Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-07-28
,u,o,,OOlls Woman Discusses tho
oo,,lOu from Commen'Ssnse
Standpoint
sHlNAXES SOME COMPARISONS
,,,,l,A the People aud Learned That
they We're haIlelously Mis-.
represented

a, auormons" and "Mormonism" IN
,I,o from recent Issue OF tho Min
w,pos Progress
,oncc upon time there wne said
an n haunted house u was away
,s.ml AWFUL rumorH cOmo homo from
Why the most dreadful things
,,,,,ned there IN and about this
,,o,, mat me imagination could pic.
ur
There we're NOT 70 very many people
,sld that place who came back,
,l,bon, their story 10 tell, Some said
,Aey dld not stay long enough 10 ind
al, about it and some said they wero
IA, Interested enough TO try and 0nd
on 10 they Just
LISTENED 10 THE REPORTS
GA few who did say thngs--whlch re-.
tors often began with u bat llylng out
ria brokcn window but by the time Il
ma been repeated over and over Tor
ns amusement Of all the village, that
BAL had become u huge winged Devil
having the most awful horns which
tirted the heart Of every one with
whom Il came In contact II also had
p,tn tails. which, az II few screaming
md roaring through the air, wound
themselves around the necks OF any
within In III way And awful wings
which crushed oyory llyng thing
How these no0po--belng human be-
hn loved TO believe these tales ana
found Joy IN rdloullng any who dared
Ay they dld not believe the stories of
N, haunted house, for surely how easy
No 10 believe Wild and awful things IL
hey are dlshol up IN pleasing man.
lt-and can give u little amusement
But once a man who was not content.
a with only hearing things resolved
bgo to this place ana
FIND OUT FOR HIMSELF,
80 he went, but he was not conlenled
Win staying only one night and asked
questions Of someone who had seen "A
ti and thought II was sea llon,-so
h shyed~and he saw things for him
| bl'-and he stayed long enough 70
Know what were the things which he
hW end then he came home--and hav.
hg heard and seen with his own eyes
NJ v1 satisfied and thls is what he
l0li he villagers that there WAS no
haunted house AT al ana that the only
hhg Ne saw was beauty, ana that n
my dhhol believe II 10 40 there them-
Hkoi
Now have taken long and a
roundabout path TO my subject and
Mi bten over again, once upon a
| Tine
HEARD OF THE "MoRMoNs,"
md ! heard that they were tho yiost
people 10 be found, ana | cAme 90 be,
lW lhOt Ut0h was n hole OF IN.
qalN' To bo sure, thoro was little |
hNN but "MornonH -poygpmy"
PoIygamy~ Mormonsw How every
naD eoald have an many wives ag he
,bed, ana hey must support him while
lltd IN luxury Whom my friends
IAll ! was about ia start for Utah,
wy warned me against the dangers
We Wild half.clyillzod people out
mere They were Indeed opposed 10
WI guInN having heard about ne much
we 'MoImons" as | had, but | was
uNnnlhed to mud out for myself all |
"uId about them and | have,
'HAVE LIVED WITH AND AMONG
THEM
VA have constantly associated with
lleh iol nearly "A year | have seen
WV known them individually and oo-
gNuyeY.ln their fnmily--In tho home
ms N lhelr business, IN their church
lBmen 0s priests or missionaries,
nNe dlllgenlly searched out all that
Vull % learned OF them from all Sides,
w ana against thom and / have come
Ge conclusion and that IL that they
w mo pest people have over had tho
"gof 70 be associated with,
-. lsl WY MI Of the awful things We
,M ABOUT ihom9 do not know nnlcss
,, Us a lew OF lho things which / viii
Ill,I,,l believe tho pooplo.-gonorally.
had WV" WV ""''V ''oup'e ,''at
oNoRANoE CONCERNING THEM,
AZ, nave asked--I can truthmlly say
l,oN W I'oplq-r why they were proju-
lol nuselhsl Tho Mormon people, and
YS.DD" naa over Rlvon mo reason,
lm ,,W wv lhcy hAd heard things. |
nv xxx 'hal not one person in.-can l
%wy can tell YOU anything OF tho
ltlsSYO 'rped or what they believe. |
Msn am putting the estimate low
nu , ,sn 9' Time or space 10 ten you all
Gn IVY I ovlleVe or glyo you their creed,
ruN,h" VIZ 'vli You this, that tho out
nem VI Whnt their creed teaches
Inv -nffl Of all love for their fol.
tt y"haags whether OF their fifth OF
mi v~yVo,Sneo to Gods laws and 10
mm,o, or mo land, and 10 the laws OF
Of IA, we preservation Of the health
I'M oy ena mind continual uplft.
mh s.bn9 NINA and searching after
''' t aye UNITY PRod-
S many other virtues which I mich,
MIN nuni seem 20 bo Joint watch. worde
T WV people, "''N'' '''''
N,%% Dido Ia Gods sacred word win
h,p hle ] mention bocnueo 4, ma
d.,bs,p ,hul They do not respect il,
e@@o0 hSg have a llblc 81 their
Mt mormon Bible" 'rhls IL IN.
hN, N true, however, thai thoy
Inv uoob the Rock Of Mormon, Ail
one ds,, mo tay on this subject ls.~lf any
hln ,1SaDW'N lno origin OF this book. int
cpho,cc' II before no expresses hls
-mbOsseltg many books, ns we all know
rtobl, az N derlson OF the "AIormonn
otiy mo, nose are most vile In their
,oT,' TS quote from Mr. Phil, Robin.
Whence sinners ana Rolnts,"
oplhon.o Ruye ne public derived their
r rS' ABOUT MormonIsmY '
"V" ANrl'"MoRMoNso ONLY,
nave ronsachcd tho literature Of
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