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Show H -wt "JIOBUO'VISU" AS ir is. B ' ji A nojiler of American pipers HB i i , explain to their Isadora thai "Mor- ; it monism" Is destroyed; because "po- r jl lygimy w as all there wasof'Mor- i r monism,' and this having como to I uj I an end lhera b uothlDS of it left I I bUtlU Pn,PertJ'-" Polygamy and jl "Mormonism" aro synonymous, JK some or them assert Others say, iJJK I J " 'Mormonlsna' was only held to- fU )l Sether bS ,alUl ln tbo "SMeousnesa ' Ifr of polygamy." V V ? P These remarks are further illus- l' ii trations of the Invincible ignorance IliEJ of most editor in the United States Mf concerning a system which hasat- , ; tractejgreatenttentlon than any ) II ' other in this century. Itismarvel- fM K ous ""t k few persons who write I I'f and speak about it know anything II !$ concerning its principle, Its spirit 5 ." Pi and its history. 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They form a system BBflB of thejljy which U more com- BBK prehensive, scriptural rational and BBBBBJ conditent than any other in all the BBKBJ world. Thjse principles have been BBBS attached, derided, repudiated and BJBBHB held up to scorn, but have never HX be:n ontroverte I either by reason BBBBBJ or szripture. They hive scarcely e eer been given a fair fkld, but where tuli hn b3aa3j)rJU they have ever been vlctornus. BBBBJ H "MormsnUm" embraces all the BBBEM great questions whlc l have a-Itaied BBBBnj Christen Jom as sa'ijects or religious BBjBHW controversy. Ani it his solved Hl these problems tio as to settle thorn H definitely and satisftctorily to those BBBfS who hive accepted Itai a religious BBBBt system. 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BBBBBMI princjple of ce'estial, that is BBBBBi eternal, mirnare is one or the 3l grandest anl most sublime doc- BBBBJI trines ever mile known to man. Bj ithls we meii th'j union, under Dl--vine authority, ora man and woman IHVHh t0T ever- Tui3 i3 the order or mar- BBBJBK riaje which united Adam and Eve HBBBBT in ParaliMs tefo-o there was any BBBBBBJ death within or upon them, and BJBBJBc was therefore an eternal covenant, BBBBBJ entered into by immortals, and BBJBBBBj binding upon them eternally. BBBBBE The deith that came by BBBBBJI transsreasloa was remedied by BBBBBBJ the Savior. And th- parents of BBBBBBl the race, restored by the atonemen HBBvI l from lhe eUVcU r the :xU ttanJ in nBBBJBBJ f the nwurrecUou exactly as they BmV k ere when flr-t united, with the BBJ fl oeneflu or experience added to their BJBBBBBJ ' knowledge of good and evil. I under a similar covenant, sealed in heaven becaaso sealcj on earUi by Dlvme authority, a man and a woman so u iked are husbind and wife for ever, and thoujih death may pirt thta the separation is but , temporary, and Christ's redemptiou will place thtm side by side in thi eternal world, at the held or then ( posterity aud an everlasting king I Thisidesilng is, of course, on con dition of fitueM and faithfulness to each other and fijelity to Gjl ano His commandments for all blessing, are predicated upon obedience to Divine law. The strait path to eternal life and glory is marked out by "Mormon ism." Commencing with the funda I mental principle of faith it prorxedt to repentance, baptism, the gift ol ' the Holy Ghost, the knowledge ol V the true God and Jesus Christ His ' Bon, tbe fellowship of the Saints, the vlctojrxoversatan, the subduing of tbe flesh, the overcoming of the world, and the preparation for the Bocicty of theredeemed and sanctified, sancti-fied, to whom'tho angels arejrnt minister while tho glorified Saints are heirs of God an J joint heirs with Christ their elder brother. Connected with thee principles are many others that relate to time and to eternity, comprehending the dealings with God to humanity from- the beginning to the end or time, In all feges and among all races the gathering or the elect; the building up or Zion; the redtmp tion or Israel; the restitution or all things; tho coming or Chrlet to reign, anJ tho restoration or the earth to Its pristine beauty and per-fection, per-fection, whereon righteousness shall dwell and the Father shall make His tabernacle. Tho are some of the doctrines of "Mormonism" which remain and abide, and are Independent of "property" and beyond be-yond the reach or human scorn and human force. The power that "holds. Mormon-Urn Mormon-Urn together" is faith, not in one tenet or principle, but in the Divine origin of the s stun and a Divine Spirit bestowed upon every one who obeys it in faith. This is the great reality, aud the continuing, vltaliz ing and indestructible power of "Mormonism." It cannot be burned in the martyr's Are, drowned by the floods of sectarian hate, barred out by the iron walls of the dungeon, -or legislated from tbe souls of men by act or statute. The Spirit of the living God is In it and in Its followers, and in that will be its perpetuation and Its final victory. |