Show E editorials modern MODEEN EVANG evangelism EMISH things in india are decidedly mixed there are aro 34 31 different protestant missionary so klet clet less 23 european 11 american christianity ought to thrive in that country the above from an eastern es ex chango change shows howa how division la Is accomplished by a system whose original professed object was bobring mankind to a unity of the faith its actual present effects aro are the introduction among the heathen of contention and the establishment of sects fol lowed by the peculiar vices of modem civilization notably drunkenness prostitution and those sharp practices tn trade which are vulgarly denominated cheating and aud swindling wherever so eo called christianity ti goes these evila evils follow in its wake waki yet in justice it must ba be baid said that none of its multifarious branches teach 0 or r I 1 inculcate n such practices 4 in theory they are opposed to them but they have ng vigorous policy for the suppression 0 of f those vices and having a national character the nations to which the missionaries belong recognizing them as civilla civilizing agencies and the forerunners of commerce christianity Js is naturally debited wilh with wilh the evils that accompany the form of civilization which it introduces into inlo heathendom and indeed it is recognized by both church and state as christian civilization thus thua roll reil religion ion lon and rum sectarianism tarlan ism and sexual depravity form a co correlation relation of forces in the modern remodeling of heathen and pagan society and the reverse of the objects intended by the divine founder of the true christian religion is achieved by apostate Christen christendom dorn which like pharisee fam lam is m of old compo compa compasses seea seca eoa sea and land to make a prok proe proselyte selete with similar if greater ri results suits EVILS AND DESIGNS OF conspiring MEN HEIT IT is pretty well known that the mormon church discourages the use ulic not only ot of alcoholic but also of tea and coffee as beverages the authority forta torta teachings on this subject is derived from a revelation generally known as the word of wisdom this divine communication was not given by commandment but by counsel or advice with certain promises conditioned on its observance hence its title one of the reasons advanced for fon abstinence from the stimulants mentioned in the word of wisdom lys irs is agin in of evils and designs which do and will exis exist t in the hearts of conspiring men in the last daysel days while the forbidden articles themselves were not designed for the ube uee to which they afe aie commonly put and are therefore more or less in burlous jur lur lons conspiring men in make J ake ate them still more harmful to the body by gross adulterations adulte rations intoxicating drinks ara frequently manufactured or doctored with poisonous compounds tuat that do more injury than the tua alcohol which fires the brain and flames inflames in the passions tea is mado made up painted aud and mixed blaed in such TI way that even dealers ane arc devolved while the public arp victimized and diseased and coffe coffee c as well as being adulterated in a ground condition is to fraudulent in the tho berry it is to the cup which cheers but not that we desire just now to direct especial attention tent lon ion tea has come into use as a common bate bave nase rase all over the civilized world and to a great extent in heathendom its proper use no doubt is asa as a meda C due clue like other herbs ordained by the almi aimi almighty aty for the constitution I 1 nature and use of man to be used with judgment and skill noo roo it occupies a 0 valuable place in la the ma ferici medica medico but nut people haveko haxe have bo come comer habl habituated to it as US an article articie of dou deu and aud tko ako it with their daily food it Is important therefore that it 12 should be obtained in purity whether it ba used at the table or as h a medicine that tea is frequently very much adulterated is generally known but the tho extant of the nefarious business of pro preparing a ing hogus bogus tea ten is not pt understood to 0 any degrio commensurate with its proportions some dealers think they 10 from aroa the devices of the nea tea noe doe tors toys by keeping to certain brands which they tako as vouchers for tho the purity of the article irtle le purchased but rut tho iho following we clip from tho the san francisco report exposes tea frauds in quarters quarterma qu arters artera little i expected c ted and snows shows that tho the confidence dm n 0 of many dealers is aati anti ely misplaced A day or two ago the dally he port mentioned the tho fact that a chinese firm was packing picking inferior teas so to make them appear of the best quality it la Is no easy task to asco neam siam whether thia is 13 being done dono by the tha chinese on their own responsibility or whether it is being done by abo order orden of the tho houses whom brands are aro placed upon the bozes bosses however whether tiie tha cb chi inose aro are doing tho the dastardly wo wok k for themselves or for white men and that will bo be d JA indue due time it is important the public hould enow know that the peculiar style of box in which the tea ia is ph placed ced is no guarantee of its