Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-05-30

he would have exhibited more good
sense, to spy nothing Of truth and
fgrncss, II he had 'Ieod up a little
ON the subject before attempting TO say
anything about H.
Thoro are a number OF Measurements
of matters Oh which he might have
learned the truth II hc had made u
few inquiries of reliable poIponB, hut
thoy are not Of very great Importance,
except 10 show that no is ignorant of
common affairs relating 10 The latter
day saints IN this city liut hofo
we copy verbatim, from his letter
something that Ia No grossly untrue
that we no mot think II rlght 20 let i
eo unconlradIcled Ne Hoya' N
'"You know the Mormona have a Gus,
tom NJ marrying for eternity II "a
follow wants another mans VITO ana
cannot got her ON earth they 80 into
the temple ana through "a ceremony
which gives her 20 HIN after death ana
for nl eternity fellow can so into
the tomplo ana marry Queen Victoria
or any other dead woman, II he has the
price ana VIII take the obligation, Ana
vice versa, q woman cnn mnrry amy
dead man sho wants to- This strikes
mo as taking advantage Of n follow"
marrying him when no cannot say any
thng against It, or protect himself,
I'm the same block with tho Temple
IL the great Tabernacle which | have
already described Another large
building IN the sumo block lg devoted 10
the meetings of tho Apostles aud the
councillors, Tho business end " the
Church
IN the Beehive President Smith now
Hives with HIS foyOn wives ana twenty,
one children, ~ course II ~ a very
large houBcell takes large house FOR
that Kind Of n family
We refrain from onlarging on his
tlurs about "Old Brigham" Mountain
Meadow Massacre" old joe smith,
having 10 keen his mouth shut about
Mormonl'm" etc, ana similar M
naturcd and Ignorant rcmlrke and
simply suggest that he h not likely
by such means 10 win his way among
the people he No ISLANDERS, and whom
ho says no viii have 20 meet I'm the
course Of business lie remarks,
~ nm told that win strike plcnly
" Mormons IN my travels about The
state ana that most Of my business
VIII be with them From this You can
see that n fellow must keep his p's ana
as and not say too much or he VIII Set
himself dlglikod,"
We suppose 10 win be able 10
rec Tor himself how much better II
would have been n he had obtained
some reliable information about
"Mormonism" and the "Mormone," be.
fore he porncd Ms unfortunate batch
Of blundcrs, which have gone into
print tie need not fcar however that
any veal trouble VIII come to him from
hin Measurements, MS the Lattersday
SaintS have become accustomed 10 VII.
lincallon and they would not do the
slightest injury TO their worst foes.
II no Will carry ont his expressed In.
tcntlon Of studying this matter and
win cndeavor to obtain am understand
ing ~ "Mormonism" from those who
nro able to eXpound II, and from works
published for that very purpose, IN
stead Of listening 10 the terrible tales
ord wrctchcd romnncos Of IT. enemies
he win hc able 10 write n very different
communication, IN u short tlmo, 10 Ma
mother or to the paper that has pub.
llshcd ife letter wo have briefly noticed,
Hts stories about those Temple mar.
riagos Hro No ridiculous that We think
he should hevo been able to perceive
THOR Untruth AK soon as he heard
them,
We 1cqull him Of any real intention
to r0l,Iy believing that he repeated
for fun that which he had heard from
some o. the creatures hero that make
II tu,inoss 10 deceive and hopo that
he Win AVIAN himself Of the ample op.
powunllles that are afforded, both orni.
~ and by literature, which may he
easily obtained by any one, TO fully
acQuaint himself with both the history
and Che doctrines Of the Church VI
Jesus christ Of Latlcr.day Saints, and
that then h. win have the courage to
"tell tie truth and shame the dovil,"