| Show t CONCERNING EVILDOERS lj J Wherefore Wh I wy 11 ty unto you otI 01 tnt y ought to forgive one Cue another for tor jr he Ie 1 that th i at ct hl brother Ills his trea Il rl condemned before the tI for th f in inith In him th l r lIler Mill Kin dinI Millor iJ or I th tn will whom t I will t forgive but ot or you It tl is te required tu to for tor or Elve all men lOell I Arid Ami y ye t ought ht to sy K 11 In your hearts i M lat God between yo 0 ml mi In nod mid il reward th thee e to thy Jc U And nl lio ho that Hint r rl th not lot of f C his hie hi I Bins ami nid NII them nut not thou than ye I bring brill him hlll before Jim th h Church and allet andI I do ill d with him na as n the scripture faith un unto II to if you cither by Ly or W Wp p 1 Doe and Coy Cov CO Hec Hoc 61 04 6 j The t IQ 1 it Ie the of lit od 1 to toi i 1 th Church of ot Je Jeene us Christ of ut totter j lit It reference to offender f Tho spirit of Jl charity It h Inculcated In to the Church toni that of Qt compassion toward th weak and erring orrin As a to On S members tho the former onner p part of thu Instructions referred to 10 I Is III lo to govern their thell course loUr o When the Ille Church d nil riH ft It body has uia a 1 cau a 1 mem member member ber bet the tho latter lallor unIt pili t Is 15 to be ho enforced Tills Thill word of ot the Lord Is in not nol always carried Into toil full for tor or human na on nature onI I lure ture In Its fallen condition suggests cither for tor or Injuries ies received or cau CoUI ft fI animosity to rankle In the 1 heart henrt to 10 it the tO t e prevention q that for Cor forS I S which IH 14 If required Also Aio I o tho the I dim of or o Individual which would Justify their trial trini condemnation by the Church ns as 1111 an organization nl per zer frequently to pass without nc no Uon fion by II tho the Church hurch courts court In order that Hint t a n i case ilia ho be cr crr 1 r rf r l through In thone courts court n a charge f t must mUfti bo L preferred and sustained by II evidence nn not decided according to 10 that i by h tho the Bishops court It Is in subject to 10 appeal to 10 tho the High Council of ot It Iho tim in which tho tue ret re iii s mid Ot the tho ho whole proceedings must bo lJJ conducted according to the thO rules rulea of ot the tho Church It that ell of if the th church h have tho reputation of ot wrongdoing i of II n kind that Chit t en bo ho by h proper 1 witnesses who must muni bo Lo members of tho tue Church In III order to e a u tho thu courts of f tho the Church If the offender I in II an ant sinner covering up tip his hU In Inor eider or i r t to In I ape nna ex Cx exclusion du tho the Church he IH is permit permitted ted for lack lacic of ot proof to pursue his hili evil ovll iny without a n trial and UH Its Hut It Is la tho the duty luty of ot tho tile who visit the tue Saints to o them home Instruction to labor lubor with such lUdl In a 1 general way out the tho evI of at the course they are nn l to bo be pursuing with s Ith H n view to their repentance and reclamation tl j There are on however who be w como CInno FO Sn steeped In iii sin and corruption that thu very wr leniency extended ml tell cl erl to 10 towards towards wards anIA them Instead lu teut of oC their hearts und Influencing them to conre confes FI n lenders them de ile defiant fiant int and un 1 hateful and anti they become i t the servants of oC Satan and allt slaves to 10 i their own lusts and nod excesses ts They may In nt lit ii rs t when appealed to shed sheri j copious tears and make promises e that i they do lc tint not keep onti assume a tI virtue that their net belle belie They rhe finally f full Cull fullI l lInto I t Into the HIP condition here hIre It It hI tho ho lesire of tho the H servants of or Got Clod who vio ho are tre In authority In luthe the Church to lead ion into compliance Ift with tho the of ot the tho Lord Lorl t onil lute Into lives Ih of lit i and ib truth flut theme heio comes a n time limn when and her har ii Ity lIy to be H K virtue and means mean have tn to l I employed l to execute the Ih thet t rules of or the Lbs hurch anil rill rid the hotly body of the tIrl U sod nd wicked mem milem her