| Show 1 l 1 1 r e Religious e x Atmosphere sere e o of Salt c ce a it Lake a e Lit City y i jv Jt y ff i I J BY RY PARSON JOlin IN S WEEKLY COLORADO 54 III 15 rea feature hIre hoot Halt il t T Til Lake hake City It that Ihal It nun any allY other American city I Is the fact tact that thai It lUll lad lt Its Ita birth I and growth from I a greet great free t nl Thin In III wh why eo 10 o many eastern people Me carried away Iway with th the Id IdlA MI that a II sect dominate and dl I all of or tte III political and I I commercial on There Therl was a 81 a time I j when this was w tartly largely true trill but hilt that rl line And the only thin thing left Itt Il of or the old time lime was waya and den of ot th thet the tho t I f r Ito aro sl I of ot the Ion long aw ago along with I a t fen old vinous and lel relic that are seen een In ht the tho on Pioneer day J Tiny l In III n as dead hero sera now as na u II L f l III fa In Virginia but bat you ou cannot 1 snake k this hatred haired IH in the meanest hatred In the th J 1 otin r 1 1 and th the thit most when whon It ItI t I I h lias ha u n ch to Ix p pHere Indo lo People COlli h hue Here re and nl th thoro ro uro ern living herO here If who ho are always on tho the hunt for or tho Iho thoman I t I man tAnn with moro more Hum one ono wife If It they Ihy c cant nt Mud one ono In rot Ufa they up liP an I Imaginary Ono ons and then I to tell u hat a n tho the man li Is and Nl Theto Is noth i rAhle hla hili are t i lug In III the Mornion Moreton of or fatal hint ti h trachea clieH polygamy The n net open oln ever every to d dand and Ind you 11 hear nothing about out It In thel kl sermons Irmon do not nott t tench It their do 10 not l pro ro l It 11 In nil fill of ot their lUt t they err are silent nt About nut It In III I with them firm In ln t over day life you jou do 10 not nt fee sae but hili Ih t h am plain d dm en tic de Ie to 10 her children and the Ihl hen lug of or her home An Ail I to 10 what they IMY believe e about only In Is another altogether lute 1111 meat thing In the world that can take KHion of the tilt mind of It n nun en la III a 11 conviction Religion and re reason olOn it are re nn ns tar far apart a Illi as II aril and fill Pie doctrine of It polygamy I la II ax as much a Part of the thi old alit Bible a nu 01 th tw the doctrine of ot the trinity l Is la apart a 11 apart part of the New 11 II Abraham KlIr aar nud me lie held up 1111 before the whole civilized world by lIy en orthodox aa HM nf ot all 1111 that IH Is pure par cud holy tied and yet et Abra Abril Abraham Abraham ham and Jacob wore ure nit alt IK of tit th the moat pronounced typo type Holomon hind enough children to 10 start a It good town with Our Sunday IC school hool taught ut us that thata h ha w t the Ihl hr ma man a t that thul ever lived The rhe BIble UA un In ht that he be had elves and Poor old fellow he lio ci certainly wo ono of nr t 1110 o a 1 very vory wise wIge old gen Ren ell or tho t tool fool that ever lived No Nn Mormon not lIot oven old alit till father her himself hits has ever Hm been heen accused II I of ot such ouch Indiscretion and tally fully Ilch n ai alt the of ot hol holy writ Is le said Haiti naldIn In to I have hap Ill I d In Joseph Joceph Toile ph smith Young and wid nil all th the ro root t nf of the great and builder of ot the iw el ore aie scorn rl and 1 alyd b by the Ihl whole Gentile world not note e 11 sane th they y wro cro Mormons It Il In tB Pall II bill they somas WIIO p nty lpH Hut Abraham I fanny inc and 1111 1 nh nil Solomon with his 1000 wll wives ift S ouid mid run n a harem and hn hl harp a x high old time lime and atilt b be not nol oily only the most moat reay in III the iH In which thy lived but hUl their names nil iliUM must muni I be he In history and be bp used u M h by the human nice tore for tor all eternity an as examples example to o 0 live Ilse h by Verily th animal mm mom In la an or ii paradox l 1 nm ant not defending or tug polygamy 1 1 I am Rm talking about the tho of oe religion It U IM is the hardest ul t thing In III tin till world to 10 mil make peo pin pIli understand the difference between religion and between ii 1 and Christ It Ill U is any allY system tem of tit faith A man ratan cue cun lute have a good food had bul or III Indifferent religion but bul thelo U la only one tine kind of ot I ness A emu a r ia 18 par ou In le I a iun un on by IW Jil Ida and w was Is n II man He lie wan BH by lIy r rAll t Joseph HIP Ihl Prophet wan WILli by hy loul eA fanatics 1111 Ai As M I have H skid ld before lie to r I