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Show ;the pole and the tribe. It isn't nt all pleasant to see a fond hope and a confident belief dashed to the earth at ono fell swoop; but we can't help but know that the thing lias happened. And out of the circumstance it is difficult lo sec where , some extremely ex-tremely credulous persons shall bo able to gather any crumbs of comfort. We speak now of tho 'recent discovery of tho north pole b3 Doctor Cook, and its effect upon Mormon teaching,, past and future. It is a familiar thing with old timers here, but perhaps some of those who have not tarried for a great length of time with a boastedly "peculiar peoplo" peo-plo" may stand in need of information. Anyhow, it is like this: Wc are not prepared to say how ma 113' years ago it is that the story found its birth, but it was early in Mormon history, and it was to the effect ef-fect that one of the ten lost tribes of Israel was unaccounted for in the sacred tomes; and it being perfectly natural to suppose that a large body of people could not very well bo lost sight of without being caught up in a cloud, or being disposed of in some other equally nrvslcrious way, the brethren of the undoubtedly prevailing polygamous and ..n.tniwlofl lv re'irnnns cult hero COII- ceived the idea 'that, inasmuch as they wero in duty bound to present something some-thing in advance of that already revealed, re-vealed, it would be a pious idea to account ac-count for that . lost tribe. So they sot to work to tell the Mormon people and every one in the church is familiar with ihe stoiy that this ono particular and missing tribe of the ten tribes composing lsrat.1 hied themselves to the north pole. Tho priostlv humbugs were aslute enough to put thorn up there, because be-cause at the time that the fake was originated there was ample reason lo believe that the south pole would lje reached sooner than the north poe, fd that consequently the danger of the 3arn being exploded was thus made more remote. It was prcachod (and every Mormon old enough to bo able to oven lisp anything concerning Utah history his-tory knows tliis to be true) that the reason why it "was so difficult for men to roach tho north pole wis because the Lord desired to keep this one of the lost tribes of Israel hidden away until His own due time. That was the cause for tho non-success of all tho' north polar expeditions that have received re-ceived tho encouragement of progres 'mvn humanity from tlm hpirinnino-. The stupid' ignorance of tho Mormon priesthood priest-hood was displa3'cd in principal effect in their assumption that man could not overcome the natural obstacles that were interposed between known humanity hu-manity and the north pole, and that therefore the lio for Iho credulous was indefinitely safe.- Up in the icy fastnesses fast-nesses the "proof" for which tho News and the polygamous brethren are always al-ways calling, was supposed lo be safe. But it seems Hint, it was not, because Doctor Cook, while being accommodating accommodat-ing so far as to find the north pole, nv fiisod to find that' lost tribe of Israel. And out of ihis wo hope that the Mormon people ma3 be able to gather a lesson not to ' beliove liars Biniply because l.he.y claim to. bo men of God. Besides, if il is still more "proof" that Iho News shall continue to cull for, we may conclude that, tho Mormon temple i a no harder proposition than was tho noil li polo. |
