| OCR Text |
Show ' jj TJIC IIOSIIC LVW. , J, The Hwiton, Tcxa. ibrf re- I i l centiy publlshtMl a pertinent article I J in rafcrercs to the 'Jlormons," I ft diluilng for them, in common with I J a all other rt-ligioat ludits, the right I $ ft offrc-w.onj of in-lief, tvrii though the I J: practice of lint belief miglitletiii- I 1 lawful. And InclJentally Ua-Ud I V what wouM he Uio cousiueuce of I B obeying tho Moicic law. Wo ub- I K lisbed the article, as it was tlmply a I wonl In fvtr of rtligious liberty in- I i side of tbolatr. I ' Hut the rabbi of Houston took ci- I S ctjitlon to the renuiks of the J'ott I i and addm-cd s litter to that iarr, I ! which we heru append with tho I J very prfr respond of the iditor I I to th rabbi. It needs so further I comment. I "To tht Ciller of &l rest: I ' ilousjon, Tula, December 3. In vf txxl j's tsdilnnal notice on the Mor- iii'Mis jouak: ilmr Ions can a nun I I complv stt ic lr with the Mo-me la I mid kt-ttn out of ih ivjmljniIrTV Tli ansarrii e.sy enoiigli, A itfetimet I and if a iiuu nuld ba e a- inanr Inns I as a cat i rcpu'ed to po--, I cuuld I ansTBcrntm iiie IiMnnm. To bint I at the aboe qulion Miows, a gnuw ImI of Cuii'l-a.ilv, it.tl, i-l the 3Io-ai law and wi h Jirw.n statistic. I , The ta-1 is, that all wli i are in ihiI- lemitri-t were pot them lor bruiting J IoAH)aw. rxcct4itlf for Nlyptni, 5 whieii tantly 3lionI bv Mies, but i U aais liunti.nrtl in tlra IIibliM . f exception to the general rule. Unpins H ' you will put this answer iu u pr-tnn-B nen' a pUce-tfyonrpiperastnat lirld , j bv the insult riunp t-i all olMMant Jcwt. w. WiLtA-nn, I IUbbi of Houston." I Tte worthy rrtMri altrereicr nii-jn-I Jerprets the tpint of llio editorial in H TjuestKMi. No 'intuit wavilungatob. I i er ant Jew-. or pcojk of any oilier I I raoo or creel. What wa intended I was to i-bow that the fctrirt letter of the H doma profeed by many relooui I t-ect it not in jwrfect harmony with I the Laws of this tornt.-y. V.cn the I rabbi admits the truth of ihi- while I .11 (juestionins the information of the B p wrilcr, for is not iiolyRimy '"taciily & allowed by Miser" 3 penitentiary of- i fene in Texa.".? Does tho worthy rabbi lind nothing in the thirteenth chapter of Deuteronomy that, if t-tnctly adhered to, would brin Hie I devo'ee not only tn the prison but to ' t thepall'twr? Xo one can havea more prof-HiiMl re-poet lor the teachings of the in-pirol men of Judea, than the JnL It does not say ihtt w herein tbn American law departs froai the j Mosaic it U tor the better, but lha there is a departure is seif evident to the most ouperfleial observer. The Ift deils in fact-, not in quibbles or conjectures." |
