The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-01-24
OUR SUNDAY SERMON

Next to slavery. il has been th'
great blot upon the escutcheon oi al
countrv. |, /. the scene of too muci
license In the name of liberty. IL l.
q cancer in the hody polite. Ii hat
attained a vigorous growth because
the governm -nt mas dallied with and
rn nnanv cases. has indirectly encour
aged st. I'm III infancy We were told
shat IL would die natural death a.
so0n as il cam within the pale al
civilization. Bat il didn't die worth
r cent. Owing Ia the tar,iiness oi
abe government 10 interpret public
opinion against the Mprm,ns in Hi
nois, the citizens surrounding NauvoC
gathered In their might one night
piIlared the settlement and ruthiesslv
murdered MANY OF the pIlyg tm'>tS.
+; was q cowariiv wav 10 rlj society
Of the evil and the doing> Of the Gen
aIIe rloi1 on that Inflated night WAS
universally denounced by every fair
minded citizen. That such an AL "i
infa,nv was possible WIS due ID the
T,0licv Of the government that toler
atea it. IL played with the monster
wntii IL became 20 nhnoxIous fo those
Near 10 that tnev smote ii al last bv
the hands III violence.
Their removal Ia Utah isolated
them from the company of the settled
portions of the Union and gave their
peculiar beliefs full play. They oc-
cupy as fair and as fruitful a region as
the sun shone upon. They pro>pered
and today they number 80, 900, and
hold vast amount of wealth. They
are not disposed TO surrender their So
called religious beliefs without a strug-
Gle, and they vii fight TO the list
sooner than part Wi them. For
the most part they are ignorant and
their onl v educated Is IN the Intalll-
bility of Mormonism and hatred of
the GentiIes. whom they look upon as
.heir sworn enemies. Their numbers
are recruited from low order of
Europe's population with sprinkling
HUH >dudOsS kllc
The agents of this iniquity are
abroad seeking victims and it is a
FACT that they are successful. I'm this
state one Of their solicitors only a
sh0rt time ago succeeded in making
700 converts and shipping them to
Utah. But it is across the sea that
tie great harvest is gathered. One
day last week the cable informed Us
stas one steamer set sail from Liver
pool with seven hundred Mormons on
board. These adults We're ''c0nver-
ted" in Norway and Sweden, a region
from which Mormonism has drawn
the majority of its followers. and were
agricultural laborers They have
swallowed the teachings Of the agents
with the avidity that ignorant persons
DO when the prospects of speedy
wealth are held ont to them. Their
lot is so hard in their own country
shst they are only too glad 10 ex-
change it for a home beyond the sea.
Thy are simple people, living in
barren country, with peculiar notions
Of morality which is fi;ly demonstrate
co In the readiness with which they
embrace Mormonism. Not ONLY does
the government slight plain duty in
permitting this moral ulcer 10 exist
but it adds to its Nervousness bv allow
ing its agents to import the dupes
from The ignorant population of
Northern Europe tina, propagates
and sustains this iniquity, 1t is time
sor those who administer our affairs
80 put check upon this feature of
Mormon traffic in BODY aud
soul.' If there if No law to
reach this adm0nitioD then Congress
shOuld frame one at once.
Prophecy of the decline of Mormon
ssm was INDUCED in and very gener-
ally believed at two epochs in its his
sory-at the completion of the Union
Pacific Railroad and the death of
Brigham Young. Both of these
events have happened but in nowise
did they retard the spread of polyga.
my. 1t had assumed such Roadway
that nothing except the strong arm of
the govement could arrest its progress.
Whv that effort was withheld is
mystery. but certain it is that the
time is near at hand when an out
ragged public sentiment will demand
polygamy to be suppressed and that
she admonition will be surely needed.