Show tabe OF or hit III ANOE auoe ON ox ther therod ad dinst an lady was baptized zed in a river near west palmyra pa the lee ice was broken for tiie tile cere cero ceremony mony and she ehe had to be carried to the water in a chair bhe she was immersed ahrea times accord accord ingv to the tho custom of some of the biats baptist t I 1 denominations d e 11 sho bho va wah taken out apparently apparent ly dead and though he revived at latest accounts she shi waa was not expected ud to reaver ilg ill I 1 I 1 thi tui oyent event occurring V so ibon soon af afar tp t abo remarkable r ruling of the supreme court of pf the united st states teg tes th thit thit thic if the government awhile while de barred with TO belief may ma interfere ni e with r re e I 1 actions has sprung the question on the propriety bf au sup bup breda wreda ceremonies ag as that above A gentleman signing himself marria S wise writes to the no new w york S citing alting the addis decision il on in the reynolds As case and asking bome some yer ver very y pertinent pert inept questions he hessye says without venturing to say ought against the doctrines of a 6 most respectable spec table denomination which numbers among its adherents many intelligent people but which p permits the happening of the revolting spectacle above described it is a question whether the law should not interfere to prevent the rebur recurrence rence of such a religious immolation mo lation I 1 I 1 v The these geare heare are called days daya of civilize tio nand of humanity but there is no civilization tand land no hu humanity manity maulty and no behest bf of any rational jell jeli j eli eil gion glon which calls for such a bitter sa dillIce sacrifice tills case is not an isolated one nay it is fi a very common one and it may inay be profitable to inquire quire briefly whether the law has th ma er to prevent such religious sab bab we think it ift ha has ls and libon distin distinguished authority 1 he then quotes freely from the supreme court argument in the reynolds casda case cabe and says pays in conclusion j cS should this woman die K t is apparent hataj thata clear case of bf man el aughter Is presented und erthe bove decision ifor I 1 11 was waa positive ardd arid know knowingly bagly done it iq as moni toni complete piete h a case af immolation and sae sac sacrifice as the or the pasting casting indof of infants to jhb sacred allega sinthe tot tor ehrig ganges 1 esi ebi i it is emphatically an act which conflicts with four flur taws lawa and civilization as much as the juggernaut would its to be deplored and it is also to be hoped that the good sense bense and intelligence of so refined and cultured a body of men as the majority of 0 the bents of the baptist clergy are will wui make it their business to prevent a recurrence of this west horror the bf fiat fue jus tula tUia i when once thie the barriers raised up by the founders of Ame amerlean american ricart institutions tu tut ions tiong to prevent the state from interference with the churchyard church are down for broken through wh cau can the arm of secular aa r power shall be stayed in its assaults upon reil tell M lous ious liberty ert ort ag hs administered to td the sick lady in iu pennsylvania 19 19 regarded by many persons ons V who consider themselves advanced id civilization and intelligence asun agun as une L necessary ridiculous a aud and nd injurious to 16 the subject if laws ma may mav y bo b kaia riia mado made brider tinder thid tree rree free government nt to regulate action actions and thia this brond broad prin Vrin principle rin ciple elpie is laid doen down by tho the learned must Xuat justices ices of the tho supreme So preme court ourt baptism hy by immersion Immer blon eion may ba suppressed by lawand law and aud upon all who w ho submit to br tor administer jt it and this rule will hold hoid good as re gards other nees fees and ceremy carem b nies wes which bome some seota seeta consider essential sent rient ial lal but which the future door doa i wasi wast pani church may decide are not or af nip inimical to td the welfare of docie ty thus legislation laybe may bo obtained against any aby and practices that do 00 not come cowe co nia nib zinder tinder under tha tilie 0 orthodox or orif it infidelity increases so thatis that it controls the minds minde of our nations national lawmakers every r practice may be forbidden aid ard ard no member of ay body be permitted to do anything religious except hold opinions the N Y commenting on oh mr aises craf aften after ten ter all that may way ever in favo favor favoron of legal of practices which though supposedly commanded by jy religion rii ris come under the worldly unlawful aeb neb it is very unlikely that the law will ever over be employed against isolated