Show THE GRAND SECRET the life and prosperity of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints in the face of so called wounds and troubles that would have been popularly sup pos poe A d to be fatal to it forms forma one ode of the real marvels of the latter days one acute observer a paper that has been none too friendly to the salate saints in times past recently devotes a long article to the subject and noting that a great many missionaries of the church are being sent gent out and that the remotest bounds of the earth and ami the distant tales isles of the sea are not over looked by the zealous ambassadors of the gospel tidings it calmly concludes that there is a great revival in mormonism and it is one of the most conspicuous religious loua signs of the times the renewal of missionary activity in commented upon with many friendly words for the sell self sacrificing spirit tand and the diligence of the elders and this it I 1 is which regarded as a sample of the faith of the whole people explains away ir large measure the mystery that although altu ough seemingly fatally in ared at several times in its career the churon still pursues its successful way Not 19 ot every religious organ organization izat ion tuis friendly critic observes could have withstood in the days ut of its infancy the murder of its founder and leader not every sect could have survived the loss of so forceful and indexed iod aaen sable a chieftain as that founders founder a successor brigham young not every religious body could have emerged un scathed swathed from the canare against its power the assaults upon its resets and all ai the enginery of and malice that have been the mormons cormons Mor mons Von constant stant portion not every church made up of peculiar people and entertaining peculiar views wild have escaped injury through the prosperity of those of its believers who have built up utah it is not every religion that can stand up under the affluence of its adherents d here ants to the world all this may seem something omet bing of a miracle to the saints it is nothing but the fulfillment of the grand plan some have faltered and lallen fallen under each of the opposing influx boes above enumerated but the faithful expect and must be prepared to be tried in all things and each now new ordeal only strengthens their cours coura e in showing ig to them as it should show those not of them that if the work be of man it will come to naught but if it be of god ye cannot can not overthrow lt it |