Show to the saints As variety is said to be the spice of life he we pass our usual lengthy address to you 0 on n this sheet that you may receive more foreign and other intelligence our writings wi icings are generally designed for the saints and read by them and it if there be any profit the saints saint are the ones to profit by them for they alone are seeking after all truth mid and desiring to shun all error 7 and it if there be a roan mari or woman on the face of the whole earth who has not even heard of 0 the latter day dispensation yet desires in in heart above all thin thing to follow allgood all good and shun all evl that person is a fit subject to become a member of the kingdom of god on the earth and the church of jesus christ of latter day saints so soon as he shall hear bear the sound of abe gospel have the opportunity of baptism for on nn of si ns and the laying on of th the e hands of the elders of irael Is ari for the reception and confirmation of the fhe hily H ily ghost we give wf is as a criterion unto all who are not with the principles of the gospel which we profess that all saints everywhere may bear fes testimony of these truths unto chose I 1 lose who have not heard beard the gopel gospel so that all may know when they do hear bear whether they are truly fit subjects for the K ng 11 dom of haven or not every i one who professes p odesses to be d saint should know these t and lay lav aside all prejudice and all mali malice ce and ev evl A tanking and speaking and designing and strive bv liv ell ans to culli cultivate va t e the S spirit of hz holiness ind and purity pin arty within himself and the spirit of love lo 10 P and union w h faiq h s belthren be bet thren bren arid and of kindness and good wll tow towards a ads all men remembering bering I 1 that all men saints and sinners have penal rights and privileges vile ile s to the n of heaven in ile li liberty bert y and krotec ion hv by 0 jbf 0 lw l ws w ot of the land so long as a all il shall lalev demean themselves as quiet citizens cit zens and do their pirt part towards sustaining the government where they are let rig man ever have occasion to say thit that he has been unjustly by in these vallies of the mountains onic on account count of his rel rea izo gois i belief or f for all men are aie the children of our heavenly F allier nd are collini continually ally receiving of his blessings bless i 11 his boun bounties lies ITS bs benevolence his support and his nour ashment ish ment and although many go astray astra even the inhabitants inhabitants of all the earth gener gener alv and do not hi his wa will I 1 yet he is is patient and forbearing with them hem arid and gives them an tv to learn and do better and while our father is is willing to exercise patience ind forbearance towards his rebellious rebell ous children shiely tin ely the saints who profess to be obedient obed ent ought to exer re the same to fo bearance forbearance and patience and long suffering towards all men who as men are their brethren if saints will always remember their own weakness and folla and that they are sn subject to vanity through h the infirm ltv of the flesh and the deceit of false sprits sp rits ind ild thil that they ire are liable to err notwithstanding all the light ind intelligence I 1 they are in possession of they will he be the more calef il to watch themselves ind correct their own errors than they are to find finh w th fb and censure those who make no profession of i the principles of our national constitution which have been bean the file boast of ff the world for more than half a century tire are not known keown felt or ampre coated by any other people upon the face faa of the pirth earth as highly as by the latter day saints and all hough bough they have suffered to some extent under those benign I 1 and heavenly principles which are flaw A n T 4 their light F and the length and breadth of cf te earth and threatening to overthrow the spirits of despotism which irive hive long ieng held dominion in in many nations suf ferin bennas as have not arisen arisen drw those our national in in which in in themselves teno tend only to good hut but from a subversion of those principles hy by men in in brief authora authority ty who ind had not the fear of god before their eyes neither had they regard for men only so far is they might be stepping stones to some higher power or to protect them in in the little glory thit that they already floated in in there is no other othar nation under heaven which pos besses true religious and civil toleration to the sime same extent as the abiu U S notwithstanding all the vin violence lence and misrule that has been permitted with in in her borders and it becomes the saints at all times to sustain those privileges and abd blessings thus thur guaranteed from the heavens through our national constitution and never to desert those sacred rights which they now enoy until the lit utmost M ost bounds of the pirth earth has an experience of their benign and heny enly influence when tins this all ali men can worship god according to the dictates of their own con science science being reap responsible n risible alone to god for their wars worship ind it is is upon this principle that we welcome all men I 1 from the four quarters of the earth who ho are desirous to tn flee from the oppression arid and tyranny that is is prevailing imong among the nit nations notions ions to our peaceful re trent therefore let no prejudices arise arise in in your minds against any man who does not believe in in the same religion and worship the same god that you do but treat him kindla kind and benevolently and do him good and not evil so far as in in your power if he is is wrong he is is responsible to his god and you cannot expect to win win him to that which is is more right only by a better life by a more noble and virtuous walk 16 e D lo anlo anoai 4 u would y w I 1 d be done unto is is the e great command of the savior sarto i r I 1 and when no byeis eye is watching you but god t then I 1 en is th the e tune time for you to watch yourselves and a nd reprove yourselves and instruct yourselves eyen even by the s spirit of the lord dwelling within you jou if your brethren see you not in in your flo follies foll blips irs you have no one to reprove you and you are liable to go astray u until I 1 your heavenly pat father her shall come out in j edg ment against a you the idea which we would inc inculcate ulcia te is is this i i every saint will watch himself bi him sen k i HL the right way continually lie he will have ut I 1 time to watch his brother or his neigh neighbor boi ahe he wil have the approbation of the S spirit p within himself I 1 that he is is doing about right and having seen s sc many faults in n himself that lie has haq had no time to to see his brother s faults will think his brothe I 1 te abood d as himself this will promote fait ind and confidence e ln ich h other each will strive to d 1 the other good rf aing til iris neighbor is is ifton mon worthy than chah himi himself elf and d thus A ith will bege faith confidence will beget confidence hope wil beget hope ebi chrity ity will beget charity and all wh love the lord jesus 1 christ will go on unto the per i faction that is is in in him so that when they ask the i 1 shall receive receive when they seek they shall find ahel w hei j they knock it shall be opened unto them the spin j odthe almighty shall be their tl air helmet the angels 0 heaven shall be their defence and all the powers 0 earth arid and hll beil shill shall never prevail against them |