Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-09-30
THE MISSIONARY FIELDS
The sharp Contrast iistween ELDER. In the
Iieid aud Ministers In Utah.

Iield aud Ministers In Utah.
Liverpool. England. Sept. .. 1899.
10 the Editor:
have Just finished reading the
Methodist dlatribe that appeared In
yuur paper OF August 2ist. over the
signatures of "wlldmnn" Murphy.
wake. Henry and ilin. and hasten to
glyc you some OF my Impressions after
pguulug their report In the first
place I wondered how men or their pro.
fgsEiou could palm such Illumination
on the public, and then ! took "a Churi-
table Wow % lt aud concluded that they
must have partuken Of the spirit of the
"Mllimun.' who was one Of ltH uu-
thors aud possibly the most vcuomous
Of the i've, although. Ia the language
81 my illusuious forcfathers. fear they
ORE "all turnsd wl yn stick"
The FIRST impression that had was
that their reasoning was like u kernel
" wheat IN chat, not worth the search.
hut ] rc-rcud their report iu order To-
carefully examine the statistics set
forth. because they said. IN effect that
they had done great work and
wanted 10 lnd out what Il amounted
TO- Judge or my surprise, however, up
on again pcruHlng u 10 IND that there
were no statistics given. Their con-
NgrH. imiut liatcly after Joining had
lgit the state. What pity that they
dldnt even stop long enough 10 be-
counted thereby fUrclng our Methodist
brethren o. use percentages without
proof causing their reports To BE- re-
gurdcd With suspicion and whlsperlnga
o. 10 the dark tricks and vain WAYS cer-
tain people are said to posseaA
was next attracted BY the state
mont that the Christian churches OF
thH nation have message 10 declare to
the people ~ Utah" and thonrbt
what can Il be- H. II that one h Of
l'aul, another Of AUolluH and another of
''phWt or, In other words. that u
niu Of HIM. and Il am Of AfcNiece. B"
and u u Lnmby' n 30. tho whole
Mormon. people reply by referring
Wese Hef.eonstltutcd. dlscofdant teach
en- 90 / Cor i-i0. iu which Inc Ap1stio
iAulH voice comes ringing down
lhiuugh the ages To them and
20 hl other contcndlug Hccta. "Now /
l'soaoh you, Brethren. by tho name 81
QUIZ Lurd Jesus, christ. that SO ali
!I'th me same thing. and that there bel
l' ulNiHlnu among you. but that ye be-
pgfigctly Joined together la IN. ann.
mlhl ana In the same hldr.
W'ntt and also 10 that mDu.
uIAele prayer uf the lowly Nazarcno re-
,2llrl in the 18th chapter of John be-.
s.nnlnF 90 the 2ist vor,,c. That thoy AMI
~ one w thou. Father art ln me
80 wv ANNNN ANNN also may loo
one H. ne! that the world may believe
mat thou hast rent me-"
would IKE 10 SEQ test applied 10
'N'f' great modern Teformerr. iu order
:, sound their sincerity. Jesus said 10
lelrf' Simon, son Of IOnhs lowest thou
me more than thsse2' referring perhapa
20 lhe loavcs ana fshca OF which he MAD
H., pAtaken, and with which tho Sa-
AVI nil provided him. How much love
N"lld the Methodist force IN Utah have
En' 'Ir preaching ana praying 80 hard
VT ihe conversion Of the "Alornons" ~
we lplNen and fiuhea We're taken away
!tom ihemf Suppose one IN authority An
1rlF ranks were to say TO them:
nI,lhron, | have found that the sa,
,o' uleipleh IN former times preached
Ne he"pol without purse or ucrip: and
w order TO conform 10 their examine
uu lhe teachings OF our Lord. Il viii
necessary for you In future 10 do
,ne saint what would the result bDY
Why, utah, IN a few months. would be-
uWefy deserted by these rc!igluun
N"noy gtnbbeH. She would be- az void
e'ylatlan plate passsrs under that
1'e AZ he moon In OF Inhabitants. So
say To- utahs people: Ne not deceived
a !" me purport OF this "moasagr"
l"li lhe churches named for they are
N'ub Tor money and IL ~ money,
'.N's' money, they are after.
rr.,t,tno lhe assertion that there are
gr ,,u,'.ulen OF M0rmons In Utah who
bn,,", n"l uod or Christ ana who arc
p"M'u down ln sorrow and ain" have
y, hesltney IN sayiug that IN, propo.
SlSn !" absurd II IL simply bladder
a happier purer pcople cannot
lound' The wish FOR that condition
gHalrH u father 10 the thought +"
w" Hoae Who promulgntc a.. The
Bost V KY, 10 Mormonism" have Tor tho
49, llll come out OF all the other
~. ditpr "a careful cnmpnrlaon of ita
!gaohlnss with the Hible. and thew have
'N"ys pern able 10 meet their minis,
~ afterwards and to defend their
sa'u nom the Scriptures. no mntter
Nnat sect they may have previously
zen associated with Invariably tho
Eeycr pi faith and the reception Of "A
ulnony concerning the divinity OF the
l't'f-day work ~ whnt led them To
,mhuce "Mormonism. and Il viii be-
Uncut 70 Induce them 10 foraake the
av,n pastures, where they have been
'ashlnE IN the sunlight OF Code divine
~, 20 COME down and partnke OF tho
~ huhhs Of dead theology Tens of
thousands Of them arc ready TO testify
.nal lhoy never knew what Joy and
,'uN", were although worshlpery In spc-
larian churches, TN they received the
|@spel as restored IN the latter days
nave been with them In their meet
mge ana have felt the power OF their
ratlmoniee, | have seen the tears
flhdnoHs pour down. their
iheeks and have mingled
ny own with theirs IN listening to their
Experiences, accompanied By the sweet
hnuences NJ the Holy Spirit, and su
my 10 the aectarians ~ Utah who are
ENGAGED IN the present crusade, that
their hopes are conferred upon making
converts from the dominant Church
Aere they aro destined 70 be dlsep-