am Hili nut lint 1 a is Mormon train from he of lit Ih the i hui ch I 1 am ram not 1101 IJ I Ido Ido Irlo do not Idol happen to Iu I he hutch 1 I lUll am looked upon its i M 1 n a re n N a 11 cause till 1 lilt Hilt tul If it Ihl IK Is Ann 1111 thing more that than another that thul I In III It In la Ih the tint fad that I am nut lIlt an au upon any I Aha Above 1101 i ml wi tl the II II that inn Ain can Ilia run up UI In la the Ihl null man n m 1 who tui hl hII his hili mind I nil a hl hit bark on nil the church l I II vii I ho Ill was IH Had MIK then spurts out nul on nn 11 u n p 1 ji I I tilling lour lots 01 nr Cl II tS is a II III new 1111 pr 1 r fO n 0 tin hit h hp hr nun un 1111 tell loll t Ih the ic w mId viii t in till u II tul tiling hI 1115 malls his hiM I e III from f itin Wh Whenever you run across ono ol ot these there religious you ou con can make muke makeup up your our mind that he ha wa wail n born grafter gentler In ht the tint lint place Im and h hi he not stand In with wine Job joll to rob liln hla church he 1111 h ban llna I a n nud Hudden ludden eft change of ot heart helt A mun titan tae hat n IWI feet right to sever eer his viii Ill h tiny wry but bUI lie ho li lu has no tin rl right ht to lOin leave I It and th then Ihen n ill start art out Jilt lJ to slat lin slather linder her der and ile II about It II The nun tun the ox who ho are re lecture louring the world at tit a IL dollar a n seat HO so tho the peo pea people pie Ille may know ho how rotten the Iho Catholic Is h the tho Mormon whose father wn 1011 a n Mormon bishop who Mho h prostitute his hll b by writing the vIlest slander tot for 01 n II great dull drub f tor 01 lie dollars lire are nil of ot the sane cloth Th Jh old pi lid loft left the Methodist church a n taw low years ago he hO had I u a racket with Hh the th and 1111 suddenly cl his tactic to u n Mormon lormon older elder w was a i no credit to In the Mormon church std old hi I tiro lin dut to 10 nil any church People who occupy II II seats near the tho footlights of or the stage of or human notion tan eau easily pick peek them thum out auH Anil design their purpose The reason I tsa sa much about f kind of people leople IH Is because lime uie 1110 some Home om of or them In III thin beautiful city w IK IH In my Iny home I 1 am not nol talking shout tin religious of 01 Stilt Snit Liki city It In III order ordee that I nutty may i HIP the or nr any other 1 re te religion ligion II I n Tho Ihm need no da tie diMi e The his history lory of ot tho the Mormon hutch In Is one oni of or por persecution and gnat Lb What Whal not lIot only tho the people err arc inn but Oven Ion tho I hi i dont Ht m to 10 have hao ia e selice e enough to In n sire Nip this principle In nature abuse and Blunder slander In is to n a what irrigation I I li to tn corn It makei l Is prow grow mid I grov taster rind stronger ii lIli n le have been belli hunt I Pal rih 1 h other on ma the Ihl hand bond for centurion centuries I nid nud 1 1 both bolh of ot thorn them have done Bono a Rood Hood nil all till the while and Catholic clergy ClerK all Bit over th the have ridiculed and abused d the Ihl Citric Chris Christian Inn tian ncr Aver they started and mother 1 eddy U is still doing business husin at he the old lid laud and Anil one of ot the lire finest I churches today In III Stilt Salt lAke City IK is th the Christian church ic te has luu all over the world One Olle of ot the mud most traits In the tha of nf Young was tho wl o all and tar mate ho when he presented church with land In tb the city of lit Snit Halt Lake to 10 build their on es on 1118 Illa policy polle was WIL to around aroundhim him hint an nl In many of ot the Iho r ns as possible and Hull Halt I Irle iko Is III 1 n a city of ot magnificent church chinch buildings of ot ever every denomination tion lion oven even Ih the tho Holy Jumpers alt sae here hore nail and the tho Salvation Army And ns nil soon oon as ns tho the had u prevail The street taku up tho awful tale 1110 Of or course o tho the Mormon church In Salt Bait Lake it Is everywhere Ut the great Temple tho where moro more than people 1110 Heated every Sunday afternoon they have hae not a n church but what they cull culla a In every cry ward hi the Ihl alt lIl city In their life are Ott n it vcr very people n nil ns In much 11 11 to so It 9 na all the tho Quakers In ht their ser lieI services cr vices no ono knows who win Is U to topi pi each no regular preacher n a om Im played This The meeting In is opened with mud singing and then none one ono Is is II called on by hy