| Show la communicated POLITICS versus RELIGION MAN Is a being poes possessing religions tendencies however persistently this may be 1 denied by one here hero and d there who may have but little of them in his composition there is an instinctive appreciation of some overruling power and an fi resistible inclination to seek beels sympathy and communion with that being more particularly under circumstances which show man hib hia frailty and inability to cope COPs with many of the facts of life this thib s Is the basis of so called natural religion but all religion even eten that which most jn in detail has is natural that le Is it supplements or gives right direction to inherent functions and best harmonizes the entire organization and consequent duty of man many have an idea that religion is ls embraced by belonging to a church and that recognized membership with any church will answer the religious needs one me being just as good as another foz foe all purposes of training of dis djs cl pline of idea propagating and truth telling and indeed thad that form 14 nothing fashion a something olm ething and feeling the tho main element to be considered irea lrea in sueh such as there ird are aro those however who have choice in regard to their church these are noir not aldays sat with the of accident 0 or r the church of their fathers they want wanta a church to sult suit a vague idea they lmh ma may cherish as to government some bome stickle on authority some on lack laok of author what might ba a called demo democracy emcy emey some somo bantan want an ordained ministry others think that ability to speak implies a higher than man mana ordination come want a church where each congregation is independent denhof of other congregations holding fo to the same tenets others cajita want a church exhibiting more solidity and wid managed by a con conference conferee feren C e of ministers others again claim and prefer lay liy re representation as well as ministerial there are those who want a a scriptural ministry fourfold aa 10 they call it others mho ho want ordinances and in them take thel rolace and care nothing roi for ministerial function there are those who would prohibit bit bAt their ministers from taking any part in state matters and thele there are those who favor the most molt intimate te union of bf church and state certain reli rell there are who caro care nothing lor lon priest or ordinance but want very every member to wait for the moving ng of the spirit and thus individually y become more and more nadie i b ile lie lle le fo to the higher life the main argument to be drawn from this diversity of reli rell religions gidus va gary is the fact that religion Is 19 a normal element of mans nature und nd that tbt like all other features oi 01 bis his his organization it needs culture the ahe best culture that the best results may f now how it may readily be conceived at this point of the argument that the author of m mans ans being implanted this thia religious senti benti sentiment menton mentor or tendency as ho he did all other tendencies and ana needs of the same game organization and zudi that if communion between the two were possible sueh such methods would be am imparted ted tod as would enable caulto man to u r ve the ends of his creation v that creative wisdom which gave pave the earth and all Us its elements fon for maws mana physical suMe bume sustenance nance sur surely purely ply ean can cau and must as inevitably give at all ali ithac ministers to mans spiritual tua tun i subsistence and creative po wen might ba be Impeached lf for fon the lowe nature were there was made provisions PrOvisiOn si and the higher was always at the 1 mercy of accident or chance r the christian world teaches that in the person and walk wala of J jesus ests k agod god was manifest in ohp hesh he sh lau iau hau TAB the ancient u tiong have tradition rad I 1 and theory in regard mard to th their er I 1 teachers and saviors havi bavi ors orb bearl beani bearing ng testimony fo the possibility tr any anyway audway any auy way of buch such as al every m man really feels necessary ces sary at all ali for hun and ait vit it Is curious that with nil all tho the secta nian rian rian perversions i ions ious of the land and work of jesus of N asin ibin is in heathen lands an increasing et ac of the lotty poa pow pon a tion n he ze held among the great ones ii u odthe of the tho human aa i a e i T what with thi christian h of tae savior with c lail lull the vas vast tast t variety of estimate need withe kibbe 3 at be surprising that there are app those who accept more deela decidedly idly and I 1 ht I 1 t meil well welly jule yUle balg sayings and aud methods than thau do others these believe belleve him liim fo 0 o have been specially I 1 gont sent af god to teach to have a e been specially appointed hinted to establish thomp those ordinances which whichard chare are most efficacious indre in re to mans maus espiritu al to forni form such euch organization or church buhe bure ll 11 as should within itself contain the elements of culture and progress in a 9 B spiritual pi ritual sense and tbt that such sueh authority should be inherent in ig it as a would woul d i in practice best the growth of needful spiritual and that the ideas cherished by men thus placed by an oiga