Show i I lI it OX OS O Sly SIN SI In Ih I the th continual opposition which the Riders of th the Church of Jesus Jams Christ t of I Saints have to meet It Is II very verr pr rare indeed that a R fair air and car cor correct cara a reel statement of ot Its lis doctrine constitute tute the basis of argument against It II ItIn It In addition IId lUon to the calumny which form ones onest t the greater part of the th contention there them Is n ta 1 persistent misrepresentation ml rellI It of the tenets tp ets of our nir faith and of at the meaning and spirit thereof among the different nt M ef ts resin pem to make a n study of ot I r by b which the teaching of ot this Church r j may ma be b rl and Ind presented II In the tM C ctr light to that hut Intended blooded In I nI i fr i p Wo We hove have holk recently r a imm lion of ot t one paint ef It dettle that is I be beIn 11 In Ing copied capIci o ty who o de lre to 1 chow tho with omon ideas Ideis I V i to e n rt 6 1 m e and w vl It Bucked d simply In exhibiting their own Ignorance They ate perhaps not BO so blame blamo as III the tho originator or Still the eagerness QU e which they exhibit in picking up such t O ot f misinformation ml Indicates their kind of ut u appetite The untruth to we e particularly icier Is that our Sunday schools Rive Instruction In Intended tended to I inculcate In the minds of children the Idea Illen that they tit must sin before theY can RII Know the tho beAuty of that which It Iii 18 good livery l or Saint Raint every chili child who line has beon Instituted In In any Iny of our Sunday SUnda schools know very or well voil that such mich a notion nollon is contrary to 0 the fundamental doctrines of the Church raid and to 10 the tho teachings of its lis ministers The Tho neco of practical righteous righteousness ness hOse of ot the of sin and nd of or I II teal leal I nl repentance when wrong Is 18 commit committed committed committed ted Is 18 l taught more inure strictly In this Church titan than In iii any other upon the tho he face f co of the earth The rho common doe doc doctrine trine trino that meie mels faith In Christ la itt the theone theone theone one essential to salvation Is repudiated utterly by this Church hurh and the abilo absolute lute luto necessity of personal purity and anti righteous conduct In Iti order to gain the favor of Clod In this life Ufa and tind exaltation Into Inlo ills His Ul presence In the tho next Is urged upon old and young continually The excuse offered for tor or thus misrepresenting misrepresenting the doctrine of the Saints Is that It teaches touches tho the necessity necO of ot contrasts In order that mankind may appreciate the tho difference between good und and evil ovll For l or Instance I 1110 the Fall of our t parents Is viewed as 18 an eVent that hint occurred In the wisdom and providence of our Eternal Father I and God That It Is 18 not lIot to be tie considered con as 08 asa a ft grievous calamity but that out of or the apparent evil of or the tho transgression lIon sion committed good will come to the tho human orally The rite experience ob oh obtained touted tallIed in III consequence OOn of the Introduction tion timi of evil and sorrow Horrow and pain and death will enable the sons eons anti and lId daught dought daughters ors Ore of Adam to io understand and elate anti and fully enjoy the blessings of happiness anti and pleasure und anti glory III In the tho eternal world That light cannot be fully tUlly enjoyed without the experience of or darkness pleasure without pain joy without sadness life everlasting with without without without out passing through death seems scorns to tous toliS us tie almost beyond fair dispute If It had hod not been for sin there thero would have hae been beell no death All the thin Ills I of ot mortality are the result of ot diso disa disobedience dl o I to law divine or human Tho The les oll derived from froni this Is hi that hint of ot strict obedience to the divine will and avoid avoidance ance of everything that Is contrary to io righteousness It Is the Iho very vary ver reverse of the deduction marie made by b our enemies for tor forth th purpose o of deceiving Inquirers Into our faith The results of sin are all alt around us Wo need not be sinful ourselves in order to understand the thc effects of oC transgression Hut