Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-08-26
ELDER EPHRAlM JENSEN


Boston Common yesterday morning
ablut 10 o'clock. Twenty or more other
mon looking nH though they expected
inmeh1dy. were sauntcriug around ON
The charles street mall, ana. from one
HHuiher'H unsolicited condolences, all ~
them learned that they Wgro waiting
Cor the Mormon Elder who, on the hu-
th1r.y uf the Herald, Was 10 preach
uu th" Common.
a man waa already cxhorting "a small
rtsI crowd near tho tllf walk. but 10
dII not take the oNpDCtaut persons long
a. ind out that he was not the one
they wanted Thcrcupln they turned
their attention % The tullhlagk-h0ardrd
man. who had been Joined by "a number
~ reporters and newspaper arti7ts,
and. uu coming up Close enough 90 near
what was being said, they concluded
Alright thHt the stranger was Elder
Ephr1lm Jensen OF LOGAN, Cache clun.
a. IfHh. "a member OF the Church or
Jesus Christ or Latter-duy StintH,com-
monty known ma the Mormon church.
10 was the first Mormon preacher 20
appear ON U03t0n Common,
Elder Jensen was nccustcd by moro
than one person ana cpnvcrHci with
them until the news that q Mormon
preacher wac on the Common had
spread through the district and large
crowd had gathered. Elder Jensen hhd
permit from the city to talk on the
Common between the hours OF " and 2
o'clock. but us % was then 1880, am Of.
horr requested the Elder ana the crowd
10 hroIk up tho gathering which they
d.i.
40 this point there was q slight dis
lurbJuCu az the side ~ the crowd. A
party NJ young mon had arrived, ana,
tsaing 10 friend on the scene, one shout
3D. Hello. lill' ltn wonder you are
hoi n Mormon You've been here long
enough"
Rssummr, Elder Jensen said: we
Dr." not here 90 hunt up vile calumnlcH
and wrong statements concerning our
people. hut we are here 10 tell you OF
De virtues and the power and the syH.
lem Iul arrangements In these material
W'1''ls. n you please, that are 20 mar
mnn.a" the human family ana make
uru man understand and know that
ne other man Is his brother and his
Nin"I. The differences between thriH-
VAN ma ourselves lB that they believe
while we du
"W. travel In an the world ne ana Hts
disciples ~ JoruFalo1, They ala not
Preach various doctrines, Thpy AL
preached the same doctrine. We have
W lNh a people that are not perfect
"a tH.Del ! guess that's rghtl They
nave WutcriallZed In their lives the
Iu'1 that until We set our lives IN the
il'. ZION OF the Ideal there ~ no lu7
pr1Ermont Of conduct, There are results
y |tlh that would make many M you
NgN England people ashamed NJ your
trNrH % you saw them. We are ready
aHl willing 20 bear more cnlumny for
ih" Gospels sake.
'lf what rs said Of as IL true, then We
nHEht not 10 live, We are not ut for
Place on Gods earth But we are
among you people 10 say that these
Things are not true. We are among
you 10 tell you that the love we
rar tho human family ~ the motive
fHHrr by which these Elders go over the
world preaching the simple plain,
Nrrful Gospel OF the Son ~ Man
Row, VIII you couatruc that into cyll9
DO you mean To tell me that I have
been In Utah since childhood and do
got know the conditions there? Would
have the wlckednoss 10 appear before
You u these things We're true2 God
iUrhidl
our enemies have had their turn
We are going 10 have our turn next
Dr. LOrlmer--oxcusc me for mentioning
name-snid In fremont TEMPLE that