Show 1 Reformed McMurrin7 Editors Herald Under this heading a notice or letter appears in the Salt Lake I Tribune of Wednesday 21st It I would seem that Joseph in his youthful days waswhat is termed alive a-live boy j his yoke grew with him and Joseph was a source of annoyance annoy-ance to his parents and the cat not excepted terror of his neighborhood He is finally sent off on a mission while away is thrown on his resources of mind and body until he is forced to see who and what he is he has leisure leis-ure to look over and see his past life a resolution is formed to be a better man he returns and before assembled hundreds acknowledges his past life and starts out anew amongst his old home and associates associ-ates I cannot see where he done wrong by exhorting young men to reform and lead moral lives nor yet cause for making light of the saying of Jesus when persecuted perse-cuted God forgive them for they know not what they do His reasonings in regard to the handling of the weapons of religious relig-ious Christendom ifthe Bible to leveling the opponents he encountered encount-ered was simply in knowing how to wield openly the virtue they possessed pos-sessed My belief is no devout Christian will deny giving God the credit for any victory they may achieve over their enemies or opponents op-ponents If a person is honest I have no objections to their espousing Luther Paine Ingersoll Mahomet Methodist Catholicism or even the founder of the Mormon doctiine If memory serves correctly cor-rectly a good many have already given their lives for the principles he espouses at Hauns Mill Nau voo and other places from which his people have been driven en several occasions they were sincere and no power could turn them from their faith not even the hand of death The crusade of the Holy Land was a good illustration in the time of Henry VIII was another Why should our friend squirm as though he had eaten raw angleworm soup and fly to the Faber as the only antidote to ease his inward agony If the writer is what he tries to make people believe he is a patriot and a Christian he is taking the wrong method to convince people of the fact Joseph returns and says he is repentant and will lead amoral a-moral life The wnter with myselt and all good citizens should ever be ready to lend Sh ping hand to reform re-form the wayward youth regardless of creed or color and if they are down help them to rise if they are in the ditch heap not mud on them but cleanse them with the pure water of Christian love and willing bands The gentleman in question was pointed out to me on the platform plat-form on his arrival as a returned missionary consequently I have no motive in espousing his cause only in justice to morality to aid in making honest men and good citi zens and would advise slingers of sarcasm ridicule and immoral filth to throw their bucket and mop away for fear of striking some of their own family CHRISTIAN |