i is quality that the trade marks of cerceda firms aie sio are not to be taken as an ahsu assurance ranco rance that the tea las haa received their tho the ferns most of them at least whilo denying any dishonest practices on an their thein eown fown own part throw on out t very strong hints against the hones ty of the tho others it is a case of ce co tenee tense and attack nearly all around ia in the tho tea tra there is another peculiar and startling abase of the tho erade trade la in this acty fon por example a daily report ube ibe other day spoke to adolphe low loer Ss co about there the tha re pack packing ins ing and dis gu gul laing bing of tea it is unnecessary to say eay that low co denied any par gu gul is unnecessary say eay that low co denied any par in such une ina uhe the daily report can assure it that sam kee kea co turn out very natural packages of diamond li however low liow co stated one very interesting fact fae t to the reporter viz that a short ashert time timo ago the t be purchase of the stock of a resulted in tha the dis diB discovery covery of three boxes often of tea ten bearing low 0 co O s brand virtually guaranteeing the good quality of the tea while an examination showed it to be utterly worthless it any better than so much grass now if this sort fort of thing la is going on in san au francisco Francis colf coif it the L in the diamond or the al M I meau nothing t tea firms had better take hold holit and seo see that they mean something because it they don donic take netlon ene the publia public may take tho the matter out ct ot their bands hands it seems to us that respectable tea firms should lose lote loo TOO tanae in discovering who are perpetrating the these so disgraceful frauds on ho be pub lic ifa ile lie and in exposing and pu ashing the perpetrators white whits cr chinese it is a bhame that miserable w orth leba lees twice used tea should come corpe over here by the bale baie and then by means of fraudulent boxes papers and brands be placed upon the tables of ou our people at ten times timea its real value in fact much of ii it has absolutely no value at all aa As low Ss co say it ia is no better than so much grass A ace en anelon has been made about t ogus bogus chinese arrowroot but fol fox pc per person r who wh i 0 uses arrowroot a hund bund hundred rd use tea and the fraud 1 therefore one hundred timea times as a s important imp 0 11 this exposure espo bura sura Is quite startling even oven to exper experienc experienced lene lenc d in me eil ell in i tho the tea trade trado in conversations conversation 1 with a gentleman connected with witha 2 C til I 1 us the gravity ot of these theae fraudulent doing doings s and said the only safe way to purchase lens teas was to deal direct with houses of established reputation Te in china and japan avoiding all lesech ester dealers whether in asla asia or america his hia i house claims to import direst diroa the brat first pickings of the crop whether this be tho the casa or not it Is evident that tho the herb brewed io in the teapot tea ten pou pot ia Is in many instances far from being what it seem seems and ordinary bave havo EO ro means of determining what wheat they buy or what they brew under the title of tea Y tn in addition to the worthless lea tea 1 1 placed on the market there thare is la tons of colored stuff not fit to be called by the name of the herb in such great demand what Is to be done about it 11 the best thing to tb do la Is to jet it aon alone nione vr it was not nos designed for a beverage ta ts habitual use is not good for the body the trick of the trade the evils and design of conspiring nien men in th this respect will wol not hot afu aff albect ech those who do not contra contract Qt or having con tract tr acied ted b baab beak oak cak off onni onna the habit of tea drinking the medicinal properties proper tie tit 8 of the ht heib herb tb will not uoti have the desired desi rex effect upon those who inake make it a part pari of their regular diet but son yon son linued indulgence in ir L it produces many of tho the ailments i especially nervous disorders a which it would be found to be beneficial as medicine if if not contracted by ita itis it is an abuse of tea tp arna it ln in the tho usual fadhl on this there are a great many people la in U utah tah tab as well as elsewhere who will wilt have their lacu cup ol 01 0 tea and while the tho demand exists merchants will keep beep up the supply it ia 13 a tery very important matter theredore therefore ther eforo to which we draw the attention at once of the dealer and tho the consumer the evils and designs of conspiring men strike at the pockets of the people aud what Is ci ol tinh more importance at tho the very of those afi who 0 indulge in the tea drinking habit if tea must be bloused used it ought to be obtained in a genuine condition and every person engaged in its bale eale or im importation por pon tation ought to do his best to prevent this shameful impo imposition on the tho durees nurses and bodies of the public NOT A wes WAS UPON VICE THE tun recent assault st ullon the mor imor mos moe mol ao 11 culminating g in the passage de of the jedju edmunds nd bali I 1 1 forms the subject of aa an editorial in a paper called liberty published at boston massachusetts we do not endorse 11 