Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-08-05
WAS WITH THE MORMORS.


To the Editor:
Truth crushed to earth shall rise
The eternal years OF God are hers;
But error, wounded. writhes In pain,
Ana dies AMONG her wurshippera.'
Having read the Dcscrut News for
some time 1 nnd 10 very liberal Boa ~
yluWu. very much more liberal with
other churches and people than other
church papers urG with tue "MurmouH,
There s,yma Go have ever been and
now d. crusade against the people OF
luh, known uH "MuruuuHt ana the
HId Do kuulgI anew at intervals aud up-
puars 90 br famed into "a lurid numu at
any pruyugatiuu. Right should prevail
ut am hazards, and when one kuuWH "a
wrong has been indicted, q Do hia or her
duty 10 ylnuitutg the injured party anu
/ know injustice has been inflicted upon
tie Lattrr-duy Saints.
unul one year ago 1 knew absolutely
nothing about those people except what
/ had heard and read, OF a iurid ana
vicious character, ana from both suufc-
Ua nothing bad ever been revealed to
mc but OF blood-cutdlIng atrocities. 1
had always been Informed that 80 unx-
iuuH were those people TO swell their
ranks that all manner OF yilvncHs were
protected aud that no person was ever
permitted To leave when once within
their midst. unless he succeeded Ia
uVudiug their vigilance, Tor fear thclr
nundlBh crimes D. made known.
After being warned OF the prccuu-
tlun that would be taken TO prevent my
return, last August, while going from
the coast East. 1 resolved that u my
presence IN amy place would Justly
such vigilance 10 keep me, that thotu
was whore / ought 10 50, 80 acord-
ihsly determined TO stop la utah ana
make u short visit with my mothers
people. then resume my journey, II 1
could devise a plan VI escape.
1 had been taught that any one not
OF the Mormon faith, would utterly
Htnrye FOR want OF employment but
contrary TO that, "a school was offered
me, which was accepted, ana mtcr hnv-
lng taught IA several different counties
and States. ! never taught more gem
inl class OF pupils nor any with brighter
intcllcCta, nor where L received better
No community. sect. creed. caste or
denomination Is wholly pure, but each
the "Murmuns" are not exempt from
this universal rule VI an terrestrial OF
tangible matter. l found the Nor
mons" miHreprrsCntcd, aud according
~ mlsiudgcd. Some OF their Elders arc
not the Kind OF men that should be
Hont out among other nations nor
would they be- sent by tho Church uu-
thorties " they were known TO BIO UNI
worthy; but we should not Judge lest
we be Judged. and surely this would DO
no righteous judgment Go judge any
community by one or two Of its mcm-
borH.
Before uss1clatlng with the "Mor-
mons" with the nefarloua tales that
had ever boon distlllod into my life. I
would undoubtedly have avoWcl my
self an uuti-"MormOn" had / been
questioned regarding my Views, for 20
proiudiced WAS | that | would not dare
read any % their ubumlnublo co lltora-
ture. until my cousin, W, w Wright,
who was ON a mission IN Indiana and
Illinois, sent mo q tract, and out OF rose
poet for him ala read u, but only
through "Rlrdrod rcnpect," Tor while
reading II / chung fanatically with bnth
arms 10 the faucied evils u the "Ator-
mons" with which my whole body was
rife.
within tho last six months I have
read the Book NJ Mormon through
rad several church articles and tracts
and have read some Ia the Life OF JOS
| eph Smith, intending TO read II and the