Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-07
MoRMoNS IN AUSTRALIA,
How They Are Received and Treated by the
People There.
Richmond.
Melbourne. Victoria, Aust,

july 26th, 1891
To the Editor;
Cotton says. 1--WE hate some per-
sons because we do not know them;
and we viii not know them because
we hate them dare say no one APP
preclates the truth Of that saying
more than the Latter-day Saints in
general, and the Elders in particular
1t has been our lot to be hated be-
cause we are not known, and some
people will not know us simply be-
cause they hate US. Here In Mel
bourne we meet this class Of people
occasionally, although friends are not
wanting. Recently l had the pleasure
OF becoming acquainted with a jour
nalist. w. II. Mitchell by name, VINO
is friendly to US, and tries by every
means In his power TO clear h"ay
some of the prejudice which has sueh
an Influence against us He has read
nearly all the literature Brother Bar
ton and | possess, and though he can
not see his way clear to accept an OF
our teachings, he Is friendly ana oc
casionally gets a paragraph lnseiteu
I'm paper FOR which he IS cor =
respondent. The following is one OF
aNext month there will be celebrated
I'm the Stntc of Utah ~. 5. NJ Ju-
bilee that Is attracting some attention
I'm the United States. This Us the 9Vlh
anniversary Of the arrival of the Moi
mons In salt Lake city after the hor-
rible prosecutions they suffered In tine
states farther east When BrlghahI
Young and his associates arrived on
the suut In 1871, they found a bleak
barren wilderness. To-day the city Is
one of the most handsome ana mos.
.lsa IL. laA "A
the Forthcoming Jubilee there VIII nc
exhibited all kinds of relics and mo
rnentos OF the hardy Pioneers VINO
founded the state, including the luen-
ticnl wagon that Brigham huunH
drove To the then desert. Mormonlsi
is. much misunderstood. IL Is VIZ
far more truthful religion than most
people think. There are many thou'
sands of Mormons In Australia nnt
New Zealand. In Melbourne the rep
resentatives OF the Church are Messrs
Carr and Barton. who reside at
Wangnrratta street, Richnohu' an,
readers Of the Guardian who are II
any way Interested in the Latter-dnS
Saints. should address those gentle
men for literature and particulars
Occasionally the Melbourne papers
have something To say about Nor
monlsm." and. as IN generally the way
with people who write about us, II Is
something Of which they know moth
ing. Two or three times within the
last twelve months this has happened
but It was not until u wellington On
~ correspondent of the Age wrote
something that was downright I'M
truthful that we thought iit 10 make
any answer. The following Is our re-
aTo the Editor of the Age; Sir-lr
YOUR issue OF Saturday last the Follow
ing appears in the New Heniand Iel'
ter: ,,...,a., ,,,n,
have two or three wives, and ever
more. mud II Is well known that no
lyrnmv has increased since Mormon
missionaries from Salt Lake city ar
rived in New Zealand for the purpose
of making converts amongst me NJ
tive race. These missionaries nave az
so succeeded in inducing some Eut ',
pean settlers to go TO Utah ana en-
brace the tencts of Brigham young
and his polygamic disciples -
"1yis casts n reflection upon Una
body of people known as the 'AhuIci
OF Jesus Christ Of Latter day Salnts
but more commonly called Morii'u ~
and we. as the representatives OF sal'
church in Melbourne, feel That out
Justice to the Church We represent'un'
10 the community at large, some an
swer should he made to the hppV'
charges. First. your correspohush
does not state whether or no the MA
cries who have two and three wives
ana oven more are 'MOrmons,' hu
from what follows one can east!
Imagine that he THINKS the Mormon
are Responsible for the existence OF pc
lypamy in New Zealand. II may O
may not. be true mat p9lS
goTv has Increased since Nor
,,on missionaries arrived In New
Zealand. and It may also be tru
that several Maorles have more ina
one wife. However that may be- ines
particular MRories referred 20 are NJ
members OF the Mormon Church' lV
have thcv entered into polygamy Nit
~ souctIon az Mormon missiunoric
nor have the missionaries propagate
the doctrine OF polygamE among IN
NIaorios. II pOlygamy has Increased ]
New Zealand since the arrival OF GU
missionaries. II Is due to some "lhg
cause. Secondly, these mlsslonNI e
have not induced any European s''
lers TO go to Utah, but they went q
thor own free viii Thirdly IA
Europcan settlers did not go to tut
10 embrace the tencts OF brigham
Young They Joined the church !
New Zealand, and omiErated 70 Qua
bccnuse they wanted to-not hecaus
they were induced to. The principle
we teach were not originated by Hrir
ham Young, nor ana other man. bt
Inv God Himself, aud II any one Wi
cast aside prejudiccs and compare OF
teachings with those of the Bible, W.
viii find them alike. Again, Brlgha'
Young was not the founder OF u
Mormon church. for II was organic.
In Fayctte. Seneca county, New y or
United States Of America, on 9Th APR
1880 by Joseph smith Jr and IN
others.-Yours ETC.
4. q. CARR,
9th June. HORACE w. BARTON
The work is progressing In Nc
bourne. Not many win accept 81
teachtngs, but we are trying t.
what we were sent here TO do. viz
TO warn people to turn from their pr"
ent man-mudc systems OF religion ~
connect themselves to- the only trl
church Of God. The Gospel seeds a.
being gown and II Is our prayer III
they VIII fall upon good soil ana orii
forth fruit, We may plant. some o.
else may water but 1t Is God that CIV
the Increase so We can only do o
share and leave the rest with God.
a, Il. CARR