the 1110 presiding om oilier 11 of HIP Ihl church chinch to lo During player er everything Is as still HUll us nil death nr art arc no loud amens or 1111 my other demon domon h by the thc audience B Before tore the tho 1 his lI n ft tray wIth I a glass gins of ot water and anti n a pinto plato of ot bread brend on It Is passed panned through all the pews and everybody lx hI hn he Mormon or Gentile onille ran can of tho the Sn ara aran ra n III mont No Ij II up lip at nt any of their I tithing among tho the members alii only k upa up lip the expenses of or their Church ur Neither anthey an arl the they Through rough voluntary r con COli from those thom who lire are loyal to the Church the poor and needy are lire car carel carel el ej for tor and looked after afUr by an nn lion In the t hurch The llIe Mormon Chinch Church gets get Celli It its till of ot cats on It its Iti s tram train tho Iho mille juat lust at Ae It hilt has taken everything else ll In InItH InIta Its Ita management nt treat from the tho Whit There It le I a n foolish belief heUer among most of ot the lentils lie Ople that the Mormon Church hurch has hall Nome t ome lIa way of ot knowing Just how hou much to 10 n cent rack each one of or Its member and that knowing this thin the they tn take t by force of or all alt that thatis I In is spade II by ouch each member m This In Is an another another other othel fallacy Members Member oC ot the thin Mar Mor Mormon mon loon Church go 10 to 10 till the tithing oHIce and pay what hat the they tiey are ahto to pa pay Just Juat Justin in as members or of tho the Methodist tiny IV what hlll they can 1811 afford to They rhey have luVe no way 11 of ut knowing how much any one member of the Church earns In his tome roes Another foolish Idea that to e vails veils among tho the about Halt lake la Is the tho belief that Mormons will willnor not nor patronize patronise a n merchant My lly business has baH brought me In III very er close contact with time the commercial lift ot or the it I h have A an nn acquaintance 1 with time the merchants of or tho the town lown Our little business Is of or such auch n a nature that we o are constantly In III touch with both bolh families rind and dealers The Tho Mormon IH In made out of ot tho tutu name Home Kind hind of ot stuff that th the In lA He lie buys his goods over he lie thinks ho can get tho the bo best bosl t thorn U la for tor the tho least money It If a n Mormon n grocery store amid MOO toa what hI he wants want he lie goes In III aile buys hUH It lie He dims not ak ask whether the dealer Is U n a Mormon or a n A Mormon Is III not nol nuy Jolter holler or oc o any worse orso than 1 n a or n Jew Tel People are not good gool because of ot Ih lr rr r 1 lon They are aro good or hall bud In III of or It t John 1 D do doc not l let letho t th ii h ho religion Interfere with his badness thode Ill Ile Is man on Sunday ant i g l I 4 u I r matt man on 01 Mo cud t s1 Mormon h like Ilk the moat rAt t of u UK us l J i v they I lh he y live in n a t l that tat a i or k Ii I t trem rem I the hll dollar Thi Th f r rl i like lift which U a great gmt gambling are ant seated nil all t f tone h J toone of mn men each one rani 11 in I win will Mil Hit there Iho 11 S IY hll H m In egl who Iho site Ills ti mound and an 1 players B and ami I Jo oell not nl a I r Ih game la III a It very ory ery m nui 1111 n yen o of the Hie world un 1111 anti i w II well ell get Ift oft the oar eat h J J Church hunch I 1 t II 1 about liy by 1 a great Kra 1 11 J he ha Is la engage I 1 1 A r h enterprises s t I I I op ritel TIp die I tied tId ho hie II Ie r I ha ho happens happen to lu be I u a i I 11 I aut Ii tad And nl now before I 1 gl y J to close cloie thin oj I mn I y I too tuo much already bm but th HP the I 1 dont want to foi forgot oi i 1 I r know very lilt little Ie u I a about t d 11 q r Thorn r is I R wh u one Otto that thit knows known ill all n abou ahou I 1 t t young that roll eon f Hale fal Lake front tomA II little It I I r lale hires nn Rn n r I drive 1 n him hint about the i II fry square and 1 Vo Ya r l 24 hours hour In the II t t I tout ou out its his note not book hook and ana i p r n 1 al ala n a history ot or the n V lIell sends senJa l It hack ta cast t to li lit i j I 1 per por foi for TI fi so P PIa r Ia who know nil all r t n 0 f tutu and their religion n T i r I n 1 wives ll l tiny they th y nil till live lIe and IN inu hen 1 t i inre M nea They I M can MI tell nu It Destroying Angels H at r I o 0 of the th great a et I j t 1 I habit and nd cu CIl lollI Sa Sit f a i |
