| Show preacher and politics THE at times di of converting oni colonel to the customs of utah people his past record bearg us ont in believing that he can well adapt himself to his surround iuga for he haa been everything for money from a republican to a populist bat with all his versatility and genius as a writer he fails to comprehend the utah situation in his last issue of the dispatch he preached a long aarmon after this tenor our priests eats holy men and teachers can keep out of oolitic a indeed if the ladies enter in squids aa now heeme certain there will be enough good in politics BO that w can ret on without the preachers A bratty broadly religious authority said on one occasion bender to ciesar the boings which are Uce aars to god the things which are gads he that gods men 0 o iv ar s work any more indu hu dij aci ijara men should do god work the same au dhority daiil tin ye cannot serve god aal malinou Mami nou individually were one to undertake such a thu it would seem 10 ua that there would be rather of things the best have no time to run for office or say ano shall let the shoemaker shoe maker stick to his last let women sell butter and eggs the priest expound the scriptures and the dainta point the way to the realms of beyond the grave but let the men of the world control tha affairs of world that doctrine may win in texas but it does not suit utah here a majority of our people are ordained preachers nearly every male member of the mormon church haa that calling conferred upon him when he becomes of suitable age look at our prominent politicians today of both parties hey are all preachers because they belong to a church that makes them preachers should they therefore be excluded from politics would our friend want that eloquent preacher W H excluded from politics according to the sermon from which wa have quoted mr KINO would have to drop either his calling as a mormon preacher or his politics which would our colonel have him discontinue soma of the best mormon legislators are prominent mormon preachers called and ordained to the latter office why should the state lose their valuable services would it our friends bermon were put into practice THE does not believe in tha church organization being brout into politics but wo ay let maa who preach and teach religion be politicians they will tend to purity politics from which alone can coma good government no citizen should be robbed of hia citizenship because he chooses to be an active and efficient church member tha doctrine that wald tend to rob him of either privilege will never find many true friends in utah |
