| Show editorials THE WORK IN YN EUROPE from the tho millennial star we learn that the elders in the european missionary field are still diligently prosecuting kneir labors in many places with good success elder moroni P F brown writing from braintree Brain tree essex reports the addition of ten members to the church in that district elder 0 EL JEE greenwell who is laboring in company with elders Howar howard dand and giles in the nottingham conference speaks of five baptisms in the lei let cester shire district elder william cooper gives an fiti interesting account of meetings held in th the a large temperance hall rotherham which was hired for the brethren by a gentleman who had bad bills posted to the effect that a discussion with three ai nid did Mor Ald mou rinow elders would he be held which drew a large audle audience hee and considerable opposition elders harris parry and cooper had the opportunity eunity of speaking and then answered questions the majority of the assembly being favorably disposed while some sectarian preachers were noisy and quarrelsome the way was thus thua opened for the elders to visit many respectable people and introduce the gospel to them thom in thein their homes four adults were baptized in sheffield I 1 elder Z P terry writes of numerous erv erp ps baptisms in ln different parts of the nottingham conference with kind hind treatment from strangers and the addition of sixty members to the church in the hucknall district since last spring elder john H white gives gies a pleading account of his labors in Cambridge shire and the opening reopening re of the work in villages which had not been visited by an elder for twenty years elder S van dyk gives a gonotte port from the netherlands where there is but little persecution although one person threat threatened fried bried to shoot him he has held meetings ia la many places and baptized nive five new members elmerjohn elder Elde john rJohn alder aider A ider lder speaks enczur af the work in switzerland two per persons persona solas were baptized while he was with elder in geneva on a visit and prospects are bright in that city bro vig had increased iner need aeed the numbers branch by the addi of twelve members the tile efforts of the adversary in the eire cire circulation dla dia ula of falsehoods were having the eff effect act to arouse inquiry and aid in spreading the truth PJ bathe the star of august 29 announces the arrival on aug 27 27 of the following missionaries from utah per S S wyoming wyom eng elders john Q cannon 00 co 00 0 O fjelsted d christian christensen A ellason soren C peter Sund wab anders larsen james niels Hel Hei ison lson solomon peterson H 0 and I 1 niels F borreson elder george pope visitor was also with the company all the tb e missionaries sion aries except elder cannon were for scandinavia robert kewley has been released from being traveling elder in the leeds conference and appointed traveling elder eider in the manchester conference MORE ABOUT GEORGIA ANTI L br by letter from elder walter scott of the georgia mission we learn that the excitement id that state about abou t mormonism is in intense tense preachers and editors unite in endeavoring deavo ring to arouse p public feeling against the preaching of the elders and the meetings of the saints declaring that all our doctrines are bounded Joun ded on polygamy saying let every community become a law unto lL itself gelf self and announcing georgia wants no mormons cormons in its borders the conference recently held in georgia is denounced as a virtual challenge to the legislature of the state states and the brethren are warned by friends that false swear ers era will be found to testify against them that they may bo be killed hilled or haled baled to prison following ia is the text of the bill which passed the senate on the of august and as wa are informed subsequently passed the house an act to make it a felony for anz any adv person arson by persuasion or otherwise to attempt to mislead or influence others in the commission of the crime of bf bigamy or polygamy I 1 be he it enacted by tho general I 1 assembly of the state of georgia that from and after the passage of this thib act it shall not be lawful for any person in this state in any address to a public or private assemblage of persons to counsel counsels advise or encourage in any way the violation of tile the laws of this state forbid ding polygamy poly gamy or bigamy 2 be it further enacted that any person or persons who wilo shall be guilty of the violation of this act shall on conviction bo be punished by confinement at labor in the penitentiary for any time not less than two nor longer than four years the last section repeals con conflicting flicking laws after a considerable amount of discussion the ayes and nays pays were called and the bill was vins passed ed by a va vote te of 34 for and anda 5 a against g aalst it we have not lie lip handor the signing of the bill by the Gove governor flior but as he is a strong Method there thero is little doubt about 04 th result As we have previously shown the bill blib if it be becomes cornes a have nolab ful effect upon our as they do not advise or encourage in any way the viol atlon ot tiie illek laws of any state whether in irl relation atlon to bigamy polygamy or pr uny any