| Show CHICAGO LETTER The Assailants of 3Ionn < mI m Thc Ajwstacr from Prlraitlie ChrUtlanilf StrlklD Paa Irl In the Treatment of Former day and Latterday SatnU CHICVGO March 111S90 Special Corrtspondcnco of the DESEHET YEwA few moments ago I read an editorial from the London England Uaify Telegraph on the Utah question Before me now lies an editorial from the Jruh ItorW of i New York on the tame subject Her are two papers wide apart a the poles on religion politics and economics yet harmonious on the subject of Mornionlsm The Telegmpli article I one characteristic characteris-tic of the London dally I I pen demur prosaic and platitudenarian Sentence after sentence I moulded as If cut out by tUam hammer I contains nothing new simply a rehash re-hash of what h3 been said these thirty years lack The editor and owner of this paper I a Jew last fare > far-e it from me to malign the whole race because one of Its members I a recreant knave a snob a mercenary mercen-ary creature who trould speak thus of hU own people I paid for It Non would I b good taste to regard re-gard the London Telegraph as a fair type of Ingllsh journalism and of English political thought I I true Telegraph profees to 0 a lb tral jet I opposes Gladstone L bjuchcro and Morley That Is I I enough political turpitude can g no lower than by calling Gladstone a knave The Irish IPorJ I edIted and owLid by on Irihmau named Fat Ford It u ed to be tbe organ of dynamite I lr t kept a column specially for instruction IH I the ia of dynamite I said Iat Ford season is an Irishman This tlleleut requires an explanation He I ti nf Inn nunl In IreUud Flits cnuntyfvrmsa large section of the pro Ince of Connaught This pruIucc I exclusively composed com-posed of the Worst and flied degraded de-graded elements of the old Irish clans Thebmnstnnll boudestof tile other pro inces fell lighting or were IDfl exiled to otber countries The weak and cowardly sought tho mountains and recetsiii of Couuiuglit and particularly par-ticularly Mayo In famine times Mayo beut shiploads of people tills country mid even here these Mayo people would not Mnialgamate with the people froth otlier provinces of Ireland This one Irish county has furnished ninetenths of thu criminals crim-inals in thLtcountry denominated Irish I was this county that furnished fur-nished nearly every person connected ecl cn nected with the murder prn Cr nin Camp 20 was with a few exceptions ex-ceptions formed of County M yo people or the sons of such Bo in classing Pat Ford as an Irishman I am guilty of a libel l on the Irish of Lcinttcr Munstcr and Ulster I will clam him o Mayo and a an afllnlty of Use Crouln murderers so that iu one tense Iat on of the Irish llordand LeI Lawson of the London Telegraph are agents which Americans ought to be ashamed of as Instructors and teachers This fact that Mormonism should b opposes d l > y such heterogeneous elements and by almost all existing races and creeds set me thinking seriously Christianity in general Pat Fords peter is full of fulsome adulation of Card Itial Gibbons and Cardinal Manning ant claims for then prelates direct succcfsorsliln rr rr a rI ersnac m U has thesame tune about the liishops of London and Canterbury The truth is there Is no more connection connec-tion betxxein the Christianity of Gibbons aud Manning and that of the Apo < tles thin there is between chemistry and astronomy The saniu mUIit be said of the other aile gvd ClirislLin The dbpaHure from Apostolic Christianity lit so far back that its inception can hardly be set dellnllelj list tlCltsuch ado parture has taken place no unbiased reader can deny In ISoT thu Ike JJ Blunt a profesor of divinity In tho UniversIty a history of cf Cambridge primitive Christianity published tianity Three arc letter works on this subject published but Mr Blunt shows surhi knCwledge oC the early Church and its principal I l i rlhI tlJ wrIters that a consideration of his writings is well worth expending a l11 lt little tl3 o J III discuoini the attitude of Hadrian the Roman Emperor towards to-wards the ChriUam Mr Blunt wells pnrticulsrly en the Church iu Jerusalem It was in his reign that Itarchoeab the fake Messiah tlourMied And through the Jens thIL ell were utterly routed out Jerusalem and trampled and per rennet Iiy the 1wman yettlic e stole Jens were thb mo t venomous and deadly enemies tif the Christians Chris-tians The Jews acted as spies and Informers and strange to say Mr Blunt says that In this way they propagated Christianity Jerusalem was utterly wi ipJ out and a temple Jupiter projected for the slteol the Temple of Jehovah To show that n departure began to take place here is what Mr Blunt says ri Xor wa this