Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-06-22

,. d,0erent to what they have been
,,5 T., bslleye. An that Is needed to give
,.,o,ory TO the cause which is so vehein-
,noruy fought and mlgrepresented by
tbo pnlpIt ana the press, is fair ileld
and an open contest with the yagaries
~ modern theology II win be seen 'ha'
tbe principles Of the Latter-day Gospel
ar. q, reasonable and scriptural that
,ncy cannot fall to impress an unbiased
mind and they only need to be clearly
understood to demonstrate their verify
and unfold their beauty
complaint & made by the New YORK
asrgv and .lltors that the Elders he-
rlp be.r wot, by a mild exposition Of
.,,ormon doctrines. and then pro-
c.ea gradually ia introduce other tcnN
.,s Of the mlth. But poinF that
II, "a. SO. is It not a proper method OF
accommodating any creed or sy'tem OF
,olieIop or science? "Mormonism' has
its first principles. which must be pro-
po,nded ana learned in their order ana
sequence to be properly appreciated
Those doctrines cannot be overturned
bv scr.pturll argument They are the
fundamentals Of the Gospel Of Jesus
christ They are the milk Of the
wordoan according 10 Paulshould pre-
ceaa he me T. suitable for those who
have advanced from the condition Of
.babes In Christ" But there is moth
Ing IN the teachings Of "Mormonism'
thqt is not just as scriptural and Inn
pregnaba as the first principles which
must be proclaimed To al the world.
rhe absurdltles and heresIes attributed
10 the system are not to be cons dered
as lis accepted tonets and q ought not
to be judged by the eytrayagant and
peryerse burlrsques which are common
ly used by rs pulpit opponents as ex-
positions Of rs creed
The people Of New York need not be
excited over the conversion Of few
persons to the"Mormon" faith who were
formerly members Of a "Chrstian'
church. The great majority Of the old
or Latter-day Saints were once con-
nected with the Christian sects. They
have not thrown aside one true feature
OF the religion they first accepted They
have simply advanced into greater
light and knowledge, They have come
nearer TO Christ and are led by His
Spirit They are as certain Of this as
they are that they live Why then,
should the protesting Christians of the
world hate them, and deride them, and
seek to iniure them and say all manner
of evil against them? Why should not
those two New York ladies be as free
to change their church membership in
the manner that they have, as If they
had left the Congregatlonalists to Join
the Baptlsts, or vice yersa2
II should be understood by all the
preachers In Christendom and all the
writer's for the press, that the Nor
mon" propaganda which frequently ex-
cites them is bound to go on, until the
people Of every nation, kindred, tribe
and tongue have heard the Gospel
brought from heaven to earth in these
last days. The duty Of proclaiming 1t
rests upon the Elders and every mem
Der Of the Church IS required by divine
revelation, TO aid in It's PRONUNCIATION
II is for all classes and races and con"
dltions Of mankind, None are exempt
And there win be much greater SEN
stations to alarm the clergy Of the
churches Of men, than the compare
lively mild agitation that has been
aroused, over the conversion of two
talented and irreproachable ladies of
upper Harlem, In the great Christian
city Of New York.