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Show 10CEIIMM1 UTMI MI Till: "JiOltJIlUN." I.N Tht CAurcA uf Jloma and Mroud for July, IheoQlelal organ of tbeUeu-oral tbeUeu-oral Aiaembly of the l'rntolerlan Uhurch In the United Htatex, apeari a generoua article by the tilltor, Her, Henry A. Nolion, ou hU tUII to Salt . Lake City, and one ou the tcrvlcea In the Tabernacle which lie attended. Dr. Nelson was oue of the large com pany of l'rrsbylerlan mlntitera who camu here la May on their way to the Assembly at 1'ortlauJ, Oregon. He flees n very fair discretion of this city, Illustrated by a good eiigraelng of the Temple block and Its vicinity, and closes the article as follows "I cannot think that tthattirnr Is wrong oreell In this city end Territory will lie more oaslly remedied, or avol led elsewhere, by Iguurlng what Is good and desirable. It looks to mo as Iflhlsro luarksblo en le hod mado some 1 aliuble contrlbutU ns to unitary and i-vonomlo aelencfi. Ily bbwirvliitr, honoring and ImlUllngthuie, we shall not make them len willing tuaicct our hol lolheao- I lulltlou of any uiorsl an 1 religious f trulhs tthl.h Uiey newt us to teuch tbum." Of the services In the Talernaclu tho geulleman gives an ac curate summary with some comments, to the spirit of which no i xceptlou im be taken. He- ferrluglothn r.marks of onu of I he s (Takers on that occsilou he taya "the testlmouy that ho knows la not suf flclcnt to male u know and to Justify us In bellevlugso much as here rests on his mero assirtlon," And In the closing aragrapli of the article ho as: ' Mtaimhlle let not our fellow eltlncns J who uaiiio Ihemsuh es 'Utli r dsy bslnts' JJ alt of us acknonlwlgtncnt of the Hook of K Moruiouaaof equal authority with tb WJ .llbleuntll woseo evldenco of II such as 1 that on which wo thus accc t and reTero Kg tho lllble." S It waa not clnlmrl that the pi testimony of oue man or more K was aulllclent to nuke other S men kuow the facts ttstllled ol. UJ Hut the testimony of sincere arsons M IsMry powerful lu trcatlug belief In t the minds of other slnciru ursousasto k'S the truth of that which Is testified. hjk A nd no one Is asked to believe any. raj thing In the creni of the Latter day j! Halnta simply iiou ths stntiments ol lJ others. Vet Paul thought It nrt of Bffl his duly In his day to testify that he ES knew certain things lu refennce to Hj Chrl-t and Ills Uospil, and all the Kl Apostles claimed "We speak the things Bl wodoanomand tistlfy o(thatwehau IS seen." Hea-on, argumtnt, stateliHiita KV of facta andHirlplure quotations, fol- kjMJP lowed by testimony aa to eraonal MJ knowledce of their truth, together form au array ol evldmce which Hj thinking people miy rationally con. H slder, aud all are couslstiut In u doc B trlnal discourse. H As to the Hook of Mormon, tho Lat Hj tct d) Halnta do not oak any ackunwl. B udgement, without ovidiuce. And B " there b not at leust ns jjM much direct evidence that the Wj Hook of Mormon Is a divine H ricord as there Is concerning the dl jj vlnlty orthss Illtle, we ask nomantn J accejtlt. The dllllcully In Iho way Is J that tho clergy of thouge either lefuso J to Investluate the clslms of that II uk, J or examine them with nltiJa mado Laff jdi MBi I up against then. And usually the Investigation Is superficial as well rejudlced, and tho grounds alleged lor Its rejection woul I he tnually applicable applica-ble against the lllble which Hie) accept, ac-cept, Aa"oni awallow dcrt not make summer," one discourse dote not ex pound "Alormonlsm," And If Hie reverend gentleman's liberal advice In relation lo the "good and desirable" (ontrlbutlonsof Ihe Latter day Valuta lo "sanitary and icocomlc science, "I folio cd lu regard to tin Ir contlll utloiis to theolosr.lo Imi Irtd literature aud to religious doclrlae, we are of the 0 In Ion that many of Ihe who men of the day will gr atly change their vie es as to lus faith an I books which are popularly classed as "Mormonlsm." In the iimo magatlnewn fin J under un-der Ihe heal of "Utah," communication communi-cation from Kev. Jas, Thomrsou of Hmlthneld. This forms rt striking and unpleasant contrast lo Ihe frank and fair contribution ol the editor. Mr. Thomson makes a vigorous ellort to mlsref resent Iho people among whom he lives, their aits and motlvis and their prlncllia To prove this we nuke a few extracts from his article. It Is my opinion that Ihe political moreuienton natloiiAlllnes Is a srheino for Mormon i-oner as f-tr as they are conoirneil, and that every uun that has gone hand an 1 glore with tl em from the 1 Iberat urlr has dotio an for mean, selfish