Arizona republican., 1905-06-26
SAINTS EXODUS
MOrmOnS Moving From New
 York to Salt Lake
METROPOLITAN CHURCH
In the Hands of Students for the Summer-A Member of the Organ izatiOn Describes the Aims and Ac- cOmplIshments of the Church.

New York, June 25.-In the la7s ry-o weeks there has been general sNo- dus Of Mormons to Utah. The ma joTity of students that have been h. ing in this city and the new cua,erts will spend the summer in Sau Lake City, and will not return to this cilv until late in September Ther- ar- only a few MO-mons ia Harlel. ar present, and those that are iu the els are here simply to look afIer the Iu.- terests of the church F. was Ieaue.I that the Mormons sold their form-- headquarters at No 12i West I-sI street for a profit Of about Se.7ue-
 John A McQuarrie. i-. charge oE th- Mormon interests in Jhe eastern states. said: We have been preaching tLe gospel of Christ as We understand ft for many years in the city of Nel York Neither our neighbors nor the officials of the city have had occasla. to complain or call us 10 account Taa only. charges against us have come from competing religionisJs or from people who know us only throu-h slanderOus reports True religion teaches charity and toleration. hu- tha history of the church. with its many branches, is not a very striking uIus- traitor of these virtues While tae character of ministers is considered above reprOach. their judgIn-nt or those who hold opposite views Is as- always sound
 Tt has been said that AIormonisru was political and not religious or ganization, but if one will view th-f- history and think of the prIvario,l- they have endured. the sacrinc=s th-- have made and the work they hav.. done. he will realize that the AIornar= needed a sublime faith in God and ths hope of a future reward to sustain them. For We as a people could sruIv say, with Paul; If in this life ouI,. y., have hope. We are of all men the mo7l miserable The few political uu-es that our people have held in late years would have been no incentive To eaus the thousands 10 labor who have af- ready passed away. Patriots sani.- times make great sacrifices for tne genefat.oas to follow them but tnls Is no- a characte ristic of politicians and political organizations
 We are charged with dislovaItv r1 our government What is there In olr actions to give a color of truth tn tair sta -eHeat2 Surely not our acr-ols t, the Mexican war. wher five hrndrs1 ot our best men enEstec and Iet thet- families on the plains in -thc cara a- their associates while they ln-rrhs,s to Mexico
 Tt was stated in a New York p,- per a while ago that. with an rHr- had been written on the Mormon ouer- lion. there was no history 10 whf-. the student could turn for reliable i'm formation. There is one record th7r zeal cannot color or prejudice canno- deface- That story has been write, by the iron pen of industry We hav- been called thieves, but thieves never turned. wilderness into frtTtf,,I field or desert into a garde1- v-a nave been called ignorant. but fennr- ance does not build eanmo-to-- schools. fine churches and ar.f--f- theaters- The ministers have sad tf,- We are fsnatics. but fanatics never gave to the world such a wonderful social system and complete ore-ulra- tion. A few individuals may h4ya broken the law. but the overu-h-l7ufne sentiment of the people is in favor or conforming strictly 10 the laws Of tNl country"
 The editor of Truth" a noB-sfor- mon paper in Salt Lake City. has or-- fered $500 to Dr- Duncln J. AfesIul-- pastor of the New York Presbyterian church, if he can prove certain state ments regarding the AIOrTnOns.