Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-09-06
opponents. given in the article under
consideration:

opponents. given in the article undei
consideration;
"As President John Taylor declared
Zion is to be the headquarters OF th'
Son Of Man at his second coming, ane
| the time viii come when the Lord oui
! God viii 50 manifest His power thai
| every soul upon the face % this western
| continent that will not believe IN the
Book Of Mormon will be cut Of"
Henry took good care not to give his
authority for that alleged quotation lie
could not find It In any utterance OF
President John Taylor or other NOR
mon authority that was ever printed
OF spoken. The idea conveyed In the
! last clause OF the paragraph Is en-
'lrely at variance with the Views and
( declarations Of the Church and It's lead
sFs The rest Of his citations are Of
/ the same character manufactured to
/ deceive the readers Of his mendacious
article. by his own admissions he
does not comprehend the system he un-
| deftakes TO assail and condemn. and he
imagInes that most OF the believers in
10 are as ignorant concerning It as he
| Is. And yet there are boys and girls
in Mormon Sunday schools, not yet
in their teens. who can explain clear
ly that which he declares to be incom-
| prehensihle.
His scraps Of pretended Mormon"
history are no better than his attempts
TO muddle Mormon" doctrine Not
an item is fairly presented or can be
substantiated by proof As usual with
such writer's. he cannot refrain from
launching out into wilful falsehood'
Here is one Of his vile deuunclauons;
Speaking Of "the difficulties between
the Mormons anC the Federal govern
mont," he abstains from stating that
they were adiudicated lawfully IN the
Federal court) he says:
1T was marked by usurpatiou Of au-
thority. REASONABLE utterances and
acts. defiance Of the courts. revolving
crimes and high misdemeanors, acts OF
violence against defenseless men, No-
men and children, and even open decla-
ratlons Of war against the Federal gov
eminent Until the completion Of the
Union Pacific railway and the resulting
influx Of nom Mormons IN great num-
beers. neither life or property Of those
who set themselves against the viii OF
the church was safe"
And yet when trying 70 show that
the beliefs Of these people are inconsru-
Gus with their character and life, he
says the majority OF them are simple
minded, kind Industrious hospiable'"
That colonies Of students are sent TO
Ann Arbor. Michigan, and other leading
colleges and universities. where young
men are assigned 10 the study Of law,
medicine or journalism" etc Also
that there Is no political or religious
organization that plans for the future
with more dellberation and we'll defined
purpose than does the Mormon
Church He fails to tell his readers
that the Union Pacific railroad was pc
titIoned for, and a very large portion
Of II built by the Mormon" people, un-
der the direction Of their leaders, and
that life and property Of non" Nor
mons" were safeguarded and protect
ed by the Latter-day Saints I'm accord
with fundamental principles Of their
faith
'Mormonism," on Henry's showing.
Is not menace al all as a religion But
he echoes the cry which has been re-
peated ad nauseam that II is a menace
politically. To whom. and why and
how. he does not attempt to show. eX-
cept In the bald assumption that 'po-
litical campaigns planned in Salt Lake
city affect the results OF elections In
O number Of places that he names in
Guiding Indian Territory II this were
true. which Il is not and no proof Is Of
fcred 10 substaDtiate the silly ssser-
ton he fails to show wherein that IL a
menace 10 anything or anybody or Is
different 10 what Is done elsewhere,
In final paragraph he quotes the re-
mark Of a Methodist Bishop when he,
Henry. was located In this city "Po-
lygamy is the whitest bird IN the whole
Internal nest" Henry Endorses that
elegant sentence and that very Chris
tlan" sentiment But does he forget
that the same very chaste sermonlzer
and gentle shepherd also described the
coterie Of Salt Lake ministers zone Of
whom Henry Vas which," as "a little
lot Of 2xi preachers and there was a
general consensus of opinion that he
was just about right? Does that estimate
account FOR the failure Of that clique,
with their Noncompliance 81 Nor
monism' as described by Henry TO
make converts nom their faith Of
those simple minded. kind Industrious
hospitable" folk TO the wonderfully SUI
peri0r seCtarian contradictory Creeds?
And does not that failure aud the chag-
rim that results from H. account In large
degree for the malicious but futile pop.
gun fusilades against "Mormonism" by
persons o. the cslibre Of Alfred II. Hen.
rs? The Pilgrim was in poor business
when II gave place 10 such an echo 81
puerilities