Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-04-19
CATHOLIC CHURCH AND MORMONISM
secaran Missionary Boards Send Out Appeals Catholic News
papers Calling Attention to the Menace OF MOrmOns
sm'-Father Lambert Answers

The Inter Mountain Catholic of April
10 1902 reprints from the Freeman's
journal reply by Father Lambert the
celebrated antagonist of Robert lnger-
soil to the ealet sent out BY number
n, sectarlan preachers which was read
and commented upon By Elder c, w.
penrose In the Tabernacle on Sunday
afternoon, April 10.
The ministers have snubbed The In
,armountain Catholic. No copy Of the
appeal described by Father Lambert in
MS editorial reply in last weeks Free
mans Journal was sent to this paper.
Hence we are unable to say whether
such document is product of the Utah
missionaries or brand new article
made up In the east No matter, Fa-
ther Lambert position on this ques-
lion voices the sentiment Of Catholics
IN these mountains and is approved by
the church I'm Salt Lake 1t follows.
The representatives of the Methodist
Presbyterian, Baptist and other Sec
tartan missionary boards--ten In all
have sent out "a statement and appeal
calling the attention Of the Christian
publlc to the position, work and men,
ace of Mormonlsm in our country
AS copy Of tbs appeal was sent TO
the Freeman's Journal we suppose
similar one has been sent TO the other
catholic papers In the country Ace
campaigning the appeal was a request
that a copy of the paper containing
comments on it be sent TO them In re-
turn. After saying what we have TO
say 10 these gentlemen we viii comply
with their request,
In the first place, considering that
these missionary boards have since
their establishment devoted most Of
their attention, time and abilities to
sntagOnlzing the work of the Catholic
church In various parts of the world,
their appeal now to Catholics for help
against M0rmonism shows that they
have more brass than other kind of
funds in their treasures
For years these boards have been
sending their anti-Catholc agent. 10
Catholic countries. to France, Italy
Spain, Mexico and the South American
republics. 10 wage unrelenting war
against tHe NdlnNuN tNulcn ana ntf III
sttutions. And all this time they have
had Mormonism among them and right
under their plously upllfted noses. l'n-
der their eyes and without a whisper
OF protest from them Catholics have
been vilned and misrepresented in the
most INSCRIPTIONS manner, and their
churches and converts burned.
And now, with such an ant-Catholic
record. there missionary boards recog-
nizing their own impotency to cope
here al home with the Mormon propa-
gandsts, have the superlative impu-
dence 20 ask Catholics TO join them In
an antl-Mormon crusade. We are cX-
pected 20 forget whpt they have been
doing and ignore what they are still
doing, and fan into line under their di-
vctOn, We are more concerned with
their old-bOrn and chronic zeal against
the Catholic church than we are with
taeir newborn zeal against Mormon
Ism
The Catholic church stands alone. In
magnificent isolation from The Earring
seets as they rise wrange ana decay. |
She needs not and needs not the appeal !
10 her Of one sect against another. In |