The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1860-08-11
J PIoUs CRIMINALS.

HE recent Religious and Reforn,ator,
Society ANNIVERSARIES showed thai ~
cause Of Theology, il not the cause 81 Rs.
nglop, was. never more prosperous than n
the year 1859 Nearly all the rious sects
and societies were 10 very ilourjshin0
condition. Their treasures were ,,Is.
tilorlc, their parsons sleek and fat ma
even the provincial brethren conId atIard
clean neykcloths Of the snowiest law
The ouly societies TINT had not 3proSnersA
we're those that had allowed d iarce ma
a ~ Negro TO ensconce Himself within
their tehee-7-a fence made, in part al lcsst.
Of. the historical rails split by ii onest an
Two7Sliliing ABE. The hiTgtr l,I.,,y.,,,l. \
source Of great dissenSion, aud fiaally si,iii
the organizations that Larbored l,i,, 80
eiisetually us ABE had split the raids: In
consequence whereof, fortune and success
lad ceased TO wait upon tie llispatatious
ones. 7i4 # ..s' s' .Y -. 8
istlil, ~ the aggregate, theology was
thriving, ard its stock vas d long s,r,,v.
above Par The good old Indies ol 6rani,,,,
and Helkiner were III a state Of mid as,i
Yeitiregnb,ted jubilee, Tie parsous ate.
=d " and cracked Jokes Of an antoine
period, and eyerylodY said il wasn,1 sI ~
q dEeadfnlly had world .saftef III
Just bow We have living before rs cor.
TAIN statistics, pnrporliiig to exhibit :5tlle
condition Of New York Slate US records
: ta 1902 very ine efficiently reported
pg the clerks u Cur rrtaiinal courts uf
record aecordipg 70 an act passed in
ISS9 These Sgares, though lackiur iu
tullness and perfection through The s,,re.
ltssness OF tie said clerks. still show mn
Interesting degreeo nanghtfless nno,l,r.
rs, spite OF our great Theological .,lceess,.s
Indeed, with all due Difference. We NAV
say tllat religion and crime seem to thrive
tosethtr, n1conlInonty we'll Id these DAYS
o. sensation sermons aud rhetorical
prayer. "A curious fact comes OUT here
Out Of Eighteen Thousand and Twenty
individuals Of both sexes, convicted 81
Assault and Battery, Vagrancy. petit
Larceny Drunkenness and DisorderlyC on. |
l " within the year, Twelve Thousand
Nine Hundred and Forty-fiys--.or nearly
Of the whole number, had ahad /
Religious lnstFuetioliW 1t isn't such: 4 I
ircadfaliy good world after all t.l-.G5l /
Now We should lie To ask the gentle. /
net with the snowy neckcloths what these
lgares mean What has been the practi.
tal result OF all the sermons. the collec.I
lons, the exhortations, tile reyiyals. The /
Examples, and the other t.laborst SO: gtsb. /
Hgly talked about 1T the late anniyersary.
neetingsS 4 IL looks as ii s'relirlous in.
as now administered. had bpt
itpery slight moral effect, doesntit! And
ee should really be pleased 10 know what
aect It was intended to hare, If not a I
Moral oHe2 ,iss RI Il f'',E i&.E h
Il is pity that the clerks Of the courtst +
record had not been little more 81.
lleit, and reported not only the number
fcrltninals whose piety had been cult. Fl
ated. but the number Of parsons them. !,
slyes, who bad been guilty or erime--or a
getting caught az IL. From I reason
ply careful course Of newspaper readSbR
uriilg the year, we have reason 10 think ,
nat the derelict divines would make h
retty strong nrng IN New York State !,
lone. We have long suspected that !
iese careful and gentlenalIy shepherds Il
no enioA the lambs OF their fIoeks ID Il
'nderly, were only human. Ike most 4
her folks, and therefore faIiibIe, Ii * =
'mewhat to be doabted II their unctu. H,
Is rdsalone can prevent hungry men :
ON stealing, lazy men from begging Fl
lgry men from lighting, or weakSniad. /
men from getting drunk. Fartber.I 4
ore, We fear that very little effort is
ude IN this direction. Al fat salary and 4
wide popularity seem to be the things q
: which the parson of today hackers | 3 3
leeasingty; 70 lie lodges ali dangerous !,
practical import, and deyoles +
msclf TO fllttering, smoothing over h,
and generally roddliDg up his !,
'lient practitioners, waxing acipose and 2
rid. courteous aud useless, tile while. u
lt IS time that the people who nav a,
Hons on millions, annually, for the SUP. II
1T OF religious institutions, should know /.
little something about the destination II
their money. II such institutions do b,
ally make the world better as Is Il
limed, let US learn how. III, on the 4
ntrary, their lAbors aud expenditures
ly 20 TO produce such scheiuie items as "
. following, eEi bono? Why not put e
9 time and money to some really useful b,
FPosss E.. sss sG IS. s,s..s. ! "a
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