Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-08-16

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The Los Angeles Express rcoms 10
have chosen the subject NJ Mormon
ism" FOR a steady theme, and am almost
daily dict Tor Na ro1l0r1. There would
be no objection 90 that n lta editorial
efforts wcrc founded ou facts and cone
yeyed some correct Information, But
they display either remarkable lack %
understanding or dcplorablc desire 10
mlsrcproHonL We prefer to accept the
nrat OF the two Inference. us Wc know
of no reason why that paper should
exhibit special .uWIiy towards the
Lattcr.day Saints.
There Ia mo- justification. however IN
either case Tor its virtual attempt 60
Justify the "forcibl, measures taken by
the people Of the South TO put a stop 60
Aformonism" All that IL alleges OF
imagincs about Mormon proselytInF
forms no excuse for mobocrncy and
iawlcssncsa The Express states that:
'.The Objectionable feature OF Nor.
mon pfuaeiytur On that tho 'MurmuuH
md the greater per cent ui their cone
ycrta among the women, These Voc
men are usually ignorant. ana are
10 abandon their husbands and Children
and migrate 20 Utah.
The ignorance displayed In the sens
fences wc have quoted could not be cx-
cellcd In any Mormon" convert. male
or female. IN the South or In the North.
n II were true that the greater per
cent OF Mormon" converts are women.
the same objection could be raised
against every sect IN Chriatondom. The
Catholic and Protestant churches have
larger percentage " women than
men among their dcvotcoH. ana n ~ u
notable fact that the great majority OF
men. both IN Europe and America. are
either skeptlcnl on religious doctrines or
Indifferent and. II they attend public
worship do Ho na a matter OF custom
In respectable society rather than uH
converts This. % course, does not app
ply 10 sincere male church members
but to the general population In both
hemlsphercs.
The Express writer would be puzzled
10 Ind any evidence TO nubstnntlatc the
stupid notion, that women are pcrauad-
ed by Mormon preachers 10 leave
their husbands or their children or to
migrate TO Utah" There l. nothing
In "Mormonlsm" which conveys tho
idea that God wishes them" 10 do
anything OF the Kind. lie says, further.
The great foe to 'Mormonlsm' o.
education. Few educated people become
converts 20 that faith"
But after dcscantlnE on that topic,
the premises are untrue, he admits
There are thousands " educated.
cultured and refined 'Mormons.' and all
NJ them have been made 20 feel this
social oHtrnclsm."
The Express editor should read Nor
mon" literature before attempting TO
treat on "Mormonism." Hc would ma
that among H. simplest doctrines are
these, That "rhy glory " cod b. in-
trlligence." that mo man can bc saved
In ignorance" that the saints are com.
mandpd 20 "seck out ot the hrst books
words of WISDOM" 10 seek learning
by study aud also by faith." 60 "br-
come acquainted with all good books
and with languages, tongues and pco-
pie" ana acquire "a knowledge also
OF countries and OF kingdoms" doc
trlne and Covenantf)
Perhaps even the Express writer has
heard that while the acribes. Pharisccs,
doctors and lawyers rejected the Mes
slab, the common people heard Him
gladly and that mot many wise, not
many learned, not many mighty hath
God called, but Gol hath chosen tho
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