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Show WHY "IT IS NOT GOOD." It is reported that at the Sunday services in tho Mormon Tabernaclo Apostle Apos-tle "Rudgcr Clawson said: "Jt is not a good thing, and it is not pleasing to the Lord, thnt lli children should marry among strangers." Tho only trouble that results from the union of Gentile and Mormon, as a rule, is that which is created by the priesthood themselves Whichever ono of the couple belongs to tho church is usually badgered and harassed with persistent, per-sistent, frequency by tho teacher, or by some close friend, who mokes it his ecclesiastical ec-clesiastical business to sow the seeds of disconlont in tho "offensive" family relationship. Whether it bo the husband or the wife who has gone outside of I ho church for a mate, cither is repeatedly and maliciously advised that upon death eternal separation of tho twain ensues; en-sues; and in order to make the picturo more cruel, both aro told thnt their children aro lo be taken away from them and given to others who have "abided the covenant." Under the repealed attacks, made in all the earnestness ear-nestness of tho fanatical bigot, it is a. strong nature thnt finds itself able to withsland tho strain, and very often separation is brought about. If left alono by tho priests of the Mormon church, more often than otherwise a continued lifo of pcaco and binding nf-fection nf-fection would bo experienced by the victims. But that is not in the programme, pro-gramme, as arrauged by the ecclesiastical ecclesias-tical disturbers. They arc unrelentingly committed to a vicious system of nagging nag-ging such as will try Iho vory souls of Ihoso who are mndo tho objects of their unwelcome attention. That is why "it is not a good thing" for tho Gentile Gen-tile and the Mormon to intermarry. But it is tho policy of determined delusiveness that is most reprehensible reprehensi-ble and most, objectionable to the world at large. And this policy is cntirel- ou a par with that ono announced by Jo-soph Jo-soph F. Smith to tho saints in conference confer-ence assembled at St. George. At that gathering the bogus prophet announced that ho had never sold an inch of ground to an enemy of the church meaning the Gentile nnd he advised his hearers to also refrain from soiling soil-ing land to outsiders. During all of the years of tho oxistonco of tho church tho saints have boon told that they must not deal with the Gentiles in a business way, but to confino thoir patronago to their brethren. They 'have been instructed in-structed not to mingle with outsiders in a social capacity, but to sock tho society of fellow adherents onl-. In every conceivable manner, and in all things whntsoevor. J.ho Mormon people have been warned ngninst association with Gentiles. So that in this matter of marriage tho programmo of exclu- sivflnrss 5s boinrr follntciirt in nnn nf ?to (, - . . ... w.. v,v Jtu details only. As to whether or not such intermarriage intermar-riage "is not pleasing to the Lord," as Elder Clawsou announces, we havo only tho word of the priesthood; and in view of the numerous other fnlsities for which they blamo the Almighty, their word is not worth taking in this matter. Which reminds us of a common com-mon snying with them. In the event that a Mormon persists in a refusal to pny tithing, for instance, ho is ultimately ulti-mately told that his negligence or perversity per-versity in this respect is bound to prove disastrous to him that "the Lord will not prosper him." And if, after this diro prophecy is uttered, tho recalcitrant is still found in the non-paying non-paying ranks, then the brethren" begin to get in their work. If tho employer bo a member of the church, he is told plainly hat "'Brother Blank docs' not pay his tithing, and ho should be discharged dis-charged to make room for some man who will pay." The job may not be lost immediately; but tho result is achieved after a while If no other means are available, then things will gradually become so disagreeable for tho backslider that ho will cvcntualh bo glad to resign. n both matters, therefore rcfusql to pay tithes and marriage, to an outsider the priesthood sec to it that "it is not a good thing;" and Apostle Claw-son Claw-son was truthful in this respect. But it is just as true, too, that if there were no meddling by the block teachers teach-ers and others in affairs that are absolutely abso-lutely none of their business, the condition con-dition sot forth by Sunday's speaker would not exist, nnd hundreds of good men nnd women would be saved from much unhappiness, and families of innocent in-nocent children would be spared a mis- j cry that sometimes results in tho blighting of their whole lives. Finally, and to clearly indicate the 1 precise attitude of the hjgh priests with ' ! reference to various questions, note tho difference between their activities in ! the matters recited and the treatment! which they accord to the man who will ! consent to become a defier of his State ! and a traitor to his country, by marry- ' ing more than one wife. Here the governing gov-erning ecclesiasts will fly to the protcc- j lion or the rescue of the culprit; they will overwhelm him with benediction"; they will surround him with opportunities opportu-nities for material betterment; they wil) exalt him in priestly calling; t they will set him to rule over his law-abiding, law-abiding, but unfortunately monogamous, monoga-mous, brethren; they will hold him in their highest affection. In fact, the ' - ''.' premium in his ou account of his dofi-nncc, dofi-nncc, while the woe is to tho innocents inno-cents because . they are innocent. You soo, consequently, thnt it. altogether alto-gether depends upon what you do, as to whothor it is a good thing, or pleasing pleas-ing to the Lord. But tho hicrarchs insist in-sist upon judging for the Almighty and thoy also insist upon doling out tho punishment, if they happen to decide that the Lord is offended. And you will also observo that to bo on tho safo sido, and to bask in the glorious favor of the high priests, the euro way is to throw your indepondonco to the dogs, bocomo a slave-prince in lawless polygamy and finally go lo "colostial glory." |