Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1890-02-08

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tries and had represented the govern
ment Of the United States in the
capacity of Consul, gave n series Of lee
lures on his return To this. his native
land, on the novel experiences and adj
ventures he had encountered iii the So
calIed heather nations Of Asia. Among
other things he said that he was per-
mite1 to extend his iourneyings far into
the interior of Turkey and Persia, and
visiting a cemetery one day, he was sur
prised to find personal articles Of cen
siderable intrinsic value, belonging to
the departed dead, left exposed upon
the inches of the tOmbS and within the
vaults of the mausoleums. Turning 20
his guide, he exclaimed in surprise
\ care YOU not afraid tn Sc articles will
II be stoleny "Oh no." replied his con-
ductor, "there isn't Christian within
five hundred miles of this place.
Here, then, the golden rule was not
only theoretically, but practically en-
forced.
In pagan Japan in their interior cities
and 10 vns remote from foreign influence
it is the custom for the proprietors of
the bazars to arrange their goods on the
shelves and counters and leave them
without attendance until the close of the
day, when they return from their labors
in the fields and vineyards, and collect
the money which each customer has
lett upon the shelf or counter recently
occupied by the articles taken. Strange
to say, nothing is lost or stolen, and, as
the price is plainly marked, no mistakes
occur. They have no knowledge of keys,
bolts or bars. Their bamboo houses
have light, movable partitions and they
can readily be changed, so as to form
one room, and the rights and property
of each and all are sacredly regarded.
With regard to virtue and public
morals, although men, women and chill
dren battle entirely nude, and in the
warmer districts men labor in nearly the
same condition, female prostitution is
hardly known
What the condition of things will be
after our missionaries have succeeded IN
Christianizing these people | leave you
to determine.
Returning by way of the Golden Gate
to contemplation of things as they are
here in this country, let us pause mo-
ment in Utah, and take into consider
alton the state of society in that Mormon
land. By way of depressing moment
in order that we may clear ourselves of
the imputation that we may be in SYM
patty with Mormon institutions and
their polygamous marriage system, we
will relate a story.
A certain divine, who shall be name
less, exchanged pulpits with brother
dominic somewhere in the northwest.
On being asked what theme he would
take for his sermon, he replied that he
had an old sermon on temperance he
thought would answer, and as he was
not exactly lazy, but laboring under 8
dissemination for physical and mental
exertion, it would have the advantage
of BENG already prepared.
Thereupon his brother exclaimed that
it would not do at all, inasmuch as he
had several liquor dealers in his congre
CATION; but he said: pitch into the
Mormons, for they haven't friend ii
this part of the country"
Returning to our subject, it is wei
known fact that with all their short
comings the Mormons make all theil
children legitimate and the abortionis
and the physicians engaged in mal-prac
tice in Utah are like Othello "theil
occupation is gone; while the question
able honor of introducing the first hous'
of prostitution in Salt Lake city belong
to the Gentiles.
We have neither time nor opportunit,
to adduce further testimony tending tt
prove the self existent fact that unit
the present condition of society ant
government are radically changed it
not possible or feasible for US, eithe
individually or collectively, to carr.
into practice the Golden Rule, --howeve
beautiful it appears in theory.
But as to its deslrabilty, as to it
being the beacon light on the mountain
of human hope and aspiration, as to it
being the key to the door of the king
dom of Heaven" on earth, we anticipat
an affirmative answer from every love
of humanity, from every individua
who looks forward to an improvement
in the social conditions which now han
per and enchain the human race, an
which, like a great cloud of darknes
ascending from some bottomless phi
benumb and paralyze the higher facu
ties of man.
Therefore, to all such we appeal wit
all the fervency and earnestness wit
which we are endowed, to unite wit
each and all in every movement thu
has for its object this ''consummatiO
devoutly 10 be wished" - the practit
of the Golden Rule.
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