MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 9 February 1880, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

A correspondent writes to the S^uHi Canterbury Times re thp Mormons of -■andiptown in the following strain :— " Mr Editor, would you kindly inform me how it is that the Mormons never come no town ta preach, but always keep out in '"andie'own ? Is it b j e»use they are shamed of their religim ? &." The •ditor replied in a manner which would not at all plpase Mr Missionary Soren««n nnd bis brother saints. He said : — We can answer for the Latter Diy Samts that they are ashamed of nothing. Una ike Christian**, Pagans, and Mahommedans thpy have no religion to be •i«h*mpd of. S<>nsualists and Po'ygaroisfs lack the quali y of shame as well as com* mon sense, decency, and a regard fur the Jaws of their country. The Mormons are but the vicious dregs of many lands. They luxuriate in vice, and they are apostates of the worst description, and their habits and customs are too loath* some to describe. Still they serv-» a pur* pose. It is as well that thpre should be a ••orner of set apart for the banish* ment human'vtce and licentiousness, Utah is that corner. As for the Mormon converts of Sandjetown, the a"n-is|i'iereof the ■listrict will be the purer for thpir absence ind New Z *a!andprs wdl be able on tbeir departure to congratulate themselves on good riddane"e. We do not despise the Mormon elders who are Hborirtg so hard. On the Cintrarv, we regard them 89 "ul« tiihng the useful purpose of a mora! night cart. When thpy wend their way 'o Zon witb the deluded San-Hetowmans, 3 >eie»y will feel <> j'i7P»ia»pd.