Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-09-21

weekly published under frwbyl
auspices and dating as far back 1s isz'
We mention che publication of this "ln
torvlcw." because 70 is very uro tha
a religious paper contains nn oyioul',
article in o. epirlt OF fairness towar
tho mormon" people. or gives 20 cor
rect statement ~ their bgIaf or thUu
position.
tn This Instance tho writer han cyl.
IDENTIFY endeayorcd g. correctly report
the questions and answ'rH in an on.
hand colloquy which occurred In thil
city. while There Gro some inaccuri-
Giles In n. they arc not Of sufficient im-
portanoe 10 correct nt present. and Tho
absence Of any attempt 20 purposoly
misquotc 10 very gratifying. for The
reason We have mentioned.
In tho eamc issue of tho Observer,
however. there ~ q ukotch from tho pen
Of contributor. Tor which be- alone ll
responsible. Aud We do not charge him
with Intentional misrepresentation. dc
was taking trip In the Interest Of
home missions. and after talking with
those engaged here IN tho work Of the
rocivty he Representa-. be- naturally
formed The opinions he thus espresso.
Pass through the gates of the Rockies
Into tho Utah Valleys. 10 D. like coming
through drcnry tracts suddenly upon thH
garden of N. Lord Beauty and frrtillty
abound ON every side. snoW-Crownod
mountains frame the pictures Nature
has done her best and man bio worst
The situation IN Utah today may hn
summarized thus. A "Murmunlnm
somewhat yelled but morv aggressive
than ever, with moro zrul az homo aud
more missionaries abroad with uHtnuHl.
bic Difference 10 national authority ana
u thoroughly worked ecclesiastical ma.
chine destructive NJ such authority uud
with a nag Of defiance NJ national moral
sentiments I'm the election 10 Congress
OF an uyuwCd polyEnmiHt. Opposed
60 this politlco-tgllgluuH organization,
propelled BY Intense fnnnuclam, We
have few struggling mission stations
manned and taught by brave and HUlf-
sacrificing preachers and teachers. The
mission stations are btr'ly uuilCiont to
serve a. protests. a few signal iifeH hero
and there TO tell ~ the raging storm.
The schools and academies point the
hope u tho future. Public education ~
In Mormon" control, Christian educ
cation nlbne can save tho rising gene
Grafton. me needs " Utah nro mlssion-
airy oyangcllEntlon. nlllng the land with
the hntidutpa 60 Mormon poison.
patient, Fgnuc, personal work NJ mon
ana women, hihmr Win the love N
souls, and moro nnd better Christian
schools from the Kindergarten 70 the
college.
n tho writer Of that paragraph had
econ thcec valleys before IMAM had
takcn a hand In tho work, hc would
probably have had lcrs 90 nay IN praise
~ Nature and more 60 nay IN Justice
10 IMAM" The very contrast which he
euw between those "drclry tracts and
this garden OF tho Lord" WINS brought
about by toll, ekill, perseverance, and
the blosslug OF God upon tho energies
Of man. Mormon" man at that. whom
he slmply credits with doing "hir
worst"
on what evidence does be- base HE
conclusion that there lH here 90
thoroughly worked ccclcallstlcu ma
chine destructive Of national author
ity7' The language he usog IL simply
a repetition OF tho grouudlcsn charges
made by those aectlrinu missionaries
here ana which they never attempt to
prove, whose "sclf,slorIncc," which no
lauds ls guaged by tho amount OF their
oalar.oa Drop their vtipcnds ana sor
how much patient gentle bravery"
they uII exhibit.
"rho nag Of defiance" which hc
speaks OF is as much Of a myth as hlH
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