Show THE CRUSADE ENLARGES WE now add to our advertisement of resolutions of the churches church es against mormonism reports of presbyterian baptist and congregational conclaves es like the Jewish sec baries in olden times who fough fought each teach other vehemently but united ina lna in a raid against primitive christianity these modern votaries vot aries of discordant and clashing creeds combine to battle battie with the chuich restore restored d in the latter days they are at war with each other oilier on doat doctrine rine di discipline and fellowship but t they Y meet on a common platform when it cornes comes to putting down an obnoxious and growing church by material force it is to bo be expected that people who have not been in utah and who have not investigated mormonism ay iy but draw their ideas of it from hostile publications may fall into many errors and be found opposing something which they understand n nothing about they are to some borne extent excusable for their mistakes although to be consistent they should inform themselves from frol n tiiu proper source soured before attempting to oppose but the malicious and false filse assertions of such persi persons as leonard coyner and barrows are inexcusable and stamp them as without conscience and unworthy ot of common respect the statements that nearly all the offices are now filled by polygamists in utah and that there are no free schools in the territory are wilfully untrue and place theman the man barro barrows ws with the others whom we have named on tho the level of ananias nias there is one thing that should be noted in connection with these attacks on the saints it is claimed that in utah there is a union church and state and this Is denounced by these sectarian assemblies of priests as something to be broken down at any cost cosh yet it is state influence which these churches desire to avail themselves of in a assailing salling Li mormonism it is counted a terrible thing for a mormon apostle to be a delegate in congress but it ia Is all right for a congregationalist preacher as ar episcopal episco co I 1 clergyman or a methodist priest priest to bo be a member of congress and to his legislative power under church antipa antipathies thies and sectarian blas bias more afore than that while these tend edly pious declaimers deci aimers almers against a union of church and State endeavor to provoke a popular outburst against the leaders of or our ch church fon oon for alleged interference ence in political affairs it is political not polemical influence which they are endeavoring themselves to exert they aro are all in the same boat they tiley y all cry out for legislation not light they demand national force not reile religious cy lious ministrations trat lons ions they want to crush not convert to stamp out not to elevate at it is church influence that they are seeking beeking to bring to bear on congress A member of or congress speaks sneaks breaks at the congregational conclave and all the resolutions passed on ott the the subject of mormonism in the several conferences and as sem pem blies biles look to the power of the state the arm of the national government ern enn ment for the strength invoked to deal with thia st ranga religion 11 the tho moral forca til they expect to wield acs ics g to bo brought 9 to iwer ar unon upon th uis 11 tin tim that thai Is these formal Wor worshiped shipp of a book which bays says honor thy ib father and thy mother 1 intend ta influence as na many A lormon mormon ebli ebil dren as possible to despise their fath fatt ers era and mothers and to poison their thyr minds against their parents as rei kei veil well as the doctrines held by thea them money and all the appliances which I 1 t sectarianism in has at command are to be used to this end these utah ecru scrub b divines who pay ri ica visits to the states and ini int induce itice fulco their co to join in a crusade against 0 the latter latten day saint sainto make a good thing of their annual trips trip the stronger they frame their libels the bigger the donations from tho the people whoa w om they deceive the greater their pox pow po er to establish themselves in integ the midst of the cormons mormons Mor mons and ibe the larger their pickings and opportune ties to extend their influence but the question that concern concerns sul m 11 most is how much the people whoa they mall mail mailan malian itil while in the awtar going to do by the way of rewards rewarding th them e m on their return and aDd 14 them in m their designs up ule our youth judging from t tn course of some people callet by the name of latter latier dy day saint saints the proper thing to do is to hend bend out our children to be taught error by the thi men who defame ug us and who try 11 tos toi bring upon us political and social destruction to give them control of our offspring while they plan to gend send us to jail and strive to arouse popular fury for our utter overthrow we ve hold these men and their schemes up to popular view not for the purpose of it harming arming them personally but to present them at nome home as they show themselves vei abroad fo M that those who patronize them or give them the care of their children may know them as they are if it is right to 0 warn a man against venomous reptile coiling to spring it at and sting liim him if it is proper to caution parents against devices to 10 ensnare the feet of youth if ir f it ig 13 fair to expose falsehood and ani tedi teai the vail vall aside from pious villainy then we are only doing our duty in poin ing to the fangs of these slimy herpen gerpen serpent Lq in protecting our people against a generation of vipers viper nd anil in in doing what lays in in our power to thwart the of sneaking deceivers and to stir up thought thoughtless les ies people to a due dile sense of dancer danzer I 1 1 i ift here were no in utah where the cv ml dren of the saints could be taught by preceptors precept ors of their on faith there might be a seeming ei ex cuse tor for those who choose for teachers of the child children unprincipled cipley antt anil mendacious hypocrites who plot for the min ruin ortho orthe fathers but with just as good facilities within oui out own sphere as there are outside ik it in this territory for the schooling ing of or our youth and with the indisputable evidences we have of tit ito lh villainy and specious designs of thet these pious frauds it is worse than folly it is nothing less than wilful sin against god the tru truth th and this people for professed saints to aid the crusade against i by supporting assisting and encouraging cou cour raging nging such vagabonds by giving them the tutelage of the childrel children those who take this course as sun sure as the sun shines and justice will vib eventually rule must reap the consequences of their wrong their children will learn to despise them in time and in eternity will cudse curse them as the cause of the loss of eftie tle the heritage which they might have ob bained b by Y virtue of their birthright i if f ti allied in the way of theford th the lord eLord we are in earnest on this subject and find consider all those who thus join hands bands with tho the enemies of 0 this church utterly unworthy ojito blessings and fellowship |