| Show ANOTHER WORD OF WARNING WK wi take from ulu niu tha rocky mountain fountain 3 christian Adro advocate cote a sheet published la in this city the following to which our attention has been called by a gentleman interested inthe cause of education A conference of the pastors of the evangelical churches church eg and the principals of the various schools schools of this cily city was called recently for tue purpose ot of discussing the relation of the christian educational work to mission work in utah and the success it has already achieved agalie the guestion iu estion was then considered as to what hag has become of the pupils who have bave attended and been educated in our christian schools for the past p astl asti sixteen y years r 13 1 in reply to this prof miller All ller iler epi edi principal 1 1 of st marks school of the the episcopal church the oldest and largest school in the Terr territory itry stated that he had lost trac c of the pupils who w were ere in attendance previous to ten years ago but since then to the best of his lils knowledge na no scholar who had been in attendance for any length of time had bad ever 9 gone one back into alor mor mon mou ism and in support of this reference was made to a statement 01 of bishop tuttle of the same church that never had a boy loy boy or girl from their schools grown up a mormon 11 OH olk the other hand bandit it was admitted that many of anese have drifted away fm fro arec directly aly christian influences and hav har become indifferent to all religion but it was contended and the history of christian work proves true that it Is easier to reach an intelligent although indifferent not non monnon than one who has fully embraced the cifor mormon doctrine moreover it seemed to bo be the conviction of all pre present that it Is almost impossible to reach one who Is in full sympathy with w lh the mormon faith and convert him directly from mormonism to christianity apostasy Is commonly a necessary preliminary step before lie lle can be approached successfully by the gospel of christ one great end of our work of education Is to undermine the faith of the mormon people and at present this cannot be more effectually accomplished than by the operation cooperation co of school and church we think the foregoing worthy of notice by all our le leading a diu din men in the various settlements of this territory that they may present it for the consideration of every person within their influence claiming to be a latter day saint it proves belond be oud ond dispute what we on several occasions namely that the great alm aim and purpose of those sectarian teachers here who pretend to be slin stin simply ply secular educators is to lead away the chi children laren of imor mormon parents from ulie llie faith of df their fathers this has been denied by many of those teachers and d disputed isgut by p persons erious professing to be att latter rd day ay 6 saints a ints who have sent their children to bo be taught in the sectarian schools those teachers have pleaded that chev instruct their pupils in the rudiments of learning and do not at tempt to teach methodism llan lian ism catholicism presbyterianism eon con or any 0 ther other ism nor ilor tf t undermine or say anything 1 I 1 against mormonism 11 and the people ro z whom they have deceived remark oh ily there is no harm harhi done the school is not sectarian and the teacher has assured me lue that nothing will be said in the school against the doctrines of our church ll 11 we have repeatedly shown the fallacy of such remark sand proved froni front the arguments used by the hode socie titles in the east that su support port those sectarian t eachers teachers that the thu the real object in lit nein rein ling to utah is to convert the child children r eri elt fro from in aloi monism 1 I 1 now lookyat luok 1002 lil ill the rel rei remarks narks we have froin froni the advocate par note the ule paragraph one areat reat end of our work of education is to underline undermine the faith of the monnon people 11 this is the language used when those teachers meet together when they talk taik to mormons cormons Mor mons whose children they wish to lead astray they have indifferent tale to tell now markit mark it L latter atter dax day saints I 1 when a teacher sent here by any denomination of apos tate Christendom tells you that he or she has uno nuo intent to lead your youn children away from tho the parents faith the pre tence tenc elsaLIE is a LIE lle that la the grea greatens rea tend of that teachers mission work in utah and all pleadings and arguments to the contrary are so much muc wilful falsehood and base deception not only is this object openly avowed when those teachers they boast of their success in this direction here hege Is what one of them declared no scholar who had bad been irr int attendance for any length of time had ever ane back into mormonism here liere is the statement of another never had a boy or girl from their epi cepl episcopal c opall schools grown up it a mornion mormon 11 this is food for lection reflection rf to those parents claiming to be latter day saints who place their little ones under the euld euid guidance and influence of sectarian teachers it if they are as to th the e faith of their children they should not pretend to be latter day saints if they desire their thein children i t to 0 grow up in the faith falth of the gospel they should us keep them from influences designed and used for the purpose of leading uit vile children astray Is there any sane person who will attempt to dispute this there Is another thing to consider from the above extract it will bo be S seen een that those christian M teachers teacher feel teel that they have achieved their purpose itz ifa it a A mormon lormon boy or girl is led en cn from christian influences and becomes indifferent to all religion so long iong ong as he or she is converted from Morin onisia 11 this is the idea undermine the faith of tile the mormon people by les ies lc ding dim their chil chii dren away no matter if they become infidels so iong long as they our work is accomplished and the mission for which we are paid our salaries Is fulfilled Is not this a sweet and lovely labor for christian teachers and pious educators of the oung bung I 1 the impossibility of converting to christianity 11 one who is in full sympathy with L the mormon fait falt hill hily is again admitted by the pastors of theeman the evangelical g e lical churches and principals of th the e vallous vailous schools school of this city chatis what Is the reason of this it Is because most of the mormon people are familiar with wIt lithe the errors and fallacies of the evangelical denominations and know their utter lack of divine a authority ut hority as well weli as thear inconsistency and entire departure de arture from primitive christianity Christla christia tilty A fatter tatter latter day dax saint who lives his religion has a divine witness of its truth and knows modern christianity to be human and doomed to certain decay to attempt to undermine his bis faith is labor in vain but if one professing that faith can be hoodwinked and deceived into placing lis bis children under the care of t those fiose biose Chri christian etlan etian teachers who have oue one story for parents and another in convention there is some chance to lead their innone innocent ut souls astray and it if they cannot canno t be made oyer over into sect sectarians arians they c can an at least be converted from mormonism it the result is their becoming indifferent to all reif relf religion idon these I 1 evangelical pastors I 1 and sec see tartan tarlan educators have a perfect right to establish their schools and do all they can to turn the young aswell aswelt as welt well as the old avay from no one who Is proper properly minded will interfere with them they 11 hey must no be moli molested ested in any way they have as a much right to their views as we to ours but their intentions and jobje objects acts should be understood if etheylle leand and deceive they ought to be ci posed exposed when they pretend one thing and act another their true character should be exhibited we shall do our part in presenting them as they a are re be belore lore the and e every T e consistent 0 usi stent individual must concede c d t 1 t t believing as we do that our religion is true and divine and ind that th theirs airs Is false and human it Is our duty to warn people of our own faith agillia the deceptive efforts of such persons to lead away our youth undermine our religion and accomplish through the he tender minds ot of children that which they cannot effect by appeals to t the he mature and responsible once more we say to the latter day saints be not deceived I 1 beware of them who come unto you in sheep cheeps I 1 8 clothing but invariably they are raven ing lug a wolves wives 0 and remember that god will hold you responsible lor tor the little ones given aven iven to your guidance and that itis it is vain for yonto you to labor to build up zion wion and then turn the rising 61 generation ene ra away to be led by the influx influences en ces of babylon |
