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Show tiii; mli.M' toitci: or tiiltii. Am eichauge, which la publlahed In the Intcreat of working people, and railed 7M J!tttteSjt haa the an nned pnlnteri iaragraph; "rrecdnmalll not coin unlll tli o-pie o-pie unltci btit the pcopkMintlt Ibey know what tliey unite r.,r, an I Ibcy will never know tb.it, never will unite, until tliey fully learn eartaln grand truth. I'ollll-Cal I'ollll-Cal .lrtlea cann'H unfto them old par. Ilea nor now parllea. Trade t'lilona pan-not pan-not unite ttient, Knlzht i.f llior rin. not unit them. Alliance and confeder-ailouaoatinotunltolticm, confeder-ailouaoatinotunltolticm, for pailleaaiid orKanliallolH have iower only a they hvetriith It latlioiweroftnith, and lbatouly,lliteaueverunlte the people nothing a 10. Yet few men relly un deraUnd thl". Oo.j.1 rnn who III freely pend day and ilotUr to oriranlro, to hull.l.audtoniakea nolto and a ahow, wilt very grudgingly apend minute and ernta to nulrlly apread Ibe truth. Aet men know little of the allant lrreltlblo Hiwer of truth, an.l In ibelr Ignorance luakellttlauaeoflt." There have. been a great many fool lah and inlatakcii notion cxpreeaed rncvrnlng the tufluonco that unlti tho "Jlcrnion" ieop!o. We admit they are not a united a Ihey ought hi be, all thing conaldered. Hut there I a oohealve furc among them that la jiotentnnd marked, nnd 1 generally tecognlred. What la lit Tho common anawer la "The wer of Iho l'rleal hood." Title, In the ionic In which It laullered, I a nioatrgngloua inlalakv. The Inlluencv that unite tho "Mor. mom" lathetplilt of Iruth. It la a poaer that aecomnnli all truth of every kind. When any truth I ariclved by aeveral jieraona, It make them ono m far a that iercetion extendi. 1'rople can be brought to the unity of the faith, loth In natural and In aplrltual thing. No miller what may be raid about the vatlrlr of mind and tho difference exlillug In liumtnlly, auy number of la-reou who dnlro liulh can bo brought to see eyu to rye. They Ihua become one to tho extent that Ihey are alike. Dealrei after truth aud roadlurn toaceept It caunc action In that aplrlt of truth which Illuminate the mlnd,a natural light may Ire aet In motion and enable the eye to behold thevlalhleunlverae. The mrr of the ptleathood In the "Mormon" Church, apart from that ad mlulatrallvo authority that relate to ordluanceaandcerenionUa,lsoxerctad forthedluenilnatloii ef light by the prraentatlon of truth. Tberu I no forcuwork I11IU It bear no right nnd clalma no rule of compuUlon. 11 In fluenco Is to enlighten, vriuade and bring people to the unity ol the faith. When they hcllovo alike tliey are unltod. Tho more they agreo In mlud tho greater I llulr unity. The more they aro one In plrlt the atronger la the power of their union of effort. And the aplrlt of truth operate upon them In their collcetlvo caailty and make them free a well aa mighty, for, aa act forth lu the quotation above, It I tho truth that make men free. Thl I one of thadoetrlnra of L'hrlit. There never was n greater error than that whleh attribute "Mnrmon"unlty to "Mormon" priestly coeri Ion. Anything Any-thing In tho nature of binding the soul of men 1 nbolutely anUgonl tfc to the dot trine, spirit nnd tendency of the "Mormon" system. And wherever It I Indulged In, It I through the fully aud error of men and 1 not "Mortnonlstu," but a violation viola-tion of 11 fundamental principle. To deatroy "Mormon" unity It I niHiuary to deatroy "Mormon" faith. Not faith In men. That 1 not the potent Inlluenre among them. Tliey are Mmetlnei i-ouii1Ik1 to Inar faith In men became of tho weaknoMi of humanity inado lalufully manlfnt. Hut when that 1 loat u to au Individual, It la not anVcto.l a to principle. Aud It I principles, not men, upon which "Mormon" fallli 1 centred, principle that have emanated em-anated from Hel'y, and have been male plain by the spirit of truth. There are no ople freer than tho "Mormon" from any force, or coercion, coer-cion, or compulalou from their leodor lu Church or secular affairs. They are a iopt with conviction. Theeohave brought thtm from afar aad from divergent diver-gent point to one centre. These have united them In spirit. These hold them together. And when they act as a body, It Is from an Inward common aa-suraoce aa-suraoce that It la right to do so and It la done from choice. They aim allke.they act aa one. They hue com to the unity of the faith aud the truth Ihey have received make Ihemoue Itihrart and free lu action. It I "the allonl Irresistible vrr of truth" nud the spirit that attend It that form the moving force which the eneinlo cf "Mormoulim" dl-ltke an I fear. |