Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-06
special Correspondence.


Philadelphia. April 2.--Sevcnty times
70 was the truth OF this brought home
to the right Rev. John d. Nutting OF
shesp-wagon missionary fame, on the
afternoon OF March II, at tho unlversi-
ty of Pennsylvania The gentleman was
advertised to speak on missionary work
in Utah and Idaho. His first deception
was practised on the president OF the
association. No religious controversy
is allowed In the club and he said ne
wanted TO tell of the work being done
by him and his associates In Utah and
Idaho with nothing antagonistic what
ever In his lecture Thus under taise
colors he gained entrance. The presl-
dent afterwards informed MIR. v. S.
: Peet IL he had known the nature OF tine
talk 1t would not have been given
There were not very many presers. ana
totally unawares, Mr. Nuttlng ad-
dressed an audience, fully ono tifth or
which was composed OF Utah Mormon
students, OF the grand old University Of
Pennsylvania and kindred institutions
OF learning here, who sat with varying
degrees OF indignation while the rev.
erend prevaricator told of his experi-
ences In the west
The lecture was illustrated and Some
belying the double-edged words IN con-
nection with them.
EFFECT NOT INTENDED.
Several school pictures were thrown
on the canvas. one of them the gradu-
ating class OF the Rexbusg academy.
June, 1906 In arrangement and detail
1t was the finest graduating picture that
has ever come under the observation of
the writer. The bright Intelligent, man
r.l.. Eo,-e 1rn, itatt f,p,t
beauty of the girls. and the air OF pur-
! ity that pervaded the whole. the boys
equally with the girls preached a. most
powerful sermon for Morlncnism- The
/ heart of every Utah man and woman
present glowed with inexpressible pride
as they looked on these tiawless Jewels,
the results Of the training OF the ''ldola-
trous faith of heather people," EveL
though priestly words OF malice belit-
tied and ridiculed. the effect of the pic
ture, startling in its intensity, was
plainly apparent on the audience. Two
missionary class pictures were also
thrown and again thrill OF pride filled
our hearts, for every man bore the I'M
nistakable imprint of a chaste life and
urlsulied soul. incomprehensible anom-
olies 10 the average man of the world.
And the harm done? In reality per-
haps little as the words of misrepresen-
tation could not wholly annnl the story
told by the vivid honest intelligence of
the pictures But ir this was the case
IT, was not the fault OF Mr.. Nutting.
who with velled half truthful falsehoods
aimed blow after blow at the fair fame
of Utah,
CLEARING FALSEHoODS.
my friends" he said, "fn one little
village of 1850 people we held six gos-
pei meetings These were the first and
only ones preached In this community
In, rhi-ok nT rhI1 aNyfri1
dition, generation and q half to pass
away without a single gospel sermon
being preached in their midst. There
are hundreds of just such villages In
Utah. To he sure. they are fed on
Mormon heresy, but this is as far from
Christ as the shadow of darkness is
from the splendor OF dawn. Education
was rudely neglected for years, and the
present public school system of Utah
grew out OF the mission schools esta b.
lished TO redeem, IL possible, some from
the horrors OF Mormonisfn.'
NUTTING's INGRATlTuDE-
some poor very poor. log cabins were
shown representing the results of the
poIygamous relations into which the
women of Utah are forced The soul OF
The man In all its deformcd and sieken-
ing higotry came plainly to the surface
here. He showed the interior of poor
log room with hardly the bare necessi-
ties of life by the table sat a middle
aged woman with little boy on her
knee. He told how the night before the
picture was taken he had been enter
tanned by this family and pointed out
where he sat and ate SUPPER with them.
Then in basest ingratitude and m can
ness of spirit inconceiva BILE, he procured
the picture of that home and that poor
mother and ridiculed and insulted them
before the world This half-wltsed face
and surrounding squalcr are mute wit
nesses OF the horrors Mormonism has
forced on this woman and hundreds like
her."
In few weeks how Mr.. Nutting will
be starting on on another summer e
missionary campaign. Remember these
things when he comes fawning on your
hospitality remember the return he
makes for 1t.
FURTHER MISREPRESENTAT ATOMS
:,
The temple was shown and the we'll
worn blood thirsty oath held up sera-
tor Knox was given rap and Senator
Bnrrows estrolied as the only man VINO
i ,uyas ure HON Senator smoot,s picture
was shown with no comment, his over
Xyheming vindication is too recent and
convincing 10 be toyed with. The Lion
House was pictured each window rep
resentinR a wife Mormon theology.
especially the Mormon idea of God. as
taught BY Mr.. Nutting. was held up TO
particular. rfdicule, and the people We're
rlassed as the worst possible idolators
With an impossible number OF gods.
,vithout one shark OF spirituality In