Show edl EDI TO 0 R 14 S heathen HEATHEN abd AUD CHRISTIAN t 1 IT by christian geril gentlemen lemen it of hagli repute th that atthe tho the japanese are far ahead ef of christian people in frank and friendly manners to wards each other lil lun good temper urbanity gentleness and consideration for others this raises the question of ot the relative merits of buti buddhism deism and christianity by their fruits ye shall know them wo we do not think there ia Is anything 9 superior in the principles of an any y hea hoa heathen then faith falth over those of the great nazarene but the superiority of character exhibited in the japanese or any other eastern peoples is the result of living up to the good which their creeds inculcate Christ christini legis learn he the precepts of their faith but do not practise them this failure to live by what they learn springs in a great degree from the fa faise faile iso and foolish teachings in gs of eminent ex of reli rell glaug doctrine belief in the merits of somebody eho elee is placed far above practical righteousness in the ba believer llever liever personal integrity and goodness are represented as valueless in n the sight of heaven and the sin dyed violator of humah and divine di vine j just before ho hc dra draws alws his last earthly breath is led to trust iu in jesus and have faith in his atonement is ls considered far more safe for a blissful eternity than the honorable upright and con eon clentious skeptic whose life was irreproachable but whose faith was undeveloped or wrongly directed the christian religion has come to be a matter of emotion and sentiment the guides it gives foi for the every day actions of men and abd women are made mere appendages to it piety is viewed ai existing in the feelings rather than in the deeds of people and therefore modern christianity is a washy milk aud and water thing attention ten ton tion to its outward norms farms is a mark of respectability acceptance of the sacrifice of the redeemer ia Is the one essential to reco reeo recognition guition as a christian and und the righteousness of that holy being ia is supposed to 0 stand in the stead of the s j nem of his followers rall hib this his id Is as opposite to the if teachings of t the b e founder of or christianity s as darkness dark nesa ness is from light who likened all who heard beard his sayings and did them not to the man wilb who built his house honse upon the sand nd whose pure life was to be an example to all his hia dieci disciples ples pies aud who declared he would at the last day pro nourice on all who professed sed rt to 0 ee ce hia his ba bu t wor worked hud hed iniquity depart from ilae liae me I 1 never huew knew you Y paganism 1 is not E to christianity but c some ome come pagans ma are far tu to many there thero is good jn in every creed aud and so far ai as it is good it came from god and wo we have bave no doubt that the ahe heathen who lives he recording according to the teachings of his religion reli roli glen gien will shine far brio brighter liter ilter aud and occupy afar a far more exalted position in the mansions of the father in the world to conie couie come comb than the christian of any fredt edt or denomination mormon included include dt wilo knows the masters willand will and does it not Com comparing the mongolian tu and the caucasian iu in some respects the heathen often proves the better christian k orime AND EDUCATION i tit WE wr have shown in former articles that the eldea Videa which makes mates education the great panacea for crime is a fal ral fallacy lacy the philadelphia now gives F some orne statistics carefully bom hom compiled piled plied of the 11 educational status of criminals in f the pennsylvania enn eun sylvan i penitentiary durin duning during the year 1876 out of convicts in prison during that year only were entirely uneducated but out of the whole number only li 13 T pen par cont cent had nad learned any auk trado trade oi or profession salon intellectual culture alone is evidently insufficient to develop the youth into honorable manhood the tho the moral and spiritual faculties must bu trained or the education Imp imparted artud will only make the evil dispa dlapa disposed sed aed more dangerous because more powerful the crafty cunning intellectual villain is a far borte enemy to good society than ihan the thy unlettered dull witted vagabond moral and religious instruction should go with tutelage in letters and the who are founding a now order of society in these vales of iho ho eky Mounta mountains insy insi should never forget this it is a costim most important thing that the children of the latter day saints bo be taught religious pree precepts apts of the right t kind under the proper influence quite as hs important at eile the least as that they be instructed in secular learning industry is a powerful foe foo to vice hence the necessity of the opening of avenues to profitable employment for all and if men of capital wish to find out where they hey can put their money to the best advantage they can find it in home indus industries tries which v rill will provide work forthe for gor the thousands of people who are flocking here from abroad and the great host of children growing up with hands to work and brains lu to be exercised exercisE A for good or evil