Show POLITICS IN THE PULPIT mr tr thatcher liia h publicly PUb liLly called to task liis his superior for talking politics politic in ill tile colpit afis recent open letter reel seeks a to turn the iho table on oil president Preg ident joseph I 1 F smith for when his h 0 is preaching lie is president and calls calla him to account for halkine politics in the login logan tabernacle we want to know and all tile people want to know now by 1 nhit hat authority mr thatcher la is dictating ilic to liis his cycles attical superior and an teaching his follow erg ari that the presidency have maje madea i ini mistake stake nation no 0 man should get ct L LO EO O laigh 0 in either ecclesiastical or civil authority that I 1 ho lo 10 could not be rebuked for doing daini wrong 0 and whenever joseph F smith or tiny any one else tries to turn the pulpit into a political stump lie ought to he bc rebuked for it and all people will say the same dont tile the nation know if it knows anything 11 1 1 that a republican speech from tile tho pulpit would provoke pr evoke a democratic speech if suell such thing might be dune done with impunity liow how long would it be under those circumstances until tile peli plo would be up tip in arms against each other Is it not lot enough for this warfare to be waged 0 in political meetings meeting and through tho file newspapers instead of carrying it within the sacred walls of church the statement stat e that th a t g every other church in Christian dom allows politics to be preached is absolutely absolu tely false no church could live under such a system for any length of time where men tool took sides arid and advocated different theories reabon will teach men that tho the billio Nal loi q is wrong wron and facts will demon demonstrate strate that the church authorities and not the republican organ know what is best |