| Show IIHtl CDNCII VIII I 10IIMIIE Ono of the greatest pa chic pIm nomcna of our time is I tad Implaci hostility of religious teachers toward the Mormons Occasionally sucli a disposition Is I uown by a membei or the Catholic clergy but far more fra nuently It Is I manifested by Irottont pteocllcrewI00c proelons of love and fellowship for all mnklnd are mueh loulor thn oro Ihoo 01 the teche who hold tradition < to have equal au ttorlty with rovelllon and that the VeIls of Home la I the llccgerent of God When a professing Christian violates the commandment which forblda him to hate his brother without a raise he la very likely to break one other commandment com-mandment the one which prohibits the bearing of false witness Thoic elns are twins And thus it happens that the IIroset mlsrpreentallon nod Handera that have ever been circulated ul the exiense of the Mormon people have emanated from tho pulpit There are miniteee nod IItlslonnr workers representing many of tho leading BMtsof Chilstendom now employed em-ployed among the Mormon people Without exception kind l and 1 respectful treatment li extended to these relic Iou workers lp I members of the eloml nant Church In Utah notwithstanding thllr avowed purpose lo drclmnte the ranks of that Church oo much as pew ilblc Officials e > f the Mormon Church frcauently give to mlnluters of various denominators the flee use bf buildings for icliglous worship extend a ceo crous hoepltillty to them and show them every rllaonablo courtesy An act of rudeneo or dlreourty cum muted by u Mormon towards a minister minis-ter ot nny sect would be Instantly condemned con-demned anel disavowed by the biYcu eler 8 coiellglonlsts The Mormon IlelIble hold no aol mosllY towar1 ellher the clerGY or laity of other religious r ° cl tlet < on the contrary they intertaln fratlmenta of the broadest llbuallty and fullest I tolerance towards them all According I Accord-ing to thn llormon vlew I rilljlovia bo I J IJi let In tha Indlllduil U theresult tof evidence that has I > MU prifentcd to that Individ iaUmnd nrd Jiut Uv proportion pro-portion as that Individual han or his not hnd ncceS to or upporlllnity to hear and receive true evidence Is he nsponnlblo for his religious belief or I Ms I locI ot It and for Its character In regard to truth nrd error It fullons tronl tIlls theory tat ro IIklOIlS eomerrlor he I or ought 10 be B rondillon sultlnll tram appeals buIlt to th encases awl Intelloct the judgment coIl tb conclenee I tram org oe 01 II oebopon Ihn Scrllture end other rcognled authorItIes In religious re-ligious mutters nn1 from the olemn dclalnllons of 11cm gwitnnse 5 Why cannot the vrlnu els of Christendom Christen-dom content themdve Wllh reaon argument and evidence that appeal to the judgment and Intellect In their efforts to check the growth and spread of Mormonlim 1 ftlu cannot thoy tabs the teachings ot that people end show the fallacy of the same hy do they not offer ji religion tu the Mormon which bears better fruit I In every day life than daIs the tilth hlch that people cherish Why do profccscd Christian teachers perpetual I yr000r I to the unChrltlan moans of slnndei ami lube witness In dealing with the Mormons These reflections are suggested by a speelal dispatch from lioaton which np earcd In the Tribune this morning an follows 1 ncv J A Hamilton I > D editor of Congregational I13orOl and secretary of he Conglegatlonal IIncatlonal toclc tr 11 tsaladens peclnl InCotlcatioli of he present statin of Mormonlsm toted today mado a report In which ha stated stat-ed that the hope that Statehood t In Utah would result in tha essential end log of Mormon domination li not well grounded AIpllrently tIle Chllicb 100 alrady come to be the praellcal hal cocoa f I > loon btwel the Iwo great parties and accordIng tn Its 0100 1lla ire It ordains victory for one and de feat for the other Olllcer Inw nd mlnlstratlonull scelD to he man awl inure within its gift and while this Is not olenlbly oleratlllg to tho Cormal relnbllhment oC the pecullar boll tullon of Mormonlm It 11 clearly operating to foster and promote Us eEscntlil spirit The church leader are not elowlo see that the continued establishment of non rormon ochools must 110 I Ie entid and that na far as Iosslbl etery essential condition to life and V Inup clip must be withheld from those already In existence Lvcry effort ha hen put forth to secure the urcdom OIInoe of church repreellttlon In the hoards of Iduntlon 10 tar as the Plate Unlveroll Is corcerncd tin moement hn been uecocul I Xo ITcct the come In lesser I ichoeils seem alma to IK dctcrmnled Can It be doubted hat tho one effective remedy for the ra lltlonal unIt deep seiteel rolls nf Utah Is found In the principles repre I ented In Chrlatlan schools The quotation from nev Mr Hamll tons report Is a mass of mendacity Tho Mormon Church Is not the balance 1 bal-ance of power between the two great pirtles It docs not ordain victory for one nnd defeat for the other affl rem laws administration aro not within Its gift nnd the Deference to the peculiar institution by which Ills I presllmed polygamy is meant Is i fitting climax to this series of mls etatements The alleged opposition of ths Church leaders to the continued cs tabllhmnt of nonMormon aelleule Is I another misrepresentation All schools drawing support from public funds must under the law be non Bectarlan and no Church leader among the Mormons desires tha repeal ot that law The one effective remedy tor the traditional and deep Belted evils of Utah Is I founl In the principles represented repre-sented in the Christian schools What ore those principles Are they truth love Justice and charity or ore they falsehood slander hatred and false witness If the Christian schools nnd In this term we Includo Christian theologians nnd 1 exponents of religious thought would put in practice In their treatment ot Mar monlam and tho Mormons the precepts ot the Savior the change from some methods that are fresh In mind would bo 00 radical ns to aIDount to n revo lutlon How pleasant such n change would scowl l |
