A STRANGE defender of Mormonism is a Methodist minister who has recently written an article in the New York Outlook. According to Current Literature for November, Mr. Fisher declares that to understand Mormonism, one must understand first that it is a deeply religious body, "an evangelical Protestant church if the test of the Federal Council of Churches be a true test." He says: "It is to-day a church of half a million praying, Bible-reading, law-abiding, thrifty, God-fearing men and women. America has no more strong, genuine, devoted Christians than some of the 'first presidency,' apostles and leaders of the Mormon Church." The second thing to remember is that the Mormon Church was born of some of the best blood of England and the Middle West in the early days; and thirdly, that they are not peasants or illiterate. Their leaders are graduates of Harvard, Cornell, Michigan, or German universities, and some of their young men lead the world to-day in scholarship. Now Mr. Fisher, and every other man who truly understands Christianity, ought to know that mere intellectual education, or mere descent according to the flesh, has absolutely nothing to do in demonstrating the truthfulness or falsity of a religious system. The whole history of the world is proof of the statement. As to whether it is an evangelical Protestant church, the only test of that is the Bible. And measured by that test, certainly Mormonism is not evangelical. It does not know Jesus Christ, Creator and Redeemer. And it has been demonstrated in actual courts of law, contrary to the statement of Mr. Fisher, even tho he lives in Utah, that polygamy is not dead. He does admit, however, that Mormonism is in politics; but the object of world empire, Mr. Fisher says, does not constitute a sin. Yet the root idea of sin is missing the mark; and surely a world-wide Mormon empire, or a world-wide empire of any other religion, is a tremendous missing of the mark. Current Literature intimates that the frank utterance of Mr. Fisher may cost him his pastoral position in the Methodist Church. His bishop declares that he expects his resignation. If this be so, Mr. Fisher will probably find a home in the Mormon Church.