Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-02
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The opposition against the mission
aries Of the Church Of Jesus Christ OF
Latter-day Saints, which may general
" be traced to the ministers Of other
christian" churches in the Udited
states and in Europe, has also been
raised In New Zealand and Australia
Al Christchurch New Zealand, moo
violence has been aroused and attempts
have been made to drive the Elders
from that place but the police have IN
terfered and protected them from per-
sonal injury.
The enraged populace, stirred up py
sectarlan preachers, like similar inops
in other parts Of the world were inllu-
enced by ignorance and intolerance
Probably none of them could give
definite reason for their anger or DC
able to explain what the Elders laughs
or what the "Mormons' believed tbs
has been found to be the case all over
the world, when attacks upon the Lat
ter-day Saints by Infatuated mobs nave
been investigated. These occasional
uproars show that there are multltudes
Of people in the most advanced nations
who are not only unchrlslianlSed, but
are yet unciyllized,
The spirit OF hostility to the word OF
the Lord, given by revelation to the
world, has always been rife whenever
the divine will has been directly com-
munlcated. People will yenernte the
memory OF dead prophets who were
martyred for the truth, and at the
same time prosecute and try 20 kill the
living messengers Of the Almighty II Is
The same old diaDolsm that has been
on earth from the beginning, when
Cain rose up In anger and slew his
brother, Abel
The consolation to be drawn from
such occurrences Is that the results are
generally favorable TO the promulga-
ton Of divine principles, The agitation
caused by violence attracts attention
to that which is called Momentum
and some truth-seeklng and honest
hearted people become convinced II It's
divinity and are added TO It's fold.
Without some uncommon STIR they
would probably have remained in Jules
cence and have paid little or no atten-
ton TO the subject The good that
grows out of the intended evil how
ever, does not absolye the perpetrators
OF such outrages from the consequence
Of their crime. For II is crime in he
sight Of both God and man, AS The
Savior said on this point, "Onenses
must needs come but woe unto them
by whom they come" The principal
offenders who viii bear the greater part
OF the responsibility for the wrongs
committed are the pretended ministers
OF the Gospel who incite the uniformed
and quick tempered multitude 10 the
commission Of those offenses
We are pleased to see that In many
places influential newspapers strongly
disappr0ye Of the acts Of lawlessness
committed against the Latter-day
saints and do not Join in the sentiment
Of Anything to beat the Mormons" In
The New Zealand Observer, published
at Auckland and Wellington, New zca-
land, we find the following editorial In
reference to the anti-"Mormon" mobo-
cracy in Chrlstchurch We commend
1t to the attention OF the guardians OF
the public peace everywhere:
Somehow, we don't seem TO have Inn
proved much in the way Of religious
tolerance In the last century or two
Misguided missionaries are hGnted to.
day just as they We're In the sixteenth
century, unless their teachings happen
20 agree with the views Of reasonable
section OF the people and though they
are not treated TO thumb-screw and
siull-cap pleasantries, that Is no fauli
OF the prosecutors The law draws tho
line somewhere, and though II gazes
oomplacently at the spectacle of severa
missionaries being chased and hunteC
through the streets Of large city. [
would not stand idly by and see limb
broken and blood shed. That would b,
going just little too far.
iNI'ha talargYo f.lt.,1 ,.,.t,..ta
seculon Of the Mormon Elders n
Christchurch last week is a case II
point. The other night, says the tele
gram the meeting closed with a seen
or riotous disorder Elder Brown con
Quoted the services. and a crowd OF 20
assembled just as the proceedings wer
being terminated. slight disturbance
took place, and the crowd aalckl,
swelled. Then the police. who weee II
attendance, closed ln A rush va
made FOR the Elders, and they wer
hustled with some force, Under polic
protection they proceeded IN the direc
ton OF their abode, followed by a ieer
Ing crowd numbering about 2.001. Whe
opposite a watering place IN the rive
an attempt was made 10 duck the III
ders, but It IVES frustrated by the 20
lice. A quantity of stones and cloi
were thrown end two Of the Mormon
were struck, but no serious injury we
done
"What we cannot understand IA VII
the police who are ailogcd 30 has
frustrated the attempt to duck thoa
ELDERS dld MOI arrest some OF the rui
flanly ringloadcrs OF the cowardiy gan
The whole scene rs highly dscreltabl
to Chrlgtchurch whore lawlessness
the persecution of religious preacher
has been common for years past.
these Mormon services Wtra c0ntraf
20 the law, they ought TO Doe stopue
But they arc not contrary 90 The lay
and The teachings OF The Mormons bl
ing very similar to those of mos; Of ot
churches, these Outragcs upon the mi
sionaries are scanialous. Probab
they owe their origin 10 the belief TN
the Mormons preach polygamy. but,
q matter Of fact, they do nothing Of u
kind. And even if they dil and II the
doctrines We're utterly otioctl1nabl
they are entitled within iho law. 10 q
same security AMI protection that y
expect for our missionaries IN foreii
countries