Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-03-03

the Latler-Uay E2lnls silAil DC coin
pletely vindicated, while their ira
ducers will be held up TO everlasting
excavation. When this need OF
Justice shall be given, the generation
then living Will read with amaze
ment the base ISLANDERS that have
been and are being uttered against
worthy and misunderstood people,
Of whose true mission and genius
there seems to be butlittle appre-
heBsion.
SO striking viii this phase Of the
history Of the Latter-day Saints be
that the diabolicaI faIsehoods
formed and circulated against the
primitive Christians viii be compar-
advely forgotten. The fulness Of
the Gospel revealed anew in this age
has come TO stay, and the powers of
evil viii consequently he exercised
TO their fullest extent in supreme |
efforts to stop its progress and pre-
vent the accomplishment Of its
mission aud the attainment Of its |
destiny. The refuge OF lies must be |
extensively erected as 4 protection to 1
those who engage in making assaults
upon a community who are entitled
to the highest consideration, but
instead Of being accorded it are the
victims OF the largest possible meas
ure Of villifcatiOn, abuse and mall
Treatment. In course Of time the
tables will turn and the stream will
run in the opposite direction.
These reflections were super
induced by turning over the pages
of book entitled "rhe Two Elsies, -
by Martha Finley, and published
by D0dd, Mead & Co., Of New
York. 1t is designed for juvenile
readers, whose minds are liable to
be poisoned through it with unjust
prejudice by the unmi;igated libels
which the volume contains. As an
nnti-"MormonH publication, espe-
cially as it is in the guise Of book
for young folks, it is one Of the most
contemplate and slanterous ever
given to the public.
In one part of the volume a young
couple on bridal tour are repre-
sent''d as meeting with two young .
girls on train VINO had left their
home in Norway to seek another in
Titan, having been converted to the
"dormOn'' religion by the preach I,
ing Of an Elder. They had taken
the wrong route, and were accord |,
inSiy in great mental distress. In
conversation with them the groom
Is represented as making to them an
expose OF "M0rmonism'' with
special reference to polygamy. Here
Il an extract:
1T is a well-established fact, replied
Edward; and it is well known also .,
that they conceal this doctrine from
those whom they wish TO catch in their
net; to them they exalt the Bible ami
Christ; but when The poor dunes
reach their promised paradise, and are
unable to escape, they find the Bible il
kicked into corner, the Book OF Nor 4
mon substituted for it and Joe Smith o
exalted above Jesus ChrIs;.n F
All who are familiar with the II
religious peeuliarities of the sNIor- L
mon" people know that in their
reverence for AM adherence To th,.
Bible tHey are not surpassed by any =
other community; neither is there :, :,
any other cliss of people who, as a = :.
whole, are IN IRE couversant with its y
contents. While they accept the =,
Book Of Mormon rs an ancient VI
record given to this generation for sc
he benefit ola who will accent of &c
4 truths, it IS not taken nor viewed u
Is 4 substitute for anything else o.
,ither sacred or secular. As TO the &C
'rophet Joseph Smith being exalted .
hove the Savior, the fact that "
Mormon ChIrch'' Is misnom.r "a
IS proper name being the Church OF isl
esls Christ Of L ,tter-day Saint, A
ught TO be sufficient answer to that e e
bsuri charge. NJ NJ
The following exhibits the autb- 81
RS fertility in the production Of W
.tnierous fiction: M m.
"The missionaries procure photo cla
raphs Of the single women whom gu
ley have persuaded to embrace Nor s u
ion'srn- and these arc sent on in aa- H.
anee Of The parties o. emigrants. The in,
Iormon men who want wivcsaretben Lar
WED TO look a; the photographs and ex
.iset for themselves. They do so and pie
hen The train comes in. briny,n,,ts sol
1Einals of the pictures, they are s ,,i'
ere to meet it; each man seizes the in
RI he has chosen by photograph, and the
sgs her away, often shrieking for era
Up winch no one gives. I have this T MAJ
the testimony OF an eyewitness /. 20
mister Of the Presbyterian Church loo
10 has lived FOR years in Utah. An
VI course it is hardly possible that am
lne person who has reached the We, We
ArS OF maturity could be impressed ! at,
ID the idea that there is a grain NJ Of t
IN IN that most pernicious false me;
ID, but the wickeduess Of auvrer. , nat
that would, in publication de- ~
ned to operate upon the minds of chi
young, make such q diabslicaJ bee.
tement must be apparent to every IN. IN,
sonabie mind. a sLr'
But the crowning inlamv of tbe FUR
hor is reached when she puts in ana .,
he mouth Of one OF her characters 10 v
following hlood-curdIing and act,
alling sensational fabrication. any
One day Mormon and ms family o orn,
sisting Of one wife and several merit
dren, were seated about their table for /
ng meal, when the husband "a for I
'ked that he thought Of taking 4 mlgi
nd wife. IL
liz I,y,,,, nil, a.. GosE
aren sitting there-objected. Upon infiIj
he rose from his seat. went to her. pie.
holding her head. deliberately to br
her throat from ear to ear" be s
And was executed for it?' aszed Gosr
s'ine' WINE she shuddered with saliva
or tinue
To-" said Edward; "he was pro- neces
d by the Mormon prizes hood to a bette
er place in the church, as one s SUI
= ''''e "of'ny deed" wher
publish fabricated and Iibelous bette
iers against a community is I'm
e. It NAV not ka Within a.. saiu