Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-05-29

NAftiHnfH WHAT Nt NNtFtNAHf MNiNi
may be classed with the rest Of the rub.
Dish that he has culled for the readers
Of the Munsey:
TT is said that indian faklrs can show
20 an audience trees sprlnglng out OF
The pavement. budding and blooming
ana men ascending ladders towards the
sky, but that a photograph OF On,
scene when developed. shows the fakIr
and nothing more Could some one
have snapped a kodak al one OF Smiths
miracles. / suspect that nothing coulo
have been developed from the mega
tive"
Leaving the task OF ndculng one OF
the foremost noiables OF the nineteenth
century he next takes TIT az the
Prophets successor, 10 this manner:
After Smiths death, Brigham Young
succeeded TO the presidency of the king
dom. An extraordinary man was he
He either had no religious belief, or, Ike
Joshua, he held that all men not Of his
creed were enemies whom he was not
bound TO regard. lie claimed the right
az the vicegcrent on e0rih OF Almighty
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he certainly ala 80 rule them while he
lived In Utah. / believe that az heart
ne was utterly selfish. that he loved
power. money. and women above all
other things, and those in the order
named"
That Is how C. G. Goodwin speaks Of
the great chleftain OF the Pioneers, who
led the way across the continent 70 this
silent and solitary wilderness, and built
up this grand and thrifty common
wealth. Not in that fashion aid he re-
fer to Brigham Young when the monu-
ment 10 his memory was unveiled, and
his present traducer was honored with
a place as one Of the speakers. Here Is
a paragraph from c. c. Goodwin's
eulosy on that occasion:
Let US with reverential heads bow
In gratitude 10 the remnant Of the au-
gust band let US salute the memories
Of those who have laid down the bur
dens and gone TO their reward. 1t is
well TO rear monuments. They are
good for the living good for the youth
OF the land. the nations who forget
the duty quickly perish, but FOR them
they need no monuments, they built
their own while they were here; their
glory Is secure"
Is Il good to build monuments TO
those who were utterly selfish" who
loved power, money and women above
all other thlngs?" Is that good for
the YOUTH" Have such persons gone
to their reward" and Is It true that
their glory is secure7' Was Goodwin
placated then and IL he angered now2
A change has come over the spirit OF
his dream which then broke out into
poetry and praise. But here Is more
OF the alleged truth about the Nor
mons" He says OF the Church,
Its emissarles 90 out TO the very
poor Of the world those who live but
from hand 10 mouth they tell them
that II they Will but accept the Latter
day Saint creed, the Church viii trans
port them 10 Utah. set aside land for
them, whore they can raise their own
food fruit, grain, vegetables, and
meat, that they can soon own the land,
and have the fear Of starvation. which
perpetually haunts them. removed. The
picture Is wlnsOme one, and when men
accept the Vision becomes a reality.
True. they are charged with the cost
OF the journey 10 Utah. and for the
land and the debt has TO be paid as
rapidly as possible; but the promise has
been kept, and the recipients believe
that there has been a direct interpOsi-
ton Of Divine Providence in their be-
hair
or course everybody here knows that
the Church has no lands to set aside"
for newcomers. and the inducements
were not at any time offered
to emlgrants. but the story answers the
grim writer's purpose and thus 1t is told.
Here is how he explains some OF the
marriage ideas OF the "Mormons:"
Now, suppose a Mormon girl has
a Gentle. In Mormon estima-
ton a Gentle has no standing In the
world 20 come. He will not rise on the
last great day neither will his wife,
unless something can be done for her.
But II she can be sealed 20 some good
Saint for eternity. that settles Il. II
any Mormon can interest her enough
In the welfare Of her own soul 20 90
with him and be sealed TO him for the
life 20 come, everything will, Of course,
be all right one woman well known
10 Salt Lake was thus sealed 20 vaga-
bond Mormon though at the time she
had a Gentle husband"
The falsehoods in that paragraph
have appeared many times In the tales
of tourists. told in the East and nearly
rs often refuted. Now we can under.
stand where they start from. and why
they continue TO mlslead the public.
As TO the people here he bears this
foul testimony:
"They will deliver testimony In court
which Is enough TO make the flesh creep.
once asked a Mormon lady how such
perjury could be reconciled with their
Her answer was. When
a Saint has been sealed In the Temple,
bis or her soul has been saved, no mat
ter what may be thereafter sim, the
Mormons' when their religion Is not In
yolyed. are friendly, polite, hospitable,
ana peaCeaple people,
That must have come from the re
'pectable old lady referred to 50 often
BY c. c. Goodwin as authority for anti
Mormon" fables. We do not believe
that any Mormon" lady, unless 1t were
/ lunatlc, ever made use Of such an
apology FOR false-swearlng, or so ex-
planned doctrine that Is not held by |
he Church or any OF It's authorized |
sxpounders. We win make space for |
me more elegant extract from this
'edned magazine article. and We think |
,ur readers viii agree with US that this
q enough He says:
one old Dane. IN a hamlet not twen-
Isl miles from Salt Lake City. had five /
wives They were all In house Of two /
10 three rooms, and when he invited /
ieoule 20 his home, he was wont TO In.
rr1uce them IN this way: 'Meester'-.
Win wave Of the hand towards the 1
ldies-'dese be mine cows