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Show THEY NEED THE MONEY. Judging from a purported special dispatch which appeared in tho Tribune Trib-une of Monday, tho bogging preachers preach-ers aro changing their tactics as to Utah. Hitherto tho Lollichs. tho IlltTs and tho Wishanls havo told tho people in tho oast that Utah was a hard and discouraging flold in which Hi labor, that converts wero few, that Mio peoplo wero utterly benighted and that It required much money nnd liberal lib-eral collections to onnblo thoso godly god-ly (?) men to mako headway in bringing bring-ing tho Mormons into their fold. Now it appears that Ilev. J. D. Kingsbury, D. D snid at Springfield, Mass., that 'tho eyes of men aro on Utnh. Tho religion of the false prophet has boon exposed in all Its gross sen suality at tho nation's capital. A largo and increasing number of the peoplo nro turning away from false leadership. leader-ship. Tho Mormon leaders no longer hold tholr firm control of the people. Our churches havo many converts from that faith. Never' a moro promising prom-ising day or greater hope. "Tho now road from Salt Lako to tho coast opens up new realms, and now cities aro springing up all along tho lino. Itieh lands aro brought under un-der now irrigation. Sandy and Vernal Ver-nal nnd tho older churches nro moving on witli good liopo and substantial progress. Tho school work thrives. Our churches in Salt Lako aro crowded crowd-ed with worshipers. Park City has largo hopo. Provo moves on with largo forco. transforming tho city and realm. What wo need is missionary funds to carry forward tho work. God opoiiR tho way. The promises aro fulfilled. ful-filled. The way is open. Let tho churches como to tho holp of tho workers true and faithful, and thoro shall bo largest success." What a mighty change! And all within a month since Itov. Wishard was in Chicago and told tho peoplo there of tho horrifying conditions in Utah. There aro, however, two statements state-ments of Rov. Kingsbury wo don't quito accept. Ono is that the ovan-gellcal ovan-gellcal churches havo mado many converts from the Mormon faith, and that tho churches in Salt Lako aro crowded with worshipers. Truo they ought to bo and would havo been, but for the knocking by such reverend gentlemen gentle-men as Iliff, Wishard, Leilich ot al. Thoy aro not by any moans crowded now, and wo hadn't hoard of any great Influx of Mormons to tho other churches. An averago attendance of six at tho evening services in some of tho Methodist churches isn't ex-actly ex-actly what could in tho ordinary acceptation ac-ceptation of tho term bo called a crowd. There is ono thing, however, upon which Wishard, Illff et al. and Rov. Kingsbury aro agreed, and that is that whether tho outlook is dark or bright, "what wo need Is missionary funds," good, fat collections, whether tho churches aro empty or crowded. On tho whole, however, we liko tho tono of Rov. Kingsbury. It's a great Improvement on tho Illff-Lollich brand. Tho peoplo outside at least learn from It tho fact that this state is not a place to bo shunned by decent, well disposed people. n |