Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-03-30

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mind as to IT'S possible existence IN
pure communism" The kind OF
equality which IS essential 10 having
all things In common" IN the extreme
socallstic sense Is not contemplated In
the United order, wherein each person
receives his stewardship over that
which he can proAtably use. the In
crement TO accrue 10 the whole order
instead Of the Individual only The
diversity OF talents, capabilities and
necessities Of different persons is rec
ognlzed in that system, and the share
and share alike" lmpossibility does not
enter lnto the plan. We mention this
In passing, 10 correct a very frequent
mistake as to the Divine principle OF
social economy kept In view among the
"Momons"
The industry and thrift OF the majori-
ty OF the "Motmons' are acknowledged
bu. some unfayorable comparisons are
made between the poorest farmed, outer
districts Of Utah with the specially
hgh-cultured and best irrigated fields
in colorado. California and Wyoming,
ana particularly with the land around
Greeley. Colorado The contrast il
doubtless correct but Is not altogether
Just comparison The best farmed In
each should have been taken for con-
sidoratlon.
The educational progress Of the Nor
mons" their Church organizations for
the Improvement Of both sexes, the cul-
uyation of music, the training OF mis-
slonarles the recreatons permitted
and provided. and the anticipatlons for
the future which enter into Mormon
life. are well described and then the
writer touches, of course. on the Ques-
ton OF polygamy in The past and IN
the present He handles II, on the
whole with fair endeavor and shows
disposition to present It without exag"
geration and free from intentional mis-
representations
once more the critic here de-
vlates into popular misconception
MS 10 the nature OF the Mormon re-
Iiaion. He does so, however, with the
doubt that perhaps he Is mistaken he
speaks Of "the striking absence OF spir-
fuality as an element Of the faith OF
the "Mormons" Yet he shows that he
does so because he does not understand
He says: "This juxtapositIon Of faith
and sort Of hard materlaism is 10 me
puzzling phenomenon An then
there Is some spirituality IN 'juXta-
position" with sort Of hard mater
lalsm." "RIormonism' Is really in the
highest degree spiritual and yet 1t
deals directly with that which is called
material or temporal, 1t regards hui
man beings as they are now; as spirit
ual carnations from Deity, with bodies
fashioned from the dust, A union OF
the heavenly with the earthly. II min
sters to the spirit of man as son Of
Cod brother Of Him who is the
Christ, and 10 his body as the taberna-
Gle Of that spirit to be raised from the
dead and become lis eternal lncorpora-
ton.
The very beginning Of Mormonsm"
IN the soul Is spiritual. Faith Is it's
first principle. II enters into the whole
nature Of the convert and prompts his
entire course on earth He must be
baptized with the Holy Spirit as well as
in water 1t brings him into spiritual
communion with his Maker, But he is
still human, and a religion that does not
guide his humanity and deal with ma
terial things. is but a one-sided, incom-
plete and incompetent thing for this
material globe
On the complicated subject Of poll
tics Dr. Ely descants briefly, and mere
~ mentions the usual story told by
nti-"Mormons" to the effect that,
through the closely knitted and COM
pacted Priesthood" word can be
passed down from the highest authority
in the Church to the Individual voters.
between shutdown Of the day preceding
election and the time for casting the
ballot and the whole population vote as
directed He refrains from stating
that this is actually done, and thus
saves himself from becoming involved
IN a positive untruth He might have
added to this repetition Of a grouudless
suspicion the direct denlals Of the
Mormons' themselves and their testI.
mony as to their perfect political free
dom.
The article closes with a resume Of
the economic services rendered to the
country ana humanity by the Nor
mons. refers TO their veneration Tor
the nag OF this country. their love OF
home, their belief in their Abrahamlc
origin, and the good that Is in their
faith, which he thinks ought TO be rec
ognlzed. He hints at the possible dan
ger Of their attempting, some time In
the future, TO drive out the rest OF
the Inhabitants Of the country. and TO
enter into their inheritance" This
shows again that he has not gone far
beyond The surface in his investigations
of sorae SIDES of "Moymonism." Or he
"oula have learned that in its very es.
sence ID requires the maintenance OF
every PERSONS rights, and is indeed the
eeniu' o.. liberty embodied Altogether
however the article In Harper's Month
ly is in excellent vein, is finely written
wei Illustrated, and likely to do great
good among the vast multitude o.
readers Of that popular magazine.
NEW CHINESE MINISTER.
The arrival In this country OF the new