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Show j- STILL THE IBIHO "S0RM0NS." H j': : The Xew York ilorfof tho 20th PJH ' ' Inst, contains a Ion? communlca PJH' j . ' tlon from Idaho, slguetl G. Freder- JH j Ick Wright, which takes up tbe PJH j ! question of '"Mormon" Influence in PJH !' ' the politics of the new State. Bar- PJH ring a few inaccuracies, such a the JH A existence of a"hIerarchy"and"Mor. JPJB S ' mons" being ''under the complete PJkf i jiower of their Bishop, it la a well JJH ' J written statement of tbe fcltuatlon, PJJJ ! and concludes with the following I ' S I .paragraph: It' ' ' "Bat fur all this the Mormons, as i- ( 4 wo hare met them, sssm much like ' j ordinary Iiismin beings who are la- BB I i borlug under a temporary religions PJJf I ? J delusion. Their congregations are r, i lit not materially diflerent from other in ) 1 1 1 the vicinity. When called out, as the !!! I "I $ i laymen habitually are, to give In pub- iZi lie meeting a reason of the faith which Li is within them, they invariably re- yjj apond with arguments that se in aln- VJ ' ff cere, if not always cogent or logical. HHfl . sL" The rea nun of the families could PJJC A I 12 not be ili-tirsuisbeJ iu tbelr homes HHv V I B from lhoo of the Gentiles. It cer- WBasVe I - 5 V alnly aeems a hazardous experiment HV I j J f in popular government to attempt to HyH f pauiih a laive body of such people, BH i ignorant though they be, for the spe HBB v rificalnsof their leaders; and hence HBB ' e cannot regard the Mormon qaes- HBB tlon as settled in Idaho." |