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Show lift tilAHI.r.'e I . I Hi t. A lete leeue ut Hie Heinle' llrrall ,ubllehel ! Lam .nl, lows, b Ihe ' uritan'tsd ahureh, coiilelne an eitlcle headed "Work l.r the lel," which II iuutta Ir.mi lh Ukf.iikt j Nkwi' rspurlollhs remarks ol K Jer ; ' Mairluer W. Merrill t th 1st (leneiel Conlerenoe ol th Cuuroh. Elder Morrill ep.te upon lh work bsin,t done In u.iisi( ol We deed In Ihe ' i taniploeof Ihe l.ttler-der Haiiils, call. lof elleullon lo the tent Ibal Ihe prre-nt prre-nt authorities usee bad Iba aama ' ( ilill which Inenlred lh I'ropkel i ! Jaseib, In oontlnulnf that which ! ss eoumenmd If lh I'miititt j In lh erection of temi.les and In lb wrk econrnpllsl cd therein, Tb Heinle' Hrld cnmrosnls upon ihla discourse, an I alter sneeringis re-frrlnf re-frrlnf lo Klder Merrill aa belne; "an j of tb latest Applies onoeen," li earn Thneewho haee ben di'slioiie nf pses- ItiK Hi too uli the aiMliiwuiiMil -..reiiiiiilie, : I ; fur lliema.MS.ia, anil ol alloiKlmic o l..- llama for their .lead, have li,'n ulieritrd a ' eerlelueuru lor the prlalk'ge. , , The Herald oee uu ti stale that j 'for eomathlnf Ilka forty-serei year prior lo leal April, sealing aud uei. tlirni tor th deed relatlvee end friends ' 1 were ectlselr taufht, and aa actively preollred; lh people be lug gITeu ! i ' lo umlereiand thai theestem erst per v . '. leot aa It cam from tb lip of th ; ; I'Mpliat Joeepb Bmtlh." lllbenaeyi ; ; tbe people bere "flatted the teroplea, ! j received tbelr endowments, aud per- ' ' toisnsd th iltee of baptlatn for Ibolr I j deed, patd th feee obeyed lor tbe j earvlee reudeiedk aud went aay ta- 11 IlkVluff tb work to bav been ooirej 1 do." Then II edil; Many of Iheee muat hare bean ohonkeil, j end poaalbly arloiily Ulatnwai'd. to Ih I I lolJ leal ajirlnjf el III Cuuleraoea, ' .r fraaldtlil Wooilruir, ee ll.y i jt w.re, iUt niut'h uf the work Ihe hh- ple bad been duui- fur Ibem ) ! avlree end their UimmI wee una. ' vailing, the inviliiHla having btn una ' ' . uuiieraUKMl eml ibf work wrunly donn, , '! lliekllia H naceieBry Ihel tile work ehuuld lie tlone oer in ejuie olber wi K ' euil edvlairitf the pe.iple lo eel eUiui 14 etui have ibatr work dune lu ee auurt a ) i! utue ee poaeible. ' l'rooedlug upon tliee lexte, lb Uerald nrguaa lo eetebllib two pelnte ' ; thar.bji I Tkal wlien "work done under a ayelem eald to have been eo grand and of auch atupendoua lm I ! poriauc to lb people" la dlio ivara.l 1 1 to be"uneTalllug nud of nil elleol," ' I "what may Dot Iba people i tol If, J aoceptlug lb new teaoblug , , , and agala repeylug the cbarti t I again I perform tba work i j eooe don by th advloe, and ft under tbe dlreatloo of tboae aeiue leaa ( 5 ' art, lby eball be tuld that kicaln their , . work waa uueealllrig and inuit beduiie ' oeer ealnj and 2 I'bal If "the work la to be done over again, It ahowa lint ! j lb ooncepllon of II practice wti ' i wrocg In lie Inception alerted wrong 3 ' on n wrong baala atliuuderaltoJ euu ' mltepplled by tbe llemg oreole with whom It originated, or throufb wlium ( ' It weadeolared, u uialler who that . 