| Show t THUS IIIUIIT Contrary to general 1 public opinion Monnonlim It a System thai pro i i lolea the highest permboal I Iberty 1 II 0 teaclci 1 that man li I the ortiprlnK ut oil and that his dc tlny li I to become like Mi Irrnal lather It he pursue I Stop courni which will devel p the Attributes at-tributes ot Seder Inrn within him and conquer everything oppoiwd to that which U divine He li I led free lo chosen hli own course and to exercise the agency linn lo DIM He li I surrounded With cpiwlrir Innuencni I that he may choose the good and refuse the evil or buicts nib to the oil and reject the goo I According la hli sell on his o n toll lion hi future everlastingly depends I II I The comandmenti ut tl xl In man are f I I predicated un this liberty 01 the creature 1 crea-ture I The word I of the lord U I fruits The iA I law ot the Lord 14 t light Obedience II brlnga the blooming disobedience the I condemnation nether tl e revelation < it dod are given by Deity In perwn IJ I or through n dltlnely chown ln lru Ji i meni the effects an the lame a > the j rriult of aubrilnlon or rcWlllon 11 fJ It U 1 difficult for ume people to tin I Iii denUnd flow one who obey Jod can HI lti lafr mn Tluy Jump to tile o n < lat la-t IN I pion that If the lord glvta a law man llbcrly li taken River That to Absurd ft on III I face live are told by a writer I who I j I falli Into that error thai If a child li U trained from Infancy lo bellee B certain I I II cer-tain 1 ereon li I the tlcererent of lost on r earth his free agency U I taken away for I he baa before him the terror uf eerlait i 0 I Ing damnation If he dlioheya That lithe I I li-the kind of reasoning In which others I Indulge who are supposed to be rational 1 ration-al 1 Hut let ui look at the question 1 I e marely Ii Uai Adam free agency taken away if when Cod sold Ot the tree ot the ii knowledge I of good and etll Ihou f I j hull not partake for In tit e day thou d Ml 10 thou halt I Purely die Did I t he nol chribin lo dtiobryt Was not I 0 N that B foreshadowing of Iho tendency ot the race through all timeto mtl 1 4 advice disobey law I and exercise free j 41 1 agency In the wronar direction I i = the tralnlnz I ot a child I In the bo I t1 lief that the government has the right to forbid certain things and the power to Punish Infraction ot i the law Ik away the rhlld agency or compel compliance II tam the drunkard drunk-ard who knows the evil of bit Indulgence Indul-gence or the semester who knows the wrong it his tlce 1 ur any violator of law I or coolant Ivan deprived of tile frost n when lie has learned the I taw I and Ihe coniequenceeT There la I no compulsion In Mormon Urn > Ha followers voluntarily agree to I ruVcrlbe to III teaching They keep 0 Ihelr cutrnanti or break them at will I I It If I they revolt from Church doctrine and dlKllne and tlolale IK rule 1 ut conduct con-duct they are shown their wrong and It they will not repent they are cut oft r There Is l Ito Infringement tit their lib is ern Cuuniel I lea ling cllallm before a Church court the enunciation ot what li I re < iulml to retain fellow ehlp I du not Interfere fur a iomnl w Ith free i I agency The will of the Inditllual re malm on that he tell fur weal ur woe B eef and tie highest liberty la obtained and n alntilncd by obedience to Urine law I whlth exalts ennobles manctitlem and crown Alth glory lie ubedleiit none aid daughter ct the Mint High |
