Show VERY inconsistent our provo correspondent gives information of a singular situation in that town it Is proposed to establish a methodist university in utah A number of prominent professed latter day saints of our neighboring city on the south are am desirous of having the intended university located there their anxiety is very pronounced being exhibited by liberal donations of money some of these prominent professing latter day saints have even favored the proposition of tendering for the use of the methodists the site selected for the future erection of a holy temple in which sacred ordinances for the salvation of the living and the dead could be administered no wonder our correspondent expresses a sentiment akin to disgust at inconsistency so manifest and glaring we are am with him upon that point it to Is perfectly consistent for the methodists to establish themselves and broaden their borders in this territory this is their right and they should and must be unmolested in the fullest sense while thus engaged but why is it inconsistent for fer latter day saints sainte prominent or obscure ao to take such a position as that assumed by certain parties in provo prove Is it not liberal that which is not consistent is not liberal there is neither liberality nor reason ina in a community manufacturing clubs to break their own backs the history of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints shows that in the dobbings mob bings dr ivings and persecutions that it has endured the methodists as a sect have taken an exceedingly conspicuous part parl this utter bitter antagonism has followed the church throughout its meanderings and reached this territory at a conference of the sect held in ogden those who composed it speaking of mormonism said it should not be reasoned with out but ought to be stamped out Dothe do the brethren wish coald to aid and abet the establishment among them by their means and otherwise of an anti mormon stamp mill to grind up the religion whose adherents they profess to be to decline to participate in such an operation is certainly not illiberal but decidedly sensible by taking part in a methodist manufactory latter day saints strengthen the ranks of those who have prominently sought to rob them of their liberties as witness a resolution passed at the ogden conference confer jence before referred to that the laws of this T territory y s should hould be made by a council c I 1 appointed in t e d by the t president of the th e united r ted states and an by the senate thus is exhibited the fact that the question involved is political as well as religious another illustration of the attitude of the methodist church towards the church of jesus christ of lat ter day saints was furnished in a meeting of that denomination held in this city on sunday may ath 1882 it was claimed to be one of others held under the auspices of the same sect which took place on the same day throughout the united states their object was excle anti mormon the proceedings ce in the one held in this city were participated in by local politicians prominently known for their intense bitterness against the majority of the people of utah it was stated with pride by the clergyman who presided on the occasion that the church to which he belonged had taken a more active and conspicuous part in opposing the imor mormon church than any other religious organization and that it was principally through its efforts that the edmunds ika law was passed dissatisfaction with that measure was expressed by him he claiming that it was however a step in the right direction if his statement be taken as correct inferentially ferenti ally the same body has taken an active part in producing fhe he legislation under which the church is now being flagrantly robbed of its ita property do these pro prominent eminent provo latter day saints desire to take part in the manufacture of crusaders against the church to which they belong and share in introducing into utah a religious element whose leading purpose is to disintegrate the community with which they are associated if they do their position is not liberal but simply inconsistent and unreasonable the position is made still more clew clear when the attitude of the lat ter day saints in a religious sense is considered they positively take the stand that methodism and all other iams isms have gone out of the way having departed from the religion of the lord jesus christ and while having some truth to convey are largely engaged in the dissemination of error this being the case who that claims to be a latter day saint can engage in the work of disseminating darkness in place of light and have any claim clalla to be recognized as possessing the genius of the work of god what motive there can be in assuming such a position as that taken by some of our brethren at provo is not easy to define it cannot be from their standpoint the spiritual advancement of mankind for the opposite would be the result resul t Is it because a presumed material advancement van vau cement would accrue through the establishment of such an institution insel in their midst that they desire it if so has it come to this that some of us are wallin willing g so to speak to sell our birthright for a mess mesa of pottage 1 and grasp after material matters to the detriment of those that axe are higher because spiritual these views are expressed in all kindness but we unreservedly state them without qualification and an unhesitatingly assert that our position is the antithesis of that which is alleged to be that of some of the prominent brethren at provo we are not illiberal we favor and demand toleration for all but it does not follow that toleration includes participation in the establishment and the dissemination of that which is understood to be erroneous if our provo friends desire to see the opposite of the attitude which they have taken they would have only to go into a methodist community and propose to establish in the midst of it a latter day saint university or academy they would immediately see that instead of encouragement the stamping out process would be at once resorted to so far as regards the proposition to tender the temple site for the purpose of building on it such an institution as the one contemplated the bare proposal of such a thing will meet with unqualified dissent not to use a stronger term from the great body of the people composing the church |