Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-02-18

could not stop from coming and there
is more to follow.
STRIKING SMILES.
Now, Brother Wishard, l am COM
ing to something that makes every
decent man and woman boil with in
dignation. / have seen n hen In her
beastly instinct kill all the little chick
ems that she could that were not
Matched by her. | have seen a great
big bully In school and at play abuse
and cuff children that were smaller
than himself, but when 1t comes to u
preacher who will take advantage OF
a PERSONS poverty and their humble
calling, II is infinitely worse While
IN Nanticoke, Pa. on Jan. 49, had the
pleasure OF being entertained by
good Presbyterian lady Of that city,
who placed before me the Assembly
Herald OF October, 1904, the official
publication Of the Presbyterian church
of the United States. In that maga-
zine was a picture of one OF the poor
est country schools of Utah, and I'M
derneath was inscribed public
School IN Utah, All Mormon Chill
dren. What an Opportunity for
Missionary" I'm this picture are many
barefoot boys in overalls, others with
calico shirts and ragged clothes, Many
OF the girls have on coarse shoes and
home made dresses and aprons OF all
styles. The teacher In the rear Of the
picture looks like a bright, conscien-
tIous woman. This picture Is an at
tempt to slur the public schools OF
Utah, and make the people In the
east believe the only good that comes
to Utah is through the orthodox mis-
al n ppnapbcp mn p1blipu-
ton that will hold up the children Of
a country school to derision and rid
lcule because Of their clothes or re-
ligion before the whole world will do
anything that Is low, or mean, Broth
or Wishard don't you know that In
the little group OF children your paper
is trying To ridlCule may be a future
president OF the United States? Have
you forgotten that Abraham Lincoln
did not have an opportunity TO go to
a school even as good as the one you
picture2 That his clothes were home
spun and he had no shoes for his feet2
Have you forgotten that President
Grant worked In lanyard, and
cation was limited? Did you not see
the picture of James A. Garfield ms
a barefoot boy driving mules on the
tow-path? Have you forgotten that
Jesus the Savior Of Men, whom you
pretend TO worship, was born In
manger where the ass and the COW
received their nourishment2 What
would you think Of the orthodox jew
who would picture the birth OF the
man Of sorrows and hold him up TO
derision before the woTld2 Brother
Wishard, IN this Assembly Herald OF
october 1908, are two more pictures;
the first is one Of John l., Lelichs
pictures OF "a Mormon home" 10
represents one OF the poorest log
houses that can be found In Utah The
next picture is the interior Of a
Mormon home" this Is probably the
poorest room that could be found In
all Utah. II represents the bare walls
OF logs, the rude table and mother
sitting holding a little boy on her lap.
RIGHTS OF PREACHERS.
A preacher has no more right to rldl-
Guile that poor mother In her poverty or
the little boy nestled on her breast than
he has 10 SEQ at the wife and baby OF
a king Graded IN the lap OF luxury. As
| look at these pictures / ask myself,
Is there no heights or depths or limits
that a preacher will not go 10 further
his religious prosecutions and hatred?
This rude house and room is this poor
womans castle, and any man who
would try TO deny her that right is
fiend. ] took dinner once IN n sod house
IN Cairo Neb The family occupying
Il were Methodists VINO came from
Pennsylvania a few years before. The
father and man Of this sod house was "A
kind, conscientious, honest Christian
man. ono OF the best I ever met His
wife was good mother and n hard
working Christian woman who worked
with her husband TO get this sod house
home. what would you think OF
Mormon" who would take a photo