Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-03
.MoI,MoNIsM" AND MANHOOD.

IL iherc something In the Mormon
faith that sans the very manhood and
wonanhood ~ men and womcnf
That Is question. asked for the pur-
pS.c ~ making a covert charge NJ In
Summation. u IL needless 10 mention It,
source. II IL put In connection with a
Vile nimor. stated 10 be- only a riimor
and then treated ~ fact.
n thcrc IL anything In the Mormon
faith that saps either manhood or
womanhood. u IL hlTh time II waa dis.
covered by it, adhcrcnts. n Il can be
pointed out by IT, opponents NJ an nc
cept-i article Of our faith. thnt may
answer the purpose. We have become
pretty well acquainted with the Nor.
mon faith" and tho "Mornon" people.
and We know of nothing IN the former
thu, would tend 10 such condition rs
that suggested. and have seen no signs
In the latter that such an effect has
been produced.
Tho Mormon" faith inculcaics obe-
diencc 10 God and good will 10 man.
II teaches that natures laws are tho
laws Of Deity. That these should gov.
ern tho body a. well ~ the mind. Ac.
ccrilnT 10 iis principles. every organ ~
tho body and faculty 81 tho spirit IL
uod-givcn. and 20 b. devoted 10 the
uses only for which they were designed.
and they must b. exercised temporal.
ely. being governed by the laws that ~.
late 10 them. Aiso that all things In the
economy Of heaven are governed by
law and preserved aud aanctlned by
obedience thereto.
The Mormon" faith proolaims that
true obedience comca from INTELLIGENT
and willing submission To right. II does
not inquire hiaviah Yielding 10 the de-.
manis o. wronR or 81 oppression. True
liberty II the very essence Of the "Afor.
mon" filth. and by II rial manhood
and womanhooi are cultivated and
maintained. 40 what l. right. 10, the
consequence follow" u one Of It's mot
toes and the chorus 10 one Of IT, popu.
lar songs. Active minds. IN vigorous
healthy bodies. arr what u aims 10 pro-
ducc ~ IN, progeny OF IL deyotec-.
In proseiyfins. the Mormon" faith
stira up the manhood and womnnhood
Of those who embrace n, 20 that they
are able TO meet. fearicasiy. tho SCOTS
ana ~neerr and rufiianism Of their
christian opponents. And this IL
but following the noble example 81 the
Elders who forrake all things At home
10 beneft people abroad. Drawing the
dangers 81 the deep and accidents by
land. holding their lives a. iesa sacred
than the trust imposed upon them,
and meeting hostility Of various kinds
In the true spirit OF manhood ana
christhood.
The class Of People that "Mormon.
irrn' gathers Is not the rerylle aet that
some folks would have the world be-
lleve. Many Of them wcre poor ns TO
Ownership Of property. iiut they are
chiefly OF the Atalwart. working popuia.
tlon. who BY thrift aud perseverance
manage 10 pay their way 10 this land,
and soon become 10 certain degree
independent u everything less than
Hcif-rupport. They bow 10 good rrgu-
iationa. civn and ecclesiastical. because
they choose to do 90. anu when the test
comes arc always ready 10 stand by
what they believe to be- right In spite Of
nil thrcatcninEs and dangers.
IN colonising the waste places; IN
rubduInE the desert; IN meeting the
haynEea OF the wilderness. In fighting
the battles Of their country; In standing
nrm TO their religious convictions. In
business, In study, IN the Held OF IN.
veniion In marching To the music ~
the prnrrvsn ~ the times. In the punre.
ful pursuits Of home or the rlEofu Of
travel abroad, they nre not inferior 10
people u other faiths ana crecds.
There NJ. no people living who mani.
fest more Of the true spirit u woman
hood than the women ~ Mormon.
DOM" In every situation that clrcum.
stances have placed them In. they have
exhibited the finest traits OF genuine
wlfehood. motherhood and those lovely
characteristics that make the CENTER
sex adorable.
The writer OF preacher who ln,imates
that there II less manhood and woman.
hood among the "Mdrinons" than else.
where. demonstrates the lgnoble strain
- W" WV ''iNFf NNH " most llhriy
ner,oleas. shunling impotent. whose IN.
dependence. honor, truth and yigur
have been slapped" by his own vices.
indulgenoes and lnhrmitlea. until he ia
grabbed and deapicablo maligner OF
the yiriuous ana upright.
The whole history OF the "Mormonn'
Ia refutation OF the infamy OF the IN.
umaion that they lack In tho qualities
OF manhood or womanhood. And their
work In this former desert is q test.
nony to the fnlr-minded of an nations
US to what they are, prophecy n
what they will be-the builders of the
greatest commonwealth On tho earth
aud denomination that there n moth.
Ing In tho Mormon faith" which saps
amy force from their mental or physical
vitality or renders them inferior TO
their fellows of any tribe or nation.
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