Show UTAH STUDENTS ANN ABB B mich mica april 8 during last autumn remarks similar to these were frequently dir doted toted to me pardon me air but you are from utah are you not yes yee well ean can you tell me anything abut ab ut we the mormons cormons are there any of af them left in utah 19 after giving them what little information I 1 possessed with a sort of 1 don pt belleve you look another question would be ventured why I 1 understood since they had bad been oom belted to fowe up their religion that they were all going to mexico oo no not all alj are going to mexico the stakes of zion are only being extended reaching as aa they ta do today giom canada to mexico this stare is ain almost oat too much for the average down easier M who for the past decade has been educated in all thedore the lore of anti mormon bi history bastory story one good young man from maryland a prospective lawyer wished to know if half via the people in fia utah lutah were CiviA civilized zed I 1 cannot may ay whether I 1 succeeded in changing his hia for you will readily understand irom from his query that it il would be no beasy aay task for sixty three years throughout our land the gospel dospel of christ has been proclaimed by the mormons cormons Mor mons missionaries have labored la in every state in the union papers have been published and books and tracts spread broadcast and still there ste are thousands of people today in we the united states who do not dot possess one correct idea relative to the history or doctrines oot rines of the latter day saints I 1 met a gentleman a few days daya ago from the noted missouri irl he Is just completing a four years 1 course in the michigan university he read hebrew batin and greek is ia versed in all the old le gandi and mythological teachings I 1 digs of antiquity mark my iny ur surprise prise when be asked if the mormons cormons believed in the bible perhaps it would not have seemed so strange had tie he not beau raised iu in the ette that bat took a special delight to in banishing this ibis same game people peo lo about fifty years ago irving in his history of new york in speaking peaking 0 of says it t is a concise Oon clee manner of answering un welcome doctrine and much resorted to in ancient tims times 12 my friend emed to be oblivious of the fact that faie big state had bad adopted this ancient method of argument to in attempting to 10 hence the now defenders de enders of the faith of christ and those who proclaimed the fulfilment fulfillment of godys bodd word as contained in holy writ these few illustrations will tend to show the ignorance that is so BO prevalent regarding regard anif the peculiar people of the y l still we can not wonder at the false ideas entertain enter entertained tai ia ed for no people since the apostolic days have been so ao maligned and misrepresented to three agenole ag encle more than all others is ia this condition due papers preachers and politicians the press ban indulged in extravagant portrayals not at all times wilful but simply to answer the demands of the populace by furnishing sensate nal dal stories even if it had to be done at the expense of truth and the falsifying ofa of a a 3 honest people preachers from the very day that joseph smith first announced that he had bad received a revelation and especially since the organization of the church in 1830 have been in arms waging an unceasing warfare against whom they term d the impostor of the nine century why beaise he came proclaiming truth and denouncing noun cing error because he announced the restoration of the hespel the opening of a new dispensation that god had again spoken from on high these teachings aimed at the root of so called christianity and meant the overthrow of all false systems and creeds to retard the progress of this work biblical argument was resorted to but soon abandoned reason and logic was brought into requisition but failed to produce tile the desired effect and being tu 11 extremes recourse was had to the old cry sigo false prophet imposter slander and calumny pulpits for the time being seemed to lose their former g 1 cance in place thereof giving forta the most wilful and uncharitable utterances prejudicing the weak and aal unsuspecting politicians to create excitement to agitate the populace and to further their personal aims fourd found a field in the cause of the unpopular and aad from 1835 until datil 1890 national and state political would oe reformers have gloried in the cause that had f diw sw champions but many opponents knowing aney would have no opposition but would revel in the plaudits pl audits of the many apropos the oll oil adages truth is mighty and wil previl I and time rights all things 1 I these sayings saying were never mo more appropriate for utter after half haffa a century of unpretentious advance meat the mists of falsehood are vanishing badore the light of incontrovertible facts while time in his unceasing progress is tracing to its very source the injustice of an honest people and reveal UK ng to an ined world the truths respecting mormonism but while prejudice la in rapidly disappearing it still finds lod gement i the minds of sume some intelligent but mostly fanatical persona an apt install in etau je of this transpired a few days ago mr J jensen of parman is at YoRi lante attending the michigan state armal N armal school his class in rhetoric was required to write a biographical ici sketch each member being allowed to make his own selection mr jensen wrote upon thelise the life of joseph smith the sketch was handed to his professor mr F A barbour a very learned gentleman who after criticizing criticising critic ising it had mr deuson road read it iu in his hia class at the conclusion of the reading prof barbour complimented him on his composition but continuing said but it is absurd nothing could be more absurd it is a religious sao expression to say that joseph amith a low degraded man had visions beware of false prophets the days of revelation are over and modern scientific men man sare are loud to explain in their inventions invention it in IM just as god designed it should beat last becoming excited and very emphatic in his gesticulations he be cried out mr jensen do you believe he