all tho entire revolution revolu-tion which tub potllfcal tonvuNton J1 AWI re II t wmnRbt lathocflhdillonof Jerusalem had Its ctfcct on Ibo cause cIties Chris Olin Hadrian not content with having hav-ing demolished the old city and replaced I re-placed It by another totally different in Ihe chanof of its architecture and deriving iu very name of Ola Capi tolma from that stir heathen found er forbade Iho Jew not only to Inhabit II but even to set foot upon Its precinct liut this harsh and claus Uvo proceedIng rat Ihe means of dioaohviagthattunon 111 may 80 sJ1C3k of the Jaw with Ibo Christian whch bsd so Icha comipctl the Cbrlsitan faith and debased the Christian charter char-ter in tbe eye of tbe heathen For tho Church of Jerumlera stilt subsisting subsist-ing In that neighborhood and still nnxlonn I to occupy this capital before was prehlbted from so doing while Its member were regarded us Jews and accordingly nothing would suffice to qualify them for residence in that city bat 10 rthoan < a St Ittul hail go long bfeforo prescribed to the aluLiili to uo the observance of the Law of M PCS This therefore they did and the better to make tbe distinction distinc-tion hitherto but imperfectly parcels ed between Christian and Jew understood under-stood they elected Marcus probably a Roman certainly not n Jew for their Bishop andtmoerthcBscirciimsiancuS were permitted to ilnell In Jerusalem Ij this proc edln5 therefore Hadrian I J tFo R relonnauoh luKms to havo eilectcd a relormitiou lathe early Church Somewhat an alocnns to that effected by Henry i1 r le Z VIII In our own medieval one tyranny tyran-ny having been ovemdcd for Rood In either case In the former Uie Gospel purged JowUh rites which had combined com-bined wIth 017 rI debased Its in the latter of Itomist which had formed a similar alliance with similar results This Is suOU ts for our purpofe to show I thai Very shortly after the nprtolo rnj Christianity began to Io e thy essence of Its founder Mr Blunt admits that the Church went from Jewish depravity to Itotnan piganUrn But we know that a va < t difference existed between lhnlstiaao and Jews in this time and his own writings chow II We also kuow that towards the time of Constantine the Christian Church hail become nearly thc paganism of Home glossed over It Is true much of the mildness and spirit of Chris jn tl 1IrtndC tianity yet remained and indeed I some remains to the present day in many of the sects and creeds But the Chritlanity of Christ In its entirely is not to be found In any sect or creed except it Is In Mormonism Mor-monism The very opposition to MormonIsm Mormon-Ism alone suffices to prove that the Latterday Saint and Formerday Saint are brethreu Read what Mr Blunt says on the charges made against the Former dar Sam Here It I in page 153 Chapter tII I raWe real that Die populace qnlle regardless whether the Uw was with them or against them on this particular question took It Into their own hands and asalled the Christians with blind violence Tertnllian expressly tells ui that there were no proatcrpersecutora of the Christians than the vulgar iay where there was a disposition In the authorities the State to spare them the mob wino relentless and would have their blood stoning burning them and in impotent spite tearing down their very sepulchres They denounced tAm ai unpnJUaUe citizen rcluctaxl to take their thare in tit duties of the Stale to bear Mar part in it toeial relation to reciprocal recipro-cal m tj trading iflercoune mH acritcd to then tie nott diabolical procttdinai at her telrrt neetmai > antiadc a raiuiitaf fees r dad Ue tiyiU citiaguilhat a 3cynel cyromu cuota incest They Imputed to the Chritiani all the calamities which befell the State enemies as they were to the gods An overflow the Tiber a drought in the NUo an earthquake or a plague caused tIre mob to cry Away with tie Christians to the llonsf to Read these words In Italic carefully care-fully Are they not identical with Thomas certain paragraphs last report Jn Are Governor they not the charges nhich Judge Anderson held to be proved against the Mormons Mor-mons Is not this sufficient to prove the identity between Formerday and Latterday Saints Let us glance at the story of one of these primitive Saints Let UP Like Poiycarp lIe was appointed Bishop of Smyrna by St John the Sr Apostle He was yU personal friend in his youth of many of tbe Apostles and very first Christians Some calamities betel the eastern countries during the reign of Aurellus and the blind pagans hnf charged 1ta to the wrath of Jupiter for tolerating the Christians The I cry was raised for Itilycarp ho being I be-ing tire most learned Influential among the early dinsHans