4 1 en waa." , ' Aali uiual with III Haluti' Uerald . ' when erltloialiig aoytblug perlaluluit lo Iba Church of wnU U the llereld edltor'a father, Juaepb Hnillti, waa the tint l'ropbet aud I'realdeul In lull diaieuiatlon, aud lu wboa vauae , . b becania a uturlyrt It niakui ' a falaa ataletueut, and then, rolling tbet u a Uelloloui ruoreel uuuer Its tobaiie, prceeda to ar Itua lu auiiporl of lis peculiar ! Jn thla oaeo Hie pepur'e upenlng tletement that llioaa wbo rt-oelee rt-oelee or eugage In li. ordinno namvd Mhaee been eharged a oerlelti aum for tue prlelleKr," la utterly wilb. i.ut fiiuDilellon lu truth. M.uoe iho flret point aought lo lie eatabllahtd b the Herald wnlor faille baoaua of II-lalally, II-lalally, Uu tbe olber propsaltlou, II It . quail J untrue Ibat l'rildaut WooUiuO eeld that work June fur the ueaii "unU.r tke direction ol lli.nr am laadora" waa "unavailing euJ luuat be Uouu over egaln." lio aucb aetitiluaut waa givun ullerenoa lo. l. the Herald writer hi I ally dealra to tell tbe truth bu o iuid have refer it J t, Ihe quutalloo be uiak.a ir.iu Kldr Merrlli'a reiuarka, wherein It la aaid ( that a greet u.al or work bad b.an Hupl'oated, ",rom Ihe feol that tbe peupie did not keep a reourd." A reoord la au eeaemlel element of tut work lorlhedrad,hiioelleonilaaloiib lue Prophet Juaai.hatulia lima I eova-j eova-j -j '. ; itielede repetitiuu, lu order Ij t ooi- rrct. tint Ihe omlaalon of a vitnl art of a reremooy dua not pmv tb ordinance or-dinance to wnlob the reel ceremony brlongi lo be wrong In principle, princi-ple, any more than the per. 'ormlng of baptlami without divine euibontr, na le done l.y Ibe Heorgan-ld Heorgan-ld church, aia''llahea the doolilne ol bepilim lo be an error. The omlrMun of an saeutlel liaot makee inch unautburial bapllamt unavalllni, and In orJer lo reuaive Hi be edit of the true ordinance a tete.n rroeirlug Hi former wjUld havoto br baptlk'd agalu by one divinely eutiiorlled to admin-later admin-later In th or.llual.ee. Tbe euuinrjl of 1'ieiiJent Wood rutf regerdlng work that abuuid be dona over aeln lo b proprr tfl I not re'er to anything per(t.rrjned "under the direction ef tho. tam li-a :etv," but lhal which wae djne without their dirtolloit. The bepilama perfurrued for lb dead Were not allic.ed or referred lo al all. To a limned eitent In eeallng ponpie Lad proceeded In eerlalu re.a-ilunehlpi, re.a-ilunehlpi, without fully underaianding what waa required. The matter eom-lu eom-lu lo Ihe attention of tb I'raeidanl ef the Church th "living oraela" amken ni a ueriaiveiy by toe Bereld he quickly eel affaire right by gielug me people ai amuhetlo aud pubild In- airuotiea aapueelbi, tlailug tb word of Ibe Lord on lb eut.ect; oa wbu Ibia oame II waa read.ly t'noipri-beBdt d kytUeHaiule. All tile Herein 'a talk about "ravialug the economy aud p.ility of Ihe t.'nurco," "putuiu the probity ol Iha llviug oraol ,lnto grave dleoredit," and "jeopardlking Iha lailh and oinllJanca uf the peuple," la vie lout and reprebeualble, beoeeee II uri-a en accuaatlun wholly untrue and therefore without ii.ifl"iai u. |