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Show MARKS OF THE BEAST. Under the title, "Beastly Patriotism," Patri-otism," tho Desert News prints an account, ac-count, of a letter which it has received re-ceived from a West Virginia man. The fact that the writer of the communication communi-cation sent along a diagram would indicate in-dicate that, it was a joke. Probably it was; and it is not at all 1111111:013' that tho West. Virginia man's knowledge knowl-edge of the extent of the News ob' tuscncsH is measured ly the frequency of his reading within its columns. At nii3r rate, after going into a frenzied denial of the man's interpellation of the "beast" of the Apocalypse, the church organ concludes thus: Wc" would kindly Invite some of our Christian friends to study "Mormonism," if for no other purpose, for tho Instruction Instruc-tion It would give ihcm In truo patriotism, patriot-ism, In Christian toleration and common decency, hi all of which virtues many of them are sadly deficient. But the News has absolutely no cause for worry on that score. Christians Chris-tians have mado a uomowJint extensive stud3 of the practices of the polygamous polyga-mous cult which it represents. And some of them havo concluded that therein they "have discovered tho "bcadt" whether the Apocal3'ptlc monster or not, docs not seem at this time lo be particular material. It is enough for them to know that the high priesthood Of the News persuasion are blatant dfcfiers of law; that the3' openly eschew even the appearance of dc-concy; dc-concy; that the' arc persistent!' endeavoring en-deavoring to undermine tho Government Govern-ment of the United Stales; that the' make of vthe slnto an apanago of the church; that tho' tolerate nothing which is contrary to their own "peculiar "pecu-liar beliefs; that the- persecute people peo-ple who refuse to acc'opt their doctrines; doc-trines; ' that tho-. brand .as. enemies I ft" those who decline to' support them in polygamy; that they Tob tho poor in, tho name of the Almighty; that thoy have commercialized and politicized a religious organization for tho sustenance suste-nance and defense of 11 most rank iin-moralit', iin-moralit', the practico of which they claim to bo their chief virtue. Such is the "beastly patriotism" that Christians have unearthed in thoir studies o tho hierarchical so-called religion. re-ligion. There nto vor3 man3' Mormons who are trnl- religions men and women; wo-men; and Christians have learned to make distinction botweon the decent follower and the indecent advocate of priestcraft. And it is an overwhelming fenr, lest Mormons themselves will soon come to recognize this dividing lino, that islhuunting the News nnd its masters at this particular time. |