| Show AN HONEST EDITOR the deutsche Deu warts printed in chicago is one of the greatest greate bt and best beet german newspapers in america and most ably edited for years however I 1 when this paper bad anything to say about the mormons Mor mons 11 it was conein done in an unfriendly spirit the paper was misinformed in a high degree its Ite readers who live in the rocky Mount mountain aill region kept writing to the editor in regard to about the mor mons and once several germans sent 54 over their signatures a long 1 ater to the editor stating the true condition of the german mormons cormons Mor mons and inviting an examination of the fac a the paper acted nobly extracts from our letter were published wrong reports were corrected and for a while all was quiet last week however how everone one of the editors thanked us in a few friendly lines and yesterday came the number dated september with a long correspondence about salt halt lake provo prove uttie and the mormons cormons Mor mons the editor had bad sent a reporter to utah and at last for the first time over a million soul understanding german will know the truth about that long slandered people in utah the gentleman visited prove and later came to salt lake staying at the knutsford which he ranks even with the best chicago hotels P while here be evidently had bad a guide with him that Is ie well enough informed about places butcho but who told him some yarns he gets the assembly hall confounded with the endowment house and false stories about the tithing office and church cattle are t into his bis ears ear still be seems to use CIS is eyes more than his bis ears demakes he makes a very minute and correct description of the temple asselt ly hall rf nacle tithing yards lion house bouse etc about the sensational stories given out by inoes foes of the mormons cormons Mor mons he seems to be a little sceptical but he dismisses his guide and here are the words or the reporter himself as near as his beautiful language can be translated into english but we must hurry burry it if we wast want to get room in the tabernacle it is isa 2 the hour of divine service from all sides the people are streaming in not only from the city but also from the vicinity now follows a description of the tabernacle and how different it is from what we read in 1885 in the german papers which were served by a reporter who himself declares he took his information about the I 1 I 1 mormons cormons Mor mons not f from rom a I 1 I 1 mormon but from a very friendly and accommodating mo dating gentleman going by the name of a notorious anti mormon i he continues co antin use but now the services begin the mighty organ sends forth her powerful strains all at once the noise and hum in the giant assembly cease the hymn is given out which however Js Is sung by the choir alone but how is it suin junr grand powerful soul thrillingly thrill that is a choir with none but excellently schooled voices and we can understand why the mormons cormons are proud of that music and why the people of other denominations come sunday after sunday to hear bear it I 1 assert there are few places in the united states where such a choir song sone is heard when the last note of that wonderful song had died away one ODO of the apostles offered a prayer but the congregation did not arise then then the sacrament was administered and another apostle delivered a discourse about the necessity of the outpouring of the holy ghost he was followed by a venerable cooki looking ug gentleman who b d taken his place behind the topmost desk this was george Q cannon one of the counselors to the president he preached a course in which be explained to the attentive listeners that also in our days revelations from god to mankind are necessary joseph lmh received such revelations and according to them the latter day saints sainte have founded this church as the only bulwark against growing infidelity 11 the reporter has no comment to make upon either gentiles or mor monc mon he simply reports what he sees how different is this article from the slandering statements that went allover all over germany and switzerland in bishop and others who were there on a mission will w well ell remember what falsehoods were going around about the mor mons it took much writing many an interview with editors policemen city fathers and leading men to dispel and try to counteract these lies when nicholas summer and my april 1887 went to the mayor of Bern eSquire he bave gave us an impartial hearing although he declared himself opposed to the mormons cormons since he read so many evil reports after an hours interview he gave us an introduction to mr Stock war chief of the police and director of justice this gentleman gave us audience for two hours and eked many questions he said he had by his detectives watched the course of sch oe D and and found them blameless he gave us then a few lines to the highest authority in switzerland to get a hearing all the saints in that country banded in a petition to the government denouncing the false re reports lorts politely asking examination and in respect but earnest words claiming their r gh ghow and liberties the most rigid exa eramio aaion was set to work the outcomes out u comel was that even very bitter editors chal dared that nothing could bull found against the mormon mimi aries preachers and teachers 4 flea banded information 1 I k know now 0 of sada a men that spent whole days in friend friendly conversation elders eldera old ve vener H able emperor william Willian 3 in germany si few months before he died W wrote to a pastor astor in silesia owl southeastern part of Pru prussia mia if th mormons cormons are fro from M m men en t they h ey will afo ji down if they are from god it la Is not necessary that I 1 fight them 1318 marck did the same ry oy one of his his go aws 0 q brals than more fifteen years ago bo ba not dot until today could a true re about the mormons cormons reach the mass rf the germans germane I 1 am happy that I 1 atoo alm i worked at the spreading of the truth 1 J H |