ler Actual sin In imi invariably loomis leads to toj j neglect of rf JUlY mil ind to 10 utter litter against rul i all lire are i to 10 observe nerve oll erve Brought before the tho proper church tribunals tribunal on I p as 1111 call un tic lie fully tull substantiated ii the tho evidence being uin to prove if them th they y sire lire re f 1 I mill loft loCI to lIow In the Uie mire of ot their h chosen Iniquity Once Onro In a Q while such Much a n sinner tinner wi truly r turn lurn from ruin lilt his hi wrongdoing I find situ sek k forgiveness len nei antI and a It return of or off f ln ship tf tr he appears Rl to III ht tin simm tini t i TO I 4 re fr ln I is welcomed like the Ken Hon H it in I J and an iUt tl Jn In very 11 r Jn i JI way m I ay I to retain his hi low lit St II i and ait worthy of the con comm un and e of or his lilu shone In Pire mitre eases Uel this thin bt In come romes eru and the pat past In is rn forgotten C lint Hut m there are ure cases cuen In which h th the forgiving 1 toward th the wretch who 10 hoes sin in III and revels raveli In inh h Iniquity U 14 I uk and he hf will III turn 11 I round upon those thoi who forgave him and amid helped hint him to hurl ut u t them the lIth that thit ater ACler knowing known of his hilI they aided aidt him I iu 11 well MM as I and nd will use their very vr ry clouDy nd s as II 0 a U t What Viet pan can lil b thought of or such stich a I b bIng ht he heing Ing an 11 s th that f Is there here any wont won In ordinary nary Mry enough to depict hI ib hir ctr r Is Id there any common cummon trim U as e vile lIe as R he ho Is thero there tiny city Into III to which lie he cut can eluk lower than that in which t ho he lies hlee lIe He has no nen sense o of ot shame hame He lie Is lost to every tl r proper feeling of ot humanity and anti becomes become a IL prey to In Influences that proceed front from and lend lead to the tile lowest i hell Thank God such In 8 are aro few fp and far tar between nut Hut they exist can evoke nothing but utter contempt and detestation let em Iu lii the breasts of oC the most I compassionate and u ott forgiving The Church has ha reached reachel Us lis till full length of or penalty It can enforce when It pronounces the edict of oC excommunication excommunIcation ex om It has ban ha no more to 10 do eo with the creature of whom It Is well Idly dell delivered ered He lie may limy continue hla hili downward course and from Crom the Ih mire In which h he hurl filthy against the Church rind and poop rOI who ho bore with I MH his hi transgressions timid and tried to 10 save him hini I from destruction de But In doing HO so he only bespatters bc himself and rende I himself still more hideous In the sight of ot all Just Jual decent and pee pea people Tho The Saints should endea endeavor endeavor vor VOl to live 11 v 11 according to lo Instructions quoted at nt the head of ot this article They i I should forgive one uno another In their hearts for or personal offenses orten e whether I Ithe the transgressor or repent repents and makes makl amends to them or not Hut lint the Church an fill the tho body hot of or Christ should carry out the commandment concerning evil ellI doers and lint titter after It Is lit evident that I they the will not turn from the error of their ways but arc nrc bent on doing doln wick wickedly wickedly I I II I edly In spite simile of every effort to reclaim I them should be Instituted In no so far as n evidence can he obtained and they the should be he cut tut ut off ort from tram the Church that thai It may many not be 1113 truthfully accused of oC harboring and lint encouraging evil do era Warming comforting comfort In Ond shielding n a viper Is dangerous s compassion When hen henitt itt Its strength Is III revived I amid the tho opportunity opens It will sting the hand that fed ted It and exhibit Its real nature as ns euro nuro ru 11 n It IH is n a 1 deadly reptile The rhe ex experience of the Iho Church hums has demonstrated ed eti thin Ihli to form a warning for tor or nil alt time to tt come come coine I loet iet t the word worl of the tho Lord concerning transgressors be he observed according to tho the spirit and amid meaning thereof |
