The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-01-19

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What an ignobIe thought What an
aNiui lie for a meek and lOwly mis-
sionafy or Jesus Christ TO send back
I 10 the people of the east II is too
sross and brutal to comment on He
TURNER says that the 4fOrmOns look
upon the Gentle as an intruder. and
| Illustrates by telling of a number of
people from Virginia who settled in
rice but that they could not stand
ian ana went back TO their sunny
I SUulhern skies without purse or script.
nal an lndueement that is for peo-
PIG 10 come 10 Utah 10 live. he even
9llshlS tab weather by telling about
the sunny southern skies.
ne whole object of his attack on
! tan Is money, for ne closes his de-
4dInatory article with, Brother, sis
Ter, heip US. We need money"
] FroIessional beggary trying to tear
/ ooN Utah 10 build up Methodism
Wituih IT'S borders. Trying to scare
/ sne people in the east from coming
.i1i out 10 send their money. Trying
/ 70 sur UP hatred, discord and strife
SsetWeen the citizens of the United
States so he can get a few more men
/ Mes in his collection box.
AZ the last quarterly conference at
OOiihhe, this state. where his audience
was made up principally of Methodists
rom the eastern states and a few
- -ioI mons Mr.. Leilich tried to stir up
sire among them in his sermon by
leIeIrlhg to Joseph Smith as "A drunk
IN Desual sot, and the MorrnOns as
lledthehs- The Mormons in the audi
ehce quietly left the church. The
He3t Gay business man in COrinne
methodist apologized to the Nor
nous Tor such un-Christian and nm
called for talk.
nave attended the Methodist church
nearly All my life. and my daughter is
d member of the First NJ. E. church of
ms city, and my son is a member OF
1ue simpson NJ. L. church Of Chicago
ana ana IL is with regret that 1 write this
LetteI' out these sO-called Christian
missionaries have so interfered with
my business that they have compelled
ne TO- am connected with two com
pah'es IN this state. the Bear River
Land company and the Bear River Wa
yer company. and il is my business to
nflhS settlers to Utah. and sell lands
LOT these companies. I sold a farm to
Sood Methodist family at Lake Ge-
lefd' WIS While the deeds were on
the way to Lake Geneva this family
u6dIu Utah NJ z. missionary. and
they were told that Utah was not a
SAFE place to live on account Of the
Mormons, and We're persuaded not to
close the deal. I had made preDara
tons to bring another Methodist fam
lly who lived on HonOre street. Chica-
go. to come to Utah, but they heard the
Rev. Dr. Ilin lecture on Utah and the
Mormons and it scared them so they
went 70 the Arkansas valley, Colorado.
On SiXty-third street. Chicago. is a
dfy goods merchant and a Baptist. who
wanted TO change his location on ac-
count of health and business competi-
tlon- persuaded him to come to Utah
ana look the situation over here. 1
went into his store one morning to see
ABOUT his railroad tickets. etc. when
MS daughter came to me and said she
would not live in Utah for the whole
state; she would not 20 to a state
where they were all law breakers and
mad no regard for a woman's virtue;
she said she was going to California.
but that she would go by the Great
Northern railroad and return by the
Santa F'e. She would not even go
through Utah on the cars. She heard
DR.. Tiff lecture on Utah and B. n
Roberts the night before.
Less than four weeks ago two gen
uemen came out with me from Nebrss-
ka and selected land in the Bear River
valley. On their, return to Ogden they
met good Christian brother and
church member of that city. who told
them that if they had daughters if
would be unsafe TO live in Utah. be-
cause when they grew up they would
nave to associate with Mormons and
would marry MOPmons, etc. II so af-
fected the man who had a Methodist
wife that he returned to Nebraska
without buying the land selected. He
did not even visit Salt Lake CITY AL
though his ticket was for that point.
The other gentlemen paid for his land
and will soon be a citizen of Utah.
l could mention a score of instances
where my business has been interfered |
with 0y these sO-called missionaries.
How many people who contemplate
coming west TO live would go TO Idaho
or Utah after reading Mr.. Leilfch's |
Mormon Slavery" Not one if they
believed it. The railroad companies en-
tering this state and other concerns are
spending thousands Of dollars every
year sending out literature, trying to 1
induce settlers and travellers to come
to Utah. but Mr.. Leilich is doing all ne 1
can to keep them away
The Rev. Phillip 5. Thatcher. who has /
been in Salt Lake about as long as Mr..
Leilich, in letter 10 the Christian
Register, Boston, Mass. of Dec. Is. /
1901, says: The MOrmOns are differ I
ent from the popular conception. Their /
faults have been exaggerated. Their /
virtues overlooked. No one could be 1
more courteous and candid than some I
Of the church officials l know" l would 4
advise every Methodist to read the Rev. /
]. l. AlbrittOn's report in the Utah
Methodist of Dec. Z, and compare il |
With Mr.. Leilich's Mormon Slavery"
The one is intended for Utah, and the /
other for the east I think Mr. Albrit-
ton must have read Mr.. Leilich's Nor
mon Slavery" before he made his re
port, for he says, in closing: 1T is folly
and worse than folly TO suppose that
abuse Of MormOnisn s
going to win. 1t can win nowhere
We must show the AIormons as well as
everybody else in error that we have
better to live by. something
hat makes men better citizens. that
makes better homes and brings light |
md cheer and happiness not possessed
~ them" a Mormon knows a good !
hing when he sees il, and if the Meth
'dists and all others viii quit abusing
hem and show them they have a bet
er religion, they may be able to con-
7ert them, and they never can be con-
Terted in any other way.
V. S PEET.
Salt Lake City, jan H.