The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-11-15
Observation-Disclosures.
he Proposition Discussed by
"Wanderer."
TUE BG6BEAR OF RELIGION.
- CeA-taintY The Church OF
70 =, a~ls nd w.tII Be Disestab-
uk'hed IRE Long.
:, R,TGBEAR OF RELIGION.
BEIr.Asr, octO Der II, 1885,

co-vesnowsSa. ce Of TIE HEEALl:
The prcDosa ton for the disestablisf
n,ent of tl,e q hurch of England is a:
Stunning upexs,s cted proportions, an
unless there il "a veloped in The interVa
between now aq,s I the election, som
unlooked-for issuA , 1t promises to as
sumo a magnitude that Will render al
other topics of very secondary import
tance. Until the aniIesto OF Mr
Gladstone vase xslcdiS on 'hepuoiic ID
subject bobbed iato' il otice only ecca
sionally from some corn er Oh the KING
dom or another, and wta there was
strong disestablishmenU 4 lhuence a
work in a quiet but efecA We way, Tut
occasional outbreaks seemed 10 cause
but little concern. Since, hen ever, tn'
Premier came out on tie subject
followed by Lord Salisbury on a 'e same
topic, it has become the greatqn estloI
of the campaign so far as Eng,bnI ano
Scotland are concerned. In EysIhA 40 II
barely has a place, purely localiiA ueS
being the food On which ali part5a =
Conservatives, Liberals and Nationals S
hope to grow fat. Each succeeding
day shows Increases interest in the sub
ject and no political orator dare at
tempt an expression of views on public
matters without reference to this CUES
ton. Even the white ~chOkered emf n
isters) fraternity have caught the fewer
and are discussing the matter prs-aSl,d
con. Both parties adnsTt that it has be
come a political quest ion; one may
readily gain some idea of the religious
character of nation where its religion
is dependent upon the capTiciouS GIBBS h
all sorts of crafts sail; none, how eTer, 1
being generally believed to be altogether !!
sea-worthy. One could understand Il
how politics might be made to depend /
upon religion; and If the religion were 4
genuine politics undoubtedly would be !.
Secondary and subservientlto the eternal /
principle; but where the former Is sub 4
iect to the whim of the latter, it forces 4
the conviction that either their politics /
have arrived at degree Of perfection !
heretofore unknown even. In thei1 reli- H
gion, or that their religion is q mere 4
name, farce, business by which a (!
favored class live at the expense of 4
others without giving an equivalent in 4
return-in fact that the vital principie
. which it has ever been supposed. wass9
embraced by religion, has lost its force.
The spirit has departed, and deform-
. ed. mutilated, dead, sapless corpse
(which is so putrid-as the revelations
, in the Pail Mall Gazette have demon
strated-that persons brought up In
an atmosphere of moderate purity can
only shudder at the vile stench( only IS
|, left If a religion is not good enough
to make the politics of its professors
!. reasonably pure; if inherently there is
not power to keep its members, or pro-
# fessOrs, or believers from social and
q political dishonesty, then the sooner it
!. IS buried the better; for being in itself
= powerleSs to check evil it is made but
n machine, bit a means in the hands of
the divining and unscrupul0us to prey
upon and Cypress others; and In this
a sense the sooner diseStablishment In
nt Great Britain takes place the less ma
chinery will there be at the command of
lh artful scoundrels. But the beginning of
!. this fight, while there is little doubt it
81 will ultimately result successfully, viii
=, be q sorry thing for the clergy of every
denomination whatsoever in Great
tn Britain where the livelihood of the
black cloth and white-tied gentry de-
% pends upon the sufferance and contribA-
70 lions of others. And the sickIy youths
q. of the fundamentally and physically
who are specially ''called" to- the
on ministry will have good cause to wish
their predecessors OF this age far enough
w for engaging in q movement looking to
the disestablishment of the Church of
England. The weight of argument is
All wholly in favor of those who desire to
s. see this state religion deposed; and
&c many are the wrongs that have been
done and the extortions that have been
on practiced to maintain g favored religi-
se' Gus class at the expense of all those
80 who had no sacred feeling in common
in in the form of that religion, alike with
those who thought the established
ne church the high road TO the celestial
CITY. The whole thing hangs on the
ate enforced contributions to the support oil
~ a clergy which Is not in sympathy, mo-
~. to saw absolutely obnoxious, TO a large
proportion of the inhabitants of the
r United Kingdom. Moreover, the bug
81 bear OF religion interfering with STATE
affairs is reversed, for the State inter
on, feres with the religion and appoint
ments to high ecclesiastical positions, /
ant not ID the lesser ones, is a subject il
:. which the State presumes the right K
eTv dictate, the bishops, etc, Ii is true hav
ing A voice with the "iuds" in the hous,
re- of Parliament. The fact that favored
zen ecclesiastical class is thus maintained
- by State enactment at the expense of al
'"0 denominations is what causesthe troubl
and since then, those who do not Sc,
ge eyeto eye with the Church of England
are its opponents, they naturally d,
led not look upon 1t as the church of Coz
'"o upon earthand therefore object. as the,
be. have perfect right to- do, to be beinl
compelled to support clergy they d.
Use, not believe in and consequently canno
respect with that degree of reverence
Lnd they hold should be shown TO those VIII,
0bt are truly the servants of the Most High
Like produces like and of course ad
.tiy herents of the established church ar
unable TO see why any regard should b
ses paid to the desires of those who do no
Us believe in the true church assuming, a
each does, his to be that distinguished
one) and he disputes the right of tn