Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-08-24
STAYNER'S Philippe.
New York by Gaslight; or, Brethren
How Much Greater Is the Viz
tue Of Utah.
Those Who Damn POlygamy Declared
to be Associates of the ViIest
Prostitutes.
No Burning He'll in His Belief, Which
Is Probably Fortunate for Him.

In his sermon at the Tabernacle yes
terday afternoon, Arthur Stayner paid his
maiden tribute to modern Babylon" by
contrasting the debauchery OF women by
the Gentiles with the better methods
adopted by the Latter-day Saints. He
said he did not feel like narrowing the
feelings of those present by extensive or
elaborate details, but, being practical
man, he felt that it was his duty to show
this people the marvellous degree of wick
edness and unhallowed methods OF sacri-
ficing virtue practised among the enemies
of this people. That these same enemies,
who were continually bowling against the
polygamous Mormons, and using every
means to bring them into disrepute with
their fellows, are in many instances
THE ASSOCIATES OF PROSTITUTES
Of the lowest order. He had recently re-
turned from a visit to New York, and
during the course of his residence among
the people of the East he had investi-
gated outraged virtue, from the NEST
hiding Of the orator preacher down to the
lowest novels of prostitution" The wick
edness of the Gentiles was vast and I'M
speakable, and beside the sexual system
OF the Mormons, which countenances a
plurality of wives and recognizes them as
such,
WOULD MAKE THE ANGELS WEEP.
The Mormons take pride in their wives,
and marry them and treat them with
living regard, recognizing the issue of
their plurality of wives with the same
parental solicitation. On the other hand,
those who pretend to believe in the mono
gamic system and are the loudest in
their denunciation of polygamy, are the
ones to use every means to entrap the
virtuous maiden and sacrifice her on the
altar of lust. Yes, they tear the children
of chastity from their homes and debauch
| them for the qualification of moment,
and thus place an irrevocable stain upon
them which naught but death can efface.
The system of
PLURAL MARRIAGE HAS NO SUCH RESULTS,
For all are recognized as wives, and enjoy
the confidence and love of the man whom
they call husband in this life, and, as he
believed, in the world to come.
He knew the world would adopt diff
ferent method OF living in time, and the
plan of the Mormons, which recognized
virtue and the home position Of woman
would meet with favor and be almost
universally adopted. To use his own
words: "There will be time when q
man will not have to lie in jail for prac
ticing polygamy, and the things now hap
pening will be looked back upon by oul
prosecutors with feelings OF shame"
He said that the absence of President
TAYLOR from their midst at this time, in
their hour OF peril and sorrow. was to be
borne with the consciousness that it was
all for the best, and he asked the congre'
cation to
PRAY FOR SPEEDY DELIVERANCE
! Ofthe saints from Zion of the hands of then
prosecutors and for the safe return of him
who had been chosen to preside over
the destinies OF the people in this life
He would not be surprised if God would
perform a miracle to relieve this people
from the pressure now brought to bear
upon them. He attributed the high de-
gree of perfection in the productions and
prosperity of the country which the Nor
mons inhabit, as the special Intervention
of the power of God, sent forth directly in
the interest of this people. AS an illus
tration, he quoted the parable OF the chill
dren of Israel being fed on mamma which
had fallen from heaven, but the God who
had thus provided for their wants had
taken the precaution to scatter it broad
cast over the land, so they would have to
work to gather it, and thus prevent them
from becoming restless and lazy. In the
same way
THIS PEOPLE HAD BEEN FORCED TO CUT
CANALS AND bitches
And work the soil to make it productive
and though the hand of God guided then
labors, He was too wise God to prepare
and complete the work, even for His
chosen children.
According to Mormon revelation this
latter-day is the winding up scene of the
world, and the Saints of this latter-day
are preparing to enter the temples of glory
in the celestial kingdom, and they are
happy in the belief that their glory will
/ be enhanced by the martyrdom they
suffer in this life for the principles of their
religion. To keep their covenants, and
reach the highest degree of glory in the
celestial world is their desire, and
IF THEY WERE PROSECUTED, REvILED AND
IMPRISONED
For their belief, God would not allow
them to go unrewarded.
In their belief God was the higher man
and possessed with a "body, parts and
passions" and was not the unfeeling God
which other sects have tried to make him
out to be. The god who would consign
to the fortunes of a hell of fire and brim-
stone was not the God OF the Mormons.
To the Mormons ''hell is the conscious
ness that others, who have fulfilled their
covenants, are enjoying the blessings
which we could have enjoyed" The rea-
sonings the outside sects put forth to JUS
tify their beliefs was most frivolous, and
in asserting that God has no body, parts
or passions they took away all the foun-
dations upon which a religion could be
based, and to use homely phrase, was
ga footless stocking without any leg" He
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