Show christian consla consistency teney gency A liast to and nna editor deseret Alews on saturday day the of Januar january 7 I 1 lett letu london for a visit to the channel islands going via portsmouth and Sout southampton hampton bampton at the former place I 1 attended meeting with the saints on banday sanday afternoon I 1 and evening and had the pleasure of talking to the largett largest congregation of strangers that had I 1 assembled in our meeting house bouse for months at the clo do e of the evening service a gentleman arose from the cengr congregation degation and requested zenub blon aion to ask a question which the congregation one cne consenting enting to was granted it proved to be doo upon the inevitable question of polygamy as to whether wo observed it aa a buble bubie ae abe abo doctrine to which I 1 replied anabo affirmative giving beveral several quotations from both tny the old and new testaments rile 1114 ants justifying its practice he replied that were it not for polygamy the christ christian lan world he felt confident would gladly receive us within the pale of cb christian risdan orthodoxy but that thib this principle even with the bible evidences and exam piea ples in its favor was too much for them to accept it did not hocur to him that the rule of so bo called christian ethics that excluded UP from the pale of christianity aho alao excluded those great and good men abraham jacob moses aaron J joshua david solomon ri and in I 1 let not nearly all the holy patriarchs and prophets prophete and the entire jewish people as a nation even to the dab days of christ in other word woid that the writers of the law jaw alil alid the and the nation through whom it itt came to us by the voice of inspiration of god are in come consequence quence of their poly polygamous gamus customs and practice practices also niso excluded from the philanthropic brotherhood of modem christianity oh how inconsistent and self seif important has this eiolf righteous gener genei atlon tion become comel J they build the fabric of thair religious faith upon the bible bibie yet jet they stigmatize its inspired authors and its great men by this rule of modern ethics as aa among the out casts of the earth and beyond pale both botn or of civilization and ot thela christian religion they expects when they get to heaven to go to the bosom of father abraham yett yell they will not fellowship him ori oil or countenance his hia practices while up ou on the earth they speak in elo eio j quence and sing eing in praise of J joseph oseph in jacobus coblis son the child of promise yet they him as a ba bastard lecause because c he was the son of Rach bach rachel rachela elj eli the second wife they speak in glowing terms of the goodness and wisdom of solomon yet werd were he hf I 1 living today to day ho he also would be subject to a similar denunciation they to believe in the bible bibie which says daut 22 2 gla A bab bas deball tard tar shall not enter the congregations of the lord bord even to his tenth generation yet 02 this solomon who by their rule of christian morals would not only le 1 a bastard but a gross grosa adulterer a crime by the laws of his own kingdom by death was of all his progenitors accounted worthy to build a temple to the most agh god 2 11 and not only to build it but to dedicate it to not only administer before the congregation but to stand before the lord and to be the means through whom by mighty faith and prayer the power of god rested upon holy edifice ln in the form of a cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night and und in which hosts of holy angels appeared and fire came down from irom heaven to light the holy offering upon the tha eacret altar modern christianity can count its adulterers and fornica fornicators forni catora tors by the ahe million millions and its bastards by the hundreds of thousands yet scarcely ever is a christian sermon devoted to the denunciation of these foul ellmes eilmes but polygamy and the mur cormons mormons Mor mons an institution which the bibio biblo authorizes and a people whom it tully fully ju in all the principles of their ir falth faith and practice they can denounce morning noon and night with all the vehemence of a satanic possession I 1 also held a meeting with the saints sala and a few strangers a tr angers at southampton on the monday night but as tho the good people of cf thau tuat christis n I 1 town would not rent reneua ua a public hall ball we were compelled to meet in a private house but the purposes of goe toe lord llord were fully sub served in this humble place for after the maetina me etina all the strangers pic pie plesent sent seven in number handed in their dittme 9 for tup tiam we hai ha hat 1 tu att exo lent heat meeting ho ise pt nt sto rf es a 3 ear or so ago but buu aarm tatoi gh git a lutie lutle h hoerley and a the were induced to surrender i liand raud taud since then bave have been teen knabl to obtain anomer one ono rhe auces ances briefly told are aro aa follows follow pha phe of the hall notified the pr eident of cf the southampton branc branch h that be desired to pull the building down and reet a more pro dlab flab e structure in its stead accordingly the prem tea beb iaea sea were wore vacated td but instead of pulling it down ho be bem titled it