Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-08-19

r NNNANNNNH NN"N INNN'N HHNA|'" NNHAN"N.
From the sole of hls feot Go the top OF
his head. De d. "a business man. There
d. nothing iu the business world that be-
has not the ability Goo u1. lie o. 10 man
with the peculiar qualities within him
that forces success ] heard him preach.
~ was an ubls defense NJ Mormon
Ism rraphlc rcrtpltulatiun VI Nor
mon history
Joseph smith and Brigham Young
both have their desks lU the Same
room with President Lorenzo Snow
These ate two mighty mn1 in Nor
moul1m,' and iu Che State " Utah
These 8re the mon, 90. four whom 1
have last mentioned. the guide ths
Mormon" ship Of state. AZ they look
out from their office wlud0WH. what
Transformation their eyes behold. All
OF these men. with one exception. HrIr-
ham Young. Jr. came into this valley
by the slide 1f Brigham Young. They
have been nsF1clatcd with the intcrcstf
NJ the church from the early Nauvuo
days. They have gone through The dire
prosecutions with which the church has
had tY DO. and they have shared alike
them the busy city ~ Salt Lake sings
lts ctHHHlfHH song NJ commerce. Through
the streets which already seem ancient.
they watch the endless train ~ Nor
mon gmlErlnts passing 90 the north or
tu the south. 90 locate un SOME fertile
Euardsi by the interest ana love ~ the
church. Through their halls and
through their streets. through their
buildings ana around their homes, the
tourist curiosity hunter keeps up his
everlasting tramp.
Salt Lake city today is the most novel
city In America. u furnishes more liy-
Ing attractions Tor the tourist and Tor
the pleasure seeker. than any other city
on the continent. People from all over
the globe visit this city 90 see the Nor.
mons us they live iu their homes 10
seems impossible that "a religion. such
ns "M0rmunlsm" iH could ever secure
any considerable following but when
we zee the material evidences Of the
religion Itself. we can but recognize it1
claim to success From the day To-
which the church was organized, In the
month of April. 1880 until the present
year and day Of grace. no Church has
been 20 vigorous and Helf-sncrlnclng ln
IT, missionary efforts and no deu1mln-
alton lu America has been no successful.
SUGGEST IL my reader surprised whom
I use this word ln connection with
"Murmoulsm9' Are these eyes Meth
udiBt eyes or prosbyteriau. or baptist.
Or Catholic eyes. now following these
lines, ana are you panied and surprised
10 hear me Fny that "MormunlHm' has
succeeded beyond any Of our demon.
nations WhntHvery may BE- the effect
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thel,fr true, ! give you ua re- Cunilrma-
tlon ~ my statement, u clipping from
the Chicago sunday Tribune " April
80 quietly docs the Mormon"
Church carry on lts work of prosclyting
that Few o. lple are aware 90 Co., prcH-
cnt strength ol ~ enormous growth M
the last fgw years. The census on
1890 reports loss Mormon" r1mmuui.
Giants lu Nebraska, llOd Goo Kansas.
1855 in Wyoming, 1896 BOO California,
1910 In Michigan, i.162 iu Colorado.
b,ll IN Iowa, $500 in Arizona,
lLO72 In Idaho, in Utah tho Nor.
mons are about throc.nlfih uf the en-
tire population. which Dr. $4,000.
A. the beginning ~ 1921 the NOR
mons were unv-hulf uH numerous ns
year Uho last Tor which We have Nor
mon rtltlHuCb, the Conversational
Presbyterian about 1900. the Method
lHt Episcopal about 1900. the Nor
mon" $1,000. With membership only
onc-ffteonth part as large an these
three denominations, the Mormon"
church gained some 1900 more than
90 of them put together.
This remarkable growth a. 20 be- nc.
counted Ton largely by the fact that the
"Murmuua' have some 100 mission
urios scattered over the country who
lre COINS from house to house 10 make
pTuHHlptua.
These missionaries have gone into
nearly every Northwestern. Eastern
ana Western state. A. the annual COM
florence ~ the Mormon" church In
Salt Lake cry lu April, 1855. the state
mout was made that in 1891 those mis-.
uuuarlrH hld secured over $1,000
converts. A. re- result OF this work the
Mormon church has congregations
aud uvutgrH ~ Influence In many uf
/ the Eastern and Southern cities. In
chicago there o. u church ON North
avenue near Western. within two
! weeks "a dispatch bias been printed stat
| lHE that the Mormon Elders lrv max.
l iug "a house To- house canvass OF Free
port, m,
The methods IN which these ''Alor-
| mon missionaries work D. Interest,"
Ing
| io tract community says the Rev,
| william u, Campbell, who has spent
| twelve years IN Utah. they generally
| plan Co visit systematically from house
] Co house, aiming 20 call ut ltuHt three
| times ut each house at snort intervals
! NJ q day or a week or two, depending
] somewhat upon circumstances and
| upon the degree Of Interest or rcpug.
| nance manifested by the porsuns Wis
tied.
The above ls enough In Itself Ia
arouse the spirit OF toll aud sacrifice
/ lll WV l.'' .NNH NA 'Nll4 ANNNiAN 'kANH'
lIc or Protestant. We are made "a
wonder what VIII come " n an. II
| the "MurWuns' were Co answer IN,
! question they would say. what Ia Ia
come uf % allF Everything ls yet u
] become 'MuTWuulsm,' ~ la their faith
I nH we'll nH their hugu. and those two
are supplemented by their united cn0rl
. 90 sink every other form uf christianity
. un this continent into their religious
. body n we ask ourselves how long
/ 10 win take them 10 do TO- I can answer
. approximately that az the present
/ rate ~ increase over all prutyHtuutlsu
ana Roman Cathulsm, another one
hundred years viii make uf America
ana American protestautlsm and
American Roman Catholicism ON,
Mormon camp This seems lmpOssl,
DIE, ! know, 20 you, but will you pleas,
explain 90 me how "Nlurmonism." via
the ability 60 make 1900 Couyurti
more Boo one year than ull combined
Professionalism, can fan ultimately "a
swallow up the entire Professionalism
and thH Roman Catholic church, You
Hly, uvvgr' But, my friendly readers
tho ugurrH quoted above but express
/ facts. and the facts are that Mormon
ism is uutHtrlpplug an the rrllgluu
bodies IN this country and " she con
tIuurs so 10 do there 30 nothing hu
universal, ultimate success 10 crow
her efforts. what can be done q
stop this tide Of Increase lu the "Mur
] mon" church, Al, God only knows
] preachers and statesmen do not,
REV w, ID, CORNELL,
nm SRuH