we can profit by b tile Iho ho lessons they the teach anti and tO Sn avoid the flu evil tit ond anel tin lb good goat We need nelll not jump Into Inlo flames or orbe orbe orbe be drowned in the flood to learn the difference between fire and water waler We Wo need not dabble In filth to experience the tho comfort of cleanliness The revelations of God to title this Church that it lie He cannot look hook upon sin with till the least l degree of at allowance Through human burnan weakness w and the tho of ef of f original disobedience all nil man mankind kind have havo sinned Christ came to tu I re redeem reo redeem deem them from pin but not In their sins BinS Faith In Him repentance of all baptism for tho the remission slon of ot sins anti the tho gift girt of the Holy Ghost i ib by b the laying on of hands bands with the fixed determination to 10 lead butt a II holy hol life If serve erfe God lod anti and keep Ills His III command commandments commandment Inertia ments avoiding all 1111 evil and cleaving to 10 nil good gond gol l are the first principles of ot the Faints ninte faith and those these are taught to 10 all nil people even to little children In the family circIe l anti and In the Sunday school Therefore when the conclusion Is I jumped at by b our opponents ants eilts hili published In an all Influential paper as al a n logical deduction from the time teachings of DC the Church In reference to the tho providence of God loti concerning the ther r of t Tie he e Fall all that sinning Is 18 thus hums actually commended as all time the path pathway pathway Rth Rtha way a to 10 good the wilful distortion of ot our creed must be apparent to every ever unprejudiced and Informed thinker If It God had not foreknown what Adam Adom rind live Be would do In the garden he ho would not have hae prepared the Lamb slain train from the tho foundation of the world In expiation of that sin If It He lie lint had not foreseen the which i would conic eom to Ills children from Crom the I experiences s they would ouM obtain In conse cones consequence quence of that transgression the oe oc occurrences related an as to the Garden of at Eden Ellon would never have hae l been Ilon n permit tod tad In time the language of ot the Hook of or Mormon tarmon All til II timings thing have been dons done dOMIn in the wisdom Wl dom of Him him that nil all things As ts lie Ho brought order out of chaos and light out of or In Inthe Inthe the time beginning so lie He will evolve eternal good out of the tho temporary ertl eril that has hu hucom come com I upon and find the world orld Sinning It Is not time the to good It Il Is l tho limo mad rold to evil Ion does dood hot bet bring bl but a 1 curse cures Obedience to law Is the th only path to tou true u Tip Tk good ma ns r profit by b time the evil doings of the tM wicked The Nt children Of lIht may nicy tain gaiS aln experience lI bM UM of the work works of ot darkness and ami those tho lIMe gone anti Ami daughters of the th lIter usE rial Father who Tho have hare pasted P through the lite of mortality ami od be the lilt ear sor sorrow row rons and agonise of this thle Ufa and yet ft he kept haiti lift iIi II com ma ml menu will lu III lull ll the gainer through their un anti and toll toil end ami will III comprehend to th tM Ike fullest st extent ties the Joy tor o and Id an glory lor of a cl state of ot b of or their understanding of ot he the Ihl n P to those thoe tho In their earthly pil 1111 pilgrimage ti grimage In all nil the events Yent that thai have hare II war rod rodon on this I t t fr the time when It II rt ll Into Inte Hi its It orbit from tIM hand hands of its lie Creator tor tb Iller 1141 r tov II be been Iwen under the h watchful eye tye at of Omnipotent mi I wit mil I all U 11 b be for fes UK till tilt ultima rn punt of ot lite 1111 Sin will II bring It I penally JU will III ln n Its reward The Th oN li it will tor on Oft high TIM Ti w irk will oM a e Ju just JUtt t ni And nd out oat of It all alt the I jiri urie of 4 f Civi Civil I i will l lIP lie and Ih lb h n or of UlI ute life ih jl ti l I 10 t n 1 ii li i I to III t nil 1111 H III hen sin ala D n a 1 WOH If ami 4 1 death are art T wn and terr knee shall eMit bow in willing to In HIM Ilium mho ho lilt IU upon the throne thione and who tho shall reign forever r and ever fM W tI I 4 11 y t |