Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-04-19

her eyes they are an the same-rebels
against her divine authority. destroy
ers OF Christian unity In the world and
teachers OF false doctrines. She con-
dennis pOlygamy as She condemned II
before Mormonism had existence, as
she condemned II when Martin Luther
and MelancthOn first introduced it into
Christcndom by sanctoning the p0yg-
amous marriage of that buck goat,
Philip Landgraye of Hesse. She not
only condemns simultaneous polygamG
but She also condemns successive POI
lygamy OF tandem polygamy-as Fa-
ther CrOnin felcit0usly calls Il: pO-
lygamy that lourlshes IN the United
states under oug loose divorce laws,
and Is increasing to an alarming eX-
tent, without any earnest or vigorous
opposition on the part Of the scots
MormOnsm is an oifshoot Of Protest
antlsm. They read lho Bible and judRc
for themselves. defending their polyg-
amy from IT, rs founders, Joe Smith
Brigham Young and others, were prot-
estants, and It's missionaries are sue
cesslul only In Protestant countries,
England, Germany. Norway and Swe.
den, and Protestant North America. It
makes no impression on Catholic coun-
tries, Ireland France, Italy, Spain,
Portugal or In the South American re.
publics Ii It be a political. social and
moral disease It's bacili seem TO -four
ish IN Protestant countries; Catholic
countries seem to be immune We
would, therefore, advise the mission
boards 40 recall their agents from
Catholic countries, where they are OF
no practice pu. y. and set them to
work at and about Salt Lake, and see
II they can discover an antidote and
propiylactic,
win the exception Of polygamv. the
charges the circular makes against the
Mouncns are familiar in tone aud
phrase. They are the same that the
agents of the mission boards have been
making and reitarating for years In
every key from G sharp to nat.
against the Catholic church Here is
an example: "lis . priestly
oligagcly threatens free government,
It's graspiug priestcraft lnyales proper
ty rights, Tx varied vices are dcstuc.
tive of good morals, while IT'S pagan
doctrines ana practices ara antaronis-
tic TO the gospel Of Christ
Now, II We write "tatholic church"
where The stars sre in brackets the
ttil'll'N VIII I.tU'lllH' INN Ola lG'lft-
lar face and Ione OF the quotation and
II will remind him 90 "Auld Lang
Sync.' As We know tHc sen ence TO be
false with Catholic church" in the
brackets, we want better evidence of
its truth than the authority Of the mis-.
sion boards when even Mormonlsm Is
substituted In the brackets.
Gentlemen OF lhe mission boards, we
understand you we know your liter
allure and your methods. we have no
confidence IN YOU We cannot yoke with
you against The Mormons. nor can We
yoke with them against sou. You are
hoth alike In error and In an,aRonism
To the catholic church with tine difipr-
cnce that You are more moddlcsumely
80, more agRresslyely SO aud more ni.
fensiYelY so than the MoImons are.
The catholic church win mlhG her
divine mission in her own way and
work 10 lead victims Of error and sim
nets to light, truth and repentance.
and to lead immortal souls to eternal
life In this work OF hers she win in
clude you and the Mormons alike as OBJ
jects of her solicitude and charity.