| Show LETTER IAtlill IIIA A II IllIcy I The course that has leA Pursued by Il le-A II Hcnn pastor of the nrat Mhodlet I Iplscopul church In this eltYInce his ndn In till cm lunlly has been Much as to cntltlo him Personally anti its seralmeram to respectful consideration He has bn all earnest worker tt I his poster ate yet has been conservative broadminded broad-minded and charitable lu dealing > Uh Issucs and questions that are peculiar to this tate and has shown l disposition to avoid doing Inuitle to any class Ior thise and other reasons a letter from him dd March 30 but which cume to hand this morning heefull given pcT pc-T tile Editor 11I1t Die to offer II fevl comments un lour editorial cl March bill ccn Mnhlf Dr 11111 re Ient lctllre Coni QUine III Hev hnllar editorial limmit alInd ariX In your papel reflztlng upon the harBt or the vvoik Ulng don 111 the ChrlUall 1 hUT < hen ot this ft ate It BI ms IItUllg tho it m me reply oIuld tw I inable I nUI v quotation of tho Platin Utai16ft polgnmy Is I now being litLethd 0 In nil I 10 Ito or the 8tate I haxe little to a I It I I B mell knowlI fact that each elements are freely made by my people fill o ha around of lack or Idne I Is I 01 Cents I bt knwn to hene velem Jt has bquevvr bon admit 1 I I hi I hJ Mormon speakers themel yen that many who Had 1 taken to I them velvrs plural wives before tile Munl feet are still living with them and supporting them You are certainly mistaken In your supposition that state mnt 10 this effect are Wails befvred Kastern audiences by those who would not be perfectly willing to make them here Bt openly It I circumstances demanded 1 de-manded Concerning the question of church oncels and I state to which reference Is I madi b There fire lIIny 1100 air not palh ers lie eien mernipr of Christian churches who are firmly persuaded that church authority In political mat tire Is a deadly menace to free Institutions Insti-tutions This 1 In true no matter what tytions e1 church seeks to exercise I that aulholl t tY 1 Mormons If freeel from the die atlon f lion Mormon Church and Ile niltted 10 exercise Ihflr Inalienable tight ns free l11 en uru certainly I fm good rlllxcna And have ns much right 10 Come 1 Majority ns 11111 other < of men Sir It obtubbi organized as Methodists And Noting under Instructions Itlini MhI11 hurch officials and In obedience I TCb Ac idi ence tn Methodist church policy would not be tat rated anywhere In this lie Public nu met or h I otrong numerl roily they might be Tile world Ins I learned too ell Ito mural lese0v I aught It Iulln file Idllo aRes to ever Again lIhmll tn tile Political rule 01 a sevularlird church mhlllu 01 temporal 10 I e Th Chllt < h IIf f Christ I nrmed with I I I I Clot hll I I er11 111 I a II A 4 tfirPjtd Rod bro III Ih pat I i Proven Itself capable 01 leir de n 1 o4til ey all1 cf ill P pcirpetrdtilin Ofell0rolou orlm Jt in I not on 11101 11 ry AZ111 criMes xtrange Indnc III Ihl direction I Upon wllh so iplclon I an thoughtful net orlaally you blues I raht g o till rah I or In I that t > Utah Prxe lId t nl l-Id for missionary effort on the Part of the Christ llnn churches Why lei 10 risk should Utah not be Considered I nh It flem We have missionary Workers In every state In the tlnlon and In every ountry II d X 1Ih I I there 110 dr1mkCnnlr1 Imllor I nllly lie gambling I Z111d 1111111h hlllk Ing or yl Ic e of any kind In IHoh I IF thoro no roil lal Infidelity or world Ifins or ejection of Christ that t t tin 1 1 10011101 nol Ila preft Ill Whor t lure are those will oro I Ignorant of or o fh firnore the Frac firm I tencill n ut Christ there I I call for Ihe mng of I h r Whether Ih People rail I 11102 I Methodists nr Iormon Iroherilln I or Catholl 1Iaplll or Mommo dariR Congrern I man list I A or IIInduv Wllltien eviolliln rIo If liters I 11allh I phItUI It nil trick Of rl Ii Ij reol fou ell I ourfP It there t In I1 I tllutlon I of church membership or ill Ir iVoinian fit ritromfind I ceremonies I or a spirit of vital piety If here to I I vnrldllnoss and practical I forget ness nl God thom Id I certainly n field l < for irnest Christian mllonnr effort Tire evangel if a I c hllrh haO coal to Joh to stay Their Influence In I IIn a felt more nnd morn ey ry o I Thy hive came to nntgnlz not loin ept what I fat unhrlllall mlldlnlf And evil nlll they derdre I In Present the truth of ohotlon from rr ilIndol led In the Clarinet of Chrlt lor tho Inrtlvldllal acceptance of every sold w hm thy I on reach Very Irllly n nil nerlv Olin AlII1ID II IIrNHY 2P F Htret l > asto Plitt M M Church In the same spirit IIf earnest candor with which nov Mr Henry has np porenll endeavored to write the Nw will offer aomo olcrvallon upon matters he has touched It was not our Intention to deal severely with Dr llirr nor did we from our standpoint stand-point do BO not half as severely as lie dealt before an eastern audience With the relllou society which It I In t the