tb thing ing else on the contrary they inculcate obedience to thu the laws of every state or nation where they labor a and set an exam example bile file by observing those laws themselves hm sels seis more afore than that no is pe permitted by the laws of bar ban church to contract a plural marriage outside of the places special specially y set apart for that in zion if any of our elders suffer frova frym th the e passage of the above law in tb tha q state of georgia it will nahe nabe fon for it the trouble will arise from the misrepresentations of bigoted editors and sectarian preachers preacher so affecting the ignorant populace that they will imagine they are acting under the shadow of the law in mobbing and maltreating mal treating the mormons cormons Mor mons already spies are following the brethren dersons to be ditmor mormon 11 ders are insinuating thern into the we company of the saints aud and the baptists ts and methodists in their promoted assemblies and camp meetings are inciting the mo people pie against the latter day saints however wever since the state conference twenty ww new members have been baptized missionaries are not but while wiliie they fedt fee to me need of wisdom and prudence and more than ever the direction and ivl ivi guidance cui nui dance of 1 the spirit of truth they will pursue their labors aher wherever ever eier there is an opening ning trusting in him who wiio watches over his own work and who wl will wiil overrule the machinations of df eyll evil men to the glory of his name arid the accomplishment of his purposes opposition Is asife life fife to this cause I 1 it is only indifference that a mormon elder regards with deep concern when the wolves how there are sheep around and it is the business of the shepherds of israel to i gather them into the fold the movement in georgia though meant for evil will result in great good WATCHING AND WAITING SOME soun idiot writing to the san sar francisco chronicle over the signature of Timpa says those who are tired and have become almost worn out in watching and waiting have through the assurances of the president derit been encouraged to believe that the dawn was not now far ot off arid and utah was at last to become becom a country of free speech and free action his death would drive all those hopes bi bach back sek aek into the gloom of despair desy desi air who wilo is there in utah that is prevented re from free speech and free tree action if there is any wrong permitted in relation to this it is the comp complete ete license allowed to those who delight in assailing personal character and uttering libels ri against the majority of the people 0 here no one is hindered orom from saying anything no matter how false faise and find vile against the men who are venerated by the masses mastes of the clu clo citizens zens nor chastised for the foulest at tacks attacks on the faith character and pursuits of the oldest settlers what non mormon is prevented from the freest exercise of the rights of a citizen in all utah there is no such thing known in the territory if it be urged that it is the mormons cormons Mor mons who ire are not bot free tim pa and other crack brains may save themselves the trouble of fretting over lt it the mormon have no idea that they are coerced cr or hampered in any way except by r llo lio liu the class of a member they exercise all the freedom of speech or action that any anyone one can desire unless it be etien officials who are sent here for the public benefit use all the influence at their command to restrict liberty and render powerless the popular vote and voice As for the suffering president be with the rulers of all the kingdoms of the world Is in the hands of providence vi and can do nothing when he the de do dinies of the universe declares declare thus far thou go and no fart farther her ber il what the Timpa kind hind of fellows are waiting for is a free field for spoils by the breaking down of local law and the extinction of liberty to the mormons cormons Mor mons 11 but they will continue to watch and wait in vain for the prey write that down and wait a little longer the above was in type before the presidents decease and has haa been elow clow crowded ded out of our columns till now rut it is just as applicable to tim P pah paw and his tribe as if it had appeared when written f THE MORMON SITUATION from the first announcement by the I 1 pophet joseph josoph smith that he be had seen a heavenly hea bea heavenly venly vision misrepresentation sen tation and abuse have been the resort of those who rejected the testimony the church which he organized by divine commandment has been assailed with the same weapons through all its ca caleer career aers from the date of more than fifty one years ago it has been a matter of surprise as well as regret that otherwise respectable men have condescended descended con to falsehood and when they have attempted to oppose the system garly called mormonism but while the latter day saints have viewed with sorrow the ther resort to mali maii malicious clotia libel and shameful epithets by educated and religious people they have be been ken een led to rejoice that no other means were available wherewith to attack their principles and policy truth b being so much stronger than error the conclusion is