Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-05-18
"ny WAY OF rLEasANrRY."

In a discourse delivered In the Tab
ernacle on Sunday afternoon, brief and
passing reference was made to a
pamphlet which had ben given TO the
speaker, entitled Conversion % a
Mormon Priest" by D. j, MCCLELLAN.
DID. of New York. Douh. was ex-
pressed as 10 the truth Of the story
cbcut that 'converslon, because the
wrter, many years ago, had proclaimed
IN the East as evidence Of the hostility
- the "Mormons' to Christian preach
<fs the terrible tale that In order to
preach with safety in pulpit in San
pete. he had to take Bible in one hand
and pistol in the other. This 70.
nance being untrue, dubiety was enter
tanned In regard 10 the story told By
the same author In the pamphlet.
The writer's name was not mentioned
In the Tabernacle. but II appears that
he repeated the fabrication himself on
Sunday morning az an overflow meeting
In the Collegiate institute, in this city.
and again in the evening before depart
ing on the train for the west a fissy
little, impairment persvn also pushed
his way up TO the stand at the close Of
the Tabernacle services, and stated
that Dr. Mcmillan had told him
that story in New York. and he wanted
proof there and then that the DR.. had
told falsehood He was informed that
sufficient testimony would be furnished
to him, II he would be introduced on
Monday to gentlemen who were IN San.
pete at the time mentioned, but were
now In salt Lake. but that did not sat
isfy him for two reasons; one was that
he was going away ON the train at
night and the other wus lr they were
"Mormons' he would not believe them
When told II was rather the duty, any
how, Of the mtcusee to prove the az
firmatiye than OF the denier to prove a
negative, he did not seem 20 see the
point.
The remarks said TO have been made
by D, ]. Mcmillan D. d. In this city on
Sunday are in the highest degree alb
surd. Here ls how he is reported in the
Salt Lake Herald:
"They tell you in the tabernacle"
said he, "of the spirit or brotherly love
and the kindly feeling which animated
them in their treatment Of their Gem
ftll fFfAnau no -,
let everyone worship according 10 the
dictates OF their own conscience That |
is what they preach now. / can re.
member the time in this state when II |
was hardly safe for any person 10 adj |
nit that he was not a Mormon, and Il |
Is not so many years ago. either
When 1 was preathing in Sanrete |
they said We win make Mormon |
n him or we VIII teach him a lesson
lney did not say Jiils once. Dul g.Od |
many times. and some Of their threats
we're even stronger. il was a common !
'emark down there that they would |
leyer allow the feet OF q Gentle 10
read the sacred soil Of Sanpete coun-
y, They would not sell Gentle any-
hing to eat II they could get out Of lt.
Z Mormon ala sell us anything he
ived in mortal dread OF the conse-
Dr. MCMILLAN was seen this evening
md attention was called TO The state
nent OF a Tabernacle speaker that |
'anpete minister had spread broadcast
he statement that he preached in that
ounty when II wos necessary 10 carry |
pistol IN one hand and Bible in the
'ther.
Did the speaker refer to your was
sj<ed
= presume likely" was the ronly. ~
made the remgrk and II Is SO. What
said this morning about thor threats
D make a Mormon OF me IN two weeks
r know why. Is the truth They said
hey would teach me lesson. and the
emark was common one IN that
ounty that the foot Of the Gentle
hould not tread the facred soil Of SAM
etc county. They threatened great
cal more, which have not time to
III you now"
II Is almost incredible that r man
rfiendine to be a Christian minister
'euld repeat such nonsense as that