Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-07-07

the day will greatly change their vie vs.
as 20 tho faith and books which are
popularity claased rs "Mormonism."
In the same magazine we find I'M
der the head Of "Utah," n communi.
cation from Rev. Jas. Thompson Of
Smithneld. This forms n striking and
unpleasant contrast TO the frank and
fair contribution Of the editor. Mfr.
Thompson makes vigorous effort to
misrepresent the people among whom
he lives, their acts and motives and
their principles. To prove this we
make few extracts from his article.
at is my opinion that the political
movement on national limos Is q scheme
concerned, and that ovory man that has
gone hand and glove with them from the
Liberal party has done 80 for mean,
selfish purposes, and such ran no moro
be trusted than tho Mormons thon-
Selves
THE Mormon people have no respect
Tor the sabbath day and In that respect
thorc Is no disagreement among them"
"rhey arc open advocates OF intempcr-
anco, holding that It is right and proper
that man should drink liquor as bev-
oFago. In this thoro il no split among
thom and thoy most practically demon.
stra,o thoir belief aud arc staunch aud
faithful supporters Of tho rum.sellors.
AZ for their veraciiy and chastity, they
arc well known and neod no comment"
"rhc Mormon To ligiou is human re-.
liglon, and il most admirably adapted 10
man In his corrup, natural state. ~ II
takes for granted that man by nature lisa
religious animal. ~ II takes Tor granted
that he is an irreligious animal. 49, That
those two characteristics Of the natural
heart must bo fully satisfied and nothing
but an absolute Priostcmn could COM
plo,o the harmo ny Of such a religlon.'
There are EVOLVES In sleeps cloth.
ing" among all religious tlooks. . II the
Rev. Jas. Thomson, OF Smithfeld,
is not one Of them the saying il with.
out meaning. II the Father OF Lies
had set himself TO the task Of COM
pletely mlsstatlng and perverting the
beliefs and endeavors Of the Lalterday
Saints he could not have succeeded
any better than has this professsd
preacher Of the gospel. VIVA. object
ho could have IN making statements
that everyweli informed person knows
to be utterly false, Ia n question TINT ut
once presents Itself. Here IL his
own explanation for writing such
stun;
~ want to Impress the Board that tho
missionaries Of Utah have something to
contend with"
We "want to impress the Board"
with the fact that this particular mis-
sionary IL worthy Of credenco
and totally unit to occupy
any position under Its auspices.
There Il not word OF truth In all
his assertions which we have quoted.
There is no excuse for them except
that which no has given and the ranoor
that springs up In n soured and cha
gfined soul. He says!
81 have attempted special services
twice but am unable to report any deln-
Ito result
~ had hoped to secure hearing from
tho leading Mormons, but they would
not on,or our chapel"
lie goes on to state that he has been
loachlng commercial class and OBJ
tained thirty pupils, but he says:
"while gained their respect aud con.
iidoncn did not secure their attendance
at public Worship
"rhoy are not unlike the Indians lying
In ambush. Thoy will sally forth as by
magic until thoy M the house and yard
aud then again scarcely ono can bo seen
anywhere"
The probability Ia that one preaching
from this person was sufficient. The
people sized him up. II they
had discernmont they perceived his
insincerity and beheld the blsckness
Of his ,.lse heart. The Rsv. Jas.
Thompson with n p ia not likely to
prove a success In Utah or anywhere
else where truth In valued and Islander
Is desplSed. His proper place IL DIES.
cribed In Rev, xxi v. 10.
We are pleased to turn from this
dlsagreeablo reference, to n letter We
have received from one OF the Reverend
gentlemen who visited this city with
the Presbytor ian delegation and who
with many others have spoken IA
vorably OF our services and our peo-
pie. He has since been reading the
works Of the Church. We do not
know that he would like us to use his
name, Gs he Is the pastor OF n Presby.
terrain church In Ohio, therefore we
merely quote one passage in his letter
without designating the writer