Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-10-16
THE MORMON QUESTION.
The Saints should Receive Human,
and Ciri>tiln Treatment.
ara seLEAyo CONSISTENT PLEA

The Ctrieflq Union Of August
18th, contaias an article by Rev
Lyman Abbott, from which tn,
/ following is an extract:
And He ICHr.st. o. an t-is respect an cs.
{ AMPLE f1ru-. lie receives sinners andc-f.
I sgsta them. we think ourselves too good o.
receive and eat with then until they are re-
. formed. or a. least have promised q them.
I -e'ye-. u not % us. reformation. The
TIRE iimeut which Cmls'uns Ecaarilly ac
. cord 90 may -srrc q Illustrate uv
l meaning. Il they were As immoral as they
have b-ca represented D. be ANA believe
! the rer-c-eutafiIr- arc cal--e7at1--.
I -tiI CFu-gs cNlmPrc would De the one for
. % follow % receive them 20 oar homes.
! fellowship thea, and by our fellowship Win
t6cm % a mother purpose. a pgrcr life. !
I great deal that passes fo- Christiannv Is
I I'a-usaIsm, a following Of simon the PHa--
! I-ee. not u Christ'
The foregoing j. commanded to
the prayeTfUl consideration Of the
7 pastors Of the various Christian
churches in this city AMI elsewhere.
II they were actuatei 10y the spirit
Of the Divine Master, whom they
profess u serve, they would ai1p.
the same metho i 10 draw men from
error that He did. But what course
have they pursued, AMI DO they
stiIl pursue, towards the "AIor-
mons" whom they hate AMI despiSe
because Of their alleged error? l
have frequently attended services
in nearly all the churches in this
city, auI have listened to sne.r-
and insults ami jenunciations re.
gariing the "AI0rmons'' ami their
faith, but never have I heard from
the pulpit one genuine expression OF
Christian lore for them. one heart
felt prayer that they might be led
10 know aud do the will Of Col
more truly, or a word Indicating
the recognition Of the fact that
they. too, are Gods children ami
belong % the same family, the great
brotherhood Of man. The cariiual
truths which they hold, the good
They have done, the many kind
uesScs they have eNteniel to those
not Of their faith, are never spoken
Or. If they are, only TO be BELT
tied, misc0nstruei and assigned 10
sinister motives.
The Mormon" people are As well
aware Of the f8uits-uast anl pres
eut-Jf some Of their number as are
their Pharasaical or INSCRIPTIONS
enemies, and the majority grieve
over their errors far more than do
thei- denuuciatOrS. But what rec
ignition DO they receive from So
called Christians in any efforts to-
wards Improvement? l. the hand Of
fellowship held out? l. a word OF
sympathy and announcement ut
tereJ: II their resolutions are sun
posed 70 be weak DO any Of the
strong, s-li-rightepIs ones try to
support and strengthen them? No.
Only words Of doubt ani CONTEMPT
and bitter threstenings Of the ter
rible things that will be heaped upou {
them unless they, without sto. ping .
TO think or take breath, inaugGrate /.
all the bewildering changes which f.
are dictated TO them.
The fact is the desire and effort .
are not 10 ''reform, - but to destroy /
the ''AlOm1n" Church. Time was
when the attest ministers Of various I
denominations who passed through
this city preached on Sunday in the
Tabernacle, and the writer knows
with what delight ami profit they
were often listened TO by both the
people aRd their leaders. Not that
'uch men hoped to change the faith
d their hearers. But the beautiful
in which they frequently I
illustrated and enforced
hose moral and spiritual truths in
which all alike believed, tended 10
elevate and ennOble the souls Of the
listeners. But for many years this
las been changed The Tribune and
Is supporters have made any asso- .