| Show v y v A A v I THE TRUTH VILIFIED AND SLANDERED Mode Made nt ot the tho Seventy oen y Filth Fifth ot of the Church ot of CB esus 8 Christ 01 Ot tiny Saints In tho 1101 flow anti nd Prejudice are Snit SoH City on April 0 4 b by l Falsehood Mis Sul by and Calumny HI ELDER ELfEI D E R I RULON 0 LON S WE WELLS L L S 1 I I tf m me great grent rR t my myn sinters to add my I 1 I i ir t I II n II U md J I S I t In those which witch have havo ready already boon beon boonin beonI I in HI n tits this meeting and to lo express t I i hr h Ii I f have In III the ultimate trl t I I id III t of f 1 Ih the thi work worl of oC Sod Upton ullOn the then I n I hI have C been bell deeply Interested 1 1 i i seed by the remarks nt it thuI thu tho I if r this thin I conference and U by the thes I IT II I I s of ot f the groat grout work which I j Is accomplishing among I I t I h hI ot of f men In III t I t the he I I i ns which prevail at tho the t I u i inn p I ben en led to 10 remark What i ml 1111 work It 11 Is III that i i Int tan II 1 i II In Ill and how tho Iho l I dpi 10 lint who have been carrying i i v IK under the of ut 1 III I irl p hii e to toward artl them thom thomI themo o I n it tw ution tion of ot th lie whole world To fo Top Toi marvelous that III a II ai p 11 i I I m v I i horI ii l nf lit t people only I a tow rOIl nun hun nunI I ih Iii ii IIII be he so 0 dil f n r iho history of of ut this world an and be he e universally al known We e have ua e eI I I i ta tries Into ninny many f the t h world orld and I t doubt If I 1 i mn sus II community or nil any peo c n nI i I h II it II has haM no not Marti hoard of or the I i 1 I r nil i nf lit f this work with which t I 01 1 nf or souse course they IMy have 1110 I h i In III all ell canes all as a to toi toil il II i vi Lading M ling of ot thin this 1 people leople they 11 1 e t ri rt pl 11 correct Information 1 r I t c in ns 11 huh hilt WP 1 have har been heen nf of I I tr icard tenni nt f In the parts Itoe n t r p rf orl orld I It H le III l astonishing too ins has i p grIl amount of or hatred han ii among the people orI ot or the halter day dayI I th p II 11 ards ird I f 1111 lit lt are u 1 n 10 1 I regarded In Inns tl th a I ld d n ns being n a very wicked pen peo penI I I i h hate t the reputation among the rl rh d 1 I i t rf t r men lass of ot being Ih the worst wonet I II earth I 1 II I h i 1 1 1 n this thi face of or the I at lit this melt I 1 horn t f II horn familiar I with the opinions world hut but It has hns lJ hen been henn the Ills h pf If f r n n 11 In III i I n 11 i In tie III with Stith th I IH tt i I 1 i iIII nt ts having bp been n born In InT InI t I T and having spent near nearl h l I m 10 my life liCe kern here anil and I have oh ob ohI obi i tt t I I 1 i it II they will compare tavor Hi rt t c ii It ally I inv polio people on the earth parth T HiT Th n r 1 H s nothing In the lives of ot the 1 t 1 Iy 1 saints Int to warrant the 1 I it I 11 all In the HIP world orld In n nIn In mat 01 ih plc tic M are ale regarded as tie a IL II t IsAAL hand bund of or an all evil ovll and Ind a licentious of o people but bUI wo wro know that this Is la not nol the condition that prevail among tin ilK When I was wt in a IL afew to few years jears eHrS ago aJo we held a conference In the lIt city of ot Nottingham and while we 11 were there was scattered among the line people containing g II tinny supposed flO etl to represent life lire In nail this literature Will was hl 1 li 1 IW a u w 11 known Mr Ir J a 11 The Tho I Iatter Saints Saint were depleted there ii In III the thu t teim On Oil the th front page Illge was n a picture i a II Mormon ormon on a n polo pole tenet 0 with 1 A wide hat on oh his hi hl lu In shirt sleeves a R vile vIII expression on nn his hll tH faro fact and In 11 hi his hand hamid a n black k antke whip Out nut In the Geld field before him were nor five or six Mix women working with pick lick and ami nl and plough he the tho hu husband of or hens women w wa was t directing them and nail making them work na as slaves It It