Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-05
DEsEREr7 EVENING NEWS SATURDAY SEPTEMBER s 1908

M. Krolokoski what 1T was in the
Church that brought Its wonder1lIl
adhesiveness. replied thatit was simp-l
ly baptism for$the remission of sins
And this. was the astonished re-
toinder. "is all you propose to ameli Tor
ate the condition ofSmankind 2"
This is all I propose about the
matter. was the answer of him 70
whom the working of the spirit OF
love and fellowship within the
Church was we'll comprehended
\ s.Then i am afraid you accomplish
but little" camo the conclusion OF
one to whom the words Of President
Taylor failed to convey all their vast
Significance.
And the reply, setting forth Just
what the Church had accomplished
entirely in an economic and worldly
field. deserves to stand as one OF the
conspicuous statements of the efficacy
of Church doctrine when worked out
into LIES practical results, Address
cd to distinguished representative
Of then failing colony, the statement
of President Taylor was this
IN, Krolokoski. you sent NJ, cabet
to Nauvoo some time ago. He was con
sidered your leader--the most talent
ed man you had He went to Nauvoo.
shortly after we had deserted y,
Houses and lands could be obtained at
a merely nominal sim Rich farms
had been deserted and thousands or
us had left our houses and furniture
In them Almost everything calculat-
ed to promote the happiness of man
was there.
Never could a person go to , :, 9
stances. Besides the advantage or
having everything made ready to his
hand, NJ CADET had a select company
of colopists. He and his money Went
to Natlvoo--what was the result? :
read in all your reports--publlshed IN
continued cry for help. The cry was
money--money! We want money to
help us carry out our designs!
While your colony in Nauyoo with
all the advantages of our deserted
fields and holnes---that they had only
to move into--have been dragging out
miserable existence, the Latter day
Saints, though stripped of their all
and banished from civilized society into
the valleys Of the Rocky Mountains to
seek that protection among the saw
ages--among the peau rogucs' as
you call our Indians, which Chris
tian civilization denied us,--there our
people have built houses. enclosed
lands. cultivated gardens. built school
houses. enclosed lands. cultivated gar
ders, built school houses, organized q
government, and are prospecting in all
the comforts OF civilized life. Not
only this. but they have sent thous-
ands and thousands of dollars over to
Europe to assist the suffering poor to
go to America. where they might find
an asylum.
''The society I represent, NJ. Krol-
olloski, comes with fear OF God, the
great ElohiIn: we offer the simple
ance, baptism. ana the laying on of
hands for the gift Of the Holy Ghost.
Your society. with your philosophy,
independence of God, have been seek
Ing a system of communism and
government, which Is. according to
your own accounts, the way to intro
duce the Millennial reign. Now which
Is the better,-our religion or your
philosophy"
The French socialist had no
answer.
A year or two after this illuminat-
ing conversation the Icarlan society
closed its American accounts as a to-
tai failure. What the Church has
accomplished in bringing true happi-
ness and contentment into the lives Of
men may be seen by anyone who
cares to look around him in western
regions where the religious influence
has made itself felt, And the achieves
ment of today, only slight promise
of what the future still holds. rests
exactly where President Taylor put it,
on the simple trust in God and faith
in His divine purposes, which have
conspicuously marked the Church
through all its years of trials and pro-
gross.
The greatest trick Mulai in tho