The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-06-21


> claim most hearty commiseration, es
pecially those who sell papers. Goinl
home one night after II o'clock, hear
broken voice sobbing out from darl
corner. "Eve-nun, Tell-a-ger-aff. 1
was raining. The poor child could no
have been over years old. He was we
through, pale and shivering like al
aspen leaf. He had still two copies Il
sell, and told me he dared not go hom'
to his mother until he had disposed o
them. His mother has three like hin
and she is pronounced drunkard, anC
whatever these children make they
must give to her and then starYe; tht
father, too, is a drunkard, and
thought: This is the improvement The
Tribune admirers would introduce il
Utah. This is the freedom" This il
the better condition. These waits ge
4 cents for selling one dozen papers
Moralists and reformers in Utah anC
out are the greatest liars. and the mos
damnable hypocrites the world contains
= always excepting genuine full
aedged, orthodox Methodist Judge
lninister-and men and women who
listen to their palavers and their sancti-
fed and holy talk about virtue, are the
greatest fools in a world that is full oil
fools. Let some of these liars and
rogues explain the vice. the filth, the
degradation at their own doors, COM
pare it with the wealth of happiness
| which is the portion almost of the poor
est in Utah, and then come and cast the
beam out of Utah's. eye. These are not
isolated cases. The world teens with
them, and these internal liars, and hypo-
critics and imps of Satan know it.
The Custom House steps here are
what the Green is in Glasgow. Every
Sunday it has the scum of hetrogen-
! Gus assemblage of persons of all views,
of every shade of opinion. but particu-
larly of opinions on religious subjects.
Here men come to do Gods service by
getting up wrangles and debates. On a
fair Sunday, all the way from half q
dozen to fifteen or sixteen different per-
sons can be seen holding forth on. as
many different subjects, from the steps
| of the Custom House. Methodist, Bap-
| tist, Catholic, Presbyterian. Protestant,
Brethren. ,infdel, atheist, and SO on, al
most without end. while excited and
deeply interested groups gather about
as elsewhere, the infidel and the atheist
assume to be very bright and very
smart, because they have learned few
catches. Mormon elders also hold forth
and preach their doctrines from these
steps occasionally, and, as a rule, they
gather the bulk of the crowd, which
sometimes grows very excited, and
threats of. Throw them into the
quay" Drown them" etc.. frequently
salute their ears. The Custom
House steps have been the scene
of many unfortunate endings
to religious discussions, and not a few
have lost their lives. Greater tolera-
ton is observable now than in former
days, but few converts are ever made by
these discussions to any faith. Men
gather there mainly for the sake of dis
cussion; not because they think they
can learn any truth. but because they
desire to hear what fools" taeir
opponents can make of themselves; and
because they banker after the glory
that comes from the applause of a few
c0mpatriOts and fellows in religion.
The wrangling and jangling and con-
tention is something f-ightful at times
and it is all "done in the interest of !
Gods good word" The infidels throng |
there and take particular delight in !
tripping over jealous believers in the |
creeds and doctrines OF their choice. |
Many who go there expecting to win
glory and celebrity from their views,
leave degraded, deSpised, scorned and |
Inundated to painful degree. I was
greatly entertained last Sunday. A dis
cussien arose about the spirit world.
and one of the men, finding himself
defeated and that there was third
place In the hereafter, retorted on the
'ther. 20, you believe in purgatory."
Catholic, who had been listening to
ho dicnncornn |
Immediately took up the cudgels and in
most lucid, elegant manner, proceeded
It great length to discuss the
ubject, in the course of which
lie referred to the revised Bible,
md remarked: THE Catholics
MY have the Bible. No wonder YOU
want revision, and revision. The very
act that you must have revisions shows
onclusively that you never have had
he word of God, or the Bible as it
hould be. Go on, get your revision
nd still you will want the Bible.' This
ircus is repeated every Sabbath, and
here are men who visit the 1sStepsn
1ore regularly than the most ardent
think of attending
heir churches. 1t must be a peculiar
azure that loves such strife and such
No wonder infidels are
reeding.
William Horace Lingard is probably
s well known as any acor of his calibre
1 the world. He is one of the proprie-
,rs of the "Falka" company which,
lst Saturday night. concluded an en-
agement at the Royal Theatre-the
My Theatre" in Belfast. He is the
ilne fellow, not bit funnier-and
here was always an abundance of room
,r Horace" to improve in this regard
not new move, not a new express
on. 1t is entertaining to near dead
merican jokes-so dead they smell to
eaven-so galvanized and made to
It a Belfast audience in a roar; ana
ley did it. ssFalka," of recent comic
peras, contains less music than any but
hat it does contain is good, indeed.
here are two or three most excellent
lings in it, while the choruses are very
!ir. The piece was admirably cos
lined, and there was very pretty
allet, moderately well limbed, but of
Icellent voice. If there is one thing
lore than another that the English are
success at. it is at choruses; and it
ally does one good to hear an English :
lorus at work. If there is a redeem
x feature about composition, they
i'll manage to bring it out. sand that
as what made "Falka" a success in
elfast during the week that recently
osed.
This is the season of athletic and