Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-10-20
THAT UNuoLY ALLIANCE.

Some of our friends belonging to vari.
Gus churches, q few years ago Joined
q the ranks of the so-callcd America,
party. In the hope and expectation that
any movement directed against the
I.atter-day Saints. religious or political.
would be of advantage to them They
swallowed the leadership Of that party
with whatever grace they could mus
ter for the nasty dose. believing that
..American" rule would mean better
morals, Increase of church member
ship, and collections.
How sadly disappointed these good
men and women must be by this time!
If they reject on lie situation at all,
they must realize that they have been
buncoea into an alliance with an Gle
ment that is inimical to their best IN
terests ii
Morally the City has never been AZ
rotten as under American rule. II
has been filed UP with dens OF iniquity
and those who resort to them. Win
the result that a wave of crime mas
swept our community. Sabbath desc
Grafton has grown apace, and II snoulo
be evident to the church people that
they have not gained anything by their
5unholy alliance. Christian sentiment
does not flourish in an atmosphere Ok.
crime and vice. The churches are not
filled by all kinds of cheap shows ruh-
ming on Sundays in defiance of law. OF
: ~ -. *,
course, the leaders OF one party de-
sliberately planned, years ago, the estab-
lishment OF saloons. brothcls, and sinh.
lar dens as "cvilizlng' agencies. by
which to entlce young "Mormons'
away from the church. They had the ad ;;
vice Of BalaAm in mind, by which Israel
was ensnared. But Christians cannot
engage In that kind OF business. and
III they do, they will find that they arc
digging n pit for their own children
as we'll as those of the hated Latter,
day Saints They will create an at
mosphere detrimental to all church
!; work And that is Just what has hap
+ pened. 8 4.
We have beforesus the Annual Re-
port of the Board of Home Missions Of
the Presbyterian Church In the United
states, for 1910 presented TO the Gem
{ eral Assembly, at Atlantic City. New
Jersey, May 10, this year. We notice
III. the Treasurer's report OF "Congrega-
&tional Offerings for Evhngcllsation,'
Utah Is credited with S4ol.20 for Tho
current year. BY comparison with the
contributions for five years it Is shown
that this magnificent sum for evan
gel,zation'' Is the smallest on record.
The figures are: For 1866, s4s3.32; for
1867. s594.06 for 1908, ss11.39; for
1869, ssl9.ss; and for 19Os-1o, s4Ol.eo.
Under the statement showing Receipts
from Presbyteries for Mission School
work" we find sasl,so credited to Salt
Lake.
If these figures are indicative of the
progress OF .'evangelizntion' under
the conditions created by the "Amerl-
cam party, our Christian friends have
mot pronted by their alliance with It..
Perhaps by this time they are prepared
TO admit that there can be no co operas
tion between virtue and crime, heaven
and hell, even for the purpose of har-
assing nm unpopular religious sect. Tho
result or such cooperation Is that rob-
beers and murderers are encouraged to
ply their nefarious trade In broad
daylight. Churches cannot flourish In
the glare and t,mult of saloons. the,
glitter OF gambling hells, and tho odor5
of the dens of inHtitutIonaiized vice.
BY every unholy alliance. tho churches,
not the temples of iniquity, are the
sufferers.