Show llOn A tl J CH The Washington Post POll some acme time ago took ook occasion to 8 say II a word the Saints It was as discus shig In the question of discrImination against the to tile Union of such uch States at a as Arisona on account ot of the Mormon ormon population and pretest fd ed against such luch discrImination The Tho Post said Id In part The Tb Mormons a Church a Christian Chur Church h and so n long as al th the thedo do not vIolate the la laws ton will not discriminate against them To bat bata a State out of the Union because a part of It its I inhabItants belonged belond to a pirtle particular ular sect ct would be a bad precedent To this eminently American and cor correct correct view tb the St It PAul Pioneer Pre Preen enters It its I objection In the following of ef of gall gail and strong strone strongly ly lr contrasted to the spirit ot of peace anti and good will toward all men mell WhIch the season should houd have haTe inspired J It says It If lb the constitute a Chris dan lIan Church then Ihen th the Mohammedan Art are also alo and Christians ot of r 1 clean cleaner type than the Mormons Th Mohammedan conception or of God Cod Is a aCar afar far Car nobler on one than that of the Mor anti the reverence paid to Jesus Christ by the of Islam Is Ii ot of a amore amore more genuine character r The persist anc of the Post In the Mor lor In the Mine me category with nap flap Catholics and II a part of th the great t Chris han bod body shows how either Ither II a Ig or a studied purpose to tI tie and insult InsulL Its follow tollow era ra raThe The purely question whether the Saints IN are Christians or not is II really of verb r little moment It makes no ble to 10 them whether hether In the judgment of so IU profound a theological scholar as al tb writer ot of the Pioneer I Press are ot of a cleaner eleaner type than the Moz Ilor mona mou Tb They ar are perfectly content to toI I abide by the decision of a hl higher trib tribunal tribunal unal than that a as to their true status JD In the sense nH ot of UI the word wont a Christian I ii he who ho worships the one true Dod through the OI one MedIator Jesus Christ ml His Son In n R a narrower sense InH a Christian is lit he who ha lute I through the divinely appointed ordin ordinances ances ancel authorities accepted Christ Christas II as IdentifIed himself with Ills cau cause for tor h Ida l own salvation and that of at atthe the race and u a consequence loads load loada a life In III conformity with the laws and ordinances of tb the G Gospel I B fly these the Saints are arB willing to be tested Their theology may mar not lie be on the lines ot of the Athan Athanasian asian creed and the Au Augustinian theology But flut their Clod is b the God ot of Abraham Isaac and Jacob the God of 01 fosea And the Prophets Prophet the God of Ju Jesus and III His A eternal whom they have been taught to 10 worship an OUr Father which J Is in III heaven Can ChristIans have formed any cleaner or purer er At of aed than that It If so 10 pray Ira what is II It Rut But as hAs bu been remarked the judg judgment ment pa passed td upon Mormon ormon theology by an unfriendly and ignorant PreM or even vell by br steeped In prejudices I is ot of ve very little IItti con conse consequence quence Of more mort moment Is th the fact bit thet an II newspaper does dou not seem to realise 11 the danger ot of Inc ing a religious tNt test for Territories ap apPlyIng PlyIng for tor statehood suppose Suppa that there are an man many Mor mou in III Arizona suppose that the charge bar tim true that are Christian of a Cleaner type than the Mormons suppose that Baptists Catholic Presbyterians and Meth oUe olIt Ire are u II much superior to Ih the Mormon u the J I Press seems to think what of It What hAt has that thatto to 10 do 40 with the admission ot or Arizona to lb the V Tb The and Ind tb the 11 etc may hu have In an Idea that In fa Ute next world orld tile they shall be given A Ar t r on eternal fIul happiness from th JOlt lofty ol of which t the may look down on into an aby abyss In which to their JO joy Mormons and Mo i R and nd others shall hall pUtt pain RII an eternity In wailing gnashing ot of teeth and th they may even aven In this life lite derive derlY sill II the satisfaction they can call out ot of the of this spIritual east leut But a as for tor the affairs of thin Republic thanks to God there II no such luch separation between the orthodox and the heretics And to advocate one is II t to assail 11 the ConstitutIon It It were r for tor bigotry to br bar a out ot of the Union on account U t of the complexion ot of I Its i It would be beU u well 1 to die di tb the grave r ot of l liberty rl at the them Um time same m I W We would recommend the sentences spoken by Louis Koeuth at ll 1111 n Boston ton Apri April 1 20 to the careful study tudy o of Al alt thO those who bv have confused Id ideas ot of what liberty I is What ho he sid said of nations nallon Is able abl to sects awl c classes lie He remarked Ll Look to at and when your our heart at tb the fact that liberty never yet t was a laUna In alY any corner comer ot of the world and In ay any Ir age you 01 wi will the ke key of It In the gloomy lom truth that al all who yet wel were f tree regarded liberty al a their privilege instead ot of regarding It U as I a principle The nature tur of ever eu Ii i that ot of a principle I Ii communicative LI Liberty is isa a prInciple ta Its community is I 11 ito Hur HurI I Ity II Ia its doom What II aristocracy Jt It I exclusive I lIberty It I is ad and I doomed because I It I Is contrary to 10 the destIny and welfare o of Aristocracy racy rcy should vanish not In the nations lut but 81 also from amon amongst the nations So Solon lon long 1 an that I is not ilone liberty I Ill nowhere b be on earth earthA A privilege never sn in b be lasting erty ry restricted to one nation never can b be eure re You Ia tY say We are tb the prophets ot of 00 God but you shall hal nt not Ca 1 Oo Ged I is only our led The JeW Jews have said Id so 0 and th the pride ot of Jerusa le lies In the dust dut Our Savior taught al all humanity to 10 K say Our Father In fleaven and Ik is II lasting to the end of da daI days I It b has len been the curs curse or of mankind that ACts Ind and parties have nearly always ahls claimed for themselves the rights and ancI privileges they have denied to 10 others Not until there thue II is a change In this reo re cn can liberty b be finally rule supreme In al nit the erth earth |