Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-04-06
MEDDLESOME GPUNDYS
SiiOCLD CONSIDER THIS
To the Editor:

To the Editor:
As some of the meddlesome Grundys
seem to have a great deal to say about
the Mormon" Church tithng, II seems
strange that they have not sense
enough 10 understand that the Nor
mon" Church takes this method Of coll
lectlng It's church funds, the same as
all other churches have their different
systems of raising money for church
expenses And ] cannot see why one
church has not the same right 20 coli
lect It's church funds IN any way best
suited to It's church work; and | should
Judge by the enormous outlay OF church
moneys, that the Mormon Church Is
certainly doing as much good and ac-
complishing as much toward the best
welfare Of its people, as any Of the
Protestant churches. The "Mormons'
go on what they term missions to
preach the Gospel to all nations. The
Bible says we are to do that, so they
are doing what the Word Of God COM
mands them to. The "Mormons' go
and fulfill the work of God. and then
return to their homes. take up the work
they left at the call OF the Church, and
by so doing, not only do the work OF the
Lord and Master but fulhll the duties
OF citizens In life, as God has cont
manded them 10 do. We do not hear
OF their going away for great num-
Der of years, feathering their nests In
some foreign country, living on the
fat OF the land, say for 90 years or
more and IL they happily fall into the
hands of the brlgands make Il cost this
government thousands OF dollars for
their release with q cherished desire
to again return to the brlgands), Bet
ter TO have stayed there, and saved
the government this vast sum OF money.
Then, too, the Protestant churches
have a system OF poklng the contrihu-
ton plate under ones nose at every
service, no matter II II be three or four
times on one Sabbath Then they have
a habit OF demanding contributions OF
eatables and tell you they (the church,
are going 10 give an entertainment. and
that II will only cost you 10 or % cents.
AS the case may be, to attend. at the
same time holding out all kinds OF in
ducements as to the lovely refresh
ments they are going TO serve. III IL
happens to be a church fair also. You
are expected TO buy literally OF the
things (all Of which have been donatedl
offered. These, then are some OF the
methods by which the Protestant
churches collect their church funds
and ] will venture 10 assert land with.
out truthful contradition) that there Is
not another denomination on earth that
can collect the amount Of money from
or their church members, that the Cath.
Ollie church collects and some OF their
methods are certainly far below par In
comparison TO the mormon" tthing
The Mormon" men take the RESPONSE
bllity and labor upon themselves 10 do
the work OF collecting while the priests
send the sisters TO do their collecting
How often do we see the glsterq I'm the
new mining camps, even before there Ia
scarcely building OF any kind finished
not only asking contributions. but dc.
manding a days pay from every man
working. Soon that mining camp will
be fully equipped with Catholic
church, Catholic school and n hospital
az the three seem 10 70 together. and
thousands and hundreds Of thousands
OF dollars ara thus collected FOR the
Catholic church funds. Yet the people
nor the press are not jumping upon