Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-09-25


this matter again at this time, but for
communication received IN this city
from Manila IN the Philippine Islands,
where the unsavory remarks OF Bishop
Fowler have penetrated. 1t appears
that he repeated those untruths aftsr
leaving this state, and IN Buffalo, New
York. made remarks which found their
way afterwards TO Manila, as reported
IN the Buffalo Commercial as follows
utah Is the worst place In the
world said Bishop Fowler yesterday
afternoon In addressing the members
OF the Women's Home Missionary 80.
ciety. who were holding their annual
meeting In the Delaware avenue NJ ~
| church. zone can smell the birthstone
when walking over the ground, Bad
as polygamy II. 1t liz the whltest bird IN
the Mormon nest. when you confront
| Mormonsm, you confront the greatest
| problem OF the church today. The Nor
| mon missionaries usually work among
servants IN England Wales, Germany
aud Scandinavia. and, upon their con-
| version. the Victims are given their
| fare to this country and placed upon
| small piece OF land which Is sold 10
| them at an extorti0nate price, note
being taken in payment. The interest
| Is SO large that the purchaser cannot
pay anything upon the principal and.
| In this way this Church has grip on
| the people, for N they leave the Church,
| their farms viii BE- taken from them
Respectable people OF all creeds and
parties who have visited Utah and have
made observations for themselves, de-
clnng to be stuffed with tales made
up for tourists by enemies OF the peo-
pie here, Invariably express their adj
mIraton at the social conditions Of
Utah when compared with those IN 9TH
er parts Of the country The smell OF
birthstone experienced by the Metho-
dist Bishop must have been In his spr-
ltual nostrlls. after preaching the hor-
rors OF the Methodist hell-tlre
His notion about the work OF the
Mormon" missionaries is also entirely
Imaginative The facts are easily as
certainable. that Mormon" missionary
work is not directed towards any par.
tioular class. our Elders are sent forth
TO preach the Gospel ito every nation,
kindred. tongue and people 1t is true
that as a rule It Is the same with them
as II was with the Savior Of mankind |
IN His missionary work. "The common
people hear them gladly" while in the
majority OF instances the rich and the
proud turn away from them with dis
daIn. But the story that Bishop Fow-
Ter tells about the fare Of converts be-
ing given to them TO come to this coun-
try, and their being placed upon a small
piece Of land and so on, Is pure fiction.
The Elders travel without purse or
scrip and have no money to give away.
The Church has neither funds for such
n purpose nor land either to sell or
lease, and Bishop Fowler might learn
the truth II he were disposed to re.
celve II, concerning this and other mat
tiers In which he is so greyously in err
ror.
In these ant-"Mormon" stories which
clerical gentlemen roll under their
tongues as sweet morsels and their au-
diences swallow with such gusto, the
purpose In view always crops out, II Is
invariably give us money, give us
money, give us money, that we may
establish schools, and pay preachers
and teachers 10 convert the children OF
the "Mormons' and advance the cause
OF Methodism or such other ism as the
speaker advocates. The inevitable coll
lection invariably follows the sensa-
| tlonal tales told about the "Mormons,"
and the work OF maligning them evil
IDENTIFY pays or some more novel meth
oil would be employed for pecuniary
ends.
our friends In Manila and elsewhere
| who learn Of Bishop Fowler's shame
| full utterances about the Latter-day
Saints, OF whose character and doc
trines he Is grossly ignorant, need not
| worry about them. He Is simply ibear-
Ing false witness against his neigh
bors," and VIII have to give account
In the great day for his words as wen
as his works His confreres here have
recently reached the conclusion. that
incorporating the "Mormons' ana
their doctrines has been an lgnominious
failure, and so they have determined to
put into practice the pertinent saying
you can catch more flies with honey
than with vinegar We suggest TO the
Bishop that the sweetness Of truth and
charity are much pleasanter 10 the
taste. than the gall and NORWOOD of
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