Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-03-29

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twenty f,, ylr., hu,-nW .,-r OBJ. Nmous
b.- hu,n,d. oyrf n s0mI,u-I Iask horse
un tEe psalm. Jgrcr,, 81 one ,imr Iuanj
,uit,,fut excuse hei1,t ihe country To- send aa'
az army there er-s, deaf oI bitter feeling
wss rni.rujer-I guvt many million, ct The
ptap'. m.uy iH. ..N .u.n. T.
neh rhi, o. what 5ameotr The Nnmaos
d,j nni .slu very orl
u thr lime a. .Hsfes, 6, worth amy thing at
all se afg payiu. % pr,ligIou, prise annually
ioi he imputem solution ol this problem, if
pruem DO i. We ace wasting great deal
more. 4Hvr,-r Boo Do, fme ,pgni in reading
owes ani .eg.tu. ,h.. aH.nHmyfi,e subject at
breakfast. dnner, and o.. surpet day after
dos che year, ~ by We ate wasting much
mote hI5n either time or money IN the ptasti
tuition ut ia,Ir 8ud refinement necessary iu dis
,us, ihi' uua,utl subject a. DC !, discussed.
am sure tom mY thirty years residence in
the west. in snd about pt,h ut with these peu.
pie as nay ueighh,r,. know more about them
thau any man | have yet seen undertake To
settle This problem ot I'D in Judgment on these
people. Having said tbi. much, and in view
Of the continual waste Of time. money, and
taste. / ihink | need make NO further excuse
Tot dryoting this ru:ir- paper 10 TIN, problem
hoping happy to ,nv some seed tina, may grow
to hnsl solution II the whole unhappy ques.
ton
Ia the first place, they ste in something
more OF less than biblical sense "a peculiar
people The, arc chosen, gathered in from
the four parts u the world. because OF their
peculiar wrakue,, on this subject OF religion.
| deny clearly andunqualhelly that polygamy
has any special attraction Of itself to these PEG.
pie. Polygamy !, simply one OF the tenets by
whieh they tie their faith and practice TO the
teachings and preaching, Of the bible when
God spake face to face with man upon earth.
They take the old Bible, the New Testament,
the BOOK OF Mormon, and Try to follow all
pretty closely. Wei, as the people there. the
masses, all save the leaders are very, very
ignorant, thick headed. and mentally almos,
helpless. YOU can easily zee how entirely the,
are in the hands OF the bishops, elders and
so on.
You mus, keep in mind all the time the fac,
tina, these ignorant and thick headed people,
drawn from the lowest ranks Of life abroad OF
at home. arc in the beginning just little bit
daft, OF weak on the subject OF religion
"peculiar And when they are told by the
bishops, elders or missionaries that away out
in the middle Of America by the Dead Sea,
with the riNer Of Jordan flowing into it, there
is great city Ike jerusalem, where the people
hope TO get to heaven by paying iithes and
living in all respects As people lived in the
days OF Abraham and Isaac, David and Solo,
mon, you can see very well that they are
moved no, hy any low motive at ALL but
indeed by desire TO get TO heaven by doing
the will OF the master Oh, this search lol
God and the way to heaven is no new search
upon earth at all. And II We find those anon.
US going wrong, what shall We do The swort
OF Gideon FOR the ignorant, the honest, III,
industrious, the humble. praying fellow crea
tmeS out there in the desert. seeking God a
Jacob sought him when the ladder was le
down out OF heaven Not SO.
Re convinced. these people, mean tn,
people not the leaders are an homes, people
piuus people, industrious, peaceable, sober
and Nell.meaning. II you are convinced o
this and you could no, help being convinced o
1t Il you had seen them one tenth part as mucl
as have, ,oiled with them, trusted, tes,e,
them why. Of course, the RICH, feeling it
your heart toward this ignorant, misled mas
OF weak minded people Is one Of pity.
Here We are upon new ground and in a new
atmosphere. The Mormon elder IS also pious
Blu, hi, piey is no, such as challenges an,
yey deep pity OF admiration. It is bushes
pie,y. shall tell you in one word wha, an,
~ho the Mormon bishop, elder and leader is
Guiteau. The Mormon leader is well read
specifically, like Guiteau. lie is religious
insaney religious, like Guiteau. lie is sim
ply Guiieau-,he many hundred Guilea
gathered up from The entire face Of the earth
lie is no, crank because he is Mormol
leader. But he is Mormon leader becaus
he IA eIanl. The whole world civilized an,
uneiviliIed, too. has been made to empty he
religious eranks into the Mormon church
These bishops and elders are jus, as earnest il
their missions as Guitcau was. Some Of then
arc more insane than he some are less so
Bnl there Is no, pre,ener OF question in m
mind Of their sincerity, OF the unfaltering belle
OF every one Of them that they have found III
right road to heaven. ior and Of which. Go,
help as, many good men and women are sill
doubtful about.
shall never ioieet the inst Mormon elder
ever saw. II was on the journey from Counc
Bluf, to Salt Lake, more than thirty year
ago. You viii remember that the Momons. i
iheis exodus from the siaies to sal, Lake, the
part OF Meaico. used wheelhauows, hand
carts. and all kinds Of humble euNeyances, a
they Nefe vep poor Well, this old elder
who was gian, 10 sire, bent angula,, hollow
eyed, and hislcous to look upon, was maxim
his way TO the New Jerusalem, A. he calls
the Mormon settlement. on foot. lie not onl
was on foot, bat he had a wheelhauow. Il
imitation Of the early Momons. No, onl
that. bat he had on his Nheelhurow a hug
black coffin. In this coffin he had bag q
bread snd many books. lie eampei ever
nigh, close to oar camp. inieriered with n
one, rarely spoke o. came near enough 4
SPEAK, bot read constantly the Bible and IN
BOOK u Nlanmon lie Nould set his eofhn o.
the gIoand Of a night, lay the books and 10
bag OF bread outsiis, and sleep in 81, ooiin, il
imitation u the monks u the Capaehin con
veni in Rome. IL told nay father, who spok
10 him as he lay reading in camp in the shad
Of a tree one Sunday, that he vas doing ,hi
10 set 20 heayea, by suffering as the Mouno
saints hal suffered before him.
And this j.. % Wa, the average Mormo