Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-06-21

since az Hsu Chou Fu We heard night
by night pltifu wallings from a neigh
boring cabin. a poor wife was 70 be
sold Ike an OK 10 A purchaser can
he not set her aside on an alimOnyT
some American WIN say. And then what
Is she? Not a wife. not a widow. mo-,
a maid. what but q helpless defense
less. tempted. degraded, embittered
woman. biz Of humanity al the mercy
~ the unprnciplcd, a piece OF wreck
ags 20 be picked up By the corbIes.'
The woman would likely settle The
question OF her case in an easier way
with two hundred cash worth % opium
or "a catty OF hemp rope, unless she
wished % I've that she might curse the
hard-hcartfd man and The cruel cold
hlo0ded religion that had bereft her of
home Of name, ~ honor
These are not farCles. bat f0cts In
the early history Of our China nile
sion a case 0f this Kind was thus dealt
With. ana the missionaries in charge
saw an too well the haleful effects
thereof in the case % a woman WHO
had before been a hopeful inquirer ot
the way az salvation.
in a land where the individual o. noth-
inc except as an integral part Of a
family when a man Is not John smith
or William Jones but Wang No. 2 OF
Chang 40. g. where The very word Tor
backyard Is a bare pole one who
has no family nor connections. INC son
of cast-oH wife. man without tami-
iy OR name. % man with 4 bar sinister
ln his escu'eheOU-what lies before him
but q lie Of shame and disgTace'
cor shall the father add 10 the BIT
terltss Of the mothers cup by taking
the children from her and bringing
them up az the children OF the frs,
wife, Can the mother be dlsgraced and
The ch.l4's l.fe not be bllghtei2 Grant.
Cd that in china fiisi love BE- not up 90
the Christian standard yet nature
binds the offspring 20 the parents and
hy ligameUts that are not lightly rent
asunder In their case rest as
sured. the fathers ruin win burn into
the hearts ~ the children such a hatred
of the Christian religion as shall With
but little doubt damn them 10 "a hope
less he'll Is 40 necessary 10 the
salvation % one man that his innocent
wives and children should be thus
blghted' ..,..
The spirit Of liberation, Christian
charity and good common sense eX-
hibi,ed 10 the writings Of Rev n. H.
white on this subject, Is hreathed 81
the numerous expressions % prominent
men IN this country IN relation 20
Mormon" families, formed under the
regulations that prevailed IN the
Church before the publication Of the
new rule IN 1890 As quoted On tho
minority report Of the committee on
privileges and elections. the disposi-
lion 10 let alone without disturbance
The families thus existing was general
" expressed not only by leading
statesmen. but by soms Of the very IN
dlylduals who recently have been en-
10 bring trouble upon the
whole Mormon community In conse-
quence OF the continuance Of those
relations among a few OF their num-
Der.
The Willingness 10 LEI these oondi-
lions gradually disappear felt by a
great number Of non" Mormons" here
ana elsewhere has been denied recent
~. but Il IL well known that It was
not only experienced but expressed by
the most conservative people. and
would have remained without dispute.
II 4 had not been FOR the malicious
and factionsl attempt to make Senator
Reed smoot responsible for acts and a
status which he had never participated
or assisted IN, or encouraged or sup
ported
Such views as those expressed by the
missionary to China when
weighed by rational people, ought 70
do much towards dispelling the preju-
dice that exists among the Christian
people Of this country towards the few
families still remaining IN Utah. which
are IN the condition that the gentleman
considers ought 20 be tolerated by the
visible church. and may probably be
received without condemnation by the
church invisible"