Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-10-20
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UyCHRISTIAX RELIGlONiSTS
Mr.. Ellis Treats Them TO Some sharp
Logic.

Ed5t0r plserCt N.r-.
l have real with mitch interest
Mr.. ShclTmlu's letter in the NEWS
Of tie 18Th inst. Cae passage in It
suggests a few w1rls from my pom;
Of -ier- NJ. Sherman s1yz:
"The Performance Of plural mar
nsges has been absogateI. Are you
the opponents II iis= Mo-IIpus any
more satisfied than before No. Tine
cry is that this concession should
have been mlie ~ ac.ull reveal
ton from Col cgmnlnjipy ila aSol-
itien. Tui-iss1.eT Hyp2cri-y. Hal
it been 50 announced You would
have gl1lteI over l. IS another in
stance Of the hlriih19I AMI bias.
phemy OF the Mormon Iea4ers.''
Never was truer wo.i written.
{ The nnti-NI0rn3n press would in
desI have 'Glc@tei' over ''reyela-
,ion." Bus Look ut Inc Inconsistency
OF the Christian lsl people who con-
deru .hc M3rm5u- on account Of
thei: practice % p1lysamy, given
/ up long ago auH otici.i'y discarded
now i'm r,ciieucr to national law.
Those people who deHouuce Nor
4 mons on . .e.uat " poiyglmy ac-
/ cent the Bible ~ She iaGaihble word
! ami VIII Of Col. But The Bible aids
/ encourages, teaches polysamy. po-
I lyelmy + therefore GODS Will.
] Tnose people are, consequently, de-
/ man ling that God shall give a ryve-
ton al variance with HIS own VIII,
/ which th Sc very mai contents have
acceptrd a. their rule Of faith AMI
pactice aul The condition q their
l salvation from eternal wee.
Ifthey could suppress their h1..e-.
| long enough 90 look :hc matter
s,ulreiy in the face they wcu!i see
/ tiot they should transfer their iish!
| from the M0rm1H- h God anu
make Him the object VI their
| wrath. II God is the author Of the
I Bihle. as those people claim, then
God is the author o! pJlyGlmy; and
if If Is tue that Ovation depends
uuon the acceptance Of the Bible n
/ G,I's will. a. those people claim
| with the I0rmous, then this whole
| quarrel with the AIOrm0ns on
account Of p1lygamy has been
! WRONG. Instead Of passing laws
aga!uSt the AIormOus, Congress
should have Enacted laws against
G u; should have declared Him the
ode1der and criminal; should have
proceeded u send some little deputy
10 arrest Him. hale Him to court,
fine Him and lock Him up ia the
neuitentiary. t. punish those whe
nave become law breakers 10y obey
inr His will. when the con temnOrs
| and the condemned both accept that
will a "supremc." is not only bad
law, but tine grUssest kind OF IN
justice
In this Fl .ht against the Marmol
peDyle. popular Christianity has PuI
Itself on trial aud, 10y its own con
duct. il has proved itself a sham an'
fr,uJ. II lius. either throw avail
its bible or reccde from it, position
ON the Mormon question, al
through. So long as they keep tn.
BibIc as the infailible word anu vii
OF Col. Christians but demonstrate
their hypocrisy in deuouncing th
Normons. / commend this cup Z
their Iius and assure them that iron
their own standpoint, they mus
drink il. because II the Bible be TN
will Of G ID they cannot escape. Ihi
is a reason, in addition 20 those cite
= by Mr.. SheIrmlu, why the unhoill
. | STRIFE. should cel-e. Congress shoul'
either punish God aud destroy tn
Bible or leave all people free to ioI
= low its teachings according 10 IN
q dictates Of conscience. Congres
, should either suppress all churche
. or leave all free. But now that tn
Mormon people have chosen I
= forego their practice Of one part {
: Gods will, in Difference to puoli
; opinion. If that public opinion wer
J honest it would greet the act WI
: hearty good will and blush to carr
it, hatred longer upon its lips or
its heart. CHARLES h-i-i'i7'