Show ITS POWER AND EFFECTS WE present today to day a racy communication ni nf from a chicago correspond corre spon dent the allusion to the tho proceedings of the rock river biver conference are aro particularly appropriate and show ebow the strong proclivity of the unco gude to sniff the tha c effluvium of immorality from afar while their ol factories are unmoved by pestiferous pas tIfer of their immediate surroundings roun dings the statement of mrs rust bust that at mormonism I holds hoida the balance ot of power in the territories Is worth consideration being a religious religions lady ad y and speaking in a relf reif religions calous body it is presumable that she spoke in a strictly religious benee in that particular she was correct the reason for this Is that it Is IF becom palled by the elements of religious power the spirit of truth which is obtained according to promise by those who oboy obey its precepts one of the effects produced by mormonism Y which is in reality the falness of the everlasting gospel upon many previously religious leocle people who obtain an understanding of but at do not obey its doctrines la Is that they are spoiled for adopting any other As a rule unie unless ss they are connected with some religious religions body in a business capacity as abl one of its expounders ex for instance they generally forego all such direct vs as they luse iube heart and interest in it what Is ia correct in part in relation to people who become informed in relation to mormonism without any direct connection with I 1 it t is wholly who ay a eo 0 regard regarding ing per s ans who wh 0 once become identified with the church and afterwards for any beacon cut loose from it they are done with religion of every shape when they Be separate parate themselves from that another evidence of the power of 01 mormonism 14 i bbown shown la in the fact that other religious bodle bodies 2 are gradually and without acknowledgment i conforming to many of its duct doctrines rines principles that were advanced by joeeph joseph smith that have been preached from the early rise of the church until now and which were at first repudiated by the re etarian chu chuich churches iches eg are gradually being conformed to and advocated by the leading loading lights of the religious world the rho leaven Is slowly working and in courno cauree of time the whole lump jump will be leavened these enacts are produced by the germ of religious power which exists in the system being the influence of truth in letter and spirit and is a plea in favor of nil nii intelligent people giving it a thorough and fair tair investigation in stead of inconsiderately repudiating it as a fallacy there is so eo much that is true beautiful and forcible in it that people once getting an understanding der standing of it no matter whether they embrace it or noty not nor whether they accept of and then renounce it are not attracted by any other form or doctrine of religion it is ia the religions power existing in that other religious bodies complain of because ol of their belu bein being g so potently discounted by comparison par lson mrs cantons Dan tons sta hta statement ement about many of the poor in her native state south carolina being so low in the scale of cf being their situation being evinced by bv a diet of tobacco whisky and clay is almost startling in ite ito character unwittingly la in stating that many of the mountain communities of that state were without schools or churches and that the only religious teaching they received was from mormon agents she administered a smart emart blow biow ow upon the cheek 0 of sectarianism iam ism it was a special though perhaps lional fling at the hireling priests who seek green pastures where they can feed in the midst of flourishing nourishing flocks while their unfortunate brethren in the mountains bains of the houth bouth are perishing for the bread of life etwas it was aiso niso asad a sad commentary on the sense beuse of organizations izat ions lons who collect and spread immense sums of money to send the gospel to the heathen abroad when they have a field so prolific at their doors while the hireling received from niri danton dunton dan ton a vigorous thrust the indefatigable mormon elder whose e energy would if his mission were not so eo unpopular be esteemed oste osto by the world as heroic received a deserved ly endowed with the highest sense of duty with a courage that knows no fear and a faith falth in god that Is ia never shaken he prosela on in his search for those who will receive tho message he bears beara how beautiful upon the mountains ere are the feet of him who bri ngeth glad tidings he goes among high and low rich and poor knowing and recognizing no dis distine tion accomplishing the object of his i mission he lelo gathers in the honest in heart wherever he bo can lind find them mrs dunton danton has seen beon the picture leture presented in the south houth A should hould she desire to gaze upon its opposite let her pay a visit to the settlements of the saints in san luis luls valley colorados colorado where a considerable body of southern people are located she will find there a thrifty sober honest community where the consumption of tobacco and NY whiskey hIskey has practically no existence where the use of stimulants even in the form of tea and connee coffee ia 18 largely laid aside and where the cla yeater Is an unknown factor after looking upon the southern picture and then upon this let it not bo be forgotten that a tree Is known by its fruits effects r so 0 elevating progressive and beneficial must spring from a pure source they proclaim that is iii on the lead as a factor in genuine reformation |