| Show A JUST AND FEARLESS JOURNAL THERE Is published in austin texas a jL journal aljournal with the significant title of the iconoclast it is edited with unusual orce force a and ad ability and is what whai ao an image implies its naive in one of its latest issues it follows up lip in a commendatory way son e just and favorable statements made a short time since by the new orleans Iio ayune i in re reference frence to the mormon people a mid nd their religion in order to show ho bow vigorously the iconoclast falls into tile the art some liae he as 9 1 its to new orleans neighbor we take pleasure in presenting some extrac extracts to from its article sat it to is refreshing to find a daily news N anar with wit b the courage to speak odthe of the mormons cormons without belittle ing and belying them these thebe earnest and honest people bove probably oro bably been been subjected to more malicious miT nimis wim misrepresentation representation more de liberate systematic vilification by the a and pulpit then than any sect that ever eted from the beaten paths of orthodoxy S in search of the savior ever since J jobeth h smith established his first Church fai istian world so called has been pon ate I 1 trail with rde and faggot thumbscrew and tar lar bucket in days protestants and catholics gor fafone n by bv perie du sabbs add each other the high chu churchman gibbeted eted ted the puritan and the latter vented abl bia a religious venom by boring holes in the tee tongues of quakers or hounding baptists baptista into the trac trackless Kleas forests now these righteous peo sei ale these children of god 19 these toI lowers in the foots eps of the lowly nazarene liT azarene 1 1 who turned the other cheek to the and prayed for his brutal brual assassins while perishing upon the cross are making common cause against the Vorn Mor monr ioup pouring out the vials of their wrath h opening the sluice gates of their vindictive hatred upon the heads odthe of the latter day saints because they insist t to 0 heaven pr gr hades in a manner not strictly orthodox in traveling a path mapped out oitt and graded for them by certain ecumenical councils or logic chopping synods I 1 the mormon creed affirms that man will be punished for his own sins not for the I 1 transgressions of a mythical ancestor Is not nol this an improvement on th thebold id soul killing dogma of original sin the h creed teaches falth faith in the lord jesu repentance and baptism so averse are the saints to intoxicants that they substitute water for wine at the euh eucharist euc barist arist the cormor creed declares th that atthe the word of god is recorded not only in the book of mormon and the bible but in all good books evidencing a spirit of liberality that bat contrasts strangely with the narrow views of the average christian nor does mormon liberality t top there absolute liberty of private judgment in matters matter 3 of religion is expressly insisted upon very remarkable is this doctrine when corn com pared with that which prevailed for so many centuries in europe and was waa transplanted canted to the western world by the puritans Dur puritans itans where it is still demanding I 1 that hat liberty of conscience be not toe tolerated rated that every man who dares to diner differ from the majority be cast into prison or scourged urged beyond the confines of civilization it I 1 ia generally believed that the mormon hierarchy is intent upon lishing a mighty theocracy and casing off allegiance to the federal government that it fosters resistance si stance to secular authorities and will raise the standard of revolt should it ever become powerful enough the same cry was raised against the early chri fians is beard to this dar day against the catholics thousands of goo good Prote protestants are firmly convinced that should the pope call upon american catholics to take up arms a against the national government they would do so instantly in the mormon creed as well as the catholic church teaches abb submission mission to the powers that be the fourteenth and last article in the mormon creed is worthy careful study and adoption by every sect it reads we believe in being honest true chaste temperate benevolent virtuous and upright also that an idle or lazy person cannot be a christian neither have salvation whatever may be the shortcomings odthe of the mormon faith certain it is that wherever that sect has settled they have been distinguished from their neighbors by their greater thrift industry temperateness at eness and all that pertains to desirable citizens even their enemies bear testimony to this at kirtland nauvoo independence wherever mormon settlements were made arose the busy hum of industry temples and itch schools sprang sprang up as if beneath the enchanter enchanters enchant ers 8 magic wand and peace and sweet content reigned alli supreme preme until fanatical christian chriatian neighbors neighbor swept down upon the happy homes with rifle and f faggot u until ti ministers of god professing t the he f forbearing r be r spirit of christ raised their voices in vindictive denunciation of the heretics heretical and incited midnight marauders to plunder and butcher their betters one of the darkest pages in the worlds history one of the most damning disgraces recorded in the bloodstained blood stai stained nod annals of time to is the brutal treatment the mormons cormons have received from the so ao called christians of this enlightened land oh what a disgraceful mockery what infamous hypocrisy is our boast that in this land so favored of the gods religious liberty is the birthright of every man that here beneath the banner ot of the free all gods children may worship him as they will with none to molest them or make them religious bera liberty y I 1 here in this land first settled by religious 8 exiles flying from the eions of intolerant bi bigot goti in this land where puritan anel and huguenot catholic and quaker raised their ot or praise in the primeval wilds fearing sav savage age beasts and still more savage men less lea than their bigoted brethren we find them all making common cause against a peo ale ale daring to disagree with them hound ing ig i them from place to place murder murdering ing their teacher and driving them like cattle half across the continent the idea so industriously primul promulgated u that mormonism is a false religion founded by an impostor to his own selfish purposes is not tenable enable false religions do not make men true do not thrive and wax strong in the face of bitter persecution do not withstand the Y searching eye of an advancing civilization before w which h ich shams fade like nocturnal vapors under the terrifying glare are of a tropical sun eun do not make beope people happy and content console the living and comfort i the he dying impostors do not brave poverty and persecution the proud worlds scorn persist despite disco discourse ment and lay down their lives for what they hey know to be a falsehood we agree with our texas ar in its reference to the remarks of the picayune that it is refreshing to fani a daily new newspaper saper with the courage to speak of the mormons cormons without be litt leing and belying them for this reason we admire the fearlessness and justice ustice exhibited by the iconoclast |