olga organization niza ulza thus endowed would be felt in all the ramifications of life ilfe lif ened ed not be a matter of surprise surp fise ilse T th e revelation of man mans s origin he the realization of divine divina purpose in giving him a being on the earth and the comprehension of mabs mahs man future after this life hall shall pass pasi away must wust give tone and p color polor must musi glye give earnestness and decision in all public and private duty duly and zes responsibility poAsi TO 1 ro say thata that a man with these conceptions dept ions lons is unfitted for olnee e for positions of public trust for foi the duties of legislation for foi prominence among his follows follow s is toi tol to 9 give ave the beto belo 1 jo to all our experience and aed vrho p rae rac tice in other directions of social and hud practical ilfe life in tee tub os servants when we ic engage a mecha nicor eor cor seek tho the bende services herde 1 s of a p professional man wb we want those bl bi t the he largest experience and of t the he best concept conceptions ll on relating to heln hein h heir prospective la bar we discard card the rhe 1 ignorant the unreflecting the leif elf seeli seeks beeking ihk ini the bluml g thui thur raud and we turn naturally naturI aljy jy and instinctively tive clyto ta the one nilia best beil comprehends th the duty to bce performed and aird when a nian brings with him bilm pato nto public life true ideas lueas of his re to G kopd 0 d and to Us neigh bori boni bor his politics will wili be on the ho jie may not be a democrat or alid a jre publican in the varty party bense sense neither will he be a t to in power or a traitor to t hose those who give nim him p position os illon but bui ha he will in fuse into brea the tho political atmosphere tile the breath and lio lite ile ot of heaven and use all his h Is energies and opportunities for of in man an for the triumph of true principle and for the glory of pf gid true religion and true politics are both the product of the inspiration of the tha spirit of god and will mote move any nation pation or section of if a nation nailon onward and an d upward I 1 while false religion and unrighteous politics will sink bink any people or nation into degradation no matter what its resources how lofty its seif self estimate or how great its ita numbers or its assumption of rule THE MORMON moreon metropolis A representative of the boston herald has been traveling across the cont continent ident and spending a little time me j in n utah has been writing in C up the mormons cormons Mor Morn mons ions according to the impressions made upon him by gy what he has haafeen been seen and heard he has cosay on the tithing question estimating the annual receipts at admitting however that nothing Is absolutely known about it by the Uen gentiles tiles assorting asserting ser ber ting erroneously that the mor mons know nothing about it themselves and intimating that it has hake been used to bribe congressmen apart from such groundless speculations aa as this he writes ve very veny ry f fairly a i and we believe conscientiously on the tithing subject he says the tenth lenth part of the increase of tho the pro property lerty lenty ot the jews jaws was grant el ed to under jhb old he brew theocracy and the tho early chrls fians voluntarily yielded one tenth of tor lor religious iou lou i i purposes thip the Mor aio mormons cormons r mons monsa who assume J haye hase tev rev revived christianity in its ita ancient simplicity simp liNsy and andru purity rl it allow the of of the church in relation to our business men 11 he re the principal mercantile A nory aery large es establishment where goods of every eveny variety are islik city with branches in au ofle towns 9 of f otah utah II 11 doean alg and prosperous busi bust iless hess apra renty and the branches share the co tio opera tive principle Is is I 1 li ell eil eliece eli eye strictly followed folio bedr I havo repeatedly been m the huge estore which seems to be carefully arid intelligently dully conducted edd edi all the that the mormons cormons manage theli their affairs wise I 1 ly and to thein vier own a advantage they may Ys as a body be 1 igno 1 guo 1 rant prel prejudiced narrow intolerant su superstitious i but they betra betray ynone none of the aids vie vic csor or defects commonly found in m a 6 community of theli limited intelligence 11 I 1 of coursell co ursela saying anything faar able abie or tho the saints faints something enfa haa baa to bo be thrown ia in to make it palatable to the public misled by the false faise reports concer concerning nirl 9 us the ignorance Ign drance prejudice intolerance etc we seen by the writer for they donot do not exist to any moti boti noticeable ceable ceabie extent emong the cormons mormons Mor mons but he merely says they maybe may be etc the tribute to the industry of the people here they ak ha haye have ve wrought marvel here by indefatigable industry and perseverance converting a must unpromising region into fertility and prosperity I 1 gravely stavely question if any number bumber of ordinary families had come dome when the mormons cormons came J to thiis thib this then shen uninviting spot whether they would not have abandoned their undertaking alter several yearb years of hard labor the ints