many of bf thal ohp ideas dea g advanced or the anti nt ex expressed pr ce ed in the paper which runs to great nud and advocates theories which in our bur opinion would in practice by subverting Vert Ingall all ali govern government MeLt ment destroy in stead of extending liberty blit but ve think mandof many of its conclusion sr on the mormon question are just fust ami and correct and make some extracts from the article liberty looks upon the war on the mormons morcom Mor mom mons as not directed against the vices or supposed vices of leading men in oar our community but against the alleged victims victim of those vices the sincere and super ious loua bonien and says vicious or slen fetn sual suai a mormon man may be supposed to be bea bet who wishes to tae fahe to himself ten teh or twenty ive lve avez tha themselves cannot ba suspected of wives from any similar motives it Is utterly contrary ary dry to the nature natura of women to suppose that in thia country if not in any other ciny woman would frobeen from ben een baal saal and aldous viel fous mo tives ilyes coli coll consent sent to ono one cf tha 10 or wives of one man nothing indre unnatural than this can be conceived of as the act of a vicious or lascivious woman but the mormon women arg aro not vicious however the sincerity and abd morality ot of the polygamous men ma may ny have been doubted nobody eo so fr far aa we hnz know has ever doubted the tho sincerity and chastity ot of the mormon women woman gothing sot yo thing bing there forer ore but bat religious a can lecount for their im leng long ng anvil willing ling to enter ente into polygamous marri laggis from other articles in liberty we reach the tha conclusion that all religion in the eyes of the editors is 13 looked upon aa as superstition heo IF 0 ua motives undoubtedly influence the tho ladies among the latter day to engage in tha practice of plural marriage at dianee for it is unnatural unna tuini 11 cording according oc to the nature which nowadays nowa days aro arc counted as natural and ia 13 against the teachings of tr tradition and the influences of custom agas agal against dinst and the lowest impulses which actuate humanity and unit in the nineteenth century among a community composed of people from monogamous nations can jean only be embraced from higher motives than anything ordinary and from faith in hi its righteousness divine sanc sanction tion but it will vill oe ue found upon fair examination that if women need the tinga of religious faith and zeal to elevate them to to fio un unselfish a plane as that on which plural marriage can bo be regarded with favor men have equal ne necessity casity for the same purpose the obligations duties and responsibilities the abao lute need of stem steb seif self government patience and forbearance the expense care and anxiety which it involves Involve ss are all against the notion motion that mormon men enter into plural marriage for mere animal gratification that could be obtained on so much easier terms terme wIthout any of the difficulties and without incurring any of the penalties im imposts p en plural marriage that it la Is unreasonable to think it is the amov moving in cause causa cf of the practice of mormon polygamy aymen any more mere uhan ihan by women Li berty berly continue such being the taets facts tb the lirar war of congress upon polygamy Is not a war upon ansual or vicious inen men or sensual or vicious women if con grifa were really waging an honest war against unchaste unc nasto men or even unchaste unc haste hasto women or even religions hypocrites and impostors they would not need to go to utah to find them and the f fec fee that thoy they do go to utah to find them passing by the hundreds of thousands of vicious persons persona of both bexes sexes at home and the tho lus bus hypocrites that are ary not supposed to ba be scarce anywhere is the proof of their hypocrisy and of their design to make political capital for themselves by currying favor with bigots and hypocrites rather than to promote chastity on the part of either men menor minor or women this we consider undeniable tho the hypocrisy which is exhibited by the rabid anil anti la in and ou out 1 of congress Con gress grecs is perfectly disgusting to honest men and women who understand the cond condition of society in christendom and who aro are led to wonder why utah t hould should be singled out for this pretended crusade of morality wo quote further if all the tho polygamous women of utah bad had been common prostitutes we hareno raaon roal road on to suppose that thai I 1 the lawmakers at washington would have ever had their religious send sand bili ties disturbed on account ot of them or if tho the polygamous men of utah had been each merchants and bankers binkerd in new york each of them laving having one ono wife and one family of children whom he lived with openly and a hir hlf dozea dozen other women with child children reni whom wilom he supported secretly we wa do not no think that hat this thil immorality would have so aroused the pious hypocrite hypocrites a a at nt washing washington toul tori aa as to induce them to get upa up a political crusade to put it down exactly thai that olla folls tho story in plainness s and with force 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