Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-01-24

total OF 90 religious schools in the
Territory, exclusive Of "Mormon"
schools.
Il After making this showing, he
treats upon what he alleges to be
the -tantagonism Of the Mormon
leaders to the district schools" and
quotes President Woodruff fas fol-
lows:
ave feel that the time has arrived
when the education Of our children
| should he taken in hand by us ~ a
people. Religious training is prsctic-
ally excluded from our district
schools. The perusal Of books that
we value as divine records is
forbidden. our children, left TO the
training they receive in these schools.
viii grow up entirely ignorant efthese
PRINCIPLES Of salvation, for which the
Iatter-,Iav Saints have made so many
sacrifices. To permit this condition Of
things to exist among US would be
criminal"
He pursues at some length his
criticism Of the 'sNlormon'' Church
for establishing Stake schools,
charges that, by so doing, it is Grip
ping the district schools, and urges
that in order to check tie success,
the latter should lie made free.
All this oensure of the mormon"
is called forth by its having :
six religious schools. But :
he Presbyterians, who have thirty 4
.hree such schools, have done 5
TO Gepopulate nor antagonize t
he district schools. There is no Il
word Of censure for the Congre- n
who have twenty i
our, nor for the Meti,viists :,
rho have twenty-one sectarian u u
chOols. By the way, the commits .,
ioner is himself a Methodist, and OF
rhile Judge Of the Second District p
'ourt at Beaver occasionally occu- .
led the pulpit in the absence of the
reacher, besides carrying his :.
IethOdistical prejudices on to the Sc
ench, thus occupying the central 81
0sition Of religioiudicial teeter a NJ
1ard. There is no ''antagonism I'll
wards the district schools" in the ~
institutions which differ r.
1t denominations have established tn
Utah for the religious training Of = ;.
cir youth, in connection with dC
cular instruction; but in the siz tn
hools which the " Mormons'' have ~
tabished fer like purpose is seen on
deadly menace to the public ill
hool system, which calls for lei
dical legislation. sh
Have not the ''Mormons,' the 10 20
me right that other sects have to al,
part moral and religious instruc- On
N to their children? What sense a.
justice is there in saying that the rec
iormons' are opposed to the well BIZ
e and progress Of the public school
stem, because they favor the es-
'lishment Of private institutions me
which their children may be OF
ght religious truths? II the doing clip
this by the "Mormons'' weakens .ne
public schools, is not the result The
same when it is done by the We
ssbyterians or Methodists? bes
Do not the reasons assigned by as '
ssident Woodruff why the sAIor- g.,
rs" favor religious schools ex- in
" correspond with those which Oil
lld be assigned by almost any re- f n1
onist? They certainly do, and Ma
had a perfect right TO enunciate ear
m, and base upon them advice hun
lis co-worshippers. Any attempt. ava
ed upon that advice, to make il hho
ear that he is an opponent of the mo,
lie schools. would be equally ap- 1t il
able to leaders of other religious IN IN,
les, and is illogical and unjust. mos
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