The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-10-31

! are DISSe0l UAN6 uSNCI OClOIC UGnCl0 2
real live Mormon, and perhaps you will
be disappointed in finding they are put
! ordinary individuals. The Latter day
Saints have, however, one characters
tic. which distinguishes them from al
! other people on the face of the earth
they are everywhere spoken against. In
England-in the pulpit, in the press
it is very seldom that anything
favorable to them can be heard OF
read. We only want fair play, we dC
not want pity We are not here To give
up any of our principles, or 20 ask par
don for anything we have done. We
are not conscious Of having wronged
| anyone, but we are conscious of being
very much wronged. We are charged
among other things with not believing
in God, but of Worshiping and idolIzing
Joseph Smith. Now we believe that
Joseph Smith was a prophet OF God
! just as much as was Isaiah, Moses,
| Jeremiah, and others of the ancient
men of God. We do not believe in the
| God of the ProteStants, nor the divinity
| of any of the Christian sects, but we
worship and believe in the God of the
| Old Testament and of the New Tesla
ment-a rational being. The Rev.
Henry Ward Beecher," said Elder
Kelson, describes his God as being
whose feet reach the lowest depths or
the earth, while His head towers above
all glory; and he declares he is son or
God. How proud such a colossal being
must be of His little son Henry. Chris
tianity, after trial of over 1, 500 years,
has, from a moral and social stand
point, proven failure"
This was too much of an indigeStible
fr11tb for tho liStopnrS and they soon
showed their disapproval. Before the
speaker sat down he remarked, that one
could travel 200 miles IN Utah without
finding a drinking saloon' or gam
bling he'll" aud some one in the gallery
cried out, lit Is false" Its needless to
state that some of the papers made his
statement refer to Utah as whole; but
he candidly told why they existed In
Salt Lake, Ogden and other towns,
where there are number OF out
siders" among the population.
Elder NJ. B. Ship said zone of the
characte istics Of The Latter-day Saints
is, the high estimate and sacredness
with which they revere the married
relation. AS to the effects of their
faith, can only point TO the results.
There is not a purer people under the
shining sun than the Latter-day Saints.
They have exercised a power and energy
which, if they were corrupt and foul,
they would not have been able 10 do.
The Mormons have beautiful, happy
homes-happier homes than anywhere
else on the face of the earth" He
also explained some theological views of
general character; and was followed oy
Elder r. w. Sloan, whose remarks
were made with impressive emphasis.
As some one of the hearers had asked
In an impatient and somewhat sarcastic
manner, Why polygamy was practiced
by Mormons 2' Eloer Sloan proceeded
as follows: We practice polygamy
because We know it to be the will of AL
mighty God, and because we have a
a revelation from God, that it is a right
and proper state for man to live in.
There is no law of God, either in the
Old or New Testament, against poly
gsmy, and Christ who has denounced
all crimes, has said nothing in reference
to it. Neither is there any law of
nature against it.
A gentleman in the gallery who
was intoxicated with the exuberance
of his own Verbosity," and had several
times shown his freshness" and talk
aIiveness," here interposed by saying,
chow about social economy2"
1AC OAOoh CpltCOs
"If you WOULD exercise it q little more
yourself, think you would have less to
say" which effectually quieted him and
created a laugh. There are many
women who would make good wives, but
are not permitted 10 fulfil the end for
which they we're created; and as long as
there are thousands of men who will
not marry, there will exist these poor
miserable creatures, of whom there are
$1,000 on the streets of London, thrown
out on this cruel, cold world, by the
debased and immoral 6ends in human
form, who ruin and cast them adriit,
and then seek for other innocent girls,
on whom to practice their vile pur-
poses.p (Cries of, hear hear! which in
England is a way of showing apprecia-
tion.) Which is the most honorable,
polygamy as practiced in Utah, or as it
S in England: 1 defy you TO walk
through Utah aud find a 1.-THE of Il Q
pOlygamy which | know to exist III
England and on the continent. If all
men would marry, there would be an
end TO pOlygamy. No man is allowed
to marry, or beget children, by our law,
who eanRot support them. While here,
If man seduce young and virtuous
girl, and the consequence be q child,
VIZ AApoNAy oA0 J4SAAOO OAC sCIS lS
probably shilling and 6 pence per
week; and this accounts for the poor
waits tramping the streets at midnight.
trying TO sell a half-penny box of
matches or newspaper. You all cry,
let me fly to the bosom of Abraham;
but when you get there, what will you
do? Turn back and run sway, because
you will find him a polygsmist? The
names Of the twelve sons of Jacob are
70 adorn the twelve gates of New Jeru-
salem, and before you enter those
pearly gates, you will be forced to
recognize them as coming from polyg-
smous loins, and accept the principle.
Where the people of the world are mar
ried for time, We are married for time
and eternity; as we are told in the re-
surrectiOn, there will be no marrying
nor giving in marriage" The speaker
here adduced numerous scriptural cita-
tions as evidence of the truth of his as
sertions, and in all his remarks. had the
attention and apparent approval of the
audience. l here insert most amusing
article from The Echo, which needs no
comment:
All sorts and conditions of men from
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