Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-07-07
HOW Is TIT

HOW Is TIT
The steamship Nevada brought $50
Mormon converts to New York City last
The converts are from various
European countries, and all bound for
salt Lake City, or Zion, as the Mormon
missionaries call it. Why is it that the
Mormons are 90 successful in converting |
to their peculiar faith, Of which
polygamy is one Of the peculiar features!
all the converts have been mem
bers Of orthodox churches, and notwith-
standing that Mormonism is denounced
infamous by those churches, thousands
embrace it and 90 to Utah to
become the slaves of its apostles. Its
preachers or its doctrines must be more
seductive than those of the Orthodox
Christian denominations, or they would
not be 30 successful in proselyting and
recruiting their ranks from older religious
denominations.-S State.
The question. put by u contemporary
may not be answered precisely, but the
success that the Mormon missionaries
meet with in making proselytes among
the lower classes of Europeans is sufi-
GENTLY well accounted for in . general
way.
In the first place, tempting induce
ments Of . material sort are held out by
those missionaries to the unsophisticated
peasantry abroad to emigrate to America.
In fact. . great many of these people,
already eager to come to this country,
have their transportation expenses paid,
wholly or in part, by the Mormon
Church." which secures repayment for
these advances Of money by q pounl-of-
flesh bond for an equivalent in manual
labor on the farms of Utah. This loan
for Christ's sake is presented in the form
of . s~ugar-coated pellet and is readily
gulped down by the paupers Of the old
world, who perhaps would never have
any other chance to get their feet upon
the Eldorado Of America.
It is not possible to push aside one
religion and supplant it with another,
brusquely and at one stroke, hence the
above cunning device to get the attention
Of victims which opens up an easy avenue
Of attack.
As . rule, ignorance and fanaticism 60
hand in hand, and as q rule proselytes to
Mormonism are ignorant; hence, gener'
ally, At least, fanatical.
The religion of the Latter Day Saints il
fanaticism.
It starts out with an ingenious story OF
finding the only true Bible, which is the
Book Of Mormon. The Bible is not
ignored. OF course not; that would
never do. The pretense is put forward
that the Book of Mormon is the Bible
the only true 'Book Of Books"
It is not difficult to work their victims
up to this point Of departure. The mis-
sionaries of the Mormon Church are
crafty and subtle. They are powerful in
scripture argument. They have the real
Bible at their tongues end. Controversy
on points of scripture is what they seek;
it is the net that they are most skilled in
handling.
The great Methodist. DR.. Newton,
found this to be the fact when he came to
Salt Lake and undertook q debate with
Orson Pratt. vulgarly speaking, there
was scarcely : grease spot left Of the
learned Doctor when the controversy
wa over.
Whom the "Church" sends out mis-.
sionAries they are sure to be men impreg-
nable in religious argument and possessed
Of the oiliest tongues. These men, seem.
ingly honest in their faith but wild in
their supsrstitious beliefs, very rarely
svsr throw their nets into the water
without taking up . goodly number Of
helpless fshes.
Ignorant, fanatical people feed ven
ously upon extremes in religion. There
II nothing 20 fantastic or 30 utterly emo
tional that IL will not delight and enthuse
instead Of offend and repel them. They
fall willing captives to the weird and
chsrmfal, but irrational and ssnsslsss. idea
that they are to become vsritable Saints
Of the Latter day, and that 10 them, y
members Of the only Church Of Jesus
Christ, l. intrusted the ultimate regensr.
alton Of the world, that from their seed
will spring the true saviors TO purify the
earth and prepare il for the glorious
millennium.
With al this the sensual u deftly
blended. They ere the chosen people Of
God. They will BE- Princes in the world
to coma. The more wives and the 0
children they oan have the greater will
Be- their glory hereafter their fruition on
earth. Of course. does mot count.
for their families will b. sub
jects 10 them when they develop into
potentatss in heaven. They are cur.
ningly taught the faith in these ways, and
there il no doubt that they r . faithful
army and under perfect discipline. osten.
sibly for the salvation Of the world, but
really working out the sordid interests Of
the autocratic rulers Of an entirely carnal
Church"
The growth Of the monster il not diff.
cult to explain.
How to destroy II Isl serious problem
now, and certainly will be still more ssri-
Gus in the future.
PLEAoU1E AND RECORD.
Since Maud s and Aldins astonishsd
the t~rotting world in doing . mile in
2:l62 the wonderful performance has
been the constant theme Of discussion
among s~portsmsn. the question being,