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Show Till. Ill t1U 1011 IT. ANcattern gentleman who has several sev-eral time! vlaltid Utah, writes thus to an acquaintance In thla city! "I would like to sco you an 1 your Mormon Mor-mon frlend, that I might biro a good rellgloua talk. It alnaya atrenglheua mo. llore Ualinoatarenis aa If I wero alone, like a loat ahcep. I atwaja feel an Inward In-ward power or atrength whenever I do-ftrid do-ftrid thoMortnou-filth Miero tliat Inward In-ward iov,cr comes from 1 donotkuow, unleaa it lio from a hl,rhor aourro. I am called a Mormon not only by my onu church aaaoclalo-, but I rocelvo lettera Irorn friends In ivhlili they anito that they infer I out a Mormon " Hucli ixritilona from (wrsons not lJtutlfled with the Church, lut who have defended lit doctrine and )o lo, have Utu exceedingly common Tlioae who havu thua acted have Kit an Influence which they were unable to account for, not being nwaro that In defending the truth (hoy have Um aided, and sustained sus-tained by tho H Irlt ot TrntbTwhloh rripondato tho Individual eQort.VIt la a digreeof that lnflueucet.wu.cn tort!-Ilia tort!-Ilia the lialnts to endure hrdihlf, contumely ami wrong, euablllTg jhem to mdure when they would otherwlto falter. Teoile not connected with tlie Church who have had thla experience experi-ence do not always maintain their poklllon In defending the doctrine of tho (Jorpel as embraced In the lallli of the Haluti. On tlie contrary, It Is pro-babla pro-babla that moat of (hi in turn the other way, becauto they draw the llro of persecution upon Hum and are not fully tqulpped lor (landing against It. After they recide they often buotAo inrmlea, becauto tho Uegrto of the Spirit ot Truth which they formerly posaeaaed la dlmlutahed, lu contc quenceof repelling the light. The strength anl lower spoken of lythe gentleman whoae Utter la quotul Is from a "higher eoiircr,"nnd hla ex-prtaalou ex-prtaalou romluda us of a statement made by a veteran of tho Church who waa on familiar terms with the Prophet Joacpli Hmlth. The latter said to hlra "I will t.lvo )iu t lfey of power. Always sustain and defend the Ituth aud (led will auatalii you " The man to whom theao words wiioaddnraed mado the suggestion embodied In thtm tho rule of his life, audit never failed him. |