The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-16
Queries and Answers
MorinnniSnl.

MormOniSm.
Is it possible to state the relation of
Mormonlsm to other religions or Is the
belief OF the Lattcr-Day Saint of too
small Importance to matter?
Any system Of religion which has
PIE. whether Alright or not, is of i'm
r"rt;anGe enough TO warrant every in
many great systems. ana seems rnther
the composite OF them than single
not he exactly. classified as few things
so complicated as Il system of religion
may be labeled specifically and set
hsioe on It's own shelf If YOU ever
tried the exac, classification OF COM
paTatiXely simple objects like /, book
OF n ioWor or an animal, you would
amow mat III many cases no classih-
cation is possible which shall ut the
same time be simple and accurate no
c9niine ones self 10 the consideration
Of tho Tessarakai Dccaloguc would ha
sufficient 10 discover that Mormonisn1
syncretizes tho monothcism OF tho
shemettc and the dualism OF the Fer
SSiian amd the triads and trinities of the
ltHyptian and the Hindu. 1t initiates
Inc Hebrew In his personal God: tho
Buddhist in his lamentations and
aNNa.araS' me Rrahmin in his self
elevation by penitcnce and prayer. and
me whole Eastern world OF religion
IN It's quietism and in it's endless com
state.
The Mormon is n Pythagorean in tho
matters OF DEMONSTRATION and cXalt;,-
IN his atomic undertaking. an Epicurean
m his scnsuous spcculations and his
highest good" and I'm the purity of his
atomic theorerns. He is a follower OF
iiato and the Gnostics In the belief
IN the moving principles in element;
Fetlchist IN his. superstitions and his
eVestra; a Jew in his separation from
notion OF angels. He is Christian in
iptnhdins his faith on. the Bible and
,,i ~" aSceptance OF the fan of man and
inc ntonement and divinity Of Christ:
Il Moslem In his view OF the woman
question" and the resurrection Of tho
material body and In the elaborated
continuation of this life into the
future state. Going into a known
world from this one the Mormon has
tittie use Tor religious teaching in
ms sermons, which are. in that ac-
count almost purely political and com
nercial and as his religion is part
and parcel OF everyday life. the inter
vention OF the Deity in the ordinnry
affairs OF business IL to him a thing
naturally to toe expected In his mir
Mormon belongs TO the illuminate; his
my. icism il that of the Druids. and
his confidence in an actual millennium
marks him as part OF the Apocalyptic
sects-as q Swedcnborgian and an Ad-
Ntntist. Not II little part has Ma
sonry In the Mormon cult, and his doe
trino of the sympathy of souls and The
affinity Of minds shows an ancestry
which terminates with tho Pough-
kecps!e Seer and runs through the
Rochester Rappers down 10 It's origin
in Mesmer
Wind.
AT what velocity is breeze first
perceptible? What is tho greatest, We
locity ever reported in the United
States? s. L. DOWNS
Al about a milo an hour. Up to
about nfteon miles IN hour the air
movement retains tho name breeze"
Above That speed the name is changed
TO wind and storm" and "hurri-
cane" 81 Paul, Mimi, has the doubt
fnl credit OF having reported tho hiah-
est velocity, i03 miles an hour