Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-29
A voice. ron LinE,,ry.

Mr.. Francis n. I.lvcsey. OF sykcsyllic.
Md. In a communication TO The Light
Of Truth. a paper published at Column
bus. o.. argues strongly and intolli-
gently In favor OF universal religious
liberty. We quote the following from
his articlci
This country promises religious lib.
eriy 10 all Its citizens. and events hru
Indicating that II ~ hiFh time u was
properly defined. Religion ordinarily
consists In believing certain things that
have little OF no effect upon daily life,
and In wor.hippinK In accordance with
one or another Of the various harmless
forms OF the different pccu. People
can believe In and act out this species
Of religion and feel that they have all
the religious liberty they want. hut
the decline 81 the churches In which
this religion II prncticed Il now gcncr-
ally acknowledged. and an era Il iotk "a
for In which some more practical re-
llsion VIII take IT. place-a religion. In
fact. which substitutes work for wor-
ship. IL II. therefore. time that all
those who are looking for this new era
should begin 10 prepare the way for
u, ana the main preparation consists
In removing all impcdimcnts that viii
conflict with the realization 81 tho
works that are the products Of the
new-old faiths"
The author then points out how the
religious practices ~ various denom-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and Seventh day
Adyentlsta, for instance-are eon-
demncd By other hcctr. and continues;
"Junt now we are witnessing an a..
most national crusade against tho
'Mormona.' and all nenrihle people
must pause upon rejecting over the
conse6 fences that a successful crusade
entails. The proper limit 10 the oSer-
else ~ religious liberty should be- set
az the point where tho d0votec directly
infrinEcr upon the rights OF others.
Any restriction set NJ within this iimlt
Is religious persecution. Il II not
enough 10 say that the moral sense II
shocked. Jesus shocked tho Jews In
that way. True religion II Intended 10
shock the moral sense, although I do
not say that the Mormon religion IN
true"
Mr. Llyerey calls attention to the
veli known fact that the Catholics
have been accused " taking lovely
sirls from happy homes. clipping on
their tresacs, arraying them In nuns
cloth. half starving them and putting
them down 10 lifelong mcnlai labor In
nunneries." lie compares this charge
with those brought against the Nor
mons" and says
II asked a mother who had been de-
nounclnk the 'MormonA' a question that
brought these things home 10 her, md
l thihk would also bring them home
10 thousands VI other mothers who be-
long 10 the b0,Ooo,0O0 NJ unehurchod
people ~ the country-church people,
and Catholics especially, might moi 10
decide, I saidi Knowing. ~ You pref
~ well do. the exact standing of tho
wives OF such 'MormonH' a. Mr Roberts,
and knowing also the requirements OF
the young lady who essays 60 become
nun, which, rs mother, would you
prefer your daughter tp nccspt--the
llfe ~ tho Mormon wife or the life u
the nuns That brought the question
home and she was forced 10 the con-
cluHi0u that she would prefer the hap
py Mormon home tn tho nunnofy.
Now I would like 20 hear. either prl-
vatcly or publicly. from any other
m0thcra or daughters on this sub.
ieoL n ~ above matter IN n
sample OF the unchurchnd mothers
of the country, the New York Journal
crusade against the Mormona' VIII fan
as hat ~ pancake outside OF church
circles"
The author closes with this proposition.
which should be self-evldent 10 an who
have any idea Of what religious liberty
meansi
III faith without works II dead, as
the Scriptures teach, then the faith Of
an the ubove people IN dcai N they
cannot apply II In living n out. We are
an our hrotherH' KEEPERS Ia so far as
kecpinH him by reasoning with him.
but whom we use physical force. or IL
equivalent. In law. we 80 beyond our
Christian rights ana become porsecu-
tors Instead NJ anYlora"