Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-08-20

mark from the same mouth was made IN
the same spirit IIe said:
We've got 10 stir up thIs ants nest,
kick the top OF and capture some of the
ants before they get housed again.
What ana the vocifcrous Dr. mean by
that2 lie appears 20 Doe not only the
Fowler DESTROYS OF fnar.ng the biacker
birds in the internal nost' but the
Tamanoir. the great ant-eatcr or ante
bear described in natural history and in
American encyclopedias. ready 10 catch
and destroy or devour the Mormon
ants before they get housed again
after the top Of their nest De- kicked
off," by me Christian eyangelIsts
within this ep.scopate. Dr. King de-
clored that
"Ths two terrors Of the Republic are
Mormonlsm and the Latin type VI "a
confessional religion"
Indeedl And yet there IS no p'Iygamy
IN either Of those "terors.' 10 ls Just
az the leaders Of the Latter-day saints
predicted, "Giye up one tenet OF the
faith ana other concessions win be de-
manded The religious foes OF the
Church win never be satisfied with any
thing less than the extinction OF Nor
monism and the destruction Of the
Church"
But Notwithstanding the Nominations
Of these disciples OF intolerance. and
their gross misrepresentation Of a
creed they cannot contr1vert and "a
people whom they cannot convert and
therefore desire 20 crush, we have the
comfort OF knowing that they do not
represent the great American people.
They deceive many but the time has
past for the success OF their furious and
shameless defapaton OF a community
which is so far above their petty calum-
niles and abusive eruptons that it can
afford TO smile at their rage and to pity
their impotence
"MormonIsm" ls not injured by such
mouthlngs as those OF the Methodist
bishop, and Of the popgun hirelIng
preachers who applauded and echoed
hs lnanltIos. This Sc what arouses
their anger and prOvokes their hate.
But The chief object IN view, when they
launch into invectve and insult the
people among whom they 1--we and who
have treated them with uniform kind
ness, is 70 induce eastern people 10 con-
tribute 20 their Golfers eve must have
men. money and energy they cry,
Certainly But above an things.
MONEY. Generous appropriations
from the general funds Private con-
trbuuons from the kind-hearted and
phll3nthropic who want 90 have the
"Mormons' Chrstianlzed
But "Mormonlsm" goes on. It's mis-
sIonares succeed. The homes Of its
dcvotees resound with prayer and
praise. Their Sunday schools grow and
flourish. The Bible Us read and believed
iu private and Ia public among them
Notwithstanding the wicked talsahood
told by Methodist ministers in the con-
ference Faith is increasing FOO the hearts
OF the Saints. and Methodism has no
more chance % turning the Mormon
people from that which Almighty God
has stamped upon their souls as His
divine truth than it has Of Knocking
OF the top" Of the lofty mountains. that
rear their SUBMITS TO the skies and
form bulvark 70 our peaceful wales.
one good thing usually results from
the Incorporate attacks Of pretended
Chrlstlan orators upon the Church Of
Jesus Christ OF Latter-day Saints they
serve 20 advertise &c and open the way
for its missionaries For the Impetus
that WIN be given 20 "MormonIsm.' by
the Interest that may be aroused
through the efforts Of the NJ. Il. confer
ence 20 reylIe the "Mormons," we hope
20 be- duly thankful Not however 10
those from whom oneusls come, but
TO God. who win override Il for good;
20 Him be all the glory