Show y HOW SOW TO FIGHT MORMON e ISM erom fito i the philadelphia sun sim we leam learn that dr tuttle bishop of the episcopal church in utah and ida iua 1 ilg li has been preaching inthe city of brotherly love on the subject of mormonism the good christians of the east seem to be easy to interest oa on alleged and exaggerated errors and evils at a distance while they ohey ignore the actual sins and darkness that are immediately around them bishop tuttle is of course opposed to mormonism as in duty bound as a dignitary of an ecclesiastical institution ution that cannot be right if mormonism is true but he has hitherto expressed his views with moderation and the language lan guarre and manners of a gentleman we trust that he will continue continuo to avoid the common sin of anti antl mormon lecturers who make untruthful statements and monstrous rous roua exaggerations the main substance of their eastern public harangues conc concerning eining utah the gentleman showed his philadelphia hearers bearers that pol poi gamy is u unlawful n having been so declared by C congress angress and the supreme cupi eme court yet he said polygamy exists ana and d fles punishment the question to be decided is how to treat this great evil the bishops panacea is education Y he does not seem to endorse the talmage idea of converting the mormons cormons Mor mons by cannon and baptizing them in blood nor the very pious policy of the presbyterian E episcopal pi and congregational conclaves of penalties and prisons we ave must confess that though thong h we do not agree with dr tuttles tattles views on the main question we admire his manliness and cansis tency he advocates the only method that can prevail if success is possible against polygamy and that is the convincing of the mormons cormons Mor mons that they are in error he says one sixth of the mormons cormons are polygamists T they hey are generally leading men of the falt fait faith these gentlemen quote the scriptures in support of their thel r fa fio I 1 a and practices eds and they giat giar you evidence enough to build aion uon won alon non even the women the sumer suTer sufferers ers by polygamy hromi W a 3 zealots zealous when heir lick faith is 17 attacked TT t r these considerations can thoughtful people who are so worked up about the practice of plural marriage by a few peo people le in the rocky locky mountains wr while ile lie they are r disturbed undisturbed nn about the deep iniquity of their own surroundings imagine that force in in any form can cau be made available the root of the matter ia is in the hearts and consciences of the men and women whose family affairs excite so much concern among their christian friends if bishop tuttle or any of his associates can call prove to 0 us that we e are wrong he or they can easily solve the mormon lem em but it will never be solved by guns or prisons by abuse or ridicule ty by threaten ings or slaughter the sun says bishop tuttle spoke very kindly ot of the mormons cormons Mor mons he said that although though 0 grevious previously ly in error they were a peaceful industrious and thrifty folk bu but t the fact remains that they defy the law and outrage the sentiment of all embracing christianity J this is very kind of the gentle ruh inh ninn n in view of the popular manner ut of describing the mormons cormons Mor mons but it is i really amusing to us to hear or read of these very good people being so outraged at men ma marrying more wives than one and b building iding up a peaceful industrious and an thrifty community while while their all embracing christianity is dumb about the gross and awful de the vile and gigantic sexual vice vlee that flourish unchecked in its strongholds strong holds and are ruining society and leading millions to moral and physical death as well as to spiritual damnation the bishop said further concerning mormonism it is a hinderer as it stands in the pathway of civilization enlightenment justice E equal ual rights bights aej and freedom it should te be rebuked and suppressed to this end the aid of the christian church and the support of all good men and women is invoked now here the gentleman is very much mistaken unless by civilization etc etc he means the ecclesiastical system he be represents mormonism is a hinderer to tad the progress of corrupt apostate christianity it teaches men and women to think for themselves on subjects which have been for centuries the peculiar pecullar pr property of the priests to question the authority of professed ministers of religion to enquire into dogmas that have been long considered settled and indisputable to eek geek for the faith once deli uell delivered verga verZa to the hie saints with all its powers and gifts and manifestations and to come me out from all institutions that have been built by men without divine direction no matter how ancient they may be nor how much hedged in by custom trad tradition forms ceremonies and established rules nor how greatly endowed with the wealth learning and time hon ored respectability of the world mormonism is a hindrance to a hireling clergy and sectarian merchandise in inhuman human souls but it is not and never has been in the way of real progress secular or spiritual it is the promoter of true civilization and has been the pioneer to open the way for its march into the great west it is the strong champion 1 0 of justice freedom and equal r pj rights g h nt as it will be their they defender when this nation madly turns away from t he the great and fundamental principles of constitutional liberty we are quite willing for apiscopa Epi bishops presbyterian priests and congregational preachers to arouse the christian men and women of the country toll to rebuke and suppress mormonism if they think they can accomplish it in bishop tuttles way that is by teaching the mor mons better than they know light and truth are what the latter day saints are seeking they have embraced the creed called mormonism because it appeared to them to contain more of these desirable things than any other system in the world they have held on to it in the midst of the bitterest persecution and have followed it in its travels and tribulations under the severest trials to which mortals can be subjected with these grand objects in view and if our censors and assumed superiors can show us a better way there are no people in the world whose souls are more susceptible cep tible to impressions that are divine than the 11 mormons cormons Mor mons but so far as the institutions of modem modern christendom are concerned we candidly confess our lack of confidence e in their power to do anything for us we know their articles of faith by heart we have received into our souls all that they have which is scriptural and will bear the test of reason we understand the their r SPI spirit rit we have examined into their effects in the world we have got so far beyond them I 1 through the revelations of the al mighty vouchsafed in these latter times that we look back upon their teachings as a man reverts to the alphabet of his schoolboy days and we remember their powerless forms and spirit spiritless les ceremonies as mere play olay playthings plaything twin thin gs compared with the higher things of the kingdom to which the system they call mormonism hs introduced us this is why a latter day saint is spoiled for sectarianism ism he cannot be induced to turn from the certainties of a divine faith to the guesswork guess work and vain imaginations agi nations of the creeds taught by the wisdom of men yet we are glad to see men like bishop tuttle standing up for a consistent and general efel effort ort to educate us to the views of his church good will come out of such movements move menta honest men and women courageous enough to brave popular opinion opinio i in their endeavors to convert us will themselves become enlightened and come out from the wicked world to unite with the only true church of christ and thus god will be glorified and light and tru truth th will prevail while the day hastens when tal mages guns and nobles manacles maracles man acles and the bogus christians weapons to force mens souls from the path of honest conviction will be melted in the he fire and turned into implements of pt peace pence ace while good goodwill will and free thought will banish bigotry and intolerance into the shades of the doomed forever |