Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-02-04

Besides this aggregate there are
! Christadelphians, PlFrnouth Bretn,
I rsr. sd Z humber Of other small
.o,,vrexations and communities, All
~ Thich on the grand total VIII
.,,are IOO. 600 GOSPEL ministers u the
ITnis,-d States. Looking ut these
s.a,,, an industrial economy view,
the wholcaggrrsRte combined na M
moi PRODUCED ON. hundted orsneis
~ sit,er corn, bats or Potatoes. As
sactprs Ia our modern civilization
they might as well be medicine men
smong the Indians or fetish per,
Formers among the Africans. In al
that list there Is not a man distin-
rT,i-sird I'm science, art letter.,
poetry, painting or AioTy. There
are no visible ,mqralSr religious Re,
suib ffusn thelF laOors- Their TINS
is mostly spent in senseless disputes
about the length Of coat tail, or IN
unseemly squabbles about an Elder,
or n Bishop who kissed his cook.
And for this service the people pay
them, voluntarily, SOD, O00, 900 annu-
ally. This sum may appear large, but
figure on it. One hundred thousand
preachers, some receiving 5000
year. The income OF Roman Blsh-
ops and Cardinals viii average an
nually $50, 900. The very humblest
preachers receive $1,000 n year, a
policeman;s pay. There may lie
some very small ehttches There
preachers get less in salaries, but
- -. Ill -. 70, faTru Iaxo - monies
and such. So that IL We may make
n very moderate average we can
safely put 1t at 5000 a year for
such preacher all around. Ii is true
Cardinal Gibbons has written
work Ostensibly on secular topics,
but a perusal Of 1t discloses the fact
that Il is purely and absolutely
propagandlst Roman pamphlet.
Bishop Potter grants interviews to
reporters, and gives tone to the
meetings Of the 400 by his presence.
Taimage writes agony" sermons
which read like "Tbe Tigers q
Tombstone or the Adventures OF
Calamity Jane" but he sells them
at Sc a column TO the newspapers.
In fact since Henry Ward Beecher
died Americas pulpit talent is slow.
Compare this condition Of church
affairs with "Mormenism." There
is not a member Of that priesthood,
from the President TO the humblest
Deacon, but is producer directly
himself. He is farmer, an artist,
or mechanic or an industrialist Of
some kind, and to say that he is
tax on the community, or that he
lives on people who happen to be
beneath him in intellect, is a false
hood unqualified, unmitigated and
PROFESSIONALLY unfounded. The
Mormon, Bishop is found in his
garden clad in long rubbers with
hoe in hand distributing water to his
planting, and his sermon on Sunday
is none the worse for his weeks
communion with nature and ma
lures God. That is why his sermon
strikes home; that is why he makes
converts; that is why he reaches
the heart and dominates the soul Of
his fellow man.
The Governor talks about unity
and obedience and harmony among
the priesthood Of Utah.
Here is an extract from Bishop
Haid's address at the cornerstone
laying of the Charleston, sc, Ro-
man Catholic cathedral, January l.,
1890:
"How great is the universal king
dom OF the Catholic Church when VIC
compare it with the vast empire Of to-
day or with the small world which
Alexander sought to bring 10 his feet,
or the universal empire Of Napoleon.
which in its entirety extended from
the pyramids in Egypt to the Alps!
Do You wish TO see unity? Then look
to the Catholic Church. EmAnating
from the Vatican, there goes out from
that feeble old man a command which
will be cbeyed from one part Of the
world 10 the other. II is the voice Of
Gods minister who speaks TO man,
and 1t is by the direction Of God that !,
is obeyed."
Here is something for Governor
Thomas of Utah and Mr.. Stewart OF
Vermont 10 ponder over. There
are none 20 blind As those who will
not see. JUNfus.