| Show church in cs in utah the deop 0 are very sensitive on the question of church and otate the leaah tica in the to arouse not only Gan liles hot cormons mormons Mor mons now we are not in favor of any church taking part in politics unless it be cormor for mor aliby but it adema to m anat the strings are drawn tighter hera than in other sections of the country it is a very common thing in our eastern exchange to aae the remarks of ministers on political questions given prominence and the press of the state seems to think it no menace of church and state in new york city during the recent campaign the churches were especially active of course the sunday opening of saloons entered into th ir campaign but preachers did not restrict their remarks to that question they used their boat efforts for the defeat of the tammany ticket and did it openly from their pulpits we will give a few quotations bev hebar newton discussed the various tickets and said of abo one he tammany hall is under defeat there bag been no regeneration the leopard may change its baota but this doea not chance ita ekin it present nominations show a of the worst spirit of the hall it r of that it should receive another equally effect live debaat an organization which exists for the par poses of public plunder finds its element of cohesion in the hope of in thy aeise of power when once that faila ill followers desert il rapidly the of the election th ie far terii id ti importance attaching to th particular offlie to be filled the rev thomaa dixon aa a preclude to bis sermon answered a question asked him during the week which was why when ho was attacking croker be did not also attack allatt the question was an honest oae he said and merited aa answer he did not attack platt bao anaa in the first place he did not believe it possible to eliminate the baia from politics this side of the millennium the morning advertiser from which we quote then continues he fhaid ia anit RI mean and no meaner than abo republican party he ned to think that pretty mean bat he changed his opinions sufficiently to vole tha republican ticket last year bed intended to do the same this rear rev W 0 bitting commenced his aarmon by civil affairs of life end their performance thereof ara a religions duty it ia necessary therefore and obligatory that the christian citizen inform himself on public question then the pastor went on to drouss political affairs blaming tarn many for being a baloon tion there aro a doan or more pastors talk in much the same atrain some confine themselves strictly ta the tern derence phase of the een others discuss party politics quite extensively but we have quoted enough to rive an idea of what part tho churches play in politics in newt arici if such sermons had been preached from the pulpits in utah during the recent campaign what a cyclone would have beon raised it will take a generation or more before such liberty is granted preachers in utah as is used in the pulpits of new yoa judging from the present |
