Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-28
Canadian Writes to Provincial
Press Retuting Stories
Of Utah.
COMPARES RELIGIOUS EFFORT
AS a Minister He Says Lattcr-Day
Saints Impressed Him With the,
Earncstness OF Enlcavors.

There recently appeared in the Man.
chester, Eng, Chronicle an article from
the pen of one Henry Russell Sinclair.
eho purported to write of actual con
ditions found by him in a recent visit
TO Salt Lake City From the ridlc-
ulous. effusions put into print by the
man 1t is evident that he never saw
any portion Of Utah, but rather copied
from some anti-Mormon publication of
half century ago and palmed it OFF
on his nome paper as original
Tie correspondent. recountS an AL
legged interview whic,, ~ had with "a
Mormon woman In this city, in which
the old, old story OF wanting to get
away from Utah and not daring to go
Tor FEAR OF being brought back to be
murdered, ETC.. figures prominently.
The remainder of the several columns
OF the article Is on par with the fore
going, and the purpose of it all is to
warn the people Of Manchester against
the ubiquitous Mormon missona RES :,
Theeentlre article was reproduced in
Canadian papers. among them the To-
ronto Province, and this coming to the
gaze of Mr.. T. a. Shaclileton of
lkamloops. B. c.. ELECTED a short but
pungent note from that gentleman to
the editor OF the Province
Nj. Sshackleton was in Salt Lake In
September of this year. visiting rela-
tives, among whom are the Moyles. For,
many years he had entertained, most
Kindly. feelings for the people OF Utah,
having at various times contributed
articles in their defense to English and
provincial papers.
sHAcIlLEToN,s LETTER
That his visit here did not lessen
his regard for Utahns is evident fron,
the communication to the Province,
which reads as follows:
In Saturdays Province you have ar
article. entitled "Why Women Do Not
Desert NIormonism,''. by Henry Russell
Sinclair j would say that during the
90 years I5hare been a Canadian have
often tried to have things SO that
might visit my mothers people in Salt
Lake City, Utah, who are all Mormons.
During last August I made my way
there and spent six day in and around
Salt Lake City. i got there on a SAT
cousins and taken in hand. On the
Sunday morning Iwas shown the Eigh-
teentll ward Sunday school in working
order: being taken from class to class
and finally being invited, I addressed
the assembled school. Now. sir, years
ago, as a Wesleyan local preacher, I
have visited many Wesleyan Sunday
sslools ~ orksiilie ana ~ l-auEasliiie'
ana you YOU'D not knoW the ullference
except mat the Mornons appeared 70
me 70 pc more IN earnest ana 70 take
greater PANS 70 unoerstana the Blpie'
a. as Wen as the BOOK 9, MORMON. DuiI
ing tnes SIN ot,ss a1io nisn.s ti,a. ~.
spent st!iolis pelisiiGu ..is
g anu ht.,uiitss NV
10. ,.,u ay li'ii y, aa1
80 h,.,ar
III ~ ~ ~ GO
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ihs,,, ,,io1,,s fro,,, ,,s
' f'' i's e US n, I. cHArEI ErroN
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tA'''''oopt''
ANOTHER CONTRIBUTE
mo Inland sentinel published at
7>amIoons Under date Of sept. ~, con-
1ains the following article. doubtless
tn,t,h',tcd nv Mr.. Shackleton:
I'ast TUESDAY was notable ami
,crsarv In the history of the Church
u Ias,a r,hrist} of Iatter-day Alints
~. Morn,ons on Septemper ~. IS
S,a,,.s = an Iosenh the Youthful pro-
met Mo founded the sect. for the
ire, ti,,s heheid The mates mon WHICH
NE Rnnl. ar Mormon VAS engraved.
Accordinr to Mormon history. all