| Show UTAH MATTERS K in a letter to the omaha JI craid erald from alta june juno 20 10 writes as follows social political and religious affairs in utah are a little mixed 1 n fact I 1 am of the opinion that they are a good deal mixed madness hate hato intolerance and bigamy rule the hour As all know two parties exist here h ere which are unknown to the states and the territories namely mormon and gentile in all political discussions one never hears mentioned such subjects as civil rights political equality state rights free dehard tra money national banks or honest and economical administration the beginning and ending is the word mor wor mons to which are added such adjectives and descriptions of character as only the genuine frontier american is fluent and scientific master of or dishonest and thieving gentiles with a meek twang that would do honor to the praise G god od bare bones of the days of cromwell te ael the order of enoch E agitates the gentile mind to an alarming extent and their press have rung the changes on the public ear until a mind of average sincerity that is ig not entirely absorbed in utah affairs would as soon look for interesting reading matter in a box of printers finters rin pt pi or a barrel of rejected rink pink ink as in the columns of their papers pa just why such extra extraordinary ordin ary interest in the subject should be felt by the these e great moral regulators who slobber duffis puffs for the vilest lg gln gin n mills through their columns and silently tolerate every species of vice which human depravity could invent but are struck with holy horror at every act good or bad of the mormon rmon church is not perceptible cep tible to the naked vision x the herald comments upon the letter in the following fashion our utah bor hor respondent correspondent gives a ose of his bis own medicine and thinks it is about as much as we can stand at one time the herald can stand the truth at all times and opens it columns to all sides and all opinions it has defended the mormons cormons in their right to self government and religious liberty but it has never and will never div give e countenance to the institution atit ution of polygamy or any other wrong on their part there are bad men amon among g the mormons cormons Mor mons but the people who raid laid u upon n and rail at afu them and him brig brag brigham r ahyoung young are not in a position to throw stones the work of that people has been wonderful beyond all parabell para lell in the last twenty five years excesses arising in religious fanaticism are not peculiar to the mormons cormons Mor mons the puritans were infinitely worse in many respects and the riffraff alit riff raff political and other that has rushed inlo into into utah to de despoil depoll poll that people of their homes and privileges with the advent of the railroad are worse still our visit to denmark on tuesday may after at fending the london conference we embarked at london rondon bridge on board the steamship granton for hamburg and thence to copenhagen to attend a conference appointed for may and our passage across the german ocean miles to hamburg was extraordinarily pleasant being free from seasickness sea sickness and the many disagreeable features of stormy weather and rough seas three hours slow travel by rail brought us to kiel seven hours more oy steam took us across an arm of the baltic skirting shirting the coast of the island of langeland on the one band and that of the island of faaland on the other to horlor from whence after two and a half hours pleasant and easy railway travel we were brought safely on tho the uit to copenhagen en where we were warmly y greeted greeted by president C G larsen and a number of both utah and native elders that evening we attended the regular meeting of the copenhagen branch which was well attended the commodious meeting room of the saints being well filled by a warmhearted warm warin hearted earnest and attentive congregation who partook freely of the excellent spirit enjoyed so bountifully by the elders who addressed them at the conclusion of the meeting we passed through a cordial and vigorous ordeal of shaking hands with greetings of 1 0 I welcome to denmark 1 the follow following Dg day tb the hopeni opening ug meeting of the conference was held at the same place where the local business of the conference was transacted in a prompt spirited and agreeable manner under the guidance of the president of the conference elder carstensen and remainder of the time being devoted to short discourses by some of the eiders eidem on the sabbath day three meetings were held in a large hall hired for the occasion which vm was well attended by the saints and strangers the discourses of the elders were listened to with the utmost attention great interest being manifested in the same by all present we could not not noi help noticing the contrast in this respect from what we experienced twelve years ago on our first visit to copenhagen it was then a rare thing to hold hoid a meeting without molestation or interruption from a bigoted and senseless class of persons who sought on every opportunity to annoy the saints in their religious worship I 1 1 on monday tte the sath uit uil at 10 am a priesthood meeting was held in n the saints meeting room which also was well attended and ana in the evening the branch choir gave a musical entertainment which was patronized to overflowing and bentoff went wen tofi off with remarkable edat we have been very much gratified and pleased in observing the lively and healthy condition of the copenhagen conference which numbers members as aswell well weli as the earnest and commendable zeal of the elders in bearing aloft the banner of truth wo we observed one feature in the conduct of that mission which we would comme commend nd to the notice of the presidents of conferences feren ces in the british isles where ever it can be made practicable in 2 agricultural gri cultural or other dIstrIct districts A 1 work is brisk during certain seasons and ind slack or at a tand stand s still at other seasons the local brethren who during the tho dull seasons are out of employment could be as they are in denmark profitably employed in the ministry TI visiting from village to village or from house to house among their neighbors and preaching the everlasting gospel trusting trustingly trustin gln gin in god as did the ancient disciples and as all so engaged should do today to day and at all times taking no thought as to what they should eat or drink or wherewithal they should be clothed knowing that he who notices ev even eten en the sparrow will not desert the faithful laborer who is worthy worth y of his hire and when the busy season for the laborer returns resume work again at their trade keeping steadily in view yiew the great object of gathering 10 vi zion and remembering that the quickest and best road joad leading there aud and an to deliverance from the many hardships haid hald ships to which the poor are inevitably subjected in the overcrowded over crowded countries of the old world lies in the strict and careful observance of the just and righteous laws of god revealed to us in the gosnel after a pleasant and I 1 trust not altogether unprofitable visit to tile the saints in copenhagen we returned to england arriving at liverpool on the lust last in elc excellent ellent eilent spirits rejoicing in the manifold mercies of the lord to his servants millennial star aune june 9 |
