The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-10-16
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What the New west Education Commission
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CHICAGO, ILK Oct. 15.-At the fourtl,
annual meetiHg OF the New West Educa:
ton Commission the report OF The general
secretary, Rev. Charles r., Bliss, showed
that the year was one of great prosperity
and rapid development in the history. Of
thecommission. The number Of ID, schools
increased from 10 TO 50; the number of
its teachers from 81 to Be the number of
ita pupils from 1858 to 1925. OF its pupils
1000 are In Utah, and about i 200 are OF
Mormon parentage. Its schools are group.
ed so that during a portion Of the wear six.
teen Mormon communities are reached
Tor religious services by five missionaries
Of the American home Missionary Society.
One church was established during the
year, and it is !; confidently expected that
others will soon follow. q Z, .1S'S .'''
I High Mormon officials have onnospd
this work. The teachers have been grossly
maligned: Sermons filed with ground.
less suspicious and false accusations have
been preached against them. Parents
have been threatened with the seyercst
judgments for allowing their children to
attend the schools OF the Commission.
President Taylor: especially. DISTINGUISHED
himself BY the severity Of the lanpnaye
with which he assailed the Mormon
parents, and by the. vigor with which he
charged bishops to cut of from the church
those who saw 1T to ,disobcy. bis jni,luc.
tons. Other officials, however, held views
at variance with those OF Mr.. Taylor. and
in frequent instances the teachers Of The,
commission were welcomed in Mormon
society, ~ y, E. -. 4 r.
i The report extended into an exhaustive
treatise upon Mornonism, found, d nnon,
the observations OF the teachers, and con.
tended that the benefcent influence ex.
erted By the commission is maniiestly ielt
in those sections OF Utah where. It's s:}ool
system has been itroduced. The. prime
purpose Of the; commission was to actDnn>.
.pHsh that which the tEdmuntls bill. con.
temrlated, but failed to DO so. The fact
that Z religion was being assailcd. made
the mi4ioS a peculiarly delicate and ardu.
Gus ono. The religious spirit and do,
times t Of the hormons sn strongly fortified
tuehA. oset4op SSANSIH1pN, lnGnN their
system Of missi9Rsry work was intended
to- &solidiiy Them against missionaries at
home. They: converted, and prosecuted
thousands. Their travel improved them
in practical skill and ewfslom. They
were the great defenders Of tile Mormon
Church, The masses Of the people are of
unbalanced minds, and when theao7 mis-.
sionaries returned they strengthened the
fanatical bonds Of the faith by presenting
to the congregations lists. and atiidayits ii
men tana women alleged hto have been
healed Of disease or converted by the lay.
ing on them Of a. hand: Visionary and
|credulous, the Mormon people believed ali
this. !TheiE emotions are deyelored at M
the strength of their reason. The first
step TO- be taken is to sdayelop their ieass
oning powers and the regeneration must
be accomplished by mtans similar to those
employed shys missionaries d inf heathen
Many good effects Of the school founded
are nodceable,; The schools had promoted