Show MOW AlttltT IHIIAIIU Objection 10 tile ctAlm that the Mormon Mor-mon Are the modern Israel Is l now changed to new ground It It I la the mture i > f Iht government which Iht Mormona tilabllihrd lly flits It la I Intended lo convoy the Idea I that the Mormoni ore the creators of a r v ernmcnt different from that Adopted by other rlllzcnp of this country and that of rount la I for nulildt effect We hare called attention lo the fuel that Mormon settlements hart nl 1 ways been founded In Accordance with American Inmllulluna The Mormoni haM always regarded Use Conilllutlon aa a divinely Inrplrcd document and their children have len taught that Ono of their metered dullen la I to defend It when neceaary Hvrryone Acquaint nl I with Murmonlim knoll thin la I true Hut III la charged 1IhalIt la I tho Church government that U I objectionable that Hit Priests are kings The Implied argument In thin 19 I that u church la I not at 1 liberty under the American lUg to regulate Its own eccleplaatlcAl affalra Were him to be admltteJ every chuicti In Iht Xnl i would be affected Till ecclilaatlcal government of the Ho man church la I different from the civil government of the ttnlle1 states Ho U that i > f the llplampil church nf Hit Mtlhodlita and of the Motalo myna goguea Are they all lo lie denounce at Irallom lwcPuz l In rcclenlaatkal CnAtttrie lively are lIvorn1 by principles differing tom those adopted aa a batla nf American civil government If to there can lit no more rrllgloua liberty In flits country Iho lalrmtnt thai the Mormon Church government la I similar ti > thai of ancient liruel duess not help Iho ratiit ut Its aiiiillanl Tli fuel Is l that Iht prlnrlidea that ob trained durlnir tht Moialo dlipenwllon were In many raientltlt adopted by the founders nf this liipubllr and I aa a ron iueiice religious liberty nn lettab Hashed lien > at a Unit hen All Hit world was more iir loin l In Ihraldim In the old world ChrlalUn ministers if tho ctwl were aupjwrtM by tIm > t-Im > ted by the Htate In ancient Israel here were no talarled Preachers nnd he Temple atrvle wits not aupinrled by Flats taxes but by filters There was nn royal tag nhaleer for the aupport of religion but all religious Institutions were aupH rli l by voluntary cunlritu Hon UoIn In the Christian Protestant world the atatea 1 Controlled Ihe dellliernlliin of synoille and rounrllij In ancient Israel l Is-rael thn loto 1 could Issue no ticlmlnitl cal ractmint There li no tract of any ecclesiastical statute pncl by any king of fame The kingship Itself was foreign In Moaalo lntllull < ii > In the ThrUllan world Iht Plat nominated prrlalea and throuith then Ow Inferior church oinrlalt In ancient Israel 1 eccl < ilnallnil viniera acre entirely entire-ly lndr > ndent nf the state lly the Mc alo law uM 1 Jtwlili cllltena were religiously equal The Plate did not like miKlern Christian atalta 1 rx all one wet abort iiiuither harden anti Kadducwa coul I meet at tile treat fertltala on an equal fooling Finally there won no roinpublon In Ilia ancient Israel In nerve lod rtdrpt that which ipmnit fnmi devotion lo I tile Almighty There was no legal processor by which divine amice could low I conducted con-ducted HI much for ancient Israel l Tht father uf title country did not adopt tin principle of the Christian world In tbean tnattvra but Ihiuw of on < lent 1 Israel 1 nnd aa a vomtoiurnce per 1 feet religious lllwrly was mail tht rill The churches Wrrt empowered la manage man-age Ihelr Oh affjlra Th Mormon area not bt ntlium d of mnlntalnlUK Abe Principles nlilrh are < > prominent not Dilly III this onnnt or the ahllnl covenant feople but also In Ihe Con tltutlon of the United Hlatia |