elusion which the lines lead to if closely f i t followed and just why fault should bet be-t I i found because Z C M I is treated like 1 I I 1 t the others is peculiar to say the least of I I J I it Would our Christian neighbor be I i any better pleased if that concern were I k I exempted from the taxation which its l i 1 y s il neighbors arC compelled to pay We cannot belicnoit Perhaps our religious a I1 I friend thhtks it immoral and improper i I I to issue licenses at all but if go it should I 1 1 remember that all appetites are not Wj r II alike and that while h6 and ourselves f can get along without the fiery fluid 11 i I I being satisfied on all ccasions with yel r I lowlegged chicken broth there are a few a Ii j I I unfortunates that will have the former I fft j I so long as they will have it there will be 1 j d i 1 1 found others to S cll it and in order to i 1k t I L restrict the trafflcJnsuch wares to the I 4 lowest possible proportions a restrictive it 11 I r I fee with binding regulations arc fixed 1 + t 4 1 h upon the business and severe penalties 1t h provided for infringement of either It J 1 being practically impossible to prevent I p 4 the sale of that which cheers and does 1 1 inebriate why our Christian friend should there be any objection to its j T being regulated and the evil reduced by heavy duties and rigid surveillance to tl r i i toe lowest possible proportions 1 it J t Here are some lines of a different i t 1 l nature from the same source I It I The members of the mission oro kindly reminded t re-minded of the resolutions passed ct our j annual meeting touching the ldrocatc t 1 j Please read thorn again carefully and fetus l lJii i e i have your prompt assistance li 1 i Our revered and reverend neighbor i J 1 who objects to wine being looked t < j upon when it the wine is red I I J r I should search the Scriptures nn ill he finds a sentence pronouncing 1 money the root of all evil and as showing show-ing thecatimairbnTn f which our Savior f held thosewho hoard covet or love the l r article sell be f md by reading further J i t that ona certain occasion Ho improvised 4 impro-vised whip and drove some specula l i I r t tors out of thctcmplo in another place I < f is a suggestion dative to the kingdom 1 of heaven and its righteousness being i t t 1 the first considerations after which t i i 1 j < 1 it r every other needful thing should be added It is sinful to ask for money when is engaged intthe service of the 3faster yea even assinful as issuing issu-ing licenses to the vendors 01 that which biteth like a serpent and stingeth like an adder the partaker of which is declared by the same authority to be unwise I |
