| Show IGNORANCE THE denver inter ocean continues to display its ignorance of the I 1 mormon mony mons question the editorial remarks axe age based upon letters written by A Ha kauffmann who was sent here to study the subject how I 1 well he does it may be seen been from the following excerpt like all confederations of priests the mormon priesthood realizes the tho im importance ce of keeping the people in a 2 state of ignorance for ignorance is superstitious and gullible the mormon church teaches the doctrine of revelation and all that 19 18 Is 19 ne needed eded Is s that a loader leader in tho the church arise arhe and aud proclaim that the lord hns has transmitted a communication to dimand all his congregation accepts it as truth hence it is but reason able to presume that the mormon schools are only pretended educational institutions the schools are frequented only by the children of mormon parents while the gen tiles tilea who are paying their share of the taxes which maintain these schools are absolutely left without the means of educating their young excepting in select or private schools ficho ola so fio we see that tho pride of our country the public school is a farce in utah the whole of that paragraph Is ia untrue the mormon priesthood have abw always a ys advocated and supported the causs causa of education there is nothing in mormon theory or practice which justifies the utterance of the absurdity about accepting as truth the claim of a leader that the lord has transmitted a communication through him the mazo reasonable nabie ure une presumption Is nothing but f falsehood and assumption the schools are frequented by a great many children whose parents are not cormons mormons Mor mons and are open to the children of all citizens irrespective of creed or party there is no farce about anything connected with this but rant raut manns pretended inquiry into he knows no more about them than the editor in chief of the inter ocean and he is completely in the dark on the subject |
