Show A TREE EARING BEARING 13 GOOD druit PRUIT L IN a discourse lately delivered by the rev rey dr oakley of new york that gentleman touched upon the subject 0 dior mormonism Alor monism 11 he said that thit other nations ridiculed america for toie told tolerating rat 4 g it lt but he palliated pallia ted abe 06 toleration by stating that it was by no iveans an all unmixed evil of course bourse be he expressed a dislike for polygamy and maie mide some statements in regard 6 joithe ta methods adopted ba by the el elders eiders ers in their work 0 of and in relation to the mormon n emiera tino system that were inaccurate bai bat on other points lie he was sound after alter an attempt to exhibit what he considered the objectionable par part of mor monism lie he proceeded to other side of the picture in this fashion 5 we are apt to think mormon society is the scum of all villainy but anthe off the contrary they have no criminal class polygamists ista excepted except cd A thief or a swindler is unknown and such a thing thin as an idle man roan woman or child chrid is neverseen never seen no people are more faithful to each eacil other their missionary contributions put all ali lother iother al other denominations to shame they say we believe in our religion and prove this by our giving what the united states ought to ao do is not to put an end to the mormons cormons altogether but only to lusht their objectionable 0 ble c tio tto nabie features if these are end ended d utah willi become one of our states there js wheat with tares while the objectionable feature of their religion lies opert they say with too much truth tha tb atthe tIthe same sin is worse wore in its hidden workings in sucha cit city as this they are f free ree from intemperance a source of much more misery than mormonism can produce sin lies liess at our own doo r ana and we must not soothe our consciences by decrying the iniquities of salt lake cliv city while we overlook those of new york that was a candid and correct statement of the case except where polygamy as practised practiced by bv the latter day saints is a sin and shows the quality of the 11 mormon 11 ormon tree |