if men of means cannot c gain a return of two per cent per month on their investments in industries which can be conducted in this territory they will gain profit in the reward of a good conscience tho the benefits that will result from a minimum of vice and a maximum of honesty and the growth of the whole community towards gene general ral rul wealth happiness and perma neLt prosperity cultivate all the faculties of incipient manhood and glye everybody something to dof doi do and much will be done towards the extirpation tir of crime in any society rOLY poly POLYGAMY GAMY IN IN ix Scrib scribner ncr ncy for june i is s an article by dr brewer on bird architecture very finely illustrated with delicate engravings among which is a view of an oi ioles loles nest with two separate compartments each containing a female bird while the male is shown on a branch above watching over his P plural lural family and dual home the nest neat was found in tho mou mountains n of colorado by a scientific ept lemen a skilful taxidermist mr edwin carter of breckenridge following is the account ho he gives give of its the nest was discovered v b latu lath of june junr in in a cottonwood grove on an island in grand river colorado a female being at work constructing the nest li was attached to the brauch bratich lets of one of the central and uppermost forks ot of a cottonwood tree and was aboul 70 feet from the ground examined through a glass ilass it was seen een to be nearly early competed computed comp eted at thia time there was but the single upper apartment Noth ilig more wa was een ileen of it until july ard 3rd when on asce ascending to the nest I 1 three orioles one oue maie male and two females manifested the usual anxiety of thid this bird when its home is invaded the presence of 0 two females led to the supposition of there being two nests bests until the reality was ascertained from the original nest four eggs were taken and these were found to contain large embry os while in the appended apart ment only a single singie fresh treah egg 0 had been deposited showing conclusively that the supplementary nest I 1 was commenced some time after the completion of the original structure the oriole is considered to be monogamous in its habits and hence considerable concern i is manifested badr by dr brewer brewers at the supposed new now departure in the family life ilfe of this species of the feathered tribe and be he sug suggests gets that the untoward influences of a too near exposure to the immoral atmos i phere of salt lake city may have been the causa of this plurality of lof wives and their two storied dwelling the tho idea is too farfetched far fetched the oriole had llad no need to stretch its littleneck little neck neek and strain its bright e eyes yes in gezing for examples away over the mountains in utah he could have found plenty of untoward examples of immoral polygamous practice nearer to td hi his native woods true for types of conjugal plurality of homes in which each partner is a wife equally tho the object of the eares cares eare care sustenance and affection affe action of the common sweet bird would have to look to utah but the feathered songsters song of the grave draw their knowledge from a purer than human source great nature breathes its inspirations upon them and the double oriole learned its lesson from the power that peran permeates vates eates the universe and aad that impart happiness fo manan man and d bird and brute and all things animate when they are in harmony with its law laws it la is a wonder that the doctor does not move for a war of extermination mi nation on all polygamous orioles or agitate for the passa passage e bf of an act acl of congress forbidding double rog rod roomed med birds nests in any part of this free grat and glorious i lle lie SAUCE FOR THE GOOSE etc tre THE southern case cafe in ge georgia orgia I 1 which has caused much excitement in that state illustrates the differ i ence of treatment in the administration of the law as well as the general public sentiment when the onn off offender endel Is a w woman oman instead of a man rata kata gombrick Hom brick a modest handsome and religious girl loved and was maled married to bob southern who like lice herself was a member of a respectable georgian family the fourth night after their marriage her husband was absent all night and her inquiries as to the cause elicited the fact that he be had bad been staying with narcissa fowler pr for conort corn Cori ort a young woman of bad bid character with whom he had been very intimate before marriage she bad been married to a man named name d conort but had left marl mari iii lil him 1 in 0 on being closely questioned by his wife southern confessed that before tho the wedding he had lived with sis sia fowler and that she had tried to persuade him to marry her instead of kate rate that she had bad met him declared that she was about to beckma a mother andia and ulf he did not come to her place there would be the greatest exposure ever seen in the tiie mountains and a law ault to boot he was afraid of the consequences of refu refusal saig went to her house where she plied him wih with drlich aad kept him in her room zoom room till 2 oc lock tock I 1 mrs southern forgave her iler husband and persuaded him to dil go 0 away