Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-10-15
noRNoNs AND "ellnIsllIys.n

MORNONS AND "lAktSllANS'
IL appears that cur Chfiitlan friends
outside Utah are commencing to 10
over the accounts with the view Of
asosTtalning whether the money spon,
% n missionafy enterprises among the
Mormobs IL a ptofilable investment. a
Methodist PASTOR 10 Wyoming Rev.
Dr. Begge, says II Ia not In an NJ.
,icle To the Methodist Review, h.
makes the following statements, quot
ed by the Literary Digest; "rnp
churches ate not reaching the Nor
mons" $50 for as converting the
Motmons 10 concerned, money has
been largely vasiUd." III two
hundred real Mofmons havs been
changed snd made into earnest
Evangelical Christian during TIA.
time, We have not beea abs 10 dis.
cover them" "a Presbyterian pastor
who has lab1iod Tor the pact i've ysafs
M Utah IL ci the opinion that not one
bundled Mormons have been CON
verted into acluni Chtslians." "why
waste time, money. and labor carrying
on what many regard % religious
crusade against quiet, sober, 70.
llsioua and industrious pcople7" "rho
lime has come Tor tho authorities Of oil
evangelical churches to change their
plans Of missionary operations In
Utab." chad the missionary money
spen. during the last twenty-five Year,
In supporting missionaries In uncon.
gpnial, unifuitiui, aud barren fields,
where very low IDENTITIES live, been put
by the Methodist Episcopal church
into commanding college, much
greater results would now appear"
To this committee Of Utah Melho.
dis,s replies that thousands VI souls
have been converted aud that the
value Of the work eau nsver b. esti.
mated on earth. They further claim
that "goodly Number u Mofmons"
have been brought Into the churches
and that their schools have worked n
"mafveloua revolution"
a ~. Louis paper. evidently not
entirely satisfied with these platiiud,s,
undertakes to polnt out that II IL cue
TO these missionaries that the federal
government has not Lost ils power Ia
Utah. aud that the sfeAt "changs"
brought about by Cougfets, courts
and public opinion 10 70.
suit q tho "lsayeninE, quick.
euing, sdocaling inhurnoes ca.
erlod by the rspreson taiives Of Pfst
estAntismI In tho stronghold Of Nor.
monlsm." Tho conclusion Il that the
money 10 wsllexpendsd.
We do not begrudgs cur Christian
ftisnds what little comfort they may
derive from the contemplation u their
success as missionaries. IL IL nsve..
theless a fact that DE-. Bsggs speak,
tho plain Truth. Mofmonism, A. a
syalem Of doctrines considered. IL o.
superior TO tho teachings Of Protestant
ministers, that even aposiates, who
leave tho Church for various reasons,
refuse TO become Identified with thu
"GoluAl Chfistisns." TIA, Ia the
resaon why the so-cAllcd conversions
ate 90 Tow aud fsr bstween.
Win regard 10 the other "lsavonips
influence" mentioned, II would sfcm
unueerisary 10 pointout to "ChustA q"
aequAinted with Utah's history, thai
II has not always boon 10 the glory ol
PtotestAntlsn. When everything h
considered with impArtlAlity, II will be
admitted that Whatever moral sxool.
lenoe aud progress Utah today may
boast Of, IL due rs much TO Mormonism
As 10 any other factor The Mormuns
have always beon found on the
aide OF morality, good government,
advancement aud loyalty. Son Q
"Chrisiian" ministers have fought
hard on the opposite side.