Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-07
NOT "ALL WRONG"

In paper called Forward" pub
llshed at Philadelphia. Pa. an article
appears entitled "a Lesson from Salt
Lake" from which We take a couple Of
paragraphs. It says:
"A traveller driving through Salt Lake
City recently. went through the gates
OF the tlthing yard and saw the great
heaps Of grain,t the piles Of potatoes, the
stacks OF hay. the numbers OF sheep and
cattle. and all the rich profusion Of
produce. brought In By the Mormon
farmers In the valley as their 1.-THE to
the Lord he said afterwards: Il
know the Mormon principles, In most
things, are all wrong. but they do set
one example that the American Chris
tian who sends missionaries TO them
needs badly"
The traveller spoken Of has somewhat
exaggerated what he saw when "driy-
ing through Salt Lake city" and he
also exhibits lack Of understanding OF
Mormon principles" He was. however,
able TO recognize the value and rlghtful-
ness OF the principle Of tithing. OF
that he evidently had an object lesson.
II is a pity that he did not extend his
observations further. so as TO be able to
understand other Mormon principles,
and to correct the notion that he en-
tertains and expresses so broadly. that
in most things they are all wrong"
After endeayorng to explain the obll-
cation Of each member Of the Mormon
Church. he says further:
How about our own church? Are our
missionary boards fully supplied with
funds as the Mormon missionaries
arey Does each individual men,
Der. rich and poor. feel the
constant obligation Of systematic
and proporticnate glying2 Can we
not take this lesson,and for very shame
learn from the Mormon we despise
how TO give VI our substance TO the
LORD, whose we are and whom we
serve? II Is surely q question that every
member Of our great and prosperous
church ought 10 consider"
It appears that after all, the writer
does not understand even the one
principle OF the Mormon" faith OF
which he approves Our missionaries
are not fully supplied with funds
when they go to the world to proclaim
the everlasting Gospel. They travel
without purse or scrip. after the manner
required by the Savior OF the early
Apostles. Is that one OF the Mormon"
principles That is 'all wrongY" Is 1t not
rather another example which the So
called Christian ministers would do well
TO follow The paper in which this
appears supports the Presbyterian faith.
and the writer is evidently intending
70 teach Its ministers q lesson. II he had
taken the pains 10 learn what Nor
monism" really Is, he would surely have
found many other principles 10 recon-
mend to the ministers and members OF
his own church
The great trouble with most Of the
visitors TO this city Is, that they take for
granted the representations OF persons
opposed to Mormon" doctrine. and
without investigation Jump TO the con-
clusion that It Is all wrong anyhow"
and therefore unworthy Of particular
Inquiry. The truth Is that Mormon"
principles are identical with those
taught by Jesus Of Nazareth and His
disciples In the first century Of the
Christian era. They have been widely
departed from since that time, and
hence the diseorts that prevail In mod
ern chrIstendom and the lack OF vital
ity exhibited in the various sects.
"Mormonism" is an actual ana COM
plete restoration Of the doctrines enun-
ciated by Christ and His Apostles when
He was in mortality. and is attended by
the zane spirit and power. While all
who profess to believe in IL do not carry
into effect It's teachings, there are new
ertheless a great many who live under
Its influence and are guided by II In all
the acts Of lie. They are consistent,
practical Christians in the full sense Of
the term, and their example could be
emnlated with profit by many thousands
In the orthodox churches. who entertain
the erroneous notion that Mormon"
doctrines are ''all wrong"