Show THE CHRISTIAN METHOD witha THE MORMONS there is a religious paper published in cultured boston called ne trw watchman it Is an eminently pious journal professedly christian in all its departments it is anold established representative of eafe Key IS England sectarianism and has motto watch ye stand fast in the faith the watchman atchman W in reviewing president Gar Garl fields ields inaugural address takes up the foly polygamy roly gamy question for the purpose of f lottering ottering oft ott bring ering its own method of dealing with mormonism mo monism here are the suggestions offered by that strictly lap gai christian istian lan ian organ of orthodoxy let the franchise be taken away from all women in the thus let the polygamous husband be compelled to support his wives wiles without the compensation of political power Mor moreover jet let all ali mentho men who are guilty of polygamy ber be declared ineligible to vote and to hold office it may be difficult to discover who a are r e guilty in all cases since the mormon man and woman deem it a duty to perjure themselves in behalf of their church whenever it may be necessary but in many instances detection can be affected for there are thirty or forty jorty thousand th ausan d gentiles in the terri territory g every one of whom is is eager to contribute his share of tile the work necessary to destroy the iniquitous institution by whose means meana he is placed at a great disadvantage but there is a third measure which would giove prove piove moro effective than thane either liber of those we have mentioned let the children born of polygamous ul unions alons or on out of wed lock jock be dis franchised forever for ever how sweetly sive etly the spirit of the savior of souls is breathed in the foregoing paragraph what divine cha rity for supposed sin bin sinners nersi what tender desire desh to reclaim the erring to se ekland to saye save that hach bs deemed to be lost not am men a form of religion different from that of the boston branches of divided christendom to be punished politically for their defection fec tion but the women sl supposed appo sed to be victims of male transgressions are to be included in the chastisement and even the innocent children are to be visited for the alleged sins of the fathers with the heaviest political penalty supposing that the mormons cormons Mor cMor mons are aa as black as painted by the christian watchman is this the way with sinners pointed out by hyi uhe the master whom the watchman profess professes pro lesses eg to follow Is it not a strange thing that these dear good solemn souls who claim to be the followers of the meek and lowly jesus can find no method of dealing with the wicked mor mons but by the gospel of forcythe forc force ethe the ordinance of the civil lawi law or the ev evangel ingel of the sword and ithe the gun why is it so what is the reason that thit the great persecutions of this church in which men women and children have been butchered property confiscated houses burned barned and thou thousands Ands of people driven from their homes have been incited and directed by professed sed ministers and disciples of the pitiful and tender flie ilie arLod chrise christ hr the answer la is given glien truly the they would say because we cannot overcome oie y r co me them with other means argument has no power with them thein scripture iture does not meet t heir their case they beat us with such weapons as these and agid if we let them alone they will convince the multitude und thus our craft would be in danger they must be crushed out either elther by the force of law or the power of popular lar I 1 fury u ars wh why y are the learned wealthy influential champions of fortified forti fortl nned fled and entrenched orthodoxy so fearful s of the encroachments encroach ments of too 11 mormons Mor Morn mons ions gons upon a nation of christians those fearful soldiers of the Cross rend the air with their cries of danger to the nation and they dare date not trust to the influences which it is their pro vinco to wield to overcome alleged error and protect asserted truth but appeal to the thearin arm of the civil law jaw and the strength of the national government against an unpopular creed and a peo people P le whose numbers are as nothing in in comparison to their own following if they were not conscious of the inherent weakness of their cause they certainly would not be BO timid about pitting it unfair grounds against the obnoxious and numerically t cant foe nor so anxious to in invoke the secular power to a religious institution aside from the anti antl christian cham chan character ctet of such a courie course L it is a virtual olife confession min t of conscious feebleness an admission of the vigor and strength diminutive opponent the cheris christian goliath N is afraid of the bior mor alor mon david another thing our kind religious enemies invariably resort to absolute untruth as well as ingenious misrepresentation in fbi placing our case before the fm public bille As an instance t tife tiie Watch atchman rhan rAan says the mormon man iyan iian an and dw woman i 0 mandeik deem deom talta it a duty to perjure themselves in behalf of their church whenever it may be necessary will the watchman be kind enough to prove this broad and direct accusation it is not newby any means and has b benrino doubt sen ven adopted by the match Watch iva tva achma manin n fil that christian charity I 1 which thin keth no evil it is a mere assertion against which ah we present a simple denial it is not true there is no excuse for lor it it is a positive falsehood will the watchman require us to prove a negative is aliat jour pur christi ah ahl assailants generally demand of us they make a groundless accusation and when we deny its truth want us to prove our denial instead af f presenting evidence of their own assertions has the watchman ever reflected on the commandment which says thou ahalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor we commend that divine injunction to its christian consideration and also the penalty pronounced in the apocalypse against those who love as well as those who make a lie lle and with all ali respect ifor ftp position as a bos ros coniah religious drgan organ we would further suggest a little reflection on the benediction of the Ite redeemer deemer blessed are the merciful for they shall obtain mercy and when breathing out threatening and destruction on the mor mons to think on lve ive dedi declaration 1 j with pure yure ure ye mete it shall bes bel be 1 measured to ayou again 1 1 1 |