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Show : l-'liiaii: Siilm i-l i , pine -,. OVi-1 li, .. :-l u li.. I IP O of I T. A I- ;ai.c'i.:i , I; A ., f; mn ihe Mid-1 I Mtiii. piibli -ln-d !tf C-ii.k-;-1'isii, l.'i-lai.tl, ha ve eiiiin- into on;-pus- v-s-iiin. W'e li,i-,; l-i..!l mueii i,;le-r- ,-n-d ill lln-ir pi-rn-al. as w e l--arn oine luiugs from th-m coni-i-i-ning fin-Mi fin-Mi a-inolis t lia I it l-'-.iik.-nei- of o'el- six hmis a u long st that peopio. has failed to ma i i- ti-i aetpiaitit '-d with. Fnd,:!' tin: lu-ailiii::. ' Tin- M. .rnaOi : - A ' oi -i of t rat mo eirculat ed by Aloi-n.an inis,ion-,ti-n--; eart-fttlly avoids till refi-i- nees to lln-ir more abnmii-ablo leaeliings and prart iei-s. such as -polygamy, ' 'blood aloiieiii, in ' '(-p.." Why should the I ili -ni tun- i'-f' r :o pMy.am, ivheii it is no lorger oii.Liit o; prrtefired by tile yiormoosV I'.iiygniiiy is not. a teret of ; he Mormon religion and has not been lor some years. Xo polyg'amous marriage mar-riage rile can be performed in the I maples, nor by the officers, of the ehmvh, and wo know (if none being piTfonned since the i si t of the "Manifesto" by thr ,i e.-idehc; of the Mormon chtireh some y a: ' aeo. Vio-Mloi-' of tin' laws are to f am-l in Fta.li :.-s elsewhers, and eases ol bijr-imyno bijr-imyno doubt exist, but- the Mortuon church is no more responsidle for this ih.-ni it would be for a similar state of - IT, I,, in the province of Connaught. " Flood atonement" ir taught and practiced, prac-ticed, the same as it ir by a.!i Christian sects- -the atoning blood of Jesus Christ redeems till mankind from sin, or, condition con-dition of obedience to His Gospel. There is no other "biood atonement" taught, or practiced by the Mormons than this. The Mormon people have been gi cat! ntisrepre-enied and misunderstood.' mis-understood.' They arc a virtuous, industrious." in-dustrious." contented and peace-loving people: sincere in matters pertaining to their relig ion, and sending their missionaries mis-sionaries to all parts of the world, without with-out pay, to preach their doctrines. The main difficulty these missionaries ba e to contend with is the unchriatain-- unchriatain-- like opposition of paid ministers of other sects, who, with an imperfect knowledge of the truth of the situation hero, or who wilfully misrepresent, the facts, stir the people up against them. Religious freedom, in the strictest Sense of the word, is the rule here. Ministers of all denominations arc welcome, wel-come, to preach when and how they list in Utah, even the principal houses of worship being loaned to them for that purpose by the Mormon church. Per--.-ecutiun will not entirely cease upon earth until so-called Christians act in a Christainlike manner, aval ailow religious relig-ious freedom to all. |