Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-27
his labors there. ITO the Ministry and
Saints OF the European Mission"

II have urged the Saints not to emil
crate too hastily They should be fully
converted and seasoned In the Gospel
before they undertake the long and ex-
pensive journey We wish them 10 be
happy IN Zion and not DISCONTINUED. II
they are not sure the Gospel Is true IN
every particular, they had better re.
main at home II viii cost them less
10 apostalize In Europe than 10 journey
scvcn thousand miles to do so. Breth.
rem ana sisters, Jet the Lord indicate
when you shall gather with His people
lie may have a great work for you TO
accomplish In the world I'm warning
your friends, sustaining the branches
ana representing His Kingdom In what
ever land you may be- Instead of hur.
rylng on 10 Utah as soon az you can
possibly get the means, counsel with
the Priesthood who are set TO preside
IN the branches and conferences. and
their advice viii be safe 10 follow.
When the proper time does come, YOU
viii 20 W to the mountain OF the house
Of the Lord with rejoicing, and II WIN
be Zion 70 YOU
We hereby issue an invitation TO the
writer Of the falsehoods published In
the New York World also to that pa.
per, and 10 DIR. u. ]. Mcmillan who en-.
dorses them, to produce one case Of the
payment or promise Of pay
ment to a Mormon" missionary for
making converts, or for bringing or
sending them to Utah, or for placing
girls as plural wives. Give us name,
date and place and we will print them.
The World. OF course, merely published
that which was furnished for the pr-
pose. The writer and the endorser
knew they were lying before God and
the public. Mcmillan has been exposed.
thoroughly as bearer OF false wit
ness, and his wilful falsehoods ana
their complete refutaton are n matter
OF record They can be reproduced
whenever necessary,
There are persons in this city, some
OF them employed as press correspond
ents, who send by mail and by wire
most infamous defamatlons of our peo-
pie, distortions OF our doctrines and
false statements OF the public utter
ances OF our leaders. They do this for
a few paltry dollars and to crafty a
malicious. mendaclous, anti Mormon"
spirit They are criminals at heart,
They are mean and despcable IN mind.
They surely grovel In self-oontempt. for
they know their own degradation. They,
and some Of the religious preachers
here. are responsible for the fever that |
RACES against the Latter-day Saints to-
day, and the outbreaks which, on many !
occasions, have caused the whipping |
and other outrages against our Elders,
the burning Of meeting houses and even
the murder OF unoffending men and
women. As God lives and justice rules
they will certainly reap the full reward
for their dastardly and cowardly doingg.
They are spattered with innocent blood,
It Las long appeared to US that good
men and women, not Of our faith, but
who know the untruthfulness of such
stories az that published IN the World |
and other New York papers, are falling |
In their duty to their neighbors In per-
those ISLANDERS to pass undls-
puted by ."Mormons. When the
Deseret News presents the facts, well
known here but not to the masses else
where, its veraclty Is denied by the
creatures who invent the
falsehoods sent abroad, and the fact
that the refutatlons come from Nor
mon" sources II sufficient 10 weaken
their force on minds already prejudlced
Don't you think, friends, that In the
sight OF heaven and In communion with |
your own consciences, you are some
what culpable for your silence in the
face OF such gross calumnles?
We have for many years defended the
Mormon" people and their faith |
against the attacks OF unprincipled de-
farmers. We hope TO do so as long as
life shall last. And we are comforted
and encouraged In the work by the |
certainty that truth will surely come
that justice will certainly be |
done, and that even falsehood, and |
cruelty and the cunning craftlness and
sectarian venom Of our foes viii be |
overruled for final good and the cause
We stand for viii prove triumphant and |
the powers Of darkness Of earth
and hell combined