Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-04-14

| mighty and vii prcvlll" and Thine
rlehta all things.n These sayings were
never more appropriate, for after half a
| century OF unpfetentiOus advancs-
ment, the mlsts OF ialsehood aro van
ishing before the light Of incontrovefi-
| Il Ia facts, while Time In his uncoasiDg
progress Ia tracing to It's very source
the Injustice Of an honest people ans
tevesl Dg 10 an cnligl med world the
truths respecting MUrmonism.
But while ptcjudice is rapidly d..
appearing, Il sull nnis Judgement
Ia the minds Of some Intel
llgont, but mostly fanatlcnl per.
sous. An art instance Of thls
ttanepircd few days ago. Mr.. j
Jensen, .of Parpwan, Ia ut Yng'lants
! attending the Michigan STATE N irma
school. His class Ia rhetoric was r.
qulred to write biographical sketc
each member being allowed 70 max
his own selection. Mr. Jensen wrote
upon the life Of Joseph Smith. The
sketch was banded TO his professor,
mir. Il. A. Barbour, very learned
gontlcmanl who after crlticislng 1t, had
Nit. Jensen read II In his clns., nj the
conclusion Of the reading, Prot. Bar.
bOur oompllmented him on his COM
Ia absuTd-nOthing cOuii be moro
absurd. IL lisa sacfeliglOus expression
10 say that Joseph Smith, "a l1N de.
graded man had Visions. Beware Of
false prophets. This days OF revelation
are over and modern scientific mcn
are loud 10 explain In their inventions,
IL 10 Just as God designed 1t SHOULD
e."At last becoming excited aul very
suNN IN fuN hs.
cried out. "Mr. Jensen, do you believe
h. was propnet9" fne young man
arose and ina very digniiiod manner
replied: "Iaking the Bible and reason
for my s.,udird, DO most certainly
believe him prophei.n "WelI,"
continued the professor, az you DO
you are hopolos,ly lost anu fatally
gone, aud my advice b you would be
~ turn from such ideas " A gain
came tue reply, "Pfoicssor, have
never met IN my litils experience, u
fdr minded person who has studied
the Mormon question but what their
strong opinions were modified, and
you told mo yesterday that you had
not studied the question anu therefore
you are not competent TO Judge much
lees 10 advise on the subject" ihls la-t
remark rather discont.nted the pref
sor, aud 20 recover he adopted
the Old method AMI - delivered
disprtatlon on polygamy, but ~
this subject Tor, la fact, auy dOcIrinll
question: had not been referred To, the
class failed to ses It's application. After
about fifteen minutes had been utiuEod
Ia his TRADE he cOnclu lei, but With
this challenge Ia his lace: "Proicssor,
Of course all this venom has been
thrown Mt me, and n you have asked
my opinion relative Ia Joseph Smith,
10 show you that an not preJud lcrd,
permit me to say, that II you or any
member OF this class can show me
whore | am la tue wrong, IN viii
ingly acknowledge my errof." IL IA
needless to say his proposition was not
accepted; bu,, to show the learned
gentleman's iucJnsi tsnry, | viii ~.
cord his reply: "Why, bless your soul
forgetting his nivico), We do not wish
to change your opinion"
This little circumstance made our
Mormon boy the hero OF the school, and
hois now doing effective mission work.
Similar Incident, might be- related
from the experieni of ths students al
this place, but as Utah mas colony OF
about nifty located here, the results are
being manifest, and felse ideas are
disappearing. Tho influence OF filty
lin college Of about three thousand
studcnts) all exercised In one direction
cannot be overlooked, aud dur Y the
past winter the Utah and the Mormon
questions have been debated ana de
cussed Ia every form aud befOre every
society Ia the univer-ity, and long aud
loud have been sung the praises and
virtues Of the Territory anu its people,
until today Its demands are bsIug
recognized and Its representatives De.
ing respected. One OF Halt Lakes
sous, mir. II. A. Snipp (who will grad.
uate la June from tue literary anu tue
law depaftmontsl entered nn oratoiical
contest not long since. His sulJecl
was "Utah;" he WAS successful IN tue
preliminary contest aud 80 had the
privilege Of delivering " In "Unlyer.
Hity hail. before members Of the
faculty and the students. He wa. no.
victorious ia the fiual contest Tue uil
not expect to be with his sub.
Jectl but he felt happy anu
renaid for his labOrs, to be
atle to proclaim himself TO his class
mates and to record few words Tor
the land OF his birth, HIS effort wa.
able, oommendable and well received.
Many circumstances during the pas.
few years have attracted the eyes OF
the whole world TO fair Utah, but nom
Of them have caused such general
discussion M tho grand event that has
Just transpired--"rhe dedication ct
the Salt Lake Temple" All classcs,
aud crsyds, all people cinno: but won.
der and reflect with amaIemcnt upon
It's meaning aud its purport. Thou.
sands aud tens OF thousands OF people
who have been led to believe that
Mormonism was dead, that the
"iauatieal zeal" las they have beeu
pleased 10 call ny had cooled oil auI
that no more would be- heard
Of the sect "lhat IL every.
where spoken against. "Yet when
they least expected IT,, comes the
announcement OF "a great temple
dedication to GOd.D Ths good results
ana wonderful benefits that will follow
this cannot DO estimated. Tue reports
that have been sent out concerning It's
erection-, its dimensions, its unsur.
passed grandeur aud magnlilcence arr
startling even 10 me who has been
reared almost unief the shadow " IT,
walls. Never Ia the history OF The
Church have such favorable reports
Il lshei across this continent. Every