The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-01-04
afoRfoN1sM IN BROOKLYN.
The services on sundav-Bitter Haranaues
aaainr the sun-A Mormon Bishop Chni-
Ieuses the World TO n Polygnmic Discus

The services on sundav-Bitter Haranaues
aeainsr the sun-A Mormon Bishop Chni-
tenses the World TO n Polysnmfc Discus
sion.
II is a trite proverb that evil things hate the
light we need not therefore be surprised that inc
emissares Of Brigham Young and the small prophets
OF the Mormon persuasion dctess THE SUN Inc
ast beams OF light shed upon their tabernacle aroused
the saints to frenzy and the looks cast upon our re-
porter Us he took his seat among them on Sunday nj
tornoon were not by any means friendly The few
girls who were present stared and riggled, bu: tue
men bent their brows and looked daggers, metaphor
ically. of course Rut should he meet any OF them
IN Utah. there might be more truth than poetry
about the saying. ..
DASH At TIE SUN RsPoRTER.
the Presiaent " the kssoeaon. one Potts was on
his feet 81 the time, engaged in prayer He instant
" diverged from the subject. and dashed into q
fierce attack upon TBE Sum and its scribe. He de-
MED that the stairs were rickety, that the Taber
naele smelled OF fish that the elders were in eopert
INC piles OF clam shells were used q sign. They
were rather an ornament than otherwise, and had
never neommoded him he was astonlshed At TIE
pudence OF the reporter whom he was good enough
10 indicate to HE faithful with his fngef that after
writing such nhomnable articles about the saints he
should shoy his brazen face among them. ne
called thc Saints ignorant. and no Doubt thought
that the asy ms pavd
= most prosperous condition.
"why in hts time, my brethring," he burst out
with extraordinary rapture, " In his time they 'ad
no no" hoSc, was as Stiful as paving stones and
cedar was has cheap has common deal"
This seemed to have great eject on the brethren,
who were convinced that the Israelites couldn' Y
manners when they had 80 much money about them.
SAINT on A REPORTER.
Mr.. Potts wound up his prayer In frame ofmind not
exactly suitable for an appeal 70 me Divine Being
the bread and water made their usual rounds. When
every one had partaken save the guilty reporter,
VINO was HSthy ssSea oy ee Jehc9n Tnetn iI ne ne
piled that he was the latter Of the emiss aries
from Deseret mounted the rostrum and announced
himself as o bishop from Brighamia. He said he had
been In the faith Twenty-Five years, that he was
on probation Methodist In hull. in the old
country but not satisfied with 1t. did not under
stand H. heard fellows talk about getting the knowl-
edge OF Jesus: asked them how they got II, aud
What y was but ihey Couldn't tell him. aud q last
he fell In with an old Mormon, who expounded 70
him the Book OF Mormon. since which time he had
been sincere believer. He considered the reporter
Of the sUS blinded individual, rendered unjust TO
tie truth By his Christian belief He called tie Nor
mon bishops emissaries OF Brigham Young, but cler-
gymcn Of any other denomination would be styled
reverend.
FnIg LOVE
There was tho man Rockingham, who lneulcltol
IL would he Welcomed 70 Sny cu IL the ceun
vet the Mormon Bishops would be refused because
they were impure. What made them impurc' Was
before heaven and earth fairly aud squarely married
two wives was a kideous wretch, but the man who
married one wife and defed all the daughters Of
Eve that he could get hold OF, he was pure. There
was Henry Ward Boecher and there was Greeley;
they pure men Of course because they only had
one wife Now he wonld Just say this; the subject
was distasteful TO bm. but was forced upon him By
the attacks OF The SUN. He never wanted 10 speak
of polygamy but every man who spoke or wrote
about Mormonism seemed to think that polygamy
was Mormonism and Aormonism polygamy. He
then went into defence OF the peculiar insti-
tuition which given In rough unstudied language
and with broad North country English accent, but
was very able, and undoubtedly sincere: II rested
mainly on the Old Testament, wherein II appeared
that various historic personascs had been polygs-
msts. Davds action with regard to Bathshebs was
dragged In, and the Blshep, whose name our report
could not learn, preached the curious doctrine that
rs IL was necessary for Gods purpose that David
should possess Bsthfheba she would have been
gwen to him By tue Almighty in His own good time,
but that David sinned deeply By making himself the
finger OF Providence, and showing Urah into bloody
grave. Still Bathsheba become The mother Of Sole,
mon, who was wonderfully blessed by the Lord He
didn't say 10 him, Your father was polyCamist.'
No, on the contrary, he blamed him gently. He
pitched into Monogamy and the free love hypocrites
right and left, pointed out the fostering sore and
wound up by public challenge TO any Christian
minister TO meet him and discuss the matter.