Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-04-15

an hour when the mob once learned
of the goodness of Caesar, then Brutus
was I'm danger OF being pulled to pieces.
vice Of every kind is ignorance and
clamor Is its vile weapon,
Public clamor kept up It's deyeish
work untn the mob assassinated joseph
Smith, the Mormon" Prophet, ana
he died crying 20 Lord my Cod Pub
lie clamor burned Bruno at the stake
and he said IL die willingly for the
truth
Bigo;ry gave the hemlock TO Socrates.
one of the bravest, tuest, simplest and
Wiscst OF mankind,
Public Cnmor painted Abraham Lin
coin as am ape picking nuts from tree.
he was assassnuted, He is now our
gcntlest memory.
Public clamor pictured William Me-
kinley as Napoleon minus the
brains. lie was shot to death. We all
love him now.
Public clumor painted Mark Hanna
as monstruYty but when he died,
with bowed heads people whispered In
sorrow, Hanna rs dead
Pubic clumOr is now painting Joseph
F. smith as an autOCrat a selfish thing
IN human shape. Nugglng tongues,
pens dipped n gan ana vinegar ANA
ploycd 40 nuruug vile cpItnet5 at this
.yader o. a DIES used ana misunderstood
people, Joseph IT, Smith a pioneer
uuilucr Oh homes, on cdrtn, ana ere
atur OF industries Tor his followers, d
pam NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. TO a lauIt. Il
loNer OF GOu and ms lenoW man. lie
is brave enough To be- honest ana think
crs know II, let not one voice oil priest
or preacher mas been raised, during tua
campaign of SANDER I'M mis- defense.
} nave 10 use Tor pubic clamOr. J ask
neither Tor It's smiles nor do / notice
IT'S iroWns. 1t Is unsafe, unreliable. lt
hllls, iheu Neeps. At CunnuualeS IN NE,
cuuonlzss after death,
/ am not particular about flowers on
the caskct If you have any to give,
give them now in kindly words ami
owing deeds,
If puJhc clamOr attacks your friend,
don't stampede and shout with the
crowd, Cruelty cruelty. Just stop,
think investigate,
The Mormon religion is builder Ola
earth It's business Is not confined ~
tho clouds, Herein lies its goodness
We have too much Wamhy pamUy bust
ness In the churches and societies.
We need more practical churches,
more practical home builders, helpers
w lll'll ~ ll'lb lll|ll1flNtGt NtN tll Jay
churches. Don't turn your eyes so sky
ward as TO miss your nelghbors' needs
Dear ministers, you have been o.
dained 10y some bishop or church. /
haven't, my mother ordained me. ! set
myself apart, ! am responsible only 20
my own soul-God's monitor ! have a
message TO deliver TO ms many as ! can
reach with humble voice and feeble pen.
Don't you see, dear friends, that you
are being crowded out of everyday life.
Don't YOU realize that you are treated
as something to be looked at. an orua.
ment, rather than an active factor in
lite's work In the community?
Don't you realize the wicked condl-
lions In politics the bribery and cor
ruptIons throughout the land, yet you
daro not get into a primary or a con-
yentlon, because public clamor would
howl at YOU, hence your influence IS set
aside and the country Is turned over
to scheming politicians?
Don't you think II you we're to put u
little bit of commercialIsm into your
work and do something fer the people
on earth as well as up in the clouds,