Show christianity HERB AND ABROAD the INT Y independent is ono one of the leading Z religious newspapers in thol lInit states it is published in nef ne kyom f ilak it reckons limong I its chief chiai virtues and claims to public recognition and patr patronage le its bitter hostility to the cormons mormons Mor mons ons and the their religious system in utah in ili its issue of tho the dinst the independent lias has a chapter on the christian work in utah in which it congratulates itself upon the rapid r it has las made iu in this T territory aull and the number of children it has seduced from the reli ic ligion 91 ion of their parents th Q njg tho begin ahe X f ty T 51 dato from twenty five years ago or a point halfway back to the year Y c a r of occupation the fact is that the cormons mormons Mor slon ions mons brought brio U ildah alic gospee gosp Go I CYNT wah ith them whan they first entered salt lake valley in 1847 after aft W they had been driven from iw in various states for ehg sake and this to too by eam omeo N fj td preachers of t lie religious e aw denominations s of which the independent js is the tile expounder and promulgator they were driven from their homes in nauvoo in 1846 in midwinter by ruthless ch j noba and aid religious leaders like the independent looked on approvingly and ina said amen and hoped that was avis an end of tho the mormons cormons Mor mons T Tha tamo journal says jhc the thc lee loca d r camp la tun P do douglas on the b V near licar A s to and coi nan ding gait lake cit city y of several regiments of united states troops in 1803 1863 made arm t 21 i I r religious i el ivious services services possible and com ively safe it also claims for the congregational church to ich ahat organ belongs the honor bt 01 leading th tho achl christian rl flan van into utah now it is well known that long before camp douglas was established HSI aed margreat number of ministers of iff VZ fiill 12 hs N s visited utah services were not only possible and safe but it is tc ti fact that at they were tendered the use of the tabernacle in salt lake city furnished a congregation con b and were anit prest young to preach totham to them wo we know also that the tho pame fame thing has ha s been done in ogden that clergymen of various sectarian ataria churches afave aavo visited this f W J city in early dae days they d desired to remain a n few days and hold religious servi services cei they were accorded accord cd the uso use of the tabernacle and held services according to their own faith being listened lowith to courtesy and respect today to day there arc are in utah catholics protestants episcopalians ians methodist bapis baptist jac and the statement ent of the tile JM in kd aeden J p delfio the contrary notwithstanding it tho the mormon people have sold them real estate and many of them have contributed money to help them to build their houses for religious worship besides helping to feed them and their families when their jovn co religionists is failed to support them A Accor according dim to tho the independent own statement there arc now in this territory some 27 christian aggregate a membership of 1070 there are also fifty fiat Y seven even schools with eighty christian teach tea cheri cra tho total number of scholars attending el these schools is three fourths of whom it is claimed arc are of mormon birth it is Ls also asserted asse ried that a largo percentage of the bemb members cra I enrolled in the churches were formerly followers fol lowera of joseph smith avers that not only y simple opposition but even violence is used to keep and drive latt christen aira thise territory against this wi we lave the st adment of a lady who lias has be enand cand w wo be giove detill is teaching school a presbyterian Presbyter iati school at hooper in tins county in a letter ietter recently published d in the N yew M Y org ork declares ehe has I mel IN IA with nothing g b but uniform kind treat from L IM drifon people during her ber stay in that patt part of etab atan many y I wo meu andrien and men also bear a similar tee testimony in other othu part of the territory I but aliat vat hind kind of i is th rani recap ci ahey alio kristians fileri I the cormons mormons Mor Morn mons ions in exchange for the religion which has ili made so unpopular it surely cannot be the good old christianity of he me sav ja anil his they taught faith in a god who cren created ted man nian in ilia own image and seeking him all ill men may find binn m abd enjoy constant communication muni cation with him by revelation ministry of angels etc that every religious man could obtain a revelation for himself and know that he ile was accepted of god the am anica cri r can system of christianity teaches tuo people to worship a god without body parts or passion who can eden acen flor heard from that the li heavens cavens aro sealed to all men and no matter how low fervently they pray to him they must not expect peet an answer by dream ireatus revelation revelations from angels or the voice voice of god and if any ono one of f their christian brethren should be thus faaoi favored ed an and tt testify of it in their issem assemblies blies lie would at lonce be denounced as its visionary and shunned the american christianity has las lost its force and vitality and many of abit own ministers arc are in great doubt as a to its authenticity the rev george H U hepworth says the truths of modern christianity are not noi many in in point of number the system is is growing za in disfavor with people more and more each day the complaint is that a number of have lave to preach to almost empty churches and that classes of theological students student sare aro continually becoming smaller young men collegians prefer to be educated nowadays for anything rather than parsons indeed there is no need for tb them em great numbers arc aret already out of employment itis it is stated that the presbyterian C church hurch alone has nearly two thousand ministers who are not preaching for the lack of pulpits and congregations in other churches some are being expelled for heresy and immo immorality bality others aro are becoming disgusted with V the doctrinal inconsistencies and hypocrisy of the fraternity and go go ove overto r io the fr free thinkers As with tho the priests so it is with the people all are alike disgusted a with fach other chairing lost con conah fl dels in each other the old als als terns are punctured with holes and will not hold the water of life and we may expect at no distant future to see all the rotten systems ef of me modern d christianity ty crumble to ruin mene ii M written upon their walls their ministers believe their craft is in danger and if the 11 mor for mons aire are let alone they will revolutionize lut ionize the world and bring a reign of uli universal versal brotherhood but the more fierce and furious the pharisees Pharis ees and sadducees cees of the are present day grow against the mor yno I ns tl ic will be van q u dished for mormonism is healthy vigorous groins apace I and will continue to grow until it has accomplished its mission viz viz the regeneration egene ration and redemption of tallen fallen hu humanity maniti |