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Show IQI DEirr ti.mai: aiuin. W TllR ol of Utah are eoroewhal HH 9 ecimalnted with lli vigatlee of Do Witt Talmige, the llrooklyn rraeher, I ha hu iiIJ lo vl.lti la Utih. Aflrr Mi tint vltll he rtturned home end advocated herolo treatment of "Mor-monlim." "Mor-monlim." Tint I., hoiuggetfei lint ant , 'iheicalcriofHie Church bugathered mmi t Into the Tabernacle and United Btatce JjMH 1 artillery In turned upon them to HH 1 thunder Inla tlitru the leventh com- VKd man Intent," He alto wrote book In 3y9 which ho (are dctcrlpllou of th KM womenorH.lt Lake City, wrtraywg jljK ( them la vlguroui tlyle at ugly, T!n 1 cribbed, tour end decrepit epcclnieni M or rimlnlne humanity, end luppotlng fMI J tint In doing eu ho picturing itj J Mormon" women, obllvloui of the &MU i fict that tho populttlon here Ii lulled. mfm On thlt occatlon ho hai changed lilt Nf nnntr of dealing with thr "Mor II mou" qui-tlloa and the "Mormon" RFj j olt. At till "FrlJiy evening talk'' Immediately after hit rtturn to (hu WM J l'jut, he gave hli "eipetlencelnMor- MM: j mondom" In tho chapel of the litw . I Tabernacle In llrooklyn, lengthy re Vm' irtof whlctieppceriluthe.'.ujN'e.lI 731' ,J' , VI Veiit4notoontrbecntwlicliedotTat 1 the railroad tutlon than tht chltft of H j trio Mormon Church called on us at wtll MI ! atailtlr(illnnoftboMwlio art, In dlt- !j tloctlon f rotn tho olhtrt, niint.1 (ItnlltM. Thtro are no more beautiful oourtmltt In I Amarlca llitn tboM tilen.M by Hit ill'- cllmof JowihNinltli. That nlglit I lerturowat In a Mormon Itinple, a fal I ItrltJ, oommoillout an I cheerful hulhl- i liilT Home two hundre-l young men ami 9 wnintn, whh lijrrun bikt unjtr tliolr Q arint, atcen It4 an titration hark of tho ? pUtform, end with ttronganl accordant v f volcca tang a hymn, the arntlmentt of 'yfji f which no Cbrlitlan mtn i-oulj refute. 'li Tha Mirnrnf Hie ollr. who wat alto a I1 j Mormon bUhop, presided and made a 4 I pray tr, llitn Ibo choir aang agahi, after l that and at about 0.30 o'clock at 'night I f ?, began my lecture. A more genial au II- ' tnco I ntrtr coofronttd. Thlt wat tho ,, 1 more remtrkable at aomeino hail found In print what I had atld many yeart ago i' n about polygamy and tcatu red 11 that day l all through tht city." F There are wiTeral ttalementi hero u thatarnaaamuilngaathoy arolnaccu 5 rata. We will paw by tho call of "tho 1 chltft of the Mormon Church," and coruo to tho "Mormon Ihii lik" Thlt It a lingular nama for Hie Hall l.ako (I Thtalreju which Mr.TalnugodtllT. I end hit lecture. Hut tho lUtement 1 1 that Iho Mayor of tho oily It a "Mor- 1 tuon" HUhop and I hat hoojivned tho I corenionlieby ra)ir, wilt U newt to 1 that gentleman and to the "Liberal" f party of which he It a member. Ulihop I ctoott will bo a new II tie for him t I I which wo tniit he will wear with be- B coming modetty. Wo hopo alto that J j he will apprecltto the accuracy of the S i 1 lout lecturer, and take It at au Indl- B ,5 ratlou of hit reliability In other mat. II I '"' 11 I ; It wat not what Mr. Talmago had II I tald about lolygemy that wat "teat f i Irrnl all through Iho clly" but the T: S DutiiKT Nna limply quoltd hit TIL I language alvut tho ladlctof thlt clly, It Terbatlm, from hit book, and tho prupo- lltl I tltlon ho made at to Iho artillery Wtl pjl luelhoj of arguing with "Mormon- l H Th lecturer Inferrnnl hit llrooklyn jJH audience that "Mormonltui haa Hi H changed," It appcara that he lnu 111 HI changed alto. Ho now Ihlnkt that jl Wl "When Mormoultm aball alto admit II H Ittaiitagonuiu toward the rnuttltutlori of Jl H the United Hutet, It will In trcatnl at Jj a JH any othi r form of religion and Utah from HI HJ being a Territory will boomuo a Hule and F B u alar will beam In tho contlellallon of Hr HU our national lutuner. tee Ihtn ml Ok the long war on thtt religion which wat HJ HS lieguu when rretldtut Jainot lluhaoan HJ HJ toot an army umltr (lenaral Jolintlon W HI tii command obcillcuie In Ibo talltfyof I, AH Uuh and the ilenu nclalory IrgUUtlou W Uj whkh hat U-eu continued under alt tho I Hj eucCcTillug rrveldtnta agidntt Hie of-Mi of-Mi SM f, met of that religion will cmo, and the H IH tiiultltu lee of llcntlli In Ulah, In many I HJ of their citlot no far oulnumUrlng the I nil Mortnunti will havethoaUaiiugoolllv ijH lug In u Htate n-gularly vontlltuted In II til etia-t ofdaelllng undor IliedUadtantago jy Bm ol a Ttrrllury. hen that day comet, jl tSM Moriuonltln mutt l0 treated at any olbtr m en religion It trettod Frtedom f9 toMurthlpdo.1 lu auy way they with ll I "SvR " purchatcd for the ooplo at 109 dear I Mom aprtcoover tone turreuleroil. Our way Iff tluR to drlvo out ftlie religion It to prtach the Plf i iJnfl true religion. bl ! PMu " all lull It dewndent upon tho ao- Eu It Jm kuowledgmenl that "Mornionliat" haa J ll( (" any "antigoulim"toardtheL'oml. I ar, ' tullon of til United HUlri, wo ore I , afraid that It will lake a loug time to K fulfil hit roay rcllcllont. Hut he Ik irubably dll uot mean exactly what H 1 haaaldon that point, and wo aro will. Ing to let ll go In Tlew of Iho lllrallly nf hit Mntlmenti concerning rellglwt liberty, which otery Ituo American will eudorto and which eihll.lt teu a greater changa of heatt In Iho llrook lyn pulpiteer that ho rcelYei In "Mormoultm." That It a far belter way lhan Uie thunder of artillery ten with "a falta religion." Wo aro willing lu compare our creed with lilt al any time. Hut no mailer how film one religion may appear to tin ileroteei of another, cannon and ball, gunpowder andbloodthedaronol tb vreintof true Chrltllanlly to bring agalntt II, nor aro tin y roruiatlblo with the ten tlmenta of aomo iicople In tho nineteenth nine-teenth century. The lecturer, after dealing with "MormonUm" ed on to Mohaut medanltm and ralJ: "The harlior of Joppa on the Me liter-raneen liter-raneen tea It kept In the aarne dtngerout condition at It wtt hundred! of yeart agu. tthyf Hmu.e Mobamuinltnitm Jim not want eettalt lu land there. VI hen, on Ihember 1, IWi we cntere.1 that htrbor we floated In among the rockt which hire wrockeil an 1 drowned more ople than any rockt In any htrbor htr-bor of Hie round world Molmnmedan Inn wool J rather Lave the 1mU wrecked than to hate them itfely landed " Wo da not belleeo that ilthir Mo-hamnivdtuUtn Mo-hamnivdtuUtn or 111 adTocatit can lo fairly chargttl with any luch tentl-inenlt. tentl-inenlt. The lecturer ilrtlre aboTti all Ihlugt lo air hit wonderful travela aud flaunt an apH-aranco of bravery before hit follower! In llrooklyn. And ho It not rllcular whether 11 It tho eatt or Iho wett, "Mormoultm" or MohtmniedanlHti which ho tnlire re tenia, to that ho can mako It a lo Ic for tentallonil dltcourtee and ttartllng announcementa. It Mohammedaut did uot want Tet.clt to land In certain tlacei they could very latlly trevetit them. Atidirbnrlf Ihcy had known thai m Import. tit a portonago at Da Wilt Talmago wanted to it In at Jop without "Hotting In among iho rockt," they would haveeiiided tho vt amounlt nereatary to reinovo IhOMi obtlructlont to that ho might havo no eicute for taylng that they would rather havo litm wrecked than landtafrly. Hut Mr. Talinage pmllcla a wonderful wonder-ful change. It It tab brought about by modern Intention,, lloinyi, "Tho ihlldren or ilarknrea are terrified with Iheaound of a ileam whittle." Ily thlt he leavri tho Infereuco that ho ineam both "Mormont" and Moham-tnedant, Moham-tnedant, anlrallroadt and lelrgraht he Ihlnkt will U Hi. meant of reforming reform-ing them. Kiartecmattlll toboa art of hit goal llcy after all. Forco alto, lie aayi: 'The Ulble, which It now a Hat pag, will be put on I tifnogrtplildrylltider,aud where the oye rtfutet tu rea t the ear will lie comiiollod to llttcn. Hall, then, all Ihete modern Invenllont and appllaurea. rtlto rtllginnt cannot bear the eight or the tound of Ihtm." Klnt terrify them with the tound of Iho ttcaui whittle, then grind out aud thuudir Into them Iho Ulble by momter honograi Ii and Comlal them to hear It, whether they will or no. Tunny, Im'l It, fur a Christian 1 riachri? Hut Iheti It It only Talmagelan oratory and Uoein't tut an anything but tound to tlcklo the Itch lug eart of the fatlilonablo llruok. lynllei. llotelltof what the rallroi.lt havu done for Halt Lake and Ogdeu by way of reforming I lice clllct. And thli, hocounecta with tho notion that "falte rellglom"--ono of which he coutldera "Mormornltm to lie," cauuot bear the tighter tho tound" of rattroadt, tele-grtpht, tele-grtpht, tho phonograph, etc. Well, tomeono thould Inform the iuiertlclal lecturer that the "Mormont" helped to build tho flrtt railroad acrota Iho continent; conti-nent; that they havvbullta numlierof othi r rallroada In Utah; lint they lail)t tho tint telegrai h Hue here', that they Introduce! tho flrtt liouograph In thlt city; that thty ratronUo tho teh houe, the electric light and all other modern lni ruvemeutt; and thcrifore hit argument argu-ment amouuta tu nothing or rather Diet hackluhlitetth, when ho lallt "Mor-inouUui" "Mor-inouUui" a "falno religion." Hut It It UMileiito follow hlmfurllicr. Mr. Talmtgo It a florid and firvld orator, ao mewhatiiiAtiutMllo In manner au I tentatlonal In matter. Ho druwt large crowdi at a droit will do. Hut holtvery urflclal In hit IiiYcttlga-tlnni IiiYcttlga-tlnni and rvukliai In hit eutciuetiti, often utterly unrellablo at (u facta and vtitlrely untafu In hli deductlout. Hut woaruiliaved tuteuthat he It tome what changed In hit vlewt aa to Iho treatment ol whnt ho contldert lalto rrlUloui, and lio that hu will continue con-tinue to Improvu 10 that he may 0110 day make aomo approach la tho character charac-ter of a Chrlttltn. |