Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-18

mat the Mountain MEADOW MASSACRE
would be continuous until the Gentlles
were destroyed"
GAVE 1T SANCTION.
Gentlemen, you who sanctioned the
above, your cheeks must be made OF
brass and your conscience scared with
gall TO walk the streets Of this city
after your paper has accused the ma
jority Of the people OF this state OF
being murderers On Dec "a, after
Apostle Woodruff had poured hot stun
down your backs. you meet together
form a series of resolutions, as you
said, to let the American people both
east and vest know how you are
slandered. You say: ''ln order that
the people Of The east may understand
what Christian men and women have
to put up with In Utah while standing
up for the American flag and for Chris.
tan truth an righteousness, he 1t re.
solved by this association that copy
OF the paper containing the extract
from Apostle Woodruff's speech be sent
to each United States senator and To
the different denominatonal papers"
ABOUT SECRET oATHs.
II Apostle Woodruff has slandered
YOU there Is a law against Islander I'm
this state, Get Gentle lawyer. 20
before a Gentle Judge and have the
Apostle arrested and put under bonds
or In Jail. Your fight Is here, not I'm
the astern states, and when you can
not get justice here It is time enough
TO start east. And now, gentlemen.
about this horrible oath that Senator
Smoot and other "Mormons" have
taken against this government. Won't
some Of you have it published In the
papers, so we can know what IL Is?
When some so-called Christian people
want TO create a sensation or do some
tnlng out OF the ordinary, they fall
back on the Horrible oath" 1t seems
To be their stock In trade, or sinking
fund. You will remember that between
1876 ana 1850 the Wesleyan Methodlsts,
assisted by the pastors from other
churches, started an antl-secret society
campaign through the eastern states.
Their especial enemy was the Free Ma
sons, In Herrickvlle. Pa, they held
an anti-Mason and odd Fellow revival.
one Of their preachers Rev Rathbone,
said that the Masons had taken terrible
oaths against this government, that
they had sworn TO protect each other In
murder and other crimes that Free
Mason should not hold office, and that
they could not go TO heaven. One Of
the preachers said he had taken three
degrees In Masonry He was willing
to violate his oath, diyulge the secrets
and IN three consecutive nights they
initiated a man In the three degrees OF
Masonry The Morgan murder they told
about with as much pleasure as the
preachers here do the Mountain Mea.
dow massacre, Then, right after the
antl-Mason crusade, the A, p, AS
sprang up and told OF all the horrible
oaths the Catholics had taken against
the government, especially the Jesuits.
This crusade succeeded In turning out
Of Office nealy every Catholic In De.
troit, Mich, and now this horrible oath
has reached the "Mormons" and Senator
Smoot. John Alexander Dowie uses 1t
when he runs out Of sermons.
A BIT OF GOOD ADVICE.
In conclusion gentlemen Of the Min.
isterlal association, ! want 10 sail your
attention to rules 1874 and 1856 and part
OF rule l3G IN the Methodist discipline
land the rules in other orthodox
churches are about the same). Rule
A'tf . HN btFA S'N'AhA HlfNNlph VI
preaching Is, first to converse; second,
offer Christ third. to invite; fourth, to
build up and to do this IN some mea-
sure in every sermon" Rule 1885, THE
most effectual way Of preaching Christ
Is TO preach Him In all His Offices and
10 declare His law as well as His gos.
pei, both TO believers and unbelIevers,
Let US strongly insist upon inward and
outward holiness in all its branches"
Part Of rule 1876; How little brotherly
love, what continual judging one an
other what gossipping, evll-speakng,
tale bearing what want Of moral hon
esty, 10 instance only one particular
Gentlemen, read the above and all tl4
rules governing preachers, read them
many tins and see II you are doing
your duty IN Utah Are you praying
for the "Mormons' or are you abus-
ing them? Are you lifting them up, on
dragging them down? Why not get to-
gether and reconyert yourselves, be
born again, as Il were. Let us have
a good old. fashloned revival In Utah
and convert the "Mormons," not abuse
them. Try and upbuid this state, not
drag Il down (as Christian ministers
should, and "Be ye therefore stead
fast, immOyable always Astounding In
the works Of the Lord
Yours truly, v $. PEET
Jan IA, 1904.
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