Show I 1 SOME VIEWS I 1 I 1 I 1 mr phillip in ill an article in the adorth american review a entitled statecraft tate craft aud raft refers ere to the persecutions which the I 1 I 1 early christians experienced and i 4 says it was good for christianity to lc be exposed to tile the floy fiery trial for it furnished the best opportunity tit of developing the passive virtues of good for evil of showing love to the enemy and of proving its divine origin slid and ia indestructible destructible character the quoted sentence Is 13 inter estil for it contains ideas which may be applied to tho present I 1 ordeal through 0 which is 1 passing a the fiery persecution cut ion in vogue against 0 the latter day saints furnishes a splendid opportunity for developing the passive virtues till the J opportunity is being embraced by the and true qualities of nature little dreamed of are arc brought 0 to 16 light the rho faithfulness and love of true women for their husbands hue bands and religion have been bee showmen who knew not dot what they could endure I 1 i men of whose hose worth L the public I 1 knew but little have shown colors color and developed traits of true greatness 0 reat which will cause their names to be erl en 0 graven raven upon the hearts of their I 1 fellows for generations there are arc likely Lund hundreds reds of indi duals who nho are arc not known very widely lit in the church whose virtues are passive having no strong incon 1 tire to develop them or who have ha ve I 1 not been called into position giving field for their development who will bo known for their true worth because earic of the drecun circumstances stai ices gradual a 1 6 ly surrounding 0 them A 0 man who bravely endures trial rather than sacrifice principle must of necessity told hold in check certain passions of his nature which need to be subdued in ili a true christian such an ail ual under trader the control of the spirit of f a devout worshipper wor shipper of god can brin bring himself to do good for evil and anden can show when permitted love to an enemy the present trial nl 1 11 to so affords ft conspicuous op opportunity luv of proving 0 tire the divinity of tile the principle sustained and its indestructible character when b great principles are arc at it stake worthy men are arc needed to maintain them these mien men have in tile the time lime of need always been on oil liand hand in the progress of the world it is safe to say that thai history will repeat itself and as so called christianity found itself lu in a position of a n great reat triumph after the course of a 1 conflict of three hundred years so will true principles in due time lime in the future be vindicated and 11 mankind be made to rejoice the ilic same writer riter says in the lite article referred to when the colonies united inthe in alic war of independence and succeeded in establish establishing ing a na dional 0 government overn ment they excluded religious 0 tests and forbade Con congress aress 1 11 the firt hr t amendment to the Cons titu 1 tion lion from even making a law respecting an establishment of ic le ligion 0 I 1 or prohibiting the free exercise fee thereof this enactment puts all churches on oil a par before tile the law lawally lawal and ld equally under the protection of if tile the I 1 general 0 government 0 41 the american government of its ils I 1 own free motion ml 4 only grants tol cration but what I 1 is far better cures full liberty lil erly to tile exercise ct cf ach religion lott in any ally form at all co apati 3 ble with public order and peace the I 1 liberty of one church is the liberty of 0 till oil there ideas are arc be beautiful I 1 i and certainly would be enjoyable if I 1 carried out oia in practice but alas in I 1 1 idaho we lie rind find the religious test oath we find enforced a t law which lims aims I 1 to prohibit the fice exercise of a religious I 1 ii 0 ious principle all ali ire arc t li if bot ot ou on a par today to day before the law in i I 1 tile united slates antes ono church is i made the special object of legislation and yet all its teachings ind and practices I 1 nrc are perfectly compatible with public order and pence peace its principles prini I 1 cau call lie ined by the divine word it will be bijil however from the brief extracts extract we hive have wado tha clial at I 1 i lilt learned 1 writer riter holds a view which if generally accepted and really he bc hicl lilied ell I 1 would oid give all people f full till liberty I 1 the government instead ins tenil of socking seeking to cruski cru sli which lias has com 0 1 I 1 in ili followers cordin cording a to the alic constitutional arinel I 1 1 pies of our country protect it tire the churtz of desus jabus chrit christ of lat 3 P cr ilay day sainta is ib entitled to 0 o prowl pr olvi tion lion at the hie hands of the national 0 got oi vern vernm ment it ii 12 gets per persecution elution ec ution T alic he y ordeal which it inny pass through 4 ja 1 will leave it lite stronger tron er and betl betler r fitted to bk bless ss and inan mankind kind |