| Show intolerant discrimination B 0 lo is greatly nev bev THE over the criticisms on the exercised of business movement for the closing wednesday to boom the revival houses house s on in this city he now in progress pre grees letter to the tribune long a has written prints but describes deec ribes which that paper childish and of it absolutely it as ae and littleness its bigotry pitiable in to clip the efruS effusion IOD not care we do for these columns frivolous as it is too of its closing notice one but will we contains contain it a because raabs parag untruthful and unchristian 00 us 1 As to the most cormons mormons Mor mons afsa at the letter are of the they parts ot or the other petulant and puerile attempt simply imply a al between an to ito draw a parallel with the funeral revival iegel fallen hero bero a services er vices thanksgiving of a nations tion and national observances observance so no other general public necessary to show the tie is argument between them and immense difference meeting in a tent so we oge a preaching aching oner 4 er U none one but mr men le oe pays the hebrews 91 would have no and tile the cormons mormons Mor mons just grounds to ask or expect such a as that issued in this proclamation for the suf euf by the mayor states the united that reason court has decided by unanimous supreme decision that this to is not a hebrew nor a mohammedan nor a mormon nation cation hence it is but Is a christian entirely legitimate for presidents and governors and mayor to issue proclamations in promotion of the christian morality and christian institutions on nation is founded the insinuation in this la Is to the mormon is not a christian effect that a and the mormon religion la Is not ft christian religions and further that court of the united the supreme states has boo virtually so decided we are am no not t much surprised at anything willi will say who has been that a man ani proven to have deliberately misrepresented both the mormon people and the mormon cormon y religion but we would like to see the decision deci eion of the supreme court of the united states which contains the assertion made b by y this minister so RO that it may be shown how much truth there is in his words and how much he be has drawn upon his imagination the supreme court of the united states has boa never rendered any decision concerning the religious character of this nation the constitution of the united states is the supreme law of the land and it utterly forbids the enactment of anything that would tend in that direction that body has ren dered decisions to the contrary of the preacher preach erPs assertion if it has used the term christian in any way it has been in a social and not a religious denae it has upheld in several opinions notably in the Reyn reynolds DIde case the Jeffers jeffersonian onlan doctrine which in terms excluded the use of the word christian religion in law and constitution ution it wits was opposed also by madison Madiso lii who maintained that religion or the duty we owe the creator is in not within the cg of civil government the supreme court also endorsed this and fur further therIt it approved of the action of the virginia assembly which repudiated ted la in the state bill of rights all reference to the Cb christian ristian religion attempted to be endorsed and adopted that which as explained by jefferson Jeffe raon meant to comprehend within the mantle of its protection the jew and the gentile the christian and mohammedan the hindmo and infidel of every denomination therefore the proclamations of presidents and other public officers for thanksgiving days and other public holidays while recognizing almighty god do not have any special reference to a particular religion if they did they would be out of place and contrary to the genius of our national government and insulting alike to the hebrew and the mohammedan the infidel and hindmo who may be citizens of our country but if a mormon la is not ft a abris christian then there are no christians in america this to ie not meant to draw a comparison between the life of any individual and that of another though we would not ehrick from that if it meant the course of the rev presbyterian and that of mormon men in this community but it refers to the religion clawed as mormon and any of the so called christian sects of the age A member of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints to is at least as fairly entitled to the appellation of a christian as a member of the presbyterian church the organ organization iziL doctrines ordinances discipline and general characteristics of the former can be shown to compare closely with those ot of the primitive christian church while the comparison with the other would demonstrate a great dissimilarity therefore the mormons cormons Mor mons tn en the supposition that only christiari Chri Christ lars have any right to recognition in such proclamations as aa that issued by the mayor tand stand on the same plane with the presbyterians rians and the baptists baptista the methodists methodist and the congregationalists and all the rest of the multifarious sectaries sect aries of modern christendom but the term christian li as designating a special form of religion I 1 has halt no right to a place in a public pub lo 10 pro ola cla matlon mation from president or governor mayor or other civil officer the hebrews have just as much right to call for a closing of the stores 0 on n any occasion connected with their efforts to ameliorate mankind as have the christians of any particular creed arid and the cormons mormons Mor mons sil have as much right as either to ask for a general suspension of business during their general confere conference noer when the general public are invited to attend for their moral and spiritual welfare bigotry and In intolerance tolerances narrow discrimination and sectarian sec tartan spleen are anachronisms in the nineteenth century we have nothing to say is against mr mills nor his efforts to awaken religious interest and moral sensibility debility here or elsewhere and wish him only good things and success IL his legitimate ministry but we think he be will agree with us tak th such efforts as those put forth by a self constituted champion in tribune will only tend to damage him and the work he be is en deavor log to perform |