was a prophet prop net the young youn man arose and in a very dignified manner replied taking the bible and reason for my I 1 do mst tinly believe him a prophet w well continued the professor ivym if cju do you are hopelessly lost and fatally gone and my advice to you would lie be to 10 turn from ouch ideas again came the reply profess professor r I 1 have never met in my littlon experience a fir fair minded pardon who has studied we the mormon question but what their strong opinions lous were modified and you told me yesterday erday that you ahad had not studied tue the question and therefore you are not competent to judge much desato advise on the subject this last remark rather discontented the proffit sor and to recover he h adopted the old m methot a th 0 A a aa J so delivered ared a on polygamy but as aa th this su subject b act or I 1 in n tact act a any my d question had not been re referred erred to the class clase falleti failed to see ito it application after about flaven minutes bad been in his tirade he concluded but with this challenge in hla his face professor of course all this venom has bag been thrown at me and ab you have asked my opinion relative to joseph josep h smith to show you that I 1 am not prejudiced permit me to sa y that if you or any member of this class can show me where I 1 am in the wrong wron ill willingly acknowledge my error it is needless to say his proposition was not accepted but to show the learned gentleman gent lemans Is inconsistency I 1 will record his reply re p ay why bless your soul forgetting his advice we do not wish to change your opinion toD this little circumstance made our mormon boy the hero of the school and he is now doing effective mission work similar incidents might be related from the exper experience Jence of the students at this place but as utah has a colony ot of about fifty located here the results are being manifest and false ideas are disappearing the influence of fifty ina in a college of about three thousand students all exercised in one direction cannot be overlooked aud and durr duri g the past winter the utah and the mormon questions have been uIe debated Dated und and dis die iu ia every form and before every society in the university and long and loud have been sting the praises and virtues of the and its people until today loday its demands are being bein recognized and its representatives be ing respected one of salt bait lakela sons mr B R A shipp who will graduate in J june une from the literary and the law departments entered an oratorical contest not long since his subject was utah he was success successful fu I 1 in the preliminary contest and so had the privilege of delivering it in university hail before members of the faculty and the students he was not victorious in the final contest he did not expect to be with his subject but he felt happy an 1 1 repaid for his labors to be able to proclaim himself to his classmates and to record a few words for she he land ot of his bis birth his effort was able commendable and well received many circumstances during the past few years have attracted the ibe eyes of the whole world to fair utah but none of them have caused such a general discussion as the grand event that has just transpired the dedication of the salt lake temple P 1 all classes and creeds all people cannot but wonder and reflect with amazement upon its meaning and its purport thousands and tens of thousands of people who have been led to believe that mormonism was dead that the Waua fanatical zeal 1 as they have been pleaded to call it had cooled off aud and that no do more would be heard board of the sect that is everywhere spoken against yet when they least expected it comes the announcement of A great temple dedication to 10 god fl the good results and wonderful benefits that will follow this cannot be estimated the reports that have been sent out concerning its erections its dimensions its passed grandeur and magnificence are startling even to me who has been reared almost under the shadow of its walls never in the history of the church have such favorable reports flashed bashed across this continent contine nL every newspaper in the land publish d long descriptive articles many written days before by special correspondents and accod accompanied panted by cuts of the temple and the portraits aito of many of the church authorities the fact that from to persons persona will visit vigil this beautiful building defore the dedicatory services are concluded announces to the world the progress and advancement of this 41 peculiar people and that there must be some underlying principle and virtue that attracts men from all lands and climes leading them to testify of the truth of the cause they have espoused this is ie incomprehensible to the average sectarian mind for when they deny gods god Is power how can they expect to comprehend oom his purposes sei but they seeing the good works f others may be lead to a contemplation of gods teach ingot and to an investigation of the causes of the sincerity and the be unceasing labors af f that despised denomination who proclaims the restoration of the everlasting Gs gospel aspel pel already are inquiries being made and attention being concentrated on the land of zion don I 1 have perused papers from alabama chicago ka sas gas city new york and from all parts of michigan aid ad with the exception of one or two instances it would be impossible to improve on the accounts given of the temple and the circumstances under which it has been erected surely burely god works in a mysterious way his wonders to perform for who would nave have imagined the enemies of the latter day saints heralding afar praise and commendation of their sincerity and integrity publishing to the world their triumphs over adversity and proclaiming the celebration ot of the most glorious event in their history the successful termination mi nation of forty yeary years toil and expectancy pec tancy an event commemorated by two weeks P rejoicing and thanksgiving for the blessings of an alloise father the world will have no further excuse for asking are there any mormons cormons left in utah have they given up their religion Joju have they all gone to mexico 9 sax SAM A KING |