Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-11-20
irsworhs, bonnrss

nrrworks, bondre5 ri-.q1ersde
and with after pieces, cOmmemora
tive OF the day, at the theatres. Blu
in London the protection Of property
has required thatfsthese wild pro
ceedings be restricted by law, anc
tt Is only outside OF the metropolis
that the people have full swing o.
their observance OF the event which
defeated the "Gunpowder Plot.v
The list Of murders, robberies and
other crimes Is not growing less with
the march Of time, and casualties by
sea and by land are Icing aug
mented annually in numbers and
magnitude. The deed which for the
present has obseured the butcherie.
OF Jack the. Ripper Is known as the
Hampstca! tragedy. 1t Is a story
Of the unfaithfulness of the
hushasd, n quarrel between the
paramour and the wife, and the
horrible murder of the wronged
wife aud the eighteen months old
babe On Sunday morning the hap
less victims OF the tragedy were con.
veyed to their last resting-place.
The husband, who Is under arrest,
followed the hearse in a closed car
rage, guarded by mounted police
men. But this guard was not 70
prevent his escape; it was rather e
protect him from the infurlated
mob. About 5000 people had
gathered around the undertaker's
establishment where the bodies had
been PREPARED for burial, and when
the funeral procession started, and
n glimpse was caught Of the nus
band, who had confessed his undue
intimacy with the supposed muir
deress, the crowd surged forward
with boots and yells. Some oil the
expressions were of the most vulgar
and indecent character, and the
mob angrily demanded that the OBJ
iect Of their wrath be handed over
10 them TO be summarily dealt with.
The scene at the cemetery was even
more riotous, and it took all the en-
deavors Of a detachment OF $50 Po-
lice to keep the crowd back anu
protect the husband from violence.
Commenting on the occurrence next
day, the Ables and Post said:
III. p,,r,s,ss Of North London distin.
,.r,sheti themselves Yesterday by n display
- mat cheap enthusiasm for moralliy
winch Is 80 easily practised when the sans OF
otber peollle csnc under Observation. II
was curiolsly inappropriate that we HOY
Day OF Christianity should nave Deen ihaue
nc occasion for an 0utburst Of feeling 50
strongly akin TO that Of the Jewish moo OF
oId who led TO christ the woman taken IN
sdullery. To them the Divine wisdom
answered, "Let him that Is wiholt slh
amongst Won east the first stone, and 10 The
IA ,liday round the corpse OF the poor
vicfIm Of what y known a. the
All trnuxtead tragedy" We can but repeat
with ali reverence this lesson IN Ood-lke
charity. IL n sad result OF nineteen cen >
furte- Of Christianity that London in this
wear Of grace sh .uld produce the exact
Counterpart TO that Pharisaical mob. We
have n..ining TO say in pa hation OF that in
which seems 10 have been the proAimate
csu-e OF the murder OF Mrs. Hogg and her
Try hitherto described IS Christian, that
such a scene as that OF yesterday should
stili be possible. Have we learned so little
OF The true spirit OF Christianityf Or u u
that yesterdays outrage u the outcome OF
mai crusade OF aggressive morality which
has led u. prurient professors 10 play such
strange pranks 81 recent years.
The writer Of the foregoing knows
well the prevailing evil among the
people from whose ranks the mob
was drawn, and when he suggests
that they are the counterpart to the
Pharisslcal mob in not being with
out the sin Of which the object Of
attack had been guilty, he strikes a
nail squarely on the head. But the
fact that such things occur In the
midst Of a professedly Christian
nation ia a proof that the Christi
anity toasted of is a mOckery OF
God. aud that its devotees are as far
from the Gospel Of the Divine Mas
ter as were thOse which composed
the Jewish mob. Instead Of imbib-
ing the true spirit Of Christianity,
their hearts are far from the Lord,
though with their mouths they APP
preach in the empty forms. Surely
the condition they present is one
that invites the impending wrath Of
a righteous God, who shall cleanse
the earth Of the wicked by His
terrible Judgments. J. IL. \.
LONDON, Nov. 5, 1880.