Show THE EN NEW EW WEST E jj SCHOOLS on oil sunday evening inge 11 alic c ol of november be r the rev key aco IV phillips delivered before the yew new west E educational society at al union park I 1 uk church in the city of chic chicago ao a the annual sermon the topic of that occasion was tile the mormon menace the chicago inter ocean decraen de deeming crain the subject of general interest published the address addic is in ili full it is quite len lengthy C illy and were ere it not nol for that fact we would republish publish rc it so tint our readers could the better understand something Is of the ignorance I 1 egoism effrontery and prejudice shown by self appointed so called ministers of the gospel the is unique in home borne particulars in ili others it has similar r features to the anti mormon twaddle frequently delivered by opponents to mormonism it Is worthy of tome some attention since the society addressed has agents lie in the field of utah and surrounding g Territories endeavoring to carry out its mission there are arc a large number of teachers employed by this association so in the villious viL rious mission whose abose especial mission mission is I 1 to 0 endeavor to entice mormon children away from the faith of their parents the strike is at the church and the effort is nil an insidious one to injure inbur it the religious denominations which encourage 0 and support the new west vest education society fear a greatly g bently the lite growt hand and prosperity of the hie people in tile the mountain valleys of utah this fact is shown in the hallowin fal following lowin a quotation from the sermon with these them facts before us it ill be b coaled us to dwarf our ter estimate of tile ill ili 0 the mormon menace enace ne ac itis Is laige enough to be sern across tie iho continent by any ny open eyed patt pa tilot I 1 0 t II if we vc abna lisac C any uy steel about us its here Is in ait n en enemy e ini worthy of 0 it look at till treat fraudulent randul system palmed off 00 tire nil the credulous by eun rolle leaders direct lag a vast scheme of 0 ton on the public land tuala ined by a i steady influx ol of converts front from tile peas antry and hopeless artisans artl arti ot of other countr lea Is not elie problem forced upon ui ili by the mornion mormon church too large lare complex and serious to bo be II lightly fitly lint or treated is as 1 a I to lain loest I 1 blemish that will cure care itself it if left c it unmolested the fertility of the Ifor nion household augmented by tile streams i of c converts in the missionary yeal real of 0 2000 trained apostle les has bi peopled the 11 lormon ormon region ten times ns s fast us as elie average ol of the country at can an we who vi 0 seethie ee thrifty lui gutc ita boue and treaso treasonable natile attitude altitude toward the go ernine to t 24 WL lit its as tie th social CA it clustering about it 3 CC refuse our t endeavors to bar its further development tile the reverend gentleman 0 eitleman ent leman also states stales that we are arc just be beginning inning to malo note of the far 0 intense propaganda of the mormon church these these q quotations lious are arc ancon enough li to show tilt the jealousy with ellich tile llie growth of the mormon church is watched by the llis divines of modern christianity they nealise realise mormonism is ii a living n grow rovila ing 0 realia Y full fall of the greatest 0 re i test vitality vitalia y and founded upon principles that they alic cannot controvert the casual cli arges made of iniquity anti and iso I social c ceils ils are arc made without proof or lily any attempt at demonstration the rill I 1 whole effort offlie of alic speaker was directed apparently to the necessity of opposing and preventing 0 the lite spread of the mormon reli religion ion it was to I 1 encourage courage on tile work of tile society by arousig arousing a feeling fealin in ill favor of thu the 0 great goo good 1 which it claimed mas is being to done in ill tile new west vest all in othar VA words the effort hall a beg begging mum 0 a rill ring in ili its tone and no doubt but wh what it some succeed was met anith lei in that line for I 1 I 1 in chicago 0 ault and tile the cast are arc readily 0 gulled concerning C the work I 1 bein being n done among M the cormons mormons Mor mons I 1 A after i ter speaking of the attractions I 1 which america JU offers for ers I 1 from other lands rev mr phillips says ilia mephitic nir air of cities make poly polygamy gainy is odious in ILI the llie new oct pro ide those escaping 0 I 1 fromn froma hard lot in ili ot herland milli n 1 I better environment As it now is lite moral conditions condition ot of the new I 1 west alvest are arc unwholesome for the settler ii like a manhy I 1 region re that must lie be ditched dit eliell to relieve I 1 it of its sta stagnant biant water before I 1 I 1 peorl can call div their holnes II 11 there lull anil live lire so c cery cry spot tainted with nith the presence of mormonism sni needs the timely improvement of lite iba I 1 I 1 christian schoot school before it is fit for a home for tiny any one espe especially bially chef eigner during the llie transi titon period I 1 lt it is suc such b falsify aug speeches as these I 1 lates support of tile thu mission spools si 4 in this ihn moun re region a ion it ilia is well known by men who leave studied tuil nil I 1 11 I 1 closely ami trav clcil much that th at the moral atino sphere of the new anew west is touch purer then tie clial at sit if i i the emt east it is well here flint the moral purity of auh lias has I 1 been tainted willi tile foul blut i f ibo social evil and ami ils alls attendant vives vices since tile llin alvi it of so ballel christian schools itak ills well known know ill i that title most cori corrupt places in ili utah I 1 and territories ire an I 1 i i places where modern civilization I 1 predominates 4 reverend says further furt lier I 1 these schools are nud must ile be schools 0 by belech i men lien nuil i onica or ar they 1 9 I 1 are arc nothing to tile purpose thir f IF J j I 1 idea must be a held to lo I 1 niah ith tile he reg rigorous orous insistence ill ili view of this determined and lid expressed object to till tint I 1 menace 11 IV with ith alz alc sincere cormons mormons it in 1 P lif and practice connot vi t such a t movement by ph plating icing 0 ui eli ic r childr children cn within thu influence or reach of such nil in earott rhe bovit aki lis las tian tile llie position po that tile the ini educational movement of ilic lic sectarian schools it had ad a 1 deeper object in ili view than ali in the elie giving of children a school education this position ii now demonstrated to be cor correct reLt new nair writ cools elit coblish cd in ili 1 mornion formon or nion settlements I 1 oui otis enemies t f tile Morl aull people tile the innocita inno cit tr puro pure of mormon children childr ci not be tainted A mith ith the llie poison hiell these dastil distil great care should lie taken by honest mormons cormons I 1 to guard as 19 they would woul I their lives their I 1 littie ones from influences balch Us ns are arc manifest in ili ilia address from chih we have quoted |