Show ia utah matters to the editor of the lt it plymouth memorial I 1 notice in your issue of jan a column and aud a half occupied on utah matte matters rs coming here over twenty seven years ago when there were no houses fences or homes when the crickets wolves valves and indians held high carnival round the arid shores of the dead sea of america and having closely watched developments here by mormon and gentile I 1 have thought as a subscriber to your paper a few notes might find acceptance cep tance the mormons cormons Mor mons coming pearland pv erland arland some 1700 miles through a trackless desert occupied by the most powerful and hostile tribe of indians incited I 1 to hatred by resident trapper trappers s and traders starting on theo the journey ey froin the hands of their spoilers an ier ler with nominally nothing accomplishing plis pil shing bing what they have accomplished plis pils lied in the face of ridicule and stern opposition from the whole horldt nad nut nul havir having 7 to t o ay dy d iy y a territory of some luul luuie e M t ith some seven per cent more school facilities than massachusetts per ratio of population tiou creating out of one of natures Na tures turea most forbidding wastes prosperous and beautiful cities with lines of railroads north south and west with telegraphs penetrating all parts of the terri an eye reform when he ded deg declared lared that in the hust last hist days seven women should take lid mid ol 01 one man roan promising to eat their the ir own food and wear their own apparel if ho he would take away their reproach tind fudd call them by his giamo niame before christian men and women raise their hands in legislative social and anti religious ostracism azal against rist the mormons cormons Mor mons i they should they must in consistency e li listen to the high sanction of almighty god goan IA the baie bate fact of the mother of jeslis jestis christ coming conling ina in lna a direct line of descent through the polygamous th families milles of old if i go gol goi iiga then so hated polygamy timy as some claim fo uld mary have c conceived by the holy ghost and borne subh such a on one asgur as our eur lord and savior if polygamy today to day brands me roe and mine as subjects of contempt and special legislation what shall shail be said of abraham the father of the faithful and his seed feed in whom all nations of the enith eaith were promised their richest blessings we have an litte interesting resting s of thought in the words ef of nathan the prophet to navid david ahen when he scathingly re rebuked bulted him for adultery but in the rebuke reminded him that the lord god had given him hirn his masters master mas mai wives and would have bave given him more if that had not been enough could god have haye given david these wives vives if polygamy gamy had bad been unlawful if david sinned and abused gods law the prophet pronounced the most severe punishment whatever existed as gods law among his chosen people and aud inspired prophets modern christians have little right to abrogate ag as they claim no revelation or at direct inspiration and christs words worda were that ha he not come away the law botone not one word la in the new testament mt ut annuls polygamy one a e to be sure has hai been quoted by me the ignorance of newman and others as bearing on it namely that a bishop should be the tild husband ocono of one wine wife nothing is more plain than that this means lie he should be a married man no allusion of any kind hind to polygamy most respectfully C V 0 |