Show LAWS OEMS the editor of the texas post utah last summer and remained some timo in our principal cities As a result of this visit he occasionally has a good word for the cormons mormons Mor mons recently he published an editorial claiming for the latter day saints the right of freedom of belief in the same oe asked how long can a man comply strictly with the mosaic law and keep out of the penitentiary this aired up a rabbi who wrote the editor as follows to the editor of the post houston texas dec 3 in to days editorial notice on the cormons mormons you aak how long can a ann comply strictly ath the mosaic law and keep out of the penitentiary the answer is caga enough A lifetime and if a man would have aa many elivea as a cat it reputed ti I 1 could answer with nine lifetimes to hint at the above question shows a gross lack of familiarity both with mosaic law and with prison statistics the fact is that all who are in penitentiaries aries were put there for breaking mosaic law except it be for polygamy which a tacitly allow edby moses hut is always mentioned in thu bible as exception to the general rule hoping you will put this answer in as aromi neit a place of your paper aa that held by the insult flung to all observant jews W of houston col NORTON answered the letter in the following intelligent manner the worthy rabbi altogether alto aether misinterprets ter alie spirit of the editorial in question no insult was flung at ab cervant jer vant jews or people of an r other race or creed what was intended was to show that tho strict letter of tin dogmas professed bv many religion sects is not in perfect harmony with the aws of the country even the labh dinus the of this while questioning the information of lie writer for ii i i not polygamy tact itly allowed by M penitentiary worthy rabbi biml nothing in alie t chapter of deuteronomy tha e strictly adhered to would bring UK devotee not only to the an son but to the pillow no one can hive a more prof oiin 1 respect for alie teaching i of the inspired men of than th W it doea not say that wherein the Amerl cir law from the it in for the better but that there is a departure is self evident to the most observer the post deals in quibbles or conjectures |