Show EXTRACTS AND COMMENTS irvill be remembered that the rev dwight spencer the baptist p preacher of this city went cast a few weeks since to p procure procure funds out of which church in ogdan on tho the tilt lie pica chod in new now york on oil tile condition of the tile border land aa seen from the standpoint of a clergyman all and a baptist the N printed a synopsis of his dVe discourse ourse he ile commenced with a description of the wood river country which certainly is not very flattering from froni the religious standpoint I of a baptist clergyman in the wood river coun country ry taid said he there is not one day S school 1411 not oil ono e sunday school not one church and not one minister I preached in the 17 valley alley of halcy haley in a tent the town is six months old the people eat on oil the beds to hear me there nas was ft a faro fare bank in operation next door the tile rattling of dice dic eind and shuffling of cards wore ivere plainly heard the soap of the ballad singers and the mus music sic of the bands went on as I preached prea clied in ih the afternoon I prea preached clied in the next town and close at hand two faro banks were open while two or three others were doing business a little farther off the following is his graphic description of a Woo dRiver country saloon which is not BO so sombre aa as that given of the tile place of worship in bialey you would be surprised surprised at the cle ganco of these gamb gambling ing saloons said iid the minister th they eyare are fitted in black walnut arc are warmed and well lighted and are in all respects i the most comfortable and attractive places to tile young men of choso tho so mining regio regions ns at present they in invariably contain a liquor bar very often a young man brings of earnings into town of a i saturday evening evening nr and loses it all before sunday morning morning in ill those haunts of vice vice the devil holds sway so thoroughly in ill tile country I speak of that there is no worse state sta teof of affairs in ill the heart of central africa the rev gentleman thinks the education and civilization these people ae bave received in the east em enable i them to practice a refinement of vice that is unknown in the land f A cs bl black a ck I legions eg i ns he says between Og denin utah and reno in ill nevada a tract or eleven times larger than new eng land seven and a half times as largo large AA as the middle states there is but fy ane ono minister to every 2500 inhabit tants and but one to every square miles if you want to get a idea of the tile religious desolation im imagine agine 21 2500 people scattered over the surface of connecticut and then put once clergyman over them to minister to their spiritual wants thia this is the picture presented by six territories and one state nevada by inquiry he lie found the tile books which were in the greatest demand oft on t the trains by which he traveled in in the places above named were z lectures on bi infidelity fidelity band and the best patrons alie cowboys U ys of whom he lie gives a terrible history to counteract the influence of these perilous books lie would recommend illuminated tracts containing extracts from the best baptist sermons or even thi tho writings of josh jash billings bob burdette john B gough ac he lie nv fild scatter them by the million itar ir spencer next turns his attention ion to the mormons cormons Mor mons of whom he be ha hays s some good things and some lie saya that are not PO so ga that are not true let us look at the causo cause in utah P he hc continued out of inhabitant are cormons mormons Mor mons S the mormon church is a one man concern if john taylor wants a colony founded in ill any place he be simply names the men who a arc rc to go if they are merchants t they icy sell their stores and business if they are farmers they part with acir farms I never knew ofanio of an in once francein in which he was disobeyed from the above quotation it will beeden be ficen that the ilon have faith inthe in the efficacy of their conand confidence in the man whom N god has placed at their head to lead them and they believe that he is inspired by the almighty to 10 instruct them hence it is no marvel t ta us if when president taylor calls 01 wil to go on missions missions and build up new settlements they respond V readily and arc are willing to make great to promote the interests of v the institution they have e espoused I j and ind the people with whom they are identified the mormon mornion reli religion cion is practical cal it is tempo temporal i ral aswell as wall as eternal and inspires its adherents n with hopes that are imperishable the certain hope of life eternal the reverend gentleman next say ithem the mormon ori dont recognize the government of the united states inthey if they obey its laws itis it is only is 03 a matter of policy they consider themselves the saints of the earth and believe th the a world is is theirs if they dont get it today to day they think they will tomorrow to morrow anu and they propose to wait and to work the mormons cormons Mor mons do recognize the government of the united states they believe it was erected for the establishment of civil and religious liberty and that the mormons cormons Mor mons have a claim on this government tor their protection in their right to worship god according to the dictates of their c conscience On science ina in is much is its their doing so docs does not in infringe on tile rights of thor I neighbors they obey the lays JaW not as ft a matter of bogey but because it is their duty to obey them they believe the word of god which says to them let lot no man inan break the laws of tile land for ho be that the laws of god need not break the lows of the land mr spencer is DO not t very rabid at present on mormonism and those who believe and practice its principles but he deals some severe blows at his fellow christians in this city worse yet however is the conduct of some of the christians who arc are org organized anizel there in ogden a christian church gives a ball every fortnight and anybody who can raise lift efty cents can take part in the d dances inces frequently these balls break up in dru drunken fiken rows this sort of tiling thing and the irreligious gambling gamblin whisky drinking officials bials if agents of the government out gilt there servo serve as arguments against christianity among the mormons cormons Mor mons these disorderly people arc are pointed out as sample gentiles the most c eloquent sermon the preacher ever heard beard john taylor deliver was on the subject of the corrupting influence of the gentiles it was a sermon that would almost have moved an eastern audience and said the preacher the worst of it was that the basis of it was true PP he closed with an earnest appeal to the baptist association for funds to build a church in ogden and to prosecute his labors in the border land |