| Show persecution IN switzer band LAND tile THE spirit of anti lormon IN I 1 persecution cution Is bein being exhibited in the republic licon of switzerland so we learn from a private letter from elder frederick president of the swiss and german mission Mis slon sion the communication is dated dec loth 1884 and states that he be and elder hock Huck strasser had each been sentenced to pay a fine of francs with the alternative of imprisonment in ali ail all for 45 days the incarceration to begin on december list five live days subsequent to the thu date of the letter it appears that this action was the r result of the operations of apostates from the church and the e harge charge was a novel one being on account of the elders not preaching polygamy it being claimed that in rei rel rafil in from advocating yoc voc vo cating that doctrine they dede deceived ived young girls into emigrating to utah t there here to be forced to marev into that order of matrimony which is the verlest nonsense had they preached the doctrine doubtless the cli charge charap argel argil would have been directly the opposite of the one that was planted so the trap would probably have sprung no matter which course had been taken the perse culive spirit is fanned by the fact that the U S consuls invariably refuse to interfere for the protection of the elders as soon as they discover they are mormons cormons Mor mons and arld the E evarts aarts circular issued in 18 1879 9 for the purpose of placing an embargo on Alor mormon emigration still has an effect in the same direction the two elders who were placed under sentence had the privilege of an appeal from the deb deh decision islon of the authorities ties of the canton aar au 1 0 10 the bund or federal government which has hitherto acted with much more liberality than the local courts in the existing state of public feeling however elder considers it likely that it an appeal were taken the general government would chan change chane e its previous generous policy and adopt one more contracted and rigorous by taking steps to rid the country of the elders entirely such an attitude by the heads of the republic would shut the gospel out from the entire country and rather than risk the assumption 01 of such a stand it has been deemed wise to let the matter rest in a canton capacity elders and had also concluded not to pay the tine line and there seemed to be no other prospect than that they should go to jall jali for 45 days beginning on the of december so that while their friends were having a pleasant time surrounded by agreeable associations and home comforts they were in all probability reclining ning within the walls of a prison subsisting on exceedingly hard fare surrounded by associates of the most uncongenial type but such is the missionary I 1 life ilfe of a latter day saint whose devotion and self denial for conscience sake are phenomenal in these days of hardness and self indulgence such is the ref res rd he receives at the hands of lils ills f fellows 1 l v for whom he entertains no sentiments but those of a kindly character such is the treatment bestowed upon those who are everywhere evil spoken against falsely and so it must continue for a brief space until the revolutionary methods which the lord has decreed shall be introduced and phoso whoso operations shall ultimately purify the moral atmosphere of the earth |
