Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-02
NOT TO BE STAMPED OUT.

Some Of the papers Of the country
which have aided in the crusade that
illuminated IN the exclusion Of the Utah
CONGRESSMAN from the House Of Rep
resentatlves. are taking modified view
Of the Mormon" question. They see
no good In pursuing the opposition
stirred up by the sectarIes against a re-
lIgIous body, and are beginning to ex-
press more liberal sentiments than those
that prevailed during the height Of the
agitation.
a few Of those journals begin to per-
ceiye that "Mormonlsm' is not TO be
overcome by attacks from the outside,
but that these have a tendency TO con-
solidate and stimulate the "Mormons'
10 further perseverance, resistance and
determination. They think that to
leave this people alone is the most like
y way 10 bring about the dissolution
Of the system which II so obnoxious to
the religious world. The Denver Post
IL among those papers, aud II asserts
that The Gentiles In Utah never had
much sympathy with the proposed
amendment to the Constitution, except
as a means Of breaking the influence Of
the most powerful clan In the state"
The Post says. further:
The olergymen and laynen are pro-
ceedlng on false premises who believe
that they Will, by yociferous opposition
and the Indictment Of the public, hurt
MORALLY the fabric OF the Mormon
Church They are adopting the very
course 10 accomplish the opposite OF
what they desire. That Church has
never so thriyen as when II met the
bltterest opposition. Hostility from
without droye the Mormons together
and made them solid mass, amenabe
"a the counsels and guidance Of sim
gle man. The Church today does not
dread opposition. Indeed Il courts an
tagonlsm. Whatever else may be said
OF the Church leaders no one may truth
fully deny them knowledge of human
nature
The Post proceeds to give an account
Of the manner In which young men
among the ''Mormons" are called to the
ministry, and sent out Into the world
70 proclaim the teneis Of their faith. II
also depicts the effects thus produ-d
upon the mind and character of those
missionaries. turning even partial skep-
tics into religious zealots. 1t closes the
editorial with this paragraph,
1.-The adhesiveness OF the Mormon
Church will disappear the moment that
the Mormon people believe that they are
no longer as Church the object OF the
fury Of the other denominations They
enjoy their aloofness. II gives them a
sense almost Of marlyrdom for their
faiths sake. When the time comes that
a Mormon IA accepted by people just as
Is Presbyterian or 2 Catholic, all the
periis Of Mormonism viii quickly disap-
pear.
THE perils Of Mormonlsm, thus re-
ferred TO. are entirely imaginative, ex-
cept for the danger II brings to the
hired clergy and the errors they promul-
gate. II Is the fear Of this that occa-
sions much OF the fierce anlagonlsh
they exhibit towards the Latter-day
Saints. The Elders Of this Church, at
home and abroad. preach the Gospel
administer its ordinances and conduct
Its services without fee and without sal
airy, This course forms q marked con-
trast to the love OF money which is 80
largely exhibited In the system prevail
Ing In all the "Chrlstan" denomina-
tons. where preaching Is paid for at
usually profitable prices. The dootrrs
taught by the ministers of this Church
is so plain. and simple. and scriptural,
that II puts TO flight many OF the theo.
ries Of modern Chrlstendom which form
part OF the orthodox creeds. Mormon
ISM IL thus somewhat OF peril 20
them and naturally provokes opposition.
To the State, to the nation, TO the
world there Is no peril, but boon IN
"Mormonlsm." 1t carries light and lib
cry wherever II goes. II causes faith
In God and in the triumph Of right &C
spring up in the souls OF men. II pro,
notes honesty, purity, virtue, and In
tegrity among mankind. IL is prac'
teal religion. II regulates human con
duct II supports the rights Of mel
and women and children, and inculcate,
unity. fraternity and charity, not a.
mere sentiments, but as something L
enter into and control the lives Of al
who receive It. Whether fought Will
every weapon that can be brought t
bear against 1t or left 10 work out "a
destiny, "Mormonlsm" is a power II
the earth which VIII make itself felt To-
good, and It can not be stamped out b.
force nor win It wither through con
tempt and Indifference.