| Show UTTERLY UNTRUE THE christian Regi register reginer a religious paper published in boston gives as a piece of startling news that a uni tartan tarlan apostle has actually held a memorial service in honor of george washington in salt lake city this service the world is informed crowded the theatre on birthday and male imalle a deep impression the further statement is 18 made that lack colack of patriotism is one of the chief evils of mormonism and that cwashington s birthday for instance has not been held worthy of honor we presume the christian register if peaking from hearsay of course BO religious a paper published la in so religious a centre as boston would not wilfully hear false witness against agaid fit its neighbor and we have no reason to believe that the unitarian minister who has been holding bolding services in the theatre rev david utter was the author of this libel upon the adherents of mormonism therefore when we say that the statement of the register to is an utter falsehood we mabe no reference to gentleman himself nor convey the idea tt that the be Kegia fr has wilfully misrepresented the mor mons there is no part of the united states where where the people bold in greater respect the founders of this nation and the defenders of its liberties than in the territory of utah the name of george washington and the prominent features of his career are familiar here bare to both old and young and what ja is often raf gerred erred to co as a mormon legisla ture bure made of washington s birthday a public holiday which was celebrated here with waving flap flags closed business houses services and rejoicing before the Unita unitarian xian apostle 19 ever set got foot on the soil of salt bait lake city we hope the register will be christian enough to make this correction of its error as to the patriotism odthe of the mormons cormons Mor mons still we cannot expect it to do so as we have found by experience that while it is common for religious papera to say a great many things about the cormons mormons Mor mons which are utterly untrue it to is so uncommon as to be almost without an example for them to publish or refer to any refutation of their incorrect assertions |
