| Show I 1 1 TITHING THE BACKBONE BACK BONE OF THE KINGDOM I 1 through the coutte courtesy q of the news in giving it publicity icily we are arc enabled to liy lay befaro our readers tho the r following ca lowing letter which is H eminently characteristic of the man whose ngim luro is appended boide sides I 1 which it 11 affords indubitable proof of tho the of many of our as aa sert bertioni lions ioni rolo rola tiro tivo in to kingdom building iu in this country tile italics are arc ours oura ST jannary hill I 1 haj ir 13 bearer der dear brother your ill favor of tho the ultimo como mo duty to I 1 sod I 1 was w glad clad to law from ou on rawl awl korn kern that un flut hops ant in taif afy afre auy f itta atod enjoying the 01 ilia 1 I I 1 rv my health to id much match improved since I 1 ita your city I 1 ua am baring a good root babli nin men tally and lit iu this bild mild aliana S 0 laid haj a wool bisun ful rains fuw few daa di to the weather zin anco celaA bijl been I 1 1 true ranging front from 66 56 to 14 an i the shade kt at noon doon the bret brira are gram grain pruning aloo vineyard yarda ii working in taci 1 cardent etc v abild b ale tile birds are banging as tolono it r may their I 1 in st aria otylior ther at ett emea axe zt a T have been field in most or of the by the ib brethren all of these lo bitio 10 been mil ill attended and I 1 le learn lcara arn thil that both bolh akiri and d have enjoyed a goodly poi pill tion of tho the spirit of the lord ilia iho claril chr con of twenty families faiai liw ltv of lom are fairies iiri tod and were sent ent tharo liy the r E runa wn stars afo irit boal a dollar lava hayo all atu got fot ar do vineyards tar borea lagond nud and cattle caillo and are re sending ono hundred children to school besides having giavina li avina a number too san all to go CO the no list last foat fast day tile ho donations they ra to the ho bichop ban banker kor la he scat DC a 6 to tho the poor of st Sl george Ocon e they atu no poor I 1 J ira ro that they limy all pay dithing sod tb ey fixl united ILL d ud still blessed of tho the lord wo 0 o bold two tro days fiDge bore acro ia fit ilia and t coming f frodi r 0 tho milbia u twenty miles 1 poke both days occue ing 2 hours still 40 0 in ill alteS neui alith I 1 wj ft A little too lilt trill and lilt lord als wath nith us I 1 kia inn to learn from fromont fro monr 3 our letter that tho tiu city and country bishops aro are alito to their duties and nd that ilia rollo rol lo are doing their duty arid and paying v arn til gilhang fifA hang iny ally rr those who crop employed 0 ayeal and are ro pm citler act auy hit or monthly apt t taloney money god bit blim ion on yoto yoi io there now nob i what doci the reader thin think I 1 k of this epistle from froin tho the held head of tho the mormon church fit at st george to his chief bishop arid and tile lie church at salt like laef on the highly affairs of the great latter day kingdom of courso a treat great many mady will lc be at its ordinary and commonplace common place char factor and perhaps think it has baa even a puerile air about it to such stich we eay eliat tile the tribune lias has aiwas claimed that mr young 1 judg wu was a vastly oterra overrated led man and this letter is is evidence that our statements in ia alis particular have been true before alluding allu diug to tho the main points of tho the letter we call attention to the impression which its perusal is calculated to produce on the llis mind of tho the unsophisticated reader tor for with irith such touching does docs mr young learn le ara everything pertaining to the church income irom from the bishops that the inference is irresistible that the financial I 1 affairs of tho the church are flow BOW entirely in their hands tho the effect of thi however is marred ty by a batra betrayal fal of too much interest in the subject as the writer evidently forgot his usual cautiousness by byal alluding ludio to 0 I 1 the he payment of tithing three times in in the course of one letter each time too with an unction which is climaxed in the closing allusion to ils payment pari nent Is IN every week or month the spiritual welfare of the people and their living up dp to their duties is ia measured by the payment payi nent of tithing ing and us As tithing is the backbone back bone of the church it is not licit surprising that so BO much solicitude should be about it wo we commend this leding letter to our exchanges east and west ivest and being extracted from the official organ of the church its authenticity nee need d not 10 to lo doubted |
