Show n T ow mi I 1 gave been a 1 study ot of the theM M rmon Irmon tev ter So and So le 18 mt 1111 In Utah on the spot lOW We have hae sent Int a corre to Salt Satt Lake City to tI gate Mormonism These Theae ere are some ome ot of the tho statements we e find In different vc V newspapers published In the East and rk In the South This would be both hoth In Int Ine e t and encouraging to the Mar MarIt Marta ta It non people It If the pretended me gallons were conducted with may degree h of and a to obtaIn facts to the doe doc er if and antt correct information ns et trines trIm spIrIt and Intent of the Church n ot of Jesus Christ of Saints s1 common commonly called the Mormon Church co ce It depends n great dent upon the tate state stater r ot of mind and the pUrpose In the heart ot of an who makes n a study ot of Ill rn an any religioUs or qU ques s nh 11 tion If he begins with a settled con vie vien I I n o tion that the system he be I Is about to pry IIi In Into Iii Is wrong and his object ct Is to Ills dis ml It cover It if possible evidences ot of Its et f falsity he nUt no doubt find many manyd Ii d thIngs whIch will lit Into ids his and ande e confirm hIm In ht his original position I Nearly everybody who comes to Utah y l for tor the nominal purpose ot of nl II lag takes It Il for tor granted grantell u that the whole concern Is either a ax x fraud or a delusion find and ho he does not nott what will It t look for tor anything but y Ush one or the other ot of o C l In nearly eol every too the I tc II pretended Inquirer goes golS to sources Durce from fromi I which sow flow only mIsrepresentation r abuse burlesque and caricature These 1 fall In with n Ith the desire or of the and he be adopts them m at once In make mak makIng Ing out hIs communications to the jour II 5 nal or ma magazine which he represents h lie sets forth these nil as If he quotes quotel from Mormon e d does not take the trouble to go to the of faith of the t Church but accepts from Its enemIes g garbled quotations from works work that are an r not recognized M as authoritative or Iso 1 I laced sentences from old sermons with without t out giving the explanatory context In II v relating Mormon hIstory he flies c atones ns as though hey Wore authenticated fact and In dei ing Mormon society he repents repeals ab absurd surd purd and mon monstrous trou tales told by I 1 hates bates who revel In everything salacious and who delight In scandal That Is s how Mormonism Is usually J studied d by newspaper and clergymen who ho pay Ilay u 0 brier brief visit to this city and lInd have the ego egol I l to assume either that the they knew all about It before they cane or have i 1 Imbibed n a complete understanding or of the tbt questions involved In Its the I remarkable organization and the practical questions Involved In the b by n a hours or weeks omon among It Its most mORt vigor Igor vigorous ous and subtle opponents It I is rare Indeed that nn any ot of them hem so go to th the faun foun Cain aln hood head for tor Information It they do mingle with people Collie who can give them light It Is merely that thal the they Inn may W be Wable beable able to say that the they had Interviews with promInent Mormons How Itow often otten on one mn may rood In and c eastern N about what f fIn is In the Dook of Mormon and And that 1 the Rn alleged od quotations are aro either not In III InI IIII I the ho book at all or eo 80 changed fl as to be 00 bethe I the opposite or of what the book conveys I That w work rk Is denounced I from the pUlpit as n a rell religious ro romalice roI I malice mance or 01 as n It bla blasphemous phem I ous and counterfeit ot of the I BIble k the tho Rev nev It If ItI I they have over rood road tho book and when 1 pressed Into a corner for tor n a dh Ct reo re S 1 ply they have to acknowledge that they have hao been Neen but alleged extracts from It The rho most extravagant and nd none i al notions that could be 00 bee I e d dnn called religious nr are commonly i presented to tho ho public as Mormonism I Some or of the very ery Wont wort ot of the ON 09 ot M the Mormon people end and theIr doctrine ore are among time ministers ot of the Christian t L ions They h Me are deserving ot of all the denunciations upon the tho sees f a at d 1 scribes and doctore and law lawers IA ers by the tho Savior or of the Voria lie among moo men They are re en cn Caged In n a simIlar Th They Will wul If hn entitled d to the tho same reward Men ot of thou cia were the chief cause caused d A of f th the and aM bloodshed that came e Salala In th the early days Of the Church They Ar are I 1 following In the Ule seine course but with other On today They wIll up tip the full Cull tn measure Sure or of the cups CU II of their i I and then go 0 to their own pl place Ll I W t warn our at a 8 distance that It is II to send h clerical or I to Utah to gather up anti Mormon I pabulum to dish out to their readers Ills It Is a 11 waste of time and uni money Th They can glean slean all the kind klud ot of stuff they i Want from antl literature II If they Mormon works th they CAn let get them from Mormon sources They also allO lf he by br tI o who ho are out among amone Item for the purpose of diffusing Correct W We no notice In th the Chattanooga Tenn 1 l N tU that on an invitation was recently l c extended from tM the B Went sent 11 of the Southern States Slates MI milon f to mInisters and the Elders and learn Iaru what they have to offer orter to the publIc That i r gives n a foil fair reo re rePort Port ot of 1 a held in III Chatta tin and after staling what was h by Lender lien Den E Rich arid adds tile lie He closed his remarks remark by extending to the mt ot of the oUy Il a cordini invitation to visit the mission home and converse freely the young men man ot of the Mormon Church who are bore holO engaged It missionary work rte Bald Let t u us not hate one an another other owr fiat let us reason rellon together If you ou have A truth that we have not we will gladly accept It ud and If we have an er r rIM IM for that you call poInt out ot we will 11 gladly dou It be thankful for tor your aid Jd Jb It t to us UI Many ot of our I ve suffered the hand ot of VI Iud sud III teeny times these theae snobs Mobs have been headed b by those to be ut of tM the Gospel a palm ot of 1 hike louks better than tile the gun IUn In the hands ot of one who rho claims to he s a minister of Christ t so come ome and let letus us UI mason together That s th the spirit In which nil all who want to know Mormonism m as It is 19 should make their Ino We Weare Weare are not ahomed of at the tho Gospel we ha be nor of et In any principles of at our faith W We hold hoM them nil all IUS as divine It Is our mission lon to them to the tho world Thy They are not to bo be hidden In n It corner or shut up in the closets closet of our souls nor are they to be expounded b by those woo who take In ridIculing and distorting hem Lot those who wont want light refrain tram from plungIng Into dark to find ml It Lot ail who desIre In information formation about como coma or go to Its authorized t tires Ask and ye e shall receive seek and ye 0 shall |