Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-04-30
In the Person Of Mrs. Minnie
Payne-Grifin.
PERTINENT COMPARISONS.
Tells Of Treatment she Received la
Utah, and Pays Beaniifni Tribute
To Lorenzo Dow Young.

Mrs. Minnie Payne-Grlfin, In q
communication to the Times-Repuo-
llcan OF Marshalltown, Iowa, under the
date Of April ., has the following to say
in behalf of the "Mormons,"
In the Local Comment column OF re-
cent issue Of the TER. Is an article re-
gardlng the Mormon Elders which
bears the marks OF being the Inspiration
Of the moment rather than the result OF
experience and research The Mormon
question Is a staple article In news
paper circles lacking copy the Nor
mons swing into the procession along
with the tariff middle, the mulct law
or the suffrage agitation, each one cur
rent coin for the purchase OF cheap
notorlety. Newspapers are filled with
articles relating the III treatment OF
American missionaries In China, and
yet we need not go abroad to witness
persecution and villncation Of mis-
slonaries, / can not understand why
the ambassadors Of Christ should not
be received with respect, even though
they be Mormons The Mormon mis-
siCnarles are chosen from every walk
OF lie Without previous warning they
are notified by their church to obey the
sorlptura injunction, Take up thy
cross and follow Me-" The husbandman
leaves his plow the merchant his bust
ness interest the professional man his
labors, the man Of finance his moneyed
schemes. TO 20 TO foreign fields or dis
tant states for a period OF az least two
years, There is no church missionary
fund: the maintenance OF missionaries
Is sustained by voluntary contributions
aud the aid Of home friends; their path
IL not the royal rOad 10 wealth, nor yet
one Of delight and ease. How many
men are there OF Gentle denominations
who would thus drop the threads OF do
nestle and business life TO preach the
Gospel In foreign and ofttime hostile
lands without computing their financial
loss as against their spiritual gain2
The first summer / spent in Utah
for months my son fingered on that
shadowy line which marks the Great
Beyond. My physicians advised our
going to the mountains. We went to
Kimhalrs ranch, near Park city In
early days wayside inn on the old
overland trail, where Holiday and
Monk once stopped for relays OF horses
on their long journey to the coast.
The rance house was kept by Nor
mon family from whom | received n
wealth Of sympathy, of tender con-
sideration, which money could lily
reduite. "a stranger Ia a strange
land" everything was done TO miti-
gate the nangs Of thomeslckness. TO re-
lleve the alarms of Respondent mother
hood. one does not easily forget kind
ness bestowed at such time
For some years | lived next door TO
an own brother Of Brigham Young, Lo-
renzo Dow Young. n man advanced in
years, yet still retaining a charm Of
mind and manner which drew all peo-
Pile 10 him. He had the Bible at his
tongues end, with q verse from It's
pages TO suit the occasion. A gentle,
sweet-tempered old man, whose pass
Ing marked the close OF n generation
which viii never come again. A man Of
large property interests, he died we'll
nigh impoverished, lie gave his money,
not for the advancement OF his Church,
but TO the poor. the needy. No deserv-
INK petitioner ever went empty hand
ed from his doors Generally. the char
ity thar thinketh no evil, hospitality.
community Of interest are
leading characteristics of the NOR
mon people That they are industrious
no one will deny, Who but a hard
self-denying people could
desert into a land literally
flowing with milk and honey" One
has but to contrast the Utah Of today
wlth the arid waste OF 80 years ago TO |
realize the hardshlps and prlvations of |
hose sturdy pioneers The great seal |
u the state Of Utah is a bee hive, the |
symbol OF the Mormon" Church. The |
chief executive of Utah, now serving |
HIS second term. Is Of polygamous par |
,ntage. a man elected and respected by |
Gentle and Mormon" man whose |
domestic and business relations are
above reprOach. A common error is 10 |
associate with the word Mormon" all |
hat Is uncouth, unreflned and uncul |
ured On the contrary, some of the |
most cultivated. refined. educated per-
sons ! ever have met are "Mormons."
Wen who are at the head Of Utah's |
most stupendous and successful fnan-