Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-05-18

Editor AZ ,,c your editorial in the
,lsos" OF April 3, and MI, woodruff
Nv4""ssnd report OF My address at tne
il,,,iyersity, philadelphia. HEADED MT
Woofs Utter Defeat OF ReV, MI NV NV
As tho report" contains some
uuusrc about 40 statements which are
ro,'rcct. and us a whole Is totally
I,eading. you will Of course give the
,"m,yinp corrections of the moro nm
Irtent polnts equal prominence Win
tbe article especially as l nave psv,.
s,,bscriber of the News for the past
M. article begins by saying that l
.,'ae advertised TO speak on missionary
III I'm Utah and Idaho. His first de-
eeption was praotised on the r, pres s,6sn,
the association sbras no gained i Entrance u
Tyerv word OF this is totally untrue,
1rbn only advertising was by the usual
ards one Of which is before me, read
irp illustrated lecture with original
sii5es. with n camera among the MOT
mons of Utah and Idaho" Neither lhs
word or thought OF missionary oc-
curs I'm II. There was not one particle
~ deception; the officers of the assocla-
ION had even seen many or the PIC
lures, and one had heard me speak In
mat same hall before. And even
half wltted person would have had
more sense than TO deceive as the writer
Of the report" says ] did.
The story about the very poor log
cabins" where / had first been enter
tertained" and then had procured q
picture and used II TO 'ridtcule and
insult the people, is also entirely un-
warranted. In the address there were
shown about 10 dwellings, besides all
Kinds OF public buildings from the
temple square TO the l.. d. s. university
and others. There were Just two log
cabins not the poorest. and these came
,,.,,. ln,s -
one and a half and two-story adobe,
frame and brick; fully the average, In
not one of them did | hint that had
ever been entertained, nor have BEEN
nor was there ore word Of ridicule or
insult or of anything that would have
been I'm the least improper II | had.
BY quotationmarks the writer puts
these words in my mouth here This
half-witted face and surrounding squat
or are mute witnesses of the horrors
Mormonism has forced on this woman
and hundreds like her" But tho marks
and words are alike his own, absolute
~: / have never said anything even
bordering on them, anywhere. squat
orr there was none; pictures tackled on
The walls were plainly visible. and
frequently say In that connection that
such are the pioneer homes In every
wooded country. No one could well be
fairer than I am i'm all such matters.
So the statement that ! classed tho
Mormon people as "the worst possible
idOlators" Is not only utterly untrue.
but ] specifically said that they were
not to be spoken of as heather people,
as some had done; that they We're gem
orally better than their theology, be-
cause many had comefinto Mormonism
from Christian churches and had
brought many Of their Christian ideas
along II is too badly true that no one
can possibly compare Mormon theology
600 oh tInsaN ehnN a.
with flesh and bone bodies, male and
female, who first We're human beings
Hnd whose chief glory in eternity Is to
beget and rear childrem with pagan
theology on the one hand and with
Christian on the other, without instant
ly seeing that its likeness Is almost
wholly 10 the former and not to the
latter, a main feature of the lecture
consisted of photographs of pages of
Mormon books, from which the audi
ence could read for themselves the doc
trines. No one can be more sorry than
myself that these beliefs are so; and
the work to which God has called me is
chiefly 10 help the people see what the
Bible really teaches on these points
and to bring their views and whole
llVes into subsection to the Bible and
10 the God whom IL reveals; and this In
the spirit of love for needy souls, not
OF hatred for any one whatever
what the supposed reporter says
next is simply astounding The pic
lure OF st. George tabernacle" as
ne calls il, was taken by a Mormon
photographer about $50 miles from St
leo Se0fge ana Kept on sale in his gal
lery as said plainly It shows the
sacramental service In the same town.
The reporter" says: 1.-The sneaker
did not point out that the building was
entirely empty the only one seen being
me kneeling figure at the sacrament
faf.n n Il
son IN the audience would have known
nat had lost my reason, or some
thlng worse, Was the writer of the
report blind. or what? He sat ON
nearly or quite the front seat: the
picture. which ! have Just examined
carefully shows only the very front
seats, rostrum, etc, from the gallery
OF the building, and yet IT shows 81
people, 10 OF whom are In the pulplt
area aud three are kneelng behind tho
table, which has everything ready as
usual And l remember putting my
POINTER on the picture of gray-head-
ca man in the desk ana saying This
rs 49, ----- the president of the
stake / know not how to reconcile
me statement of the report" with even
Il desire To be truthful
50 with his Peet story He saws [
made fatal mistake" in calling for
questions. though ] practically always
90 So had arranged before to do II
mere, and knew that there would prob
aoly DC Mormons present, | leave II to
me reader 10 say how much honor and
sohuemhhliness any person has who
When courtoously given opportunity TO
ask a question on the subject, gets up
ana begins AN abusive speech instead
certain 1t is that any such person rnn-
GERS himself liable TO arrest for dis
turning meeting ut least II he does
no. cease when requested The writer
OF me report" makes up surpris-
lng story but why does he not toll
me truth instoad2 The facts are
,nese: When questions were allowed
Mr' teet arose and began the TRADE
LOT Whlch he says he Is well paid from
mlah. J quickly stopped him. as il
was my duty to do and said that only
questions were allowed; and then con.
llAdlcled his chief statement (that IN
ny own report we had said that we
oily expected to make one convert in
SIX years, costing sl9,s0O, saying most
enpnatlrally that there was not one
WORD or truth In II. and that he had
gotten II from the publications OF one
rect, VINO falsely claimed 10 represent
ne business men of Utah, etc lie
.neh SAID he was Poet: | replied II
aul very slad 10 meet you. sir, l have
neen wanting to meet you for several
Years; and repeated my statement
mat ms statement was utterly false
" every detail He thon arose ana ex-
rltedly said, turning 10 tho audience.
III give this ageOoiafion 81 nan 10 4