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Show EXAMPLES THE OTHER WAY. It was .pist the other da.y that the Deserot Nows reiterated one of thoso little bits of deception that are calculated calcu-lated to impress the minds of the saints with the divinil3; of the calling of their alleged, prophets, and to frighten them into meek submission and away from apostacy. It. cailcd attention to the fact that the last of the daughters of the late Governor Pord- recently died in poverty at Peoria, Illinois, declaring that this fate was tho direct result of the curse of the Almighty set upon her father on account of the part lie took iu earlj church history. This subject ought to be of groat interest in-terest to the Mormon people, because, according to the belief promulgated among them, it worn a serve as evidence cither that, the Lord approved or disapproved disap-proved the Mormon "prophets" and their work. Tt is a matter of historical fact that where ono "outsidor" who-was who-was active in early church scenes has come to grief a dozen "insiders" have fallen under tho supposed' curse of God. As wo pointed out, "if God punished in the case of tho Fords, Ho certainly damned in the case of the Smiths;" for Joseph and Hynim fell b3' violeut hands. If Ford had douc such wrong that the Lord saw fit to visit him with certain judgments, and that tho poverty of his progcii3r was evidence of that disapprobation, disappro-bation, then the Smiths, mus.t, have sinned far more grievousty lo have brought upon themselves! the curse of a violent and bloody death.' The argument, argu-ment, such as it is, works with equal facility and reason both wa.ys and in all cjfses.' Then there was Apostle B-nvid W, Patten, who was killed while on-gaged on-gaged in one of the old-liiuo "Danito" raids; and Apostlo Parley P. Pratt, who was followed aud slain by 1 11 0 man whoso wife he had seduced and alienated ali-enated away from her home, her husband hus-band and her children. Besides, Apostle John Taylor, who was a polygnmist while den3'ing the existence of the doctrine doc-trine and practice, was 30 severely wounded in Carthago jail that for .a time his life was despaired of. And 1.0 crown the whole matter with a wholesale whole-sale example, the saints wcro obliged to flee bodily-out into these mountains in order to get away from what tho Deserot News sa3s in effect, was tho wrath of the Almighty. As wc have said, this subject should interest the Mormon people, because a clear yiojv: of it, and a fair conclusion in the light of the facts and the logic, 01 illogic, applied by tho church organ, would have the effect of disillusioning I heir minds and unburdening their souls from I he weight, of ran It superstition, as well as lo give to them an insight into the false methods pursued hy their leaders aud publicists for tho purpose of deceiving them and frightening (hem into slavish groveling under their t3'rannics. |