Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-16
CANNOT M CHECKED.

A. tho woman'a Missionary Union
meeting In Louisville. Kentucky. on
Monday. It was resolved as the sense
Of the convention that the missionary
work OF the 'MormonA should be-
checked" That sounds like n faint echo
Of the thunder Of half a century ngo.
The checking u Mormon" miaaionary
work has been battle cry for fcrNent
"christian" ladies. and pulpitecrH at
loss for rouuinE topic. OF and on dur
Ing tho pa,t ATTY or sixty years.
No far they cannot boast 81 much
success. The chief weapons employed
have BON straight falsehood. crooked
stories. biased comments and mons
troua cxagEcraiionH. ali ~ which
though they may have temporary
triumph. sirnniiy fan aH time calma
prejudice and brings truth uppcrmost.
The nrst attacks ON Mormon" mis-
slon work and Mormon" calculation
were made with "carnal weapons" un-
der the direction of religious leaders.
Shooting "Mormona,' connacatlng
their property. burning their homes,
impriaoninE their chiefs and driving
them by force from state 10 state were
the means then employed. Times have
changed f.Lce then. and the methods ~
assault have changed also. hut the
spirit ~ assault remains the same, and
shows Itself In the bitterness and mem
dncity " SNUG preachers and plate
passing lecturers, who deceive the pub.
lie and stir 40 tho christian" mind To
hostile resolutions
The welt meaning ladies who feel
that "Mormon" missionary work must
BE- checked. have not the least idea
what they arr DESTROYS ~ checking
"Mormon" missionaries are jealous for
the caurs ~ human rcdemptloni they
preach Christ and Him cruoinei; they
cAhort mankind To good works. they
arr exemplary In their lives aud
conduct and set n pattern ~ devotion
a. God and u purity ~ character. They
labor without pay for the huneht N
their fellow creatures. and carry the
Biblc and lts preccpts into the homes ~
the iowiy.
Their work cannot be stopped. II
may be- checked" Tor q brief season IN
few localities. but II 4. impossible 90
suppress n. That which VIII not pause
before bullets and brutality, viii no,
BE- put down by resolutions ana ro-
mnnces from the Hips Of collection gath
erers or the conventions OF men or
women who know nothing of that
which they oppose.
After all the resolutions and runlnn-
ism ~ nearly three score years and ten,
10 check Mormon missionary work
there are more Elders In the field today
than ever before. ana their devotion
ana perseverance, n a marvel 20 theli
foes. Their success In some regions Is
also a source Of modification 20 those
who mallgn them and IL ono ~ tho
causes Of so much religious venom
against thom. The statement az a rc'
cent Presbyterian conclave that the
'Aiormon" missionaries IN the soulherr
states had made more converts, thar
tho Prcshyterion church had made ad'
ditions IN the whole OF the United state
IN 1895. reveals one cause OF reverend
wrath and the inspiration that move
In convention resolutions. Go on VIII
the opposltion' Agitation 10 the M
Of mission work. IL Is siagnatlon TIA
Is TO be dreaded. Indifference Is a rea
foe, tumult and threat, abuse ana de
famatlnn are mere shadows In IN
path. Mormon" missionary work wi
remain unchecked.