Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-12-12
ONE MORE SL,NDERING MENDI
CANT.

ONE more OF tpe preachers for
hire'' with which among other
woes Utah has been ffiicted, is ply
ing his trade in the East, and max
ing defamation Of the ssMormonsv
his means OF gathering funds. His
name is Abel Leonard, he assumes
the title of "R ~, and he has been
passing round the plate in Massa.
chusetts. The New Bedford Msr-
curry gives brief report OF his re-
marks before San audience of fair
proportions" in Grace Church. Hi
theme was missionary work in the
Territory of Utah; his object the
usual one of mis- tribe-the raising
Of funds. Here is n portion of the
repors:
HE thought the condition Of the
people wa, greatly improved with the
teaching they were receiving. When
the missionary work was commenced
the people didu't even know the
fundamental principles of our govern
ment and this was not strange as they
have no papers except those published
at home, and the leaders OF the
Church kept then ignorant as posi-
bic 10 make them contented with their
lot. Twenty-thrce years effort has
had its effec., and now the boys and
girls WIN formerly were driven out OF
the Territory for daring to think for
them-elves are having their own way.
and much good is being done"
Notwithstanding the many false
hoods that have been told about tn.
"Mormous" by protested minister.
Of Christ, when they wanted to ge
money from Christian people in tn
East. se cauuOt help being startl-u
now aud then at the wilful lies suci
men will tell, ami feeling suryris.
that Intelligent persons can be de-
ceived by such stories into givin,
their money TO these shameless
travelling mendicants.
Every statement in the paragraph
We have clipped is q falsehood. Ii.
as the utterer claimed, he has beeb
"a resident Of Salt Lake for severa
years" he must know this beyop,
question The principles Of govern
ment have formed a part of schoo
tuition from the beginning, in thi-
Territory, and We're taught before
teacher sho Sed his face D
could make a living here. Book
aud papers and periodicals OF 81
kinds have been brought into thi.
Territory by the ton. And tn.
necessity of knowledge and inteIli
:ence has been 50 impress ed up-i
he "Mormon" people, that they
Understand "a man cannot be save,
n ignorance," and that "the glory
{ God is intelligence" "Boys anu
iris driven from the Territory for
airing to think" is n piece Of sheer
lotion aud ranks the Crews Abiel
-4eonnri with the res. of the MERGE
lary crew that lust after Maminon.
nd seek to gain their object d,
caring false witness agains. theil
eighbors. The report conclude,
fith these significant words:
AT the close the public was given
n opportunity Of contributing to the
tusc of the missionaries |,
That tells the whole story. 1t il
ne same old scheme. Commenc. c
18th lying about the Saints, con- {
inue by praising the missionary c
'ora among them-which the can.
ia christians" here admit is
omplete failure. ami conclude by
king up contributions. II there l. !.
punishment deeper and darker
al more prolonged than any other, b
will surely be reserved for these n
ous definers who, sftef being Il
ell treated by a people whom they =
.nnot convert, go out to the world e
I'd spread fatsehoods concerning L
ez, partly to foster prejudice ana p
eed trouble. and chiefly TO deceive q
e unsopnisticated ami coax money II
{ OF their pockets. OF all frauds :
ID cscnterfeits of this age of deceit, :,
ey are certainly the most despic. b.
lie and contemptibie. -