hind bind had find limitless faith in their destiny in the po of work and having baving res resolved olvea to succeed they succeeded they tell eyed that gud oud was wab 0 on n their heersi sa s1 e band ennd and aud this belief thol though igil a mere superstition must have h helped aped them greatly delusion and anid illusion ara aro undeniably among the the ure are productive forces of human nature utah was considered most unpromising p rom ising agil agriculturally culturally when the advance gu guard ard of saints reached here bere ere efe a year prior to the date of the treaty by which mexico 51 exico ceded a part orthen upper california to the united states nearly the entire region of what is now the territory was asserted to be hopelessly sterile and ind most of it might have hate remained BO po burtor butter the extraordinary energy and hard work of tile the mormons cormons Mor mons who to this day mainly support themselves by husbandry litis bandry from itne abe mst first settlement bett lement here there has been little rain it has increased of late and irrigation has in consequence been necessary almost everywhere the doilis Is generally fertile when water is applied to it and the saints have rendered it fruitful by irrigation wherever they have settled corn wheat oats hay barley batley potatoes wool dried fruit and dairy products are the chief staples and cattle cattie cat tie tle raising is profitably con ducted on many of the plains where ag agriculture gri culture Is impracticable then follows something in rein relation to the mineral interest he gives some statistics of the ore product of the territory and adds the richness s of the territory in precious ores has however been the main cause of gentile immigration which must continue to increase if brigham young had foreseen the mining future of the region he would hardly have chosen it for the establishment of his church because he would have known that mines would always attract his old enemies e and became he came to an unbroken mi w wilderness 1 beyond the boundaries of f civilization hi ift hope of avoiding them forevermore he would no doubt be surprised to learn that the richness of this region in the so called precious medals meda lawas was well known president young and many of his hia brethren and that nofa chosen in the usual manner of colonizing 1 ng but by the direction of the A als ali 14 mighty who no doubt has a full knowledge of the mineral well as other capabilities of the cou cog country he says bays further all ali AIL all th these thebe eee mines minea are inimical to the numerical and political derance of the mormons cormons Mor mons and so re gard carded edby by them they have nothing like hie the influence they once had and it is altogether probable that in A a few years they will feel obliged to move again where will tb they V got go where can they go to escape what they con oon consider iden ijen lder tle tie tuo contafi contaminating bating presence and power of the gentiles alaska Is not so distant nor so unlikely to be settled now as utah was when the saints selected Belec ted it for the new now jerusalem what will mappen happen here will in time happen there there seems to be no pros prospect p act of the mormons cormons getling gelling away from the curk curi curser cursor x eg ril they count it of tainted and pagan no part of thet the po continent seems ms tal tai to insure them a resting nesting place sai gal assured ay y prosperous few lew towns of its bize eize inthe in the west or east cast shriving shri wing more merw mercantile intile activity the gentiles to theli their energy energy and en ter ier pre pro 0 bu tabei taber ahei aber claim credit for at baying saying say bay ing that their heathen foes toes have havo flocked hehe hera fo profit by the re thiard bard hard work anc nue and 1 pioneer courage in invading for spirit spiritual elai ilal freedom sake a sterile solitude Boli tude 1 th thebe these esa imaginings are to be taken jaken as mere more matters mattens of opinion time will show the outcome and the latter day saints ha the slightest fear or doubt asto nato aa to the results the correspondent gives a good de dea of salt lake its bathing facilities its properties and peculiarities liari ties its first discovery etc and continues the lake reminds one in many respects of the dead sea and itsie its resemblance had its influence in jn deciding the mormons cormons to settie settle here associating the neighborhood with judea and prompting the them to name the iswalt coli coll connecting ur et ing the sait bait and hild utah lakes takes a kea kes th the jordan they have copied various features of ancient israel and claim to beleve that they like the old jew dewi v ar are e under the immediate Of direction of god his next point Is the moral condition of the people here on this ho he bays says the ethe morals of the sainte bainte Sall sail nta using the word morals in their ordinary import are very good in and about salt sait lake moad moat of or the ge gentiles antiles ad mit mil tuis but declare that at provo I 1 manti alvind 1 compete and other small towns in tile the south of or the territory the fhe saints are very bere here they are on good gon behavior as alt 7 alt ait lake la ii a 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