purposes, an 1 such rsn no more lie trusted than tho Mormons them selves The Mormon J eople have no respect for the Habbsth ilar an I In that respect thoro la no disagreement among thorn " ' Tliey aro ot on a Irocates of Intemperance, Intemper-ance, hot ling thtt It Is rljht and proper that a uun should drink liquor as a hovers hov-ers jo. In this thoro Is no s ill among them and tbey most practically demon, strato tliolr liellef an t aro staunch and fslllifal lupjiorter nf the rum seliors, s for their veracity and chastity, they am well known an t nrod no comment." " The Mormon re llgton Is a human re llglon, and Is most admirably adapted to msn In his corrupt nuturalststo. rl) It takes for granted that man by nature Is a religious animal (Jl It takes for granted that ha Is an Irreligious animal li Thai these two ctiaraclerMlm of tho natural brail iiin-t l-o fully satisfied and rothlng but an absolute rrictcrafl could com lota tbo harmo ny of such a religion " There are "wolves In sheep's oloth-lng"nmong oloth-lng"nmong all religious .locks.) 1 f the Iter, Jai. Thomson, of Hmllhfleld, Is not one of them the saying la without with-out ruiHsulug. If the Father ot Lice had set hlmsell to the task of completely com-pletely misstating and perverting the beliefs and endeavors of the Latter day Halnls he could not have succeeded any better than lias this trofessed I reacht r of the gospel. What olject he could have In making statements that every-welt Informed prsou ktiowa to be utturly,false, Is a question that at once presents Itself. Here Is his own exilanatlon for writing such stun y "I want to Impress Ilia Hoar 1 Ihat tho missionaries of Utah have something to contsnd Willi," We "want to Impress the Hoard" with the fait that this articular missionary mis-sionary Is uu worthy ot credence aud totally unfit to occupy any position under Its auspices. There Is not is word ot truth lu all his asserttuns which we have quoted. There la no ixcuie for them rxiejt that which he has glreu and the raucor that springs up lu a soured and cha-grlmdsoul. cha-grlmdsoul. Hesaya "I lme attempted specltl services la Ice but am uuabte to report any deuu-lion deuu-lion suit." "1 had hoped toseonro a hearing from tho Inullug Mormons, but they would not entor our chspil " He got sou to state that he liaa been teaching a commercial data and obtained ob-tained thirty ju lis, tut hasjys. "While I gained their respect and con II lencn I did not secure their attendants at publlo worship" "They are not unlike the ltidlsns lying In ambush. Tlioy will sail) forth as I y mngto until tbey 1111 the houso and )urd uud then ngsln scarcely ono can be snu anywhere." The probability Is that oue preaching from this iiraoti was sutllclent. The piople sited lilui up. If they had discernment they perceived hie Insincerity aud beheld the btackneea ol his film hinrt. The Iter. Jl. Thompson with n p Is not likely to irovuasuccisa lu Utah or anywiiere elsu where truth Is valurd and slander Is despised. Ills proler place Isdea irlbedluItoT. xxll r. 18. Wo are i leased to turn from this disagreeable reference, to a letter we have received fromoneof the Iteverend gentlemen whu vlsltid this city with tho Presbyter Ian delciatlou aud who with many othira havu spoken favorably fa-vorably of our asrvlcea and our peo-I peo-I lu. He has slnto tun riadlugthe works of the Church. We do not know that he woul! like uatouse his namt.ua he lathe pastor of n 1'rcshy Irrlan church In Ohio, therefore we merely quote one ntssgu In his Utter without designating the wrlu r '.My whole Idm as regards tho Litlcr diy Kalnts, or 'Mormons' as tbey are tallod, hae undorgouo a complete roio lullon. I ba 1 bieu led to look upon them as Ignorant, bigoted, narrow selfish, at u smtl, devillali Hutlfonnl Uum Intel, llgenl, lullhatsd, iteoul, generous, charitable, lousttralcd, worthy of both I lai o and position among the other rcll llous denominations id Iho world 1 b iso my eomliiitoiw uhpu what I saw an 1 hoard white sojourning lujourfsr tsiucd an I beautiful i Hj " Huch ust ap recUtlon from cultured an I Christian guitlemen more than louipemate for the ervirslons of thu mall souled, 111 bud and dlsappolutid pulpiteers who seek lo spusd sianJal nndfosttr pnjudlce among thuunln formed. We ho e that many more of Ihe religious teachers of the seels will rometoUtah anl see the "Mormons" M they arc, an I that they will look Into our doctrines, and find out what we Ulle-o not from our ineuilea but from the authorised expositions of our Church. These who do this will find that good edn"cemeeut of Natsretli." |