they left and went a dia dla tance of fifteen miles tolve toive to lve ive where they ibey were very happy for some m on OrL becoming enci ente mis mrs southern was tit zit tacken sy and being subject to fits of nervousness ness it was thought best for her to return that sho ehe might be uti uh der her rA others care i SP they moved back to the 0 old oid 10 bom bow e here a party was arranged arranged and his sis fowler fowier wa was pr present ebent tino tine had bad made some very evil suggestions aboul about sirs southern and acted iu in a maii mail man to tp provoke the bobr noorun finally flu aly sly siy she bhe approached her while talking to tier hii hil band babo and insultingly sai sal said sald d now kaie kale southern Sout iou thern bern it AO you nou want anything im poi ready for lor you then thele there was a sc scuffle ummie uffie sis bis fowler drag dragging glug king mrs southern by tho the hair und udd she kilie was stabbed three times with a pocket knife which kate had borrowed from frono her father rather before to pare her nails nalls with the door was closed and an attempt made to soze so ze mrs her husband drew a pistol swore and fought hid hii way out and succeeded in taking his wife safely away to io macon county north carolina hero here they were quiet for awhile a child was born and they consid ered themselves secure but li hear ir ing that they were tracked they made preparations to move to the west and on the way were arrested taken to georgi georgia and mrs Sout southern hern tern was tried found guilty of murder and condemned to be hung her sister who iho helped to pull sis fowler away during the scuffle was sent to prison f for or t two wo y years earb ears the whole country has been aroused over the occurrence and movements have bave been made fora for a full pardon for the condemn condemned i ed woman who with her child is shut up in jail her only desire being for the company of her husband to whom she ia Is devoted devotedly attached now supposing that the ibe case i was reversed if it had been mrs southern who had been decoyed decayed away four days after her marriage bya by a mail maii with whom she had carried on guilty associations and the husband after being insulted by her betra betrayer gerhad had stabbed him tot to the e the country would have convicted him his wound 1 ed honor would have been considered sufficient baue for the avenging blow and temporary insanity or some other convenient plea would leave h ave in interposed ter posed between him and legai legal h gal condemnation 1 if he rule Is 13 ls is good at all nil should it not work b both oth ways and if bob southern would have bald been legally or morally J ju us lifted in killing the of bf his wife how can kate southern be counted amur a mur derees dereis for striking down in h f t of mad passion the abandoned creature who had bad corrupted her husband and sought still to lead him into marital infidelity there are strange anomalies in the workings wor kinga odthe of the law and singular inco inc bison in the sentiments of the public I 1 I 1 SANPETE STAKE conference the quarterly conference of the sanpete bari Sati pete stake was held at blount mount pleasant may and 1878 present on the stand president john taylor wilford orson hyde erastus snow and F D richards of the twelve bishops hardy and burton from galt dalt lake city tu john nuttall nut tall tail Pres president ident luent of the kanab stake stafie ira N hi hinckley president nt of the millard stake george teasdale president t of the juab stake bishop thomas callister of fillmore visitors 11 from the city george C lanu ambert john taylor jr and george F gibbs the presidency andrish and bishops of this stake saturday morning 10 am after singing and prayer bishop hardy addressed the saints on the neeta necta necessity sIty of payl payi g tithing and the blessings following obedience to that law J B Ma maiben malben of the presidency delicy of the stake read a report of the amount of work done on uhe the mantl manti temple also nn an account of c cash eash a sh produce etc paid in and how disbursed elder erastus snow congratulate ed the saints of this stake on having done dona so much work on the mantl manti temple and encouraged them to continue the goo good d work president john taylor had visited the site of the TeI and con the work done very creditable to the saints of this district he had bad also visited the logan logon temple which wa was a little more advanced on account of neving less in preparing the site bite the temple in the city was also progressing gre tsing but mory blowzy on ac ekaut of Us its greater costliness there was not a beope soe so va va e el 11 as ats the latter day saints for while they feel and secure there was h a feeling of insecurity secfus rity eind rind anticipated trouble all ail over the world and god having mader them a nation of must admit that they are privileged beyond all people singing aud benediction saturday afternoon 2 singing and prayer elder orson hyde showed that the priesthood is our great safeguard and that it is our duty to jove and obey ltv ite it we should be careful not to put a stumbling block in hi bour tour brothers way iest jest that mans matta account be charged to ud ug in a 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