| Show I i f eft OUT OUTi i J j Hc I I I hour hoof t tA r 0 yam to toa n v r L I a It II A I 1 b t J l i r l z F t ten len length V I y dull 1 I Leo Leoto Leoa of ot it a to low law pre prec preMI C 7 MI MIiko h 1 hako iko ako r wa WIl tt a 9 t tTO J I TIO TO r utra l are arelt ver Up vor vorM Mi lt M j the to r Vise i ho Iho hoIn In 9 if Ini tod i IN A MODERN ATHENS n 11 D VU Tt mI Iders Proclaim What Whal Appears to be an anAnd 12 Unknown God Godl H l And Yet Tee It Il U la the fod gut lIf olli llIe Revealed Through llie ebe Lord Jesus Juu Elder George Gcorge D Canto Casto In a n letter dated Minn Oct 28 says I Elder Charles Bergeson and Ind the writ writer writE El Elon E er arc are located at nt Minn hav hn having ing been appointed to labor here at nt our last conference held at Minneapolis Ml two taro months ago This Is la a city of ot on Inhabitants and Is one et of ot tho the educational centers of at Minnesota It Is prat I commonly called the Athens of at the thet t II northwest and the term la partially ap op applicable Ivy lve In that the tho city not only re resembles reo ts tsE that Grecian metropolis In an nn educational sense but U la also similar In InIC IC 11 spiritual aspect o Paul we are ore told by byr r holy writ preached ached the unknown God to o tho ro Athenians Ath and bitterly Inveighed lord against the Idolatrous practice BO so f C fAt t prevalent among them Notwithstanding At ing their colossal c rink rank educationally ed eddo Athens at ono one time being the cap cal capstone caldo do dons doh stone atone of at the grand educational strut structure IIi ture of at the tho world tho the Athenians were ns ne spiritual dwarfs In their mud mad u for for tor In intellectual superiority superiority they they Had ji fl kept In dark oblivion the Inner man mall manthe mann n the neglect of at whoso whose development js rs very wry disadvantageous to the tho hu human human cH t man family These Thc a seine same conditions sp sy s obtain among these modern Athenians I am um sometimes led I to remark that the rU Athenians Athenians of today ore are equally Idola Idolatrous Idolatrous trous Some stand aghast at tho tM of ot i thoughts of this strange utterance Said Bald Balda fig 1 a II resident le ld nt of oC this city to me the tha other rte Ite day tiny Behold our churches number them If It you will and then ascertain J how many missionaries we have In Inthe wit nit the heathen world winning souls soul from of ot the avenues of sin and ungodliness Yes friend have true I I replied my you truthfully spoken In your city there al at tire lire many churches church 9 In fact tact your city Tt TL Is la Intoxicated with We Wo Weare Wet WoI inC t I n nt are declaring that same oame unknown God about whom Paul preached Tho The mod modern modern modern pa p ern sects se ts have 1110 manufactured n a God of or whoso whose nonentity Immateriality and anti ande t le e they make open m inn and emphatic tlc declaration To him the lire theor modern theologians point the or Ii bid the applicant for salvation render h f homage accordingly Against ouch such Mj v Y theological procedure we are dally pro protesting Ital tal il testing In this city ctrl are arc located the Shattuck Military school the tho Institute ei e ea ii f for tor Deaf Dear Mutes the State School for forthe forthe the Blind the State Stale School for tor Feeble 1 2 minded the St Marys College CoHeRe and tl th Divinity Bh school The fhe Theall n all 1111 the tin 1111 two Li named bunted are under the tho suzerainty of or the I church hems henc hen referred Ider d to as us humanitarian s In Import this military school 1 is second only to West Point Utah has a n represent r alive doing service within Its Us confines My Iy companion und and I have hae traversed some omo of oC the country districts In this nice Hire county count cold and have havo met people whose privilege it has hoe been lieen to hear tine the venerable Apostle now nol deceased George Georgo Q Cannon proclaim the tenets of to multitudes that as assembled assembled In the small school houses The Tho people In this vicinity have been quite luite thoroughly warned of thE edicts edict pro pronounced pronounced upon the tho Impenitent Iniquitous ous ow and ungodly by Almighty God Clod through HIs duly appointed servants not only on In times past pant but In this day dl Y and generation Oner We are living In the eve of fulfilment We Wo are to leave the city for Cor another field In the tho near future Most of at tho the papers In this city have havo tried to embitter the tho minds of the people against us We iYe are lire thankful to the Lord Lard however for Cor working die dis discrimination crimination In our favor tn vor among the tho members of at tho the press One Journalist t the editor of ot the Referendum has hils de defended defended fended us tie creditably and has plead our cause among the reading rendinG public bile Ho Ito HoIs Is loud In his denunciation of at what he terms punctilious Christianity and andun un making frequent reference to that clause In the deca decalogue decalogue logue of our nation guaranteeing free treo freedom freedom dom pure and unsullied In thought and activity religious mill and oth Recently we the wrote a 11 letter to o the di ell directors directors rectors of the public library tendering thorn thom nn an nger ot r of oC a n 1 tree free copy of ot the Rook Book of or Mormon t which as yet wo Va have received no response The News which wo so among our o r friends trl Is always accorded n a hearty hEnrt welcome All admire Its In Integrity Integrity and fearlessness In the tho advocacy of truth m and righteousness Any one anti having relations In this section of oC country to whom ho would like Ilk to recommend us will favor faor us greatly by Informing us ue of at the fact even give me a chance to speak to him himI 1 I advised ed him right along to pay tha tM flue fine but he said he h would to toI I Jail than do It ll |
