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Show II ; ujlollUOMlM" AM INHMim. : WKglve place today to a reply to 1 1 1 cue point In Mr. Chea. Ellin' Mter, I publlilinl In itellou. litue of Ihei I " Dtsrnrr Nrwp. Hi. writer lake, a correct lw, Id luainalu, of Ilia rcla-I rcla-I lire iltlona of "MormonUm" ami Infidelity. Itl'truo tint In their .a-aencethej .a-aencethej hale liotlitnKlu common. i "Mormonlaai" mean, faith, In Ita lull- i eat rellgloiia eente; IntlJellly wean. I unfillh,orulWIIf In Divine. thing. HuteTerjuoilyviIioUcalleJ an Infidel I doe. not iltMiTs that appellation Mil i It comfuorjl u.ed. We are all unl' ' liaren to noma extent. That Ir, thlngi that ere lellerej Ly lomaofui are tlUbelleved by othera, uJ tht which It UItIiio In romo peraone' eye. liaUurti to IlioYlalou of people who am Juit m rational and ilncera at II haa tiecom common to call any t one au Infltlel who iloea not accept the t orthodox ttlru of IMty on.l IheChrl. tlan religion. And yet there li mora true filth and genuine Clirlallaulty amoDit many who are iiuortbcnlox, i than eilet. In tha hrcaatt of eome pro. I fearing lellglonlale. Inlldellty, then, i Iho term la fmiuenlly uinl, muit not alwaya ba (rented ne orporltlon to true rellitlou. Ir It li meant to ex. ; pie.a tha Idea of a denial or Ulebellef . of God and terrain! rellnlon III general, I of coune there It nothing In It In com- ' nyn with "Momionliiu." Weliat we umlerttaml Mr. I'.llla torjieenle,Uiat''Mormonleia'' will find thatjuttlre, ralrnta. and aid In defelica S ol lit lawful lllTttea, amon tha people h who ara clawed at lulldrlt,whlcli bare $ been denied them by rofeuln,t 'ChrlttUni" In the orthodox rvllslout eecta. And there It tome tiuth In whit beajrauce.. Wu hare known o-iallatl lofldela totUnd up for thote equal rlithtt which 'ilormon." ihould injoy In common with all other be. llerert In Chrltt, while relljlout mill-' mill-' l.lonawl their vtry ploui follower, employed lo!ence to prereut the exer- cite of theta rights. Auother thing. We liaee met with men and woiaen,Uenounced at Infldelt by orthodox church membort, who ftrVentty believed In tho exlitcnce ol j a (Supreme llclog, In tho eternal J trlnclploa of truth, honor, utlct, i right ani retrllutlon, and In doing ' good to tbelr fcllowa for tha lore of t) It, while they dltbellaved In tha or- gaultedformtof religion aa the Inven. tlona o( men. Ihty vehemently oppoted what they lionettly comldered cant, hyjocrltr, pretence and auul-raercbau- dlee, but admired conaUtency, charily, devotion to a Juit cauie and everything every-thing that It ticauliful In cultured hu i From tucli "Infldeli" aa thcte we i btllce"Mormonlm,"lllhcyropetly ', undentood It, would receive the tun- port which Mr. l'.lllt auigeita. Not perhai through their faith In It at a Divine tyitem, but through tholr love of falmeuaud t)ual rlr.lita.aad thilr tturdy hottlllly to lnuttlce and Intoler. auce. Therefore, while It It tiua that"Mor. luonlimaudlulldtllty are utterly In-compatible, In-compatible, alto that the triumph of the former will la achieved by the aid of Influence, higher than any human agency, It It uevatlheleti reaionable to bellevo that In the ttruggle fur ctrll and rtllglgut Illtrty, the Mormon" oplu are far more likely to recelio help from to callod lulldelt, than from tha orthodox aocte, the hired clergy and theaelf-iutllclent rharlieea of the $ nlueteenth tentury, who would deny li to tho 'Moriuuna"eveu the right to F Iba common title of "C'hrlillaui." |