The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-09

themselves that anything they want is
true-a most dangerous condition of
mind. Some of our Radical statesmen
have it," he continued. The duke
was violently Conservative.
Then" I suggested, eff Lady Sibyl
is drawn toward the Mormons be-
aus she thinks they will establish
peace, why not provoke Axel into
combativeness in her presence?"
The duke stared at me but did not
answer. He was deeply distressed,
and my words had passed him by
idly.
1T is curious" said Doctor Imman-
uel, that the true meaning of Nor.
monism Is not apparent. May l say
without offense to you, Nourreddin
Bey, that the Mormons are simply
the ancient Mohanmedans come back
to earth?"
20, you won't hurt my feelings"
answered Noureddin Bey, laughing
"But l confess that l don't see the
parallel"
you mean that Mohammed was
reincarnated as Joseph Smith," asked
the duke. 1T is fascinatingly prepos-
ferrous"
ION the contrary, the PARALLEL is so
close that I cannot see how any rea-
sonable man can doubt it," Emmanuel
answered. 1T holds in every instance.
Mohammed came, as Smith came, at a
time when the old beliefs were break
ing down. Each taught a creed COM
posed of a hodge-podge of Judaism
and Christianity. Each had a special
revelation from an angel, who gave
him the text for his sacred book.
Each was said to be epileptic. Each
was driven out of his home town into
a desert country and established a
militant nation there. And mark my
| words, gentlemen, in Mormonism
America and the world have to face
the greatest peril that the next cen
fury will bring"
and each taught polygamy," said
the duke thoughtfully. But l un-
derstand that the Saints have ceased
to advocate that doctrine. Confound
Tiny poor Sibyl! Once they get her
to Utah God knows what they'll do
with her. The fanatic who masquer-
AIDES as a reasonable man of the
world is the hardest type to deal
with"
Your theory is very interesting,
DOCTOR" said N%oureddin Bey. Cant
you come to the rescue then? Can't
ua,, hunnati0o chic vol orI chou, h;~o
up as a desert savage reborn? l con-
fess that in a loose white robe and a
turban he would present a picture not
calculated to inspire his latest con.
vert"
Emmanuel did not answer, but pres
emily he managed adroitly to bring
me into conversation with the object
of u solicitude.
Il hear you sail for America short
ly," l said to her.
yes" she answered. For Salt
Lake City, the headquarters of the
propaganda"
Lady Sibyl," said Emmanuel very
earnestly, do you understand the
real meaning of Mormonism? My
dear girl, you are dreadfully deceived.
h Mormons are nothing but the
early Mohammedans reborn on earth.
There was some use for them in the
seventh century, but there is no
earthly S now. They are essential
ly a throw-back, an anachronism-"
20, I've heard of your doctrines"
laughed Lady Sibyl, "and you can't
hurt my feelings. Mr.. Axel is a peace
lover. He is sadly misrepresented.
He wants to bring all the world under
his faith, to establish peace, liberty
and Justice"
Your Mr.. Axel," answered the doc
tor brusquely, lis, 1 have every rea-
son to believe, a certain Hajid, who,
in the year $50, was sent to make
converts of a Christian tribe living
in the Lebanon, and, failing to win
them, ruthlessly massacred seven
hundred men, women and children, in
cold blood. He was a smooth, plaus-
ible-"
That's quite enough, Doctor I'M
manuel" answered Lady Sibyl angrily.
IF you had ever come to our meet
ings-"
well, I'll make a bargain with
you. I'll come to your meeting next
Sunday if you'll allow me to offer you
evidence as to the truth of what l
have said. Are you open 20 convic-
tion?"
Il am always open to conviction"
answered Lady Sibyl. "And 1 hope
you are. Do come, doctor, and join
our party for Utah on Saturday week.
No more was said, but that eve-
ming, as we sat in our rooms, Doctor
Emmanuel outlined to me his plan.
1T is a desperate chance" he said,
"and / confess l am not altogether
Nnguile of success. But it is worth
trying. fancy that the main trouble
with Lady Sibyl is that she is an ideal
list; she knows nothing of life, with it's
crudeness, it's cruelties, its passions.
She has always lived in the exalted
region of the intellect. If she could
see this Axel as an Infatuated savage
l think the shock would produce an
intense reaction. Now I have been
to his meetings, for the psychology
of conversion has a great attraction
for me. He is a magnetic speaker,
one who is what we call carried
away When he breaches he is ac-
tually self-hypnotized. He says that
he speaks as the spirit directs him,
and 1 have not the slightest doubt
that he is, at such moments, largely
dominated by his former self-or role,
rather, for the self does not change.
Do you know the Kensington Taber-
nacle?"