Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-10-13

elbowing his way through the crowd
and with a Here just hold my um-
brella "a minute he gained Che stage
as the other was leaving Co. Proudly
standing erect he exclaimed. "My Kind
friends and hearers as this seems TO be
a free put-in for all. have % few words
myself which / wish 60 say ] did not
come here with the intention ot speak
ing TO a multitude of people. but since
I came such a change has been wrought
that lon order TO do Justice TO some who
have been wrong d, ] take thi. stand.
The 'M0rm0ns have been Tampled up
on, and that unlustiy 600 and Ii in the
course of my remarks ! tramplc upon
the toes OF others who have trampled
upon the toes Of these men here tonight.
pardon nae for the 0fanso. I ann not
a Mormon neither 8m / a Baptist q
Methodist q Presbyterian. nor a Luth-
cran. 1 am "a Free Thinker. bat peo-
pie call me am lnddel. have right
to nay belief and so have the Nor
mons 60 theirs. and the Constitution OF
the United states viii back us up In 10
too ! thank my God that ] live IN an
age when oppression has ceased and
religious tolerance u.s. freely granted.
From the remarks OF my 0ne-sided
friend here tonight. one might think
that We stu lived I'm an age
OF hgathenlsm. and that Mormons'
have ul right TO their worship what
ever NoW / wish 10 show you. my
friends and felloWlislencrs. that the
previous speaker has made q grand mis-
take. The good Old book which he has
spoken of tells him. Judge not, lest ye
he judged and with what Judgment ye
Judge ye shall be judged Now he has
judged the Mormuns' and say they are
liars and of the devil Now u the Nor
mons ara of the devil and go 20 he'll, he
shall surely go 90 he'll too So says the
Bible Now ! want On say that ] know
something about the M0rmons.' for /
have been among them. and find them
90 Doe am intelligent people. and people
who mind their own business. Their
ministers are cultured and refined l
have something to say IN regard 20 an
other thing mentioned by the speaker.
He has told you that he had no learn
ing Now. II he was that ignorant he
ought 90 have kept SIN lie needn't
have mentioned &C. however for the in
tolligence OF the crowd could have de-
tected u. Experience has taught me
that a leader in any community or any
class Of people should be the most in
telNgent and cultured They have no
use for Jack knife black leg preacher
What has caused the great trouble and
mix up In far OFF China? 1t Is just
such preachers as the one that has
rallied on and Judged another people
here tonight Why they go over there
and say their way is right and all 9TH
ers false ana then another comes along
and breaches a little different religion
and tells them that all others are wrong,
and ! am all that is right. and all the
others are Of the devil Well, you take
them to the Bible and none Of them fol-
low the book they profess 10 believe In
so firmly. and what can the poor China
man do? Such a mix up, such con-
fusion Where can II come from? Is
God the author Of an this2 The China
man has intelligence enough 10 detect
AN error This is why they have been
having such a time lately. APPLAUSE
/ say give the 'Mormons' a chance for
they have religious rights. We are not
heathens. and our glorious Constitution
holds that no law shall bee legislatei
against free right 90 worship God as
the conscience directs
The speaker closed Many gathered
around and asked us 10 explain the Cos
pei Results proved that we had many
friends, and among thcm earnest in
Vestlgators OF the truth. Thus ended
the meeting ON Broad street Thinking
perhaps ~ might Doe interesting 60 some
OF the readers of the News to hear of
the work as Sc goes on, and also 90
give a sample OF the opposing diyines of
the century as they skulk around In
.helr pretended divinity 1 submit the
above Your Brother,
JOHN ID. MORRILL,.