Show w THE MORMONS AND us is “ Chris t” repulsed by over anxiety to keep Beliel off the premises Let corruption stand on its own ground and mean corruption alone instead of meaning everybody’s ways and purposes that differ from our own Let a higher hand than ever be raised against Gentile or any other corruptions where any may exist but let the other hand b‘e extended de-in welcome to the souls the bodies and such good sires as may exist in the hearts of any of our fellow And" as to “ Christ and Bcliel never becoming men friends” that is just ogr liope and to xfic2t it at least for certain people’s benefit wc would still keep alive the term “Gentile” and wc would apply it to any man who acted meanly be lie baptised or not Tile man that oppressed the poor or cheated or lied he should be to the whole community — THE Gex-TILLet “ Gentile ” mean wickedness in Mormon Catholic or Protestant and' wc endorse the term As to pur right to call the world Gentile because we are Israel by blood it is a more reasonable view than some but it will take some help from God to prove that lineage for thousands of us yet and if it is proved for us the limits of thatTiousc are undefined — the sun liasjiot yet risen on the day that deAs we apply the fines the extent of that literal race term Gentile it is more than likely that thousand more Israclitisli by extraction than ourselves are fajse-l- y branded But after all much of this kind of reasoning is aside from the noblest argument of all that should in-- i Mormonism as represented in fluence our minds each of our hearts aspires tor be a system of worldwide utility and blessing — the mighty tree under whose branches every fowl of Heaven can rest and such it will be when developed in all its but not as narrowly interpreted by great proportions many of us uqw 'Who will come under its branches to be scowled at or called ill names 1 There must be something loveable and inviting in our representation of Mormonism to the world before creeds and systems will want to crowd beneath its shade yet that day will surely come ! Mormonism will cease some day to be defined by so many adobe walls or will step out assisted so many miles of fencing us all on its great career of glory simply as the incarnation of all great wise or ’lustrous principles holding inviting arms to all thg world endorsing all that God lias ever done through them as much as through itself acknowledging God wherever lie has displayed one fraction of his power and gathering together and appropriating ecpial honor to all his rich reveCreed will then lations of theology art or science stand in no man’s way for Mormonism as now’ when fully interpreted will be the great patron tlio great It will shine genius helper of all talent or God-seas a system in which creeds the most distinct and varying from itself will find the gentlest teacher and protector of their rights A loving benefitted world will cease to know themselves as “ Gentiles ” then for Mormonism the crusher of all distinctions that breed will rule in the affections if not in the animosities creeds of men in that day H ' empire-foundin- AND THE DEVELOPMENT WESTERN AMERICA empire-foundin- OF In theology we have always considered the doctrine of man innate depravity as blasphemy against the universe anct the Deity Equally also" isit blasphemy against our common humanity and an execra- ble lie upon universal man for any section of the - 1 5 g 1 i ItM A :? ti UiL n !i !il tiA VI t if L'i aV: foot-prin- ts It MORMONS "A I? n con-tent- THE elect few to arrogate to their exworld and would-b- e clusive selves the right and the good and the truth while they give as the share of the rest the evil the Nor is it scarcely less designing and the corrupt narrow and distorted to claim all the rights privileges and prerogatives on one side Briefly this enunciation embodies the soul of our philosophy' Wc are It is true flic writers of these articles ' represent but a part cf universal man and that part Nor would they’ claim to he Mormon in its type only as acknowledging the whole while representing a part nor he so presumptious as to claim that the community’ to which they belong has given to it more than a part of the mission of the world' Wc hate sectarianism whether it be Gentile sectarianism or Mormon sectarianism' and think the distinctions as odious as they have been said to be and especially’ pernicious when given a social or political bearing So much for general views laid down for that part of universal man and that part' of the great of the world which come witlihua certain geographical division called Utah The first settlers in the “Valleys of the Mountains ” were a part of universal man denominated Mormons Say’ their type is peculiar iu some features so is the infinite individualities of the human countenance Here then in the “Valleys of the Mountains” is given to a member of that universal body a “ local habitation and a name” here then the Providence of the world plants a community’ principally’ of race to roll on the develthe dominant Anglo-Saxoopment of the world here the destiny’ of Columbia lcads a pioneer 'people to help unfold over the western division of this vast continent an ample carpet for the feht of enterprise industry’ civilization and empire-- ’ The development of the world rolls on founding and the destiny of universal man travels in paths where if they had been before their wero scarcely’ left and States and Territories spring up Thus the sgme Moving Power by various causes moves people to the same work and in paths which branch from each other Why divide then on this g platform which from the day the j left Nauvoo the destiny of this “peculiar people continent lias been layiiig from the eastern frontier to the western extremities By and bye it shall overspread the whole extent of allotted ground to its utmost limits and on that platform will stand whether they agree to it or not either in history’ or social fact the various branches of society who caught this part of the world’s development Cordially otf one side let it he admitted that Brig- ham and his people exclusive of their religious mission caught a part of this great work westward and that the destiny" of this continent consecrated them thc pioneers The history’ of the past maintains this fact whether admitted or denied Be it as cordially’ granted oil our side that unto other branches outside our community were given by the same unsectarign Destiny’ parts of the same great mission Let all cordially accept this communism of work touching the peopling enterprise development and civilization which has been and shall be carried on over the western slope of the AmerT We may theologically’ divide into a ican continent thousand-anu-on- e branches but that in America should stand as less than nothing but let us ignore the legitimate national social and progressional relations that exist between those many’ braudies of workers who have engaged in this national infolding and collision in some form in the result It is preposterous for a'ny to claim illation or exclusive privilege in this matter ! 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