up in a most elegant manner and rented it to one ol of his hla christian brothers who had recently started a new now sect uru under very peculiar and certainly very unenviable circum sk stances cesa ceba called the christ church thid this man mr meadows 3 had formerly been associated with a mr earl ina lna in a church at southampton called c the church chuich of god and while the latter was making a tour of pale paie s lie lle about two sears years ago he had charge of the congregation it was customary for fon this thih th s church of god to give a feo fee dinner to the widows of the church every year and this mr meadows received the money in the regular way for this purpose but instead of appropriating as usual he put it in his own pocket lie he also cultivated a very familiar acquaintance with the absent mini ministers aers wife and they indulged in such buch improprieties that mr meadows ostensibly oa to ease his stinging conscience wrote mr earl along niong a long iong apology upon his return setting forth in some detail the circumstances of their amours and asking hib hia forgiveness for what had occurred the object of this letter was thought to ve oe twofold two fold nr namely amely to disarm the husbands wrath at him and to incite him to divorce his wite wit that he might marry her the case cabe finally found its way into court mr earl eari suing for the appropriated misappropriated mis money and his bis loat lost honors honor and the entire proceedings including the ietter latter ot confession a most vi vie e production published in the news newa papera paper 4 mr meadows was most beverely ere reprimanded by the judge badge who aho denounced him as a deep dyed and sentenced him to three months imari imprisonment rosment and to pay a fine or of loo at the expiration pi Vi ration of his term of imprison imar son bon amt mt nt hla his fine brie was paid by hla hia former flock or a portion of then hall hali which we had rented and honorably paid for during our occupancy was rented to him most of his hla former congregation and many more rallied around him and today to day he hot hat the name of being the most popular preacher in southampton and Js Is everywhere known in that Ju lu catlon cation ai the founder of the church of christ the circumstances of this thia narrative are well known in south amphion and two cr three gentlemen not of our faith gave me the original details ns as here related can such sueh a man obtain a public hall in which to preach yeh yes he can not only obtain a public hall hali without asking for it but have it paid for and filled sabbath after sabbath with an attentive congregation of d duvo dovo vo liate n nera can a true follower 10 0 oI Christ under nd the e nathe name of a Latt latte erda idi Y saint no not upon any consideration or at any price Is this man and his congregation within the pais paie of christianity eo called yes are the latter day saints among whom such a man could not nov live much lesa gain laxity as a preacher of god gods a word no oh how rarely do we find the jewels of consistency either in the faith or practices of the christian world your brother in the gospel jos A WEST london feb hermon hebron utah feb 1893 1883 editor deseret As you have havo perhaps rec received elvod elvad an account of the burning to death of prudence macnamara Macnam ary of this place on the morning of the lust just without the full particulars I 1 will give a few the victim was in her year and ver very childish anti anif in a measure he helpless p esi eli alt ait hough she was able to ge get t around very slowly with a cane in each hund hand she was inca inea incapable pable of observing cleanliness and had bad to be waited upon like a child and it was therefore considered unwise e for any famiie to attempt to live in the same room with her as it certainly would not be conducive to good health hence the reas reason renson on of her being by tier herself self belt no parson pirson pi c quainter quain ted with them can possibly possie Y attach any blame to john eul eui alpher and family who have taken as good care of 0 er w q aly any olle olie one have don done 3 aundee eho ehe circumstance she having lacked tor for or nothing necessary nece aary to mak maka her ber comfortable indication allowed plainly that she sho had arisen at au an unusually early hour on the fatal morning ag and dressed ler her bersel fiell handmade and made a flies nnie flie a and nd rom all appearances had again laid down and fallen asleep and suffocated from smoke emoke without giving any alarm as the room stood only ten or twelve feet from tho the building in which the family slept siept none of whom knew know or heard of the fire un til the alarm of fire was wab given by ono knoof of the neighbors who first sw aj it and it 16 was with great effort that the other buildings were it if the fire had occurred earlier in the night the main buildings and probably more lives would have been lost iott as a number slept up stairs the poor victim was a good meaning old lady always having a good word for everyone who did her the least and especially for those who waited upon her she has prayed for death for a years having remained faithful to the cause of truth to the end she will hyill gain a righteous reward yours respectfully D M tyner TYLER |