Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-11-07
OUTSIDERS Nor ENEMIES.


oo, oopid suprose th8t tho implac-
.... oo,m,,s OF he church would
ceast telling sny aisehoods about me
people hore. after an election in wnion
thsv ctrim an ovorwheimus victory
t,t th.y do nci They continue enc
s1lv talc that "tde Slows and spe"N-
~ FOR .hc CHURCH designate as out
sla.rs and cr nies' an VINO do not
d, iieve in thc opposed religion Whica
they teach. II men and women. they
sav. "have iot embraced the gospel
ms they say. that IS sufficient 10 brand
them as Gonties as outsiders as
enemies
There IS absolutely no foundation IN
fact for statement Ike that ihe
r.atter-day Saints do not regard nom
"Mormons" as enemies. on The con-
trary. they arc happy 10 count thou
sands both 90 uaE ana elsewhere
among their most valued friends ~
the wonderful career of the church
the Lord has always raised up irienos
10 tha ea'ntr very often among the
Fr.at and Irhreut1l men OF the e"rth'
whose temm and minds have been
opened 10 tne light OF truth ana right-
eausness. Wo are happy 20 say that
tho Saints ana thcir leaders are hons
ofed ana respected By thousands upon
Thousands who never entertained
Thought ef ,oming the church. IL Is
absolutely false TO say that the Nor
mons fogaid al non- 'Mormons' as
fnrmles.
According to Mormon doctrine an
human beirvs are children OF the same
Eternal Fs;hef They are members
Of ono great. oivine family. Some OF
them may Lo IN error but they are
nevertheless Gods children. denom-
nation that holds such views with re-
gard TO human relationship, cannot
strike the PharisGical attitude that was
common among some sects before the
light Of the GOSPEL was given 70 the
earth. The earnest aim OF the Latter
day saints. who understand their re-
hgion Is 20 love their felow-men, not
to treat them as enemies.
We might ntion scores Of people
from other states, and other lands.
who, after a time OF residence here,
have found the "Mormonsf 20 be warm
hearted. hospitable generous. and
broad-mindcd, and even free from the
obnoxious zeal for proselytism that
sometimes is met with in sectafian
circles. There are scores Of nom Nor
mons" In tho City today who are Will
ing 20 testify 10 that. and others who
have lcft the city very much impressed
with the kind disposition OF the Latter
day Saints.
Then again. scores of business men,
eAiormons." are doing profitable
business with "NIomons" and the
question of religion IS never raised.
Commercial travellers representing
business houses IN nearly every state
in the Union are selling their goods IN
every settlement IN the state, and ther
are finding friends everywhere, among
both Mormons" and "Mormons.'
In view OF these facts, what ls the pur-
pose Of The continual mlsrepresentn-
uon3
As for the term "Genules" that was
often used. formerly 10 distinguish
the Two classes Of nom Mormous -
jews ana Gentles. 10 was used very
much as the Hebrews use the term
Colin" No onense was meant But
because ia later years nom" Mormons"
quoted it as "a term of opprohr'um h
was very generally dropped from the
Mormon" vocabulary, and today a. is
used almost exclusively by the detrao-
tors OF tho Saints 90 stir up anti-"Mor-