Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-06-23
MINISTERIAL MENDAoITY,

We have received letters from the
east asklng for comments on a dis
course. lecture, speech or whatever may
be the proper name FOR coarse ha-
raEEue. delivered by Rev s. Il. Wish
ard OF Salt Lake city" while on a tour
such as Is frequent with some Of the
Utah sectarian preachers, particularly
when they want TO make a financial
raise" This has been going on for
many years. and the tales they tell are
very much alike. 1t is a wonder that
they are received by intelligent people
anywhere except as fairy tales
A newspaper containing report OF
the Dr.is address has been on our desk
for some time. II is the youngstown,
OHIO. vindicator, and It calls the
speech Hot Shot It was delivered
on Sunday afternoon. but the paper
says 1.-THE attendance was disappolnt-
inely small" That is what is the mat
ter with the audiences which his class
OF preachers draw In Utah. and that IL
one Of the causes Of their bitterness
toward the "Mormons," against whom
they fire "hot shot at very long range.
We will quote a few OF the sentences
forming the small shot used by Dr..
wlshard as presented In the Vindica-
tor;
In South Carolina the Mormons
have more churches than the Presby-
terlans and the State was formerly con-
sldered to be a Presbyterian strong
hold"
THE Mormon Church teaches no
other government but the government
Of the Priesthood Every other gov
eminent Is @ rebellion against God
The doctrine teaches that God Is
now living In pOlygamy and that Jesus
Christ was living IN rOlygamy with
Mary. Martha and other women, VINO
followed Him TO the cross.
Faith Is some kind Of inherent power
within a man by which he can work
mysterious marves such as healing the
sick, making the blind see, etc
Repentance In the Mormon doc
trlne is TO leave the Methodist Pres
byterian or any other Christian church
and Join forces with the MOrmons,'
Baptism is a process by which all
sins are washed away"
"Of course Il Is necessary 10 place
a nickel in the slot before the baptism
takes place. The baptsmal takes place
In the lower temple, and mysterious
things are said 10 transpire and 20 be
seen there"
'No man Is saved In this world but
In the world beyond. The browning
thing IN the doctrine Is obedience TO
the Priesthood and that Is obedience 90
Lorenzo Snow the now Brigham Young
OF the Morm0ns. who Is claimed 20 be
part Of God. and when he speaks God
speaks. The Priesthood has the right
20 dictate how you should vote
Every prosecuting attorney In the
State with the exception Of one Is q
Mormon"
That Is the kind Of stun that persons
OF the Rev. CD Dr's stripe deal out
10 audiences IN the east for Mormon"
doctrine. We have neither space NOT
inclination 20 take up each falsehood
and deal with Il seriatim. We repro,
duce them, that people In Utah may
know what kind Of a friend" and
representative they have In this
Presbyterian defamer
II We were inclined 10 retaliate on
the vulgar "nickel-in-the-slot' false,
hood, We might say that heaven would
not be congenlal to the average Sec.
tartan minister, In the absence Of a
regular collection. But Il IS well known
that this essential feature Of the or.
binary sectarian service IS ban.shad
from Mormon meetings, and that
there Is no fee charged for any ordl.
nance or ceremony In the Mormon
Church. That is one Of the pecullar.ues
that render 90 obnoxious TO the orthodox
religious preacher.
The animus displayed by the Pres,
byteran "dyines in recent years ls.
in some degree. accounted for 90 the
first Of The paragraphs We have quot
el above, The failure OF Presbyterian.
ism and the success OF "Mormouism
In many places. oct as gall and worm.
wood 10 the disaupairiad eectsrles urt
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against their successful neighblrs
We win leave he other distortions
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on Tie statement as 90 what the Nor
mon" Church f.4fh.s or rly.rurr. mont
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Mormon church teaches. with ils du-
thorized declarations uu This subject