| Show TUB is influence for bood when consistently nce of the alie present ago appears to be one especially to change of almost every conceivable character on either baud the word is being shouted out with stentorian lungs with the bound until our ears dinnee dinned but it is quite evident that the mos desirable change to be made by the masses of the people of the united rotates is that 0 changing the of religious worship as believed in and practiced by the people called cormons mormons Mor mons high and low rich and poor have taken up the cry and almost the entire masa 0 society have joined in tho response with many very many it is not quilo clear what it is that is required to bo done but one and all agree that a newstate new state of icings regarding the mormon question that is not only desirable but it must be affected by some means or other and this deplorable condition ot affairs is not only aimed at the latte rd saints but other religious that have stood tho test of centuries and still others of more modern origon and growth stand m danger of being unjustly condemned by ine fallacious lons of today to day and a new saito of religiously Is demanded so that ic will bo impose withstand the uprooting of the most cherished y s i f but foremost in this revo ut ionizing craze the most radical change sought for ia the abolish bent of laws and customs pertaining 0 the balter day saints G of certain principles of heir moat holy faith covered by these religious wiseacres wise acres hat the large majority of the mor m ons are made subservient to their I 1 leaders the priesthood in all gociar and secular arrangements and are placed in an inferior position to their fellow men and that they are held in a state of bondage little better than the most extreme serfdom experienced in barbarous and semi A mormon is in point of fact a slave so runs modem opinion an entire change must therefore be brought about in his condition or the whole fabric of society will ore long crumble into decay ot that uhe cormons mormons Mor mons themselves are so loudly clamorous for this intercession in their behalf it is mostly defunct politicians and so called ministers of who demand it on their and demand it so loud that he masses of the pe pie are led to believe that the cormons mormons Mor mons have for years been trampling upon the rights jf the citizens 0 this glorious land jf the free and then ears to cho earnest and pitiable cries for re cef in this mormon question as he subject is termed there is doubtless a great deal of wild speculation jailed with bigot y fanaticism and much talk of the wildest character indulged in by those who condemn the people called mor mons the preposterous babble of persons who advocate the ex jon of the cormons mormons Mor mons and the noisy declarations of weak minded men appear to have completely turned the beads of some of the wisest statesmen and unsettling the minds of many more upon this important question co the extent of substituting passion lor reason and falsehood for truth ahe religious character cha of the mormon people is such that it will eventually make itself felt in the entire circle in which they moved their influence upon those with whom they come into contact must ore long be considerable if true religion guides their conduct they spread a blessing and a peaceful influence wherever they go and cause the most barren wilderness of humanity to bloom with beautiful flowers that shed their ira granco around on every hand tho very nature of a devoted latter day saint is essentially religious and a latter day saint without faith in god is an anomaly in nature this mormon question is one which has occupied the attention of philosophers during the past fifty eight years it has been discoursed on in pulpits and discussed in learned assemblies it has been made to a great extent the topic of volum treatises by scholars and formed the subject anat ter of debate amongst crowds of gossips arising out of it problems have appeared that have perplexed the wisest minds and given rise to theories of so fabulous and extravagant a character that they have been deemed calculated to upset the entire social and religious world the question ia a vexed one and in its intrinsic nature will probably ro main so for many ages to come it would be somewhat foreign to the purpose of this brief article to enter at length upon the various phases of this work called mormonism and the manner in which the various and numerous opinions regarding it are likely to affect society at large suf ace it to say that the holy and moral influence of the gospel of as expounded by the latter day saints is so ennobling and of an exalting nature that its virtues are difficult to overrate it is utterly impossible to calculate where the influence con in the religion of the latter day saints ends not only does it pervade the family circle but it es through tho agency or the lat ter day saints to all mankind to overy nation kindred tongue and people the so called christian world nave assiduously assailed and endeavored deavo red io refute the doctrine as coughl by the latter day saints by quoting the sacred volume and the result has beun an ignominious failure they bharga as taught and mor mons has no foundation in dixe bible this palpably er is advanced and harped upon by what I 1 am pleased to term astute cyronics chronics cs who have been intellectually dead aliese many years and when they fail with the bibla to dislodge or gainsay the gospel of jesus they invariably resort 0 o other means of attack which is calculated in its na turo likely to prow dangerous lo 10 those employing it intended to render more and immediate service against those whose extinction is so speedily desired alie latter day saints justly claim to be a virtuous and an industrious people this has been repeatedly admitted with freedom by different writers who have attempted to write upon the subject of the cormons mormons Mor mons they admit that the evidence of thrift and industry can bo readily seen on every hand tha same authorities say the aro irreclaimably bad 1 now to tho unprejudiced mind cannot a fatal discrepancy in thee two assertions bo easily discovered the history of the world in all ages show beyond the possibility 0 ahe most distant contradiction that virtuous people or races have over dust rious and thai industrious communities muni ties are alway virtuous the two conditions are inseparable wherever the one has been brought to the most desirable condition of community observance there also will bo found the other in the most delightful perfection in conclusion I 1 will add that if the savior words are of value at age any and it s true that by thair fraits them it shall ye know possible bior a rule that is universally accepted and which also has the divino approval to prove a solitary exception iff the case of the mor mons CANA ONVILLE garneld CO aug |