inevitable that our enemies cannot find any truth available against again git tit no 0 tion BO so uniformly fall back on falsehood and vituperation illustrations of this fact are to be e pointed out by the hundred there has never been an antl anti cc mormon book or pamphlet or essay given to the public which has truthfully presented our doctrines doctrin esi intentions or practices among the most recent lu stances C of f the use of utter falsehood and gross abuse is an article in harpers magazine for october written by one 0 C goodwin we notice it because harpers is a pa popular ulan ular and respectable dable monthly lawit with wite a large circulation and a deservedly edly high not because the author of the article is of any particular importance he is a comparative stranger to this territory having been here but a short time times is densely ignorant of the system which he undertakes te to assail knows nothing of the people bombe horm horn he so shamefully re viles and follows the b business of writing against them and their religion for pay nyo nye W have nave read the article I 1 through carefully with the view of discovering some redeeming features in a series of untruths un truths presented without the slightest attempt at proof but in vain it is called the abr mormon mo n situation but presents nothing that may be go fairly stated to be a fact a moderately cultivated mind can stoop BO so low for the purpose of defaming a creed and i k pie who do to fall in with his notions of is Js indeed lamentable and cause for pity as much as contempt for the information of those who do not read harper happer we here present some of the more prominent fabrications of this mendacious per iSon son that those who know the truth may see his falsehood and that people who might be deceived by the bold boid nesi ness j of the assertions may not take our silence for assent he starts out by stating that the system was founded in tae most transparent fraud of the century but concludes the first paragraph by predicting that the cloud 11 jale jrie t alone will break at last in tears and blood and drench the whole land s in another ther place he says there are aa a ano hundred andied thousand people in the midst of this republic who implicitly believe in it that ili iii it is spreading and being daily strengthened strength enad ened that its superb organization is held complete in ail all its details that athe the lines are solid from within within and that it bristles everywhere with the defiance of disciplined strength one would think that the mot most trans trane frau I 1 of a century which has haa had BO so many frauds that its experience in detecting them is ample would not be at all likely to spread and have such immense results and that there could be little danger of its drenching the whole land or that because of it if as he further predicta predict the country will be with grave graves 9 11 but we will pass from froni tins this to the consideration of allegations that exhibit the atrocious spirit of the writer speaking 0 of f the difficulty that the courts in utah have in attempting to punish polygamy he says every ekery every resident may know the fact act the children of the dif dlf dit different wives may be seen daily dalli at play about the streets the Alor mormons mons them themselves selve seive will tell x bab hab I 1 hit bat the maiden names of the women were and still arraign that gnan inan man and anil charge M him with crime and those very women will come into courland court cour tand taud and aud on oath declare tha that t they were never married to the man andia and if nece 0 bary eary lis ils as shey have have before now swear that bey hey they do oo not know who is the father of otheir their own children 11 strangers reading this thia would r receive the impression that trials for polygamy and such perl perjury ury as is gere here described were common things in utah what are the facts that there have been just two trials under indictments for violating the act of 62 that at the first both wives testified they were married to the defendant giving the dates that at the second ahe the alleged plural wife was waa the prosecuting witness and the alleged first wife was never brought into court all the other trials aed ard the per perjury ury ary with which he charges women about whom he knows nothing are pigments figments fig ments of his depraved imagination liars suspect others of lying A man who will deliberately write for public publication the grossest falsehoods may inny well weil think that other people are aa as perjured a as himself lest leat the teachings of the mormon church and the express commands of its revelations ve lations should be cited to show that lying is denounced as a crime he davs rut butruch but Bu tsuch such aling things always have a double meaning with them it moans simply that to a brother mormon they mist be true while to an outsider that rule does no not tapply apply where did he obtain this wonderful piece ot of information the very contrary is taught in public and private by the leaders of this people the idea Is isan iaan an invention of the ers or he has adopted it from others whose deception he endorses there is no truth in it we weare I 1 are familiar with 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