I Poiycarp was brought before the Proconsul who was visibly Impressed I Im-pressed by the venerable dignified situ oJIXl3ole venm us ne ageu Saint sad fain would trays con rdhlal flIers at his Christianity I If any grounds presented a means for so grounds S J p llSaul doing The Proconsul then said to Poly carpi Swear by the fortune of C nrbe obstinate no longer cryAway with the Clrttiansone reproach of Christ and I will let you go The aged Formerday Saint as sensing an attitude erect majestic and defiant said in reply to the Proconsul Pro-consul Eighty and six yean irate I reeves Ir hI Him and no harm hath He done me how then can I blaspheme my King and my Savior If you vainly Imagine 1 that I shall srrear by the fortune of CC4r LO pretending that you know not what am bo assured once for all that I am a Christian and if you do sire to be informed what it Is 10 be a ChrIstian give mo a day and you hall bearThe The Proconsul a proud Roman and one who could III brook Independence Inde-pendence in an enemy or in a subordinate raid iu menacing tonis 10111J I will cart TOil to the wild beasts If yon do not change your mind Poiycarp rendered still more defiant de-fiant said Bring tho wild beasts hither for change my mind from the better lo the won I will nott The rcpl > irritated tlid dominant domi-nant Roman that he said Hold your scorn of the wild beasts I will Kubduo your spirit by the flamev The aged lolycarp with courage more than heroic because it was divine di-vine and with a countenance beaming beam-ing with grace sanctity and purity fJ isis In reply The dairies with vhleh you menace men-ace meendnre but for a time and are soon extinguished but a fire there is reserved for Ibo wicked whereof you know not tha Ore of a judgment come and of punishment everlasting hvdo voutarr T Do with me as you list The Proconsul now maddened by tile absolute I ccntcinl In which Pol carp held him and his miserable i miser-able cowardly ilcudbh threats ordered or-dered the hi nlj to announce tint 101Jorp had defiantly proclaimed himself Chritlau Tile mt mulli tude In the Stadium heard the announcement an-nouncement with insane delight and with ono voice cried aloud I 1olvcarpto the lions Poiycarp wrt ktiorrn throughout Asia as a fierce and eflectile denouncer I de-nouncer paganism and Its concomitant I concom-itant evils hence the desire on the part of the mob and rabble to sethim die The keepen 01 the wild l > e3M said It was too late to bring out tbe lions ned vaned the cxecutltn potioneil Hut the multitude cried forPolycarps deatliand called for fire ExecutIon ty fire WM tlun agreed on People ran In all directions direc-tions for fuel tile Jews mot itoc lally collecting itood and strawThe Jews Slanted to epika Poljcarp to a pot on the pyre hut the old faint told them the fagots haJ no terrors for him They then contented themselves them-selves with tying his hands Poiycarp with hands tied and the flames ascending around him nude thc following prayer 0 Fatherof Thy Moved Son Jesus Christ bf whom we have revelers knowledge of Thee 0 God of angels and powers and of all crcacd Ihlnc mud of nil the gcocr tbh ot tho just who he in Thy sIght I give thanks to Thee that Thou has thought me worthy of this day and hour of taking a part in the number martyrs and In the cup of Curiu unto the resurrection resurrec-tion for life eternal both of soul and body In th orruptlon of the Holv Gboil amongst whom may I be sri mlued to appear before Blat this day a goodly and accppabloiiacrillce which Thou has prepared beforehand and foreshown Owl ilthful and true For thU thcrefort rind Cot All things I pent Thee I bless Thee I glorify Theothrough the Eternal High Priest Jesus Chris Tliy beloved Sonthrough whom be onto Thee together will Iliuiintbo Holy Ghost glory both now and forever Amen Several writers ieite that the nAm tlln dnnr lnJtrn and that though enveloped l lnfl there was not a tinge appeared on t oM his person Whether this was the result of a miracle or of some defect in tIre fuel which some maintain fJ itll might I have btca rest one Jhlng Is certain that Poiycarp had to be killed with the axe of tho executioner execu-tioner The Jews would not permit his body to be taken away by the Christians They placed the dead body on the pile a second time ro that none of itwcuhd be left for the Christians to takeaway take-away Thus prcachtU Poiycarp the of8L SxhhmtjPXltt pupil of 6t John INK Apsstle the doujhty bi hops femyrna the connecting con-necting link between thedaysof the Apostles and the fathers of tho second sec-ond century This was one of the Formerday Saints and one worthy imitatiou by bis brethren and tuc cessor the Latterday Saints Josrcs |
