| Show I 1 life iu in utah S letter better standard of judin judging 9 ce a merits of if any system syster of igdon recommended to the be t bation bp bip tion than to observe i its t a th the lives and an l in manners anners of i odess to be governed gover nad by it jandard established indeed t t 1 are itself bici declares declares air fruita ye ya shall know atod ad tree cannot bring forth foith neither can a corrupt tree od fruit now it is true r sect and denomination that ilia liari bad men and hypocrites ing disgrace on any cause othey were vere connected have bave H creep in it would be un je e to judge any system by ata as these the best stan XI ia always be talen taken as expose I 1 fe may fairly be presumed tined to ty merits me as well as the abede def j lilener li lever they profess A pro 1 arid and philosopher has said I 1 aion A ion lion could be a bad one that mental and moral faculties idies as if this proposition is 1 i verse must likewise ise be true i ion 0 n can be a good one that n the standard of excellence tes ies named alf 11 C monnon religion be judged lii ird laid down a aid d which A applied to other sects and asp As JA it will not we thinkie think be r 1 fre respect superior to ma many y I jn n be named while in in more abe ran a one we think its life rpm im must be apparent to all 0 1 r for the present the grave s which ita laic boon s so imad I 1 al u upon t the C I 1 people e ople of th this is id id which is cleved believed to be a the peculiar religion and look into the it alary binary habits and the social J professing the mormon re j arho yio are arc esteemed by them iti eh as the world outside as tylnn and 1 l faith as amo pg greater cir ti of af conduct more elevated aunora 1 ju yn nora or a more cops clentious it principle and duty thai we f diakin li akin ing no professions of a eter or do we find them ex es I 1 antly the d passion the same saine u beak eak ns that characterize the unil atrid ald now a religion that V i f or ornia mation tion in heart or life or aay 1 I 1 ay iy restrains marlin nen in the com r arong frong must be in some way 0 ijler tebesa are the chief aims alms t of rell religion ion as far as this I 1 I 1 f 1 arned hat then will be X 1 system which tolerates or i profanity anity intemperance arid and it aher her kindred vices in those J t vy what among any denom i kristians would be thought est among the laity who tig cuilty of conduct like this li 1 I bot ot be instantly lopped off N 1 I cia tion which he dishonored j f tact how much more dis en does such conduct be ake ls practised practiced by those who oc M positions in the church alls known knois n men here enjoying enjoy ini iii blading 1 thaing arid and sanctified title 0 I 1 tho teiho perchance have tiff jf ident cAdent a and nd fatherly tat lierly bishops jal jl iii it exactly P such inch of fences a led ad we W have heard beard of per aut of from the I 1 app erl ise of their association vv avitt J never for the commission ol oj ith sibile hile they professed prof eased faith J lot on C creed and yielded obedi armon authorities we ar beld jd pd that th the a mormon creech r an fn hin hins farther than what I 1 if f the two latter requirements d i to attend the it bernacle ker nacle and we seldom ever e I 1 daei P S said aai hat ut what might be lot 0 tie or the other of these i i wl when or ti the a discourse is course did rot not re sst tirade against gentiles y P t e liU city and divinity of the I 1 firm the prerogatives of the band and the duty of the members le bi 7 K revelations abi which cb tb they ey pro fac ryll are the s leading themes fo for ii chile h lie tb the a great lessons a ja if morcy mocrey and truth of a j t tlde ads goi goe i and fath in jesus a an ither i nored or passed over J ts not ot preachers ou ourselves ours elyes and I 1 P fr from om the sins and aks go of the mormons cormons Mor mons to notice y ho ye e in social life jell I 1 ell known fact we presume a pj a throughout the country that re e sedulously elela ded from adl a fattip or ci bayl y jabla OIL the families tanu liea of all good saints residing in in the tb valleys As before rema remarked rk there is iq nothing thai that so soon makes a mormon loose east cast aith his brethren or ii which aich is is more si arely verely re probated by the church authorities than the permission ion of a gentile to terms of ary kind of intimacy or friendship I 1 I 1 with his bis family such it a thing tin ig at as a gen liars il aco cit with cormons mormons litre here is quite its unknown io w ri and unheard of arid and the tha I 1 motive for the exclusiveness vanh m lilah ey ex ests Ss Is apparent to all it is is the result of the system under abich they liveo live and without which it could not ex isa the necessities for font it is is known as well bellm in constantinople as in salt lake city and leads the sulan there to post a sentry at the endrai ce of his hi harem to I 1 keep off all intruders high walls serve sene here the purpose of sentinels though we have haie heard that the latter were sometimes empol the Alo maimon authorities know full well that it their ii wives I 1 ves and families are permitted to mingle and with the outward world they will soon gain a knowledge of their position and of the respect arid and a attention vi inch hichi woman oman eise here commands their knowledge they know will lead to dissatisfaction and dissatisfaction will an benl enl n revolt it is is not strange therefore that gentiles are forbidden access where so anch harm barin might result from erom their presence andas aej asi scocia tion but there are other characteristics te of mormon society of or v aich we have baie latey lately beard which certainly do appear strange and extremely anem inconsistent with mormon professions the system of 0 polygamy which aich they practice anti and which they try to uphold by the sanctions of religion and rei revelation elation 11 li appears to us be revolting under any circumstances to the refined tastes and instincts of woman but when a marked distinction islade is made public between the first wife and those who abo afterwards share with her the affections ot of the samu same cubio il an 4 i irimia lipert it if is 13 incomprehensible to us how filly any woman can call be brought to submit to the inaus t aae and indignity which is is done her we have often heard that the second and subsequent wi i c were treated at home more like servants sen ants than with the respect and coni consideration winch is is due to a wife but not till recent recently lyt were we informed that ihde they were de barred from attending the most select gatherings which take place among the mormons cormons themselves autive but w e are apprised th it t his is rea rca ly the else case and that at one or more of the select private parties that have been held among the upper of tor for ins UR aristocracy like hu other places during the present NA winter inter none done but the first wife ivi afe has accompanied ner her lord to the select assemblage if this ibis la 19 true and we have haie heard beard it from a source deemed reliable we repeat again that it is remarkable to us woman can endure so marked and palpate palpable an affront to her positron position and a so 0 gross I 1 an insult to tabei beras as a wife without at once and forever severing a that permits ermias it and what will be thought of cf a man mail a avian man heaven save bare the ilia mark of a aman man a creature so low as to be willing 1 I 1 to enter a social circle from which a be being 1 hig to 0 whom he is is wedded and who 11 he a calls calla hiis us wife I 1 iia s not regarded as a suitable person erson to accompany inn him we turn rota rom the inquiry as we do from those to I 1 aboin it refers with disgust and quit the he subject I 1 the weather for two weeks past has been extremely mu mild and pleasant for the season of the year the sleight sleighing 1119 has also been fine for several days past and if we may judge f from rom the merry iring ing and jin jingling binglin glin of the bells and the number 0 of sleighs that are constantly cona bantly gliding to and fro through the streets a tr beets of the city the opportunity for this most delightful recreation is is being well improved evera everybody body seems to be in perfect glee and the city presents almost the gaiety galety of a carnival carn nal even we with all the lie soberness and circumspection that belongs to us could not escape the general contagion corta gion for enjoyment and fun which lias has possessed every one else and last night bight we re enacted the feat we performed some sometime time a ago 0 o of taking a tide ride by the side of a live bunch of calico duly expanded expand edby by hoops and crinoline crino cri nolie liLe we guess at the last but we know that we enjoyed ourselves |
