Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-10-11
A LITTLE PERSECUTION.

Elder Carl soderlund, Of Mill Creek, |
who left on the 9th day Of August last |
year for a mission to the Scandinavian |
peninsula. and who at present is
preaching the Gospel IN the city Of
Gcfe. Sweden. in a private letter states
that an injunction has been issued
against him. enioining him from hold
ing meetings at that place The viola
ton of the Injunction means a heavy
fine. or Imprisonment
The Swedish Lutheran clergymen, II
seems. still have It in their power to in
fuence the ecclesiastical councils over
which they preside to prohibit the
speakers OF alleged heretical tenden-
ces from appearing IN public. Years
ngo they made frequent use Of this
power. until 81 dawned upon them that
the course they pursued only aided the
cause they desired TO suppress by per-
secuuon. The city OF Gehe was
strangely agitated when. fifty years
ago Elder Forsgren first proclaimed
the Gospel there. and he was finally
sent out of the country. The spirit
seems still 10 be the same though the
manifestation thereof takes another
form.
Sweden has. we believe, a quite liberal
dissenter law. by which non-Lutherans
are permitted TO build churches,
preach and perform religious ord-
nances. without interference from the
state-church clergy. Possibly the Lat
ter-day Saints in Sweden might apply
for recognition under that law. unless
It has some provisions which render II
Objectionable 10 them. Were they thus
recognized their Elders would be en-
titled 20 the same rights as the Luther
an clergymen. excepting salaries.
An ecclesiastical Injunction, such as
the one issued against Elder soderlund
has. however, no other effect than to
prevent him personally from speaking
publicly in the parish over which the
ecclesiastical council that issued It has
Jurisdiction II does not operate
against any other Elder Others can be
sent there. and they can preach until
they are similarly prohibited, Nor does
the Injunction extend beyond very
limited district, II we are correctly In
formed. A few feet beyond the bound
airy line Of the district over which big
otrv presldes Elder soderlund can con-
tinue his work, and those who desire
10 hear him can do so without much
trouble IN these days OF rapid means Of
communication The uttle piece Of
spite by the Gehe clergymen Will do
no harm TO the cause the Mormon
| Elders espouso. In all probability Il
! will materially assist IT,
II we were In a position 20 give ad-
vice to Elders thus harassed, we would
say. pay no fines The Lutheran gem
temen In black in Sweden has, in years
gone by. grown tired OF films the pris-
| ons with honest men and women, whose
only crime was their faithfulness TO
God; they have shown a remarkable
perslstency when through their machi-
nations the authorities have had a
chance Of conhscatiug property II Is
money they are after. Even a Lutheran
clergyman has occasionally hlushed at
the thought Of acting the part Of Nero,
when there was no money 20 obtain.
! Hoodlums ana hoodumism must go.
|
Two half truths very often make q
whole lie
Too many speakers magnify theIi
calling by yelling
II politics make strange bedfellows
they also make night hawks.
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During the campaign each State Of
the Union is a banner state.
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"The favorite SON Is conspicuous by
his absence in this years campaign.
About the greatest stumbling bloch
10 reform in China Is the headsmani
block.
Ice Is the issue in New York today
Il Is much better 10 make an issue Of
ice IN the summer,
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Don't get alarmed over any small
poxo scare. The scare Is much wors,
than the disease
"The aim Of the millionaire should b
10 die poor" says Andrew Carnegie
How many men 80 die without eve
having been millionaires!
The registration Tor the two day.
was fairly full, that 70 was not fulle
is owing probably TO the fact that Their
sim remain three days in which voter
may register When those three day