The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-11-08
MORMON VIRTUES.


A protestant Episcopal HishOp Paint,
Ou' 'he iosd Qualities OF the t'eopI,
81 UI"h,
The Rev DR. Daniel s. futile Pro,
testantEpiscopal bishop OF Utah, lndaho
and Montana, spoke in the church ol
Holy Sepulohre, In New York recently
ON Mormouism There are over one
hundred thousand people IN Utah, he
said "and probably over ninty.fye
Thousand Of them are professors of the
Mormon religion In Salt Lake civ
alone there are twenty thousand inhah.
itadts, Of whom over seventeen thous-
and are Latter Day Saints, Now who
are they will tell you, and | think
that after ! have concluded, you will
look on them more iayowbly than you
have been accustomed 10 do, Spring
ing from the centre OF your own state
IN $780, they driited slowly westward,
under the guidance of Joseph Smith,
through Ohio, Illinois, and Missouri,
until they finally rested in their perS
mapent home in the basin of great Salt
Lake, know the people of the east
have obtained the most unihyorable op,
inion Of the Mormons, and to great ok.
tent, have judged them unjusty. The
Mormons, bad rs they are and pcrnics
Gus as is their system have many traits
that are worthy of admiration. Since
their first establishment in the Salt Lake
basin sufficient time has elapsed for the
growth of a new generation which has
been under the teachings Of Mormon,
ism and which has never known any
other land, people, or creed not to be
found within the limits Utah, They
know only what has been taught them,
and they believe with feryent faith |
that their religion is direct revelation |
from God We are accustomed |
TO look upon the mormons rs either
licentious, arrogant, or rehellious mob |
bent only on deiying the United States
government and deriding the faith of |
christians. This is not so, Their res
ligion is an impious mockery delusion;
but still let us give them their just due.
| know them to be honest, faithful, |
prayerful workers, and earnest in their
faith that heaven will bless the church
of the Latter Day Saints, by ultimately
giving it a complete triumph over all
other churches, They believe impli.
city that the ten lost tribes crossed over
Behring's straits, that they left the golden
tablets of law, that Joseph Smith dug
up the golden treasure, and was divincly
appointed to make known the heavenly
revelation on which the Mormon creed
is founded. Another strong and ad.
mirable point in the Mormon religion
is the tenacious and efficient organiza>
ton. They follow with the greatest care
and devotion all the forms of the old
church. For instance, on Sunday after
noon the sacraments of the Lord $ supper
is administered with bread and
wine, as with Us, but with bread and
water--and all children over ten years
Of age may partake.
81 might speak for hours of their de-
testable qualities, for think ;heir re>
ligion is worse than heathenism, and q
stain on escutcheon OF our free country.
could show how it pierces the honor
of .womanhood stains manhood, and
fosters the grossest materialism but !
can not say that they are horde of
sensualists who have possessed them-
selves of that far off valley in the west
to freely pratice their sensual vices