duty of this paper to defend In regard to marital conditions In life State spoken of by him and 1 by Mr Henry the News has this to say Polygamy as denned by statute Is I the act of marrln II plural wllnnd I a felony The InanIColo abolishing olgani which was adopted by the Mormon Church nearly eight years 00 wn an assurance that no mort such marringes hould ter contracted hy members of that Church If Pr lllff poke aa he was reported he lie Ired that polygamy was being wide 1 practiced by the Moimon people which was equivalent In licensing hem of both perfidy and felony Now there has not occurred In Utah with tho consent of the officers ot the lormon Church since the ndo lion of the monllo n Final Instance cf Polygamy and hy a natural process the Institution of plural marriage Id t 1lng out Mr Henry might repl that Dr lllff and other personafrom Utah who have gone east and talked 1 In Il vein similar to that In which ho poke and whtw utternnces have been noticed hy the NeuP have In tended to be 1 understood as i uylng that mn 100 married pfural Alves before the adoption of the manifesto have continued recognition of them Inre IletAten uh reosnllloll and 1Iyg Amy there Is 1 a vast difference At the worst tile formr I only II mld men nor while the latter Is I a felony and the language the persons refereed to ure describes hit I greater offeitso The effect of such talk In the Iai OB Is I here objected to 14 I to greatly misrepresent the Mormon people and he actual status In Utah truth Inlet In-let ter nnd Plttl much mIA nra untruthful and unjust anti ronse quenlly unworthy of a professing Chrlllan IC persons Abu g6 uNn from Utah and talk nbout the Mormons Mor-mons would tell the truth and make tire truth comOrte and beparate II from evcrjthlng that h not of itself thla paper would never criticize them unklndl In regard to the question of church and state of which Mr Ilenr spooks the News can only refer to Its own Utterances and those of the general authorities of the Mormon Church re Ileated oil many lIrrrrnt occasions 10 chow that that Chinch utterly dls Claims nil control 01 its member In political matters A Mormon It I as free as a Methodist to take such part In Politics Join such party or vole such ticket as he may see It The zeal with lhlch one Mormon orposes Another In politics without either being called 1 In question by ecclesiastical 1 Authority sufficiently proves the absolute five dom of both from Church Control try far the most Important turtle of Mr Henrys letter Is I that In whleh he treats ot Utah as a missionary tteldl and the News willing concedes Ihe cogency nf what lid says upon this subject Wherever there ate those who are IgnolOnt I 01 or mho Ignore the practical teachings of Christ ther is I a call for tire messenger ul th Closs Is I a grand sentiment to t whleh too strong an nlomnt lInnot I It given by any believer In Holy Writ and the Intimation which Mr lUnry conveys In the closing Bent nces of his letter that all denominations In the State would Oo wtll to work to I gvCler In file Intrt 01 true retialon I III tile nto the cordial APPrillthm J > Nons11 Mr Jfenrs letter his hen called forth by comments made by this paper on the utterances of pelt ho bay pel-t east from Utah and have ftilre settled that crime ImmorIII still other conditions contrary to the teach Ings of Chrlsllanlt wro widely prevalent prev-alent In this Male and that the Mormons Mor-mons were Ihe tran eressors Hiall the Mormons remain silent while beIng be-Ing thus traduced 1 thall they mk lie deremo then thus nsalll Throughout thin whole controversy ho Is I the aggrcF < rl If the rontro I verY U I lo ape now shall It I be end Oil When the attacks reuse the strIfe till cease but not till then Mipposo a prominent ecclesiastic of Colorado were to tnivd 1 through the country presenting that In that ota ot-a largo majority nf the People were ructlclng Anti Abetting crime subvertIng sub-vertIng American Institutions do stroylng the t fiecdom ut election etc 1 I would I not thn lf I nver papers expose II ar 117 him Would tho plels representing I that portion of Ito Inhabitants of Col orml who were being thus Assailed remain silent It the Utahn who I ROCS nlad and mprnt5 his fellow citizens citi-zens as given to vll und criminal Practices a friend of hit Htntp lie H I hIt h-It enemy who km 10 tear down Its eputntlnn nnd Injure Its material In erests A trial question Would It lot be mote truly I Christian more onslatent with peace And brotherhood hood 1 more Bdanlagous to the nuan vial and 1 material Interta of out Mists and productive of mote good In every way for the people ot Utah clergy Poll laity saint and i sinner hc clever anti unlicyrr Iormon Jew unit 1 jntll for this commonwealth to settle It 4 own Problems wlthlll Its own border than to have men of room Inllcn Inclullng mlnlftern traveling and proclaiming throughout > the UnIon Un-Ion list a wicked plate Utah 11 I I |
