Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-09-03
DEsEREr EVENING NEWS. sATuRDAY. sEprEMBER 1s9s

4
,he enemy u every material '''i.' ~
religious interest IN the state. ~.
quite a. much the enemy o. ins W
.lies" az Of the ''Aformons." the ffe'-
by.ory al Manii. By ad'ptne 'hs r,a'
iut,1us now cons.i'feA proven w,
each of the ministers ysiins Tor in,in
ia an enemy q ihe pco2li OF tnls ? '''.s'
and az sheir adoption was un'n'i.'ss
that the Prcsbytofy y uah as a Wn o
Is public enemy. "unioi'unA's
biundcr" IN mild term for their false
hood and folly. Infamous crime "'u'u
be more correct phrase. II Us M
criminal to brand the non-"Mormons
with the cowardlcc alleged in the reso-
buttons. as Il Is to accuse the "Mot-
mons" OF intimidntlne then' Tor po'h
charges are viilalnously untrue.
Let us pass TO the next rcsolutioni
Sixth Moreover. the present con.di.
lions In Utah are not conhhed 10 this
State. There n an odt-reachinE' BLOT
monlsm IL going into other Htatca. INC
'hernldH" Of Joseph Smiths "evefinft-
Ing GOSPEL" restored 90 mankind In
1870 are abroad The church Claims
TO have about two lhuurand OF these
missionary mundicnntH who travel
without purse or scrip" and who live
on the bounty ~ the people TO whom
they 20 In the field. This u n great
saving To the Church. II dimlnlnhes
aelf-dcnIni and gives those In auihori-
~ a better chance. SIN u must be
said In behalf u "thc church" that
where an Elder cannot maintain HIM
SELF IN the struggle Tor existence whore
he inbofr. he may lean back upon ana
draw from the home fund' or his rel
ntvcs may AID him. or a dance be given
IN hia behalf In the home church or
That paragraph II formulated Tor the
comfort N ministers outside or Utah.
who ana themselves unable 10 cope
with the Elders who are carrying the
pure Gospel u Christ to tho deceived
millions In all nations. These Elders
are the same kind % missionary mcn-
dloanta" aa the Apostles nnd Seventy
whom Jesus Christ sent forth on sim
liar crrand when lie was on the aarth.
They lived on the bounty u the pco-
pie" among whom they minirtercd.
They were commanded to do 10 then:
the servants Of God are commanded TO
do ~ now. They nrc not hlrellngs.
They do not preach for hire. or divine
for money Their sublime faith and
self-sacrincc are wonder TO the world.
They form no great n contrast 10 the
greed Of the salaricd coilcctlon-,akcrs
and paid preachers Of modern times
that the latter cannot speak OF them
without snocr. How their unselnsh
labor 'dlminiahea sclf-dcnlal" Il IL AIM
cult TO understand. and how Il gives
TO those In authority better chance"
would take a Presbyterian sophist to
explain. Tho home fund" of which
the resolution speaks Is a myth. II y
well known that there Is no such fund
TO lean back UPON" but Il In not
surprising that ministers whose chief
anxiety IL 20 obtain a good stipend.
should imagine that there must be
something 10 draw" upon or QUE Elders
would not continue In the field. The
truth Is that Mormon" missionaries
depend upon the Kindness of those who
minister 20 them in the name OF a
disciple and the llbcrallty ~ per-
sonal friends who occasionally aid
them. ana draw nothing whatever
from any "homc fund. except perhaps
their passage home when they have
finished their work OF years abroad.
and have not means OF their own.
Here IL the closing paragraph OF the
resolutions.
seventh-onc thing more. The mis-
nlonarica carry yelled Gospel. They
do not say all they have % Fly In the
ltAs sermon. nor In any "neid" sermon.
They do not even give the people
meat much less strong meat" They
feed milk II Ia safer. Dcttcr
adapted 10 weak and sensitive stom-
acha. Faith, repentance. baptism by
immersion. for the forgiveness ~ sins
by zone having authority and imp0-
Hitlon OF hands and the stock doctrines
commanded by Joseph Smith and his
nucccanora 10 be taught TO the world. %
while the Adam god. immediate reyo-
lntio.. infalliblllty ~ the Priesthood.
hANNtAAN 81 AW' itNhh " MNiMNNs fNINNH
tlal order OF mnrrlnHe. God na pOiyga-
mist, Chrlst the husband OF three wives,
salvation for the dead hy yloarioua
baptism, tho duty Of tlthea. Implicit
obedience 10 the Priesthood In all
things. personal or blood atonement for
tho pardon OF the objectionable sin,
and such like doctrines, thoy reserve
until the digestion OF the new convert
Il improved and he can take 'Hu1ps
meat"
"a word 10 the wise IL sufficient" To
ordinary mortala less brief statement
~ tho present situation In Utah" ap.
pears inadequate.
pone BY order q Presbyiery at
Mnnti. Aug. 20. 1905.
q. ~. HARDY, Moderator.
Attest; A, p. RANKIN,
stated Clerk. pro tom.
q. A. fvsRsON.
Mantl. Utah.
The startling statement that our FL
ders "do not say an they have TO say
In the nrrt sermon. nor In any field
sfrmon,' VIII no doubt create a pro.
found sensation. What wicked thlnr
Il must BE- Tor preacher 10 fan "a
ten an ne knows IN one Discourse
The fair inference Il that a Presbyter.
ian saiarled preacher Is able to tollall ne
knows about tho Gospel In one sermon.
But then he IL not one OF those
missionary mendlennta" like Peter and
Paul, and James nnd John. ana tho
Elders Of the latter days. who have
been Instructed In the thlngs u the
A.