Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-08-25
NOT rnE MORMONs' FAULT.


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The Free Mslhoilsis have been
holding a convention In Denver this
week, and reporting their years
labots Ia tue West. The gentleman
representing Utah II Mr. wheelon,
aud the denomination hat two
churches Ia this Territory, one In Salt
Lake and tho otherin o sdcl. Ills re-
port to his conference IL thus given In
the Denver AsiOE
one unasaumlng young man, O. W.
Whoolou, told quioi but Impressive tale
ola years work In UAh. 10 ami lis
wife hal gone there strangers. aud had
found just thirteen Free Nleihudists in
SaIt Lako. II had boon very hard 10 live
and pay house rent and hire a hail for
tho services, hut they had done it with
Gus running into debt. Now thoy had
"cuurrh property valued at $50" his
report quantity ran, including n tents
quite number " real good seats" The
Murmons we're very hnri 10 work
among, but they had reason 10 thanE tho
lord tnat some hat been truly converted
sud sauciiuoi. Praise the Lord! Bless
HIS holy uAmD" screamed the weeping
sister. Whom lhoy could not get tho
people 10 come 70 the hall 10 hear them,
they went upon the street 10 preach. HIS
vile could always get an audience when
no Ouo else could. She had nyofdono Ia
tho work, and now she was sick.
We arc always pleased TO hear Of
efforts tor good upon the part Of auy
Individual or denomination, but ius,
Why the gentleman charges his hard
work against tho Mofm1ns we DO not
unIerttand, n no Ia ~ iincefo In his
religious professions A. We presume
him TO BE-; uulrn, perhAps, It Is
bard WORK 10 DO required to
operate where there Il little TO be
done. The profession Of Sir. Wheelon is
tJ bring people 10 believe Ia Christ,
and ntwhefe ON earth eau he Hui
community 90 thor. ughly grounded In
that belief as are the Atufmons. In his
lonomiuali9n, the report OF tue confer
ouco says, tho uss Of tobacco and
Liquor u prohibited; tho Mormons
agfos with him there, and also soy
tust hot beverages arc uuhealth "a.
Ills church mumbsrship Is anlagonis.
&c 10 mumborship in secret socistiss;
20 It Il with the Mjrmons. His faith,
it ~ SAID, has stfiot cods Of morals; Ia
shat u Ia not possible to sufpA,s the
Mormon standard II homer, virtue anu
inicgnty. fhon there ought 10 DO no
complaint since these Conditions al.
ready are AttAined.
Certainly the gentleman, like these
WHO represent other religious orders,
eau mud plenty TO DO In the line u
work his eystem lays out II he operates
among back-iIders OF any denomiua.
lion aud among nOn.religionisis. But
Ne II IL vita these that all bis IA sslon.
AIRY labor IL required, why blame ths
MoFmous ioF the hard wUrk encJun.
tered? They never hinuered. interiorsd
with, or opposed hin In any way, but
la many respects operate In the same
general direction s he believes
himself 10 DO going. Then why
not put tho blame tor dlin.
Guilty IN work Just where Il telongs,
with the unbsnyyerl, tho tobacco And
liquor users, aud those whose standard
u morality i not up to that Of a
Christian HE? Il Isn't fair, nor half
10 popular a. II wa, to blame the
Mormous Tor everything. when Mr.
Whetlon has b,eu with Va a little
longer ho may know "a. better as q
plalu, straightforward, Christian PEG.
pie, asi will be relieved Of hi, pre-.
conceived but erroneous idea, regard.
Ing the Mormons; for, although we
have no acquaintance with him, we
have no doubt no Ia u very earnest,
aiiable aud well meaning gepilemsn,
and that his wife is worthy co.laboter
In the cause they represent.