individuals whose only victims are the themselves elves there is a wise difference too between the impulses which lead to ito acts act under the guise of religious duty duly the lady whose doctrinal zeal was BO so fervent as to lead her to baptism when the ceremony was almost the freezing to death had nothing earthly to gain byller by her ber course in la which respect bhe she differed widely from the bulk ot of BO so called religious people who ba have havo been threatened bythe by the va mormons cormons for instance what does tha thu herald ala aba mean bith by all this Is it that the law will be employed against communities and anti not against isolated individuals or 0 r is it that where a practice cori corl concerns berns derns only those who engage in it the law will not be invoked if the former why should the law be employed against the many and not against the fow few and does isolation affect the nature of an of fence if the latter then the cormons mormons Mor mons should be exe exempt because that part of the their religion which congress has construed into a crime affects only those who practice it again if it impulses impulse or oz motives are aro to be considered in the question who is to judge of the impulses or motives that lead the mormons Mor mons 9 and what can ean car earthly athly I 1 thin things ge have they to gain more than had whose doctrinal zeal led her into dan ger when the straight path bf right is ii departed from what a muddle muddie the estraya get into the derald herald la trying to justify wrong flounders about almost as badly as the sup i reme court in rendering tendering attorney devens doyens decision law is to be drawn at religious practices which bring no earthly benefit to the devote devotees esl eal are we to understand that ceremonies which do bring earthly gain to the recipients of or administrators iday luay may be leg legislated is J against Is there not a great deai deal of earthly gain arid and many Imp impulses alses alsea to td obtain it connected with ceremonies and und forms and novemea movements nov emen ts in id aalthe 11 the barlou sheets of christendom ana and if the line Is to come to uhe the point where the reli religious nee net impinge upon lupon others th than an the performers thereof what ire are the liebre hebrews wo to do db I 1 wlm WIM with circumcision objection tb our hv gilmen t that plural marriage af fleeth affects only the parties I 1 ia isome sometimes times raised by Jo ferring to the children who it is clainie dare jre ire rendered by ita iti illegitimate thib this is is a it most tremendous begging of the it Is 3 only those who oppose the system W jhb bb seek geek to stamp our children as illegitimate but in the case of circumcision an act het is performed under the guise of ie religion ligion as the herald would put it without the consent of one otie bf the parties the one chiefly interested t kind and if the infants lold protestations are any anulf gulde guide much against its wishes here is a religious act which will affect the physical condition of the and have an meb effect upon his mind aud and hla hia religious g ious lous during daring the remainder of bf his adaya unde under r the ruling of the Eu eufeme cebirt anu ana the reis of tife the berald this practice may be forbidden by the law with far more show of logia than mormon polygamy bo so also with infant baptism it Is an ari act under the guise af religious duty performed med without the consent of the party celily concerned it looks just as inconsistent and nonsensical tabt to tb say ludicrous to us as some bome of our religious observances nees may appl appear hphear ear to bt fiers and if tt hns has xa q are arc tian ili ill iii in holy writ V rit it is 16 dont doht contrary to tb the of the book which its it fibers fisers hold bold up it as their only guide one of thel their r arguments against our xun marriage system is iha iba tItas not a part pait of 0 original mo rmon ism ibm to which we reply I 1 y igei neither tha vas tas wab was y I 1 sprinkling p rig R apart parr park 0 lot o original christianity ti and the interpretation af pf tho the constitution illich fallows allows legal interference with one will logi logically call cail allow legal interference with tap othen other and ul t practice ordinance and ceremony the driving home bome of the wedge for the destruction of religious freedom is only a question of time and opportunity the thin thili end thereof is the very thin and weakly argument in the reynolds case rase begotten by the attorney general and fathered by the solemn solons of the supreme court of the united states met Ismell israelites tes teb baptists and all ill other re 11 ligi ig lous ious oua bodies watch for the next stroke upon the wedge of intolerance |