| Show WHY NOT investigate AN EASTERN journal discussing the mormon ormon question remarks rem arfee ait it is not wise to ignore the fact that net mist wind and tide and under the it discouraging circumstances mor ism has bag steadily advances as a force ph philosophy Iti of this is probably not acure are but the reasons assigned have orally been insufficient if we assume A mormons cormons 1111 have ave an implicit beliel belief in br peculiar reed and civil polity and i A oaple men in dead earnest what has bag apenes d was bound to happen feghe fact that mormonism is a birce will sooner or mer later be lecog t sd by the whole world that the lillOr mons have implicit faith in and that I 1 in dead r creed they are 7 anest no et is ie admitted by all candid peo ae ze who know anything about them he vast majority of the people in oth hemispheres beas lap heres however have never ien ja correctly informed as to the creed 4 if the GM cormons mormons Mor ormon mons ait a it or as to their true ava acter ask the or ordinary nary man of 1 world or member of 0 a christian ach or even an editor or a preach what st Mormonism soi Is 18 and he will it likely anew answer er polygamy and 10 com common won idea of a Mor mormon mony is zt t he be is a polygamist or one who loose ideas of the marriage relation his te ignorance is fostered from two at general indifference as to at I 1 fie 0 religious tenets and persi persistent presentations from the pulpit and provo press b by which the public mind is bened e ned and prejudiced everybody interested in projects by which ney can be made comparatively ty few care anything any thing about questions r religious belief and as to mor 7 elsm there is scarcely a book pub i bed led or a lecture delivered or an article a ten by a non mormon which not con contain a n either the most tons errors or the most malignant 0 01 a there will come a time when the id will wake up to the fact that els is something in Mor mormonism they have not understood and that a an i of value it will have been that it is peculiar apart irom polygamy and powerful D religious principle and as aa docial a oct ai force the cessation plural marriages will help to bring 2 H conviction diction to the public mind when la seen that the mormon system vinces and accomplishes its work in to te of its submission to the laws fording Y the practice which was sup ed to be its distinguishing feature en it will be possible for its votaries vot aries press present nt its claims to public attention nd d its doctrines and spirit and acts to will be made conspicuous tho th difficulty now is that people imagine ine they know all about mor while they have not the faintest conception of its many peculiarities and beauties putting entirely aside its doctrine as to the marriage relation it has so many differences with commonly taught religious ideas that it is worthy the thought and investigation vesti gation of the theologian the P philosopher bilo sopher the social scientist and the politician that it is indeed a force which has not been comprehended everybody who k knows anything any thing of what it has accomplished ought to be able to discern and that its beli believers eTers are and have been in dead earnest I 1 is witnessed by their whole history if they have not proven their earnestness and sincerity by their lives their sacrifices sacrifice their sufferings their unselfish efforts in its behalf then no votaries vot aries of any faith ever gave such evidence however there will not be much change 0 of pub public to op opinion nion or 0 of public indifference on this qUeSt question JOD until the idea obtains that there may be something in mormonism after all that is of vital consequence now it is taken for granted that it to is a delusion 1 or a fraud without looking into it but this will not always be the manner of its treatment and there will come a demand for its lite literature literate ratu re its exponents its evidences and facts and both its force avd and the character of its converts will be perceived then the honest and true the pu reminded and devout among all classes and nations will rejoice in its light and take pleasure in its and influence mormonism is neither more nor less lees than a new divine dispensation embodying the gospel and church of jesus christ as aa committed to man by jesus of nazareth and his apostles and bearing the same spirit and authority in which they ministered it has the key to all truth it brings man into communion with his maker it organizes directs and sanctifies sanctified humanity and will prepare the way for the everlasting dominion domidion of righteousness on the whole earth it is a creed system a force that has bag come from above and it will not be destroyed or overcome by anything below the world has seen but its beginning and that is measurably shrouded from their view its future will be grander than we care to attempt to depict but is as ara certain to be magnificent and mighty as truth is to triumph over error and as the kingdom domhof of christ is to prevail over the powers of this world why do not thoughtful though taul and candid men and women I 1 make thorough investigation of its claims and history its principles and promises |