In kind of or misrepresentation that Is II thin the minds of or people against us till many K good d honorable an and women hays have been rn taught aught to 10 her un nt I t wicked and While lo and I w were ro frees croas lUll ing the ocean a few rAW years ago 1110 a o we hap to 10 be bl In III with R a number or of tone hers of ot the Ile dl Ill city of at Phil rilla nd who ho were teem going upon an n p pi cx i lon to m WEt e t lie became nnie n A nc qulIn ted with II Ith and nul our nor norl I to t ham rt WP Wo e guys gave them en enI l Romell some Rome ll ra of or Ih the character of tit the fhe people out here and they looked upon us IIA as fiR representatives of nt the people As WP WI were shoot to 10 disembark one of or t the hI pro rant camo up 1111 to 10 me mp anti and std paid ld I f never knew knell Mr Wells until I 1 met you gentlemen here hare that tint there wan such n II thing as IIA a II Mormon olmon gentleman gentle m man n I never lillI Knew but hilt that the Ihl Mormons wore the lIell kind of or pen peo pI pip pie without any uny culture whatever I IWAte tons WAte taught to 10 believe the in wicked And vile from the daye of nr my latency Infancy Not only that but I 1 wish to mako a n further confession I urn ism 1 a tI teacher her In III one of ot the public school of oC Philadelphia and andI I have taught III my toy pupils to hell believe e that too nut Hut I 1 give you jou inv my word that thAI when I 1 return to my lilY school I 1 will try Iry to tn unto undo the mischief T 1 have dons done Is h It RII any wonder my m III brethren and l th that man runny good 1001 people have ho sisters 41 VP been blell deluded und and led hd astray and anti that hit w we II huv II become hated hilled by the people of or the tho world It may not hot be very pleasant for u ut us to contemplate the fact that thai the world do 10 not nat like us UI I t that dial that It Is 1 Ih the condition I 1 Ido do 10 not how Aver regret that I urn um Idea Iden with this people nor have hilI 1 I any regrets for tor the them themselves themselves selves No It Il Is II the heritage of the Ihl saints to to b be hated n of ot the world a and 1 I find consolation In the words which were r quoted b Prest Pr lIl Smith n Ili It If ye tI world were of of the the world the the world would ti love Its own but because ye 1 are Bre not notor of or th the world but 1 I hll have ve chosen hollen you out of oC the world wot Id therefore the world hide hate you ou Neither should we WI feel teel sad Mad and discouraged nn on account nf lIt these theto conditions which prevail In the world for tor the said further il a are arc re ye e tt I when hen on P shall revile you anti and t persecute you and shell shall sty siy all manner of or pv evil II II you falsely for far m mv my sake sak and be bp for tor great Is your jour reward In heaven for rol so an 0 persecuted I they the HIP which h were before you nu 01 nuMy My Iy brethren and nil n those thoI III are feelings that till flit my bosom bOlom with with regard to I the he attitude of or th the world toward usI us UI I 1 feel sorry for tor them not for us UI Hath Rath pr I J feel to hut hat 1 I am with the people of ot thud In InK IHK r Ih the enmity of or the world toward 11 us They rv do In not nol love Inor th Ph P l radt ra or of this thIA people but we WO r who ho know kno them Ihm best bestA know th m to In h be men of or Ind I ll d W A know knee that IhA I there la Is nothing In their lives thus that will warrant th the attacks that list are being heinli trade made upon them by th the world Let tt us 1111 uphold and sustain them II by hY our faith anti prayers and by hy our obedience to the will rf of that w we 1110 may be hI faithful Ith till anti true trill to tn the th Ih cov covenants Ill WP we hilI havn mAde with the rte Lord I Let t us not he be discouraged or 01 concerned about Ih the nit ultimate Iota te triumph of or this work for tor God Is le at Rt the hI helm m and tie lie II will wilt lead cad us till triumphantly Into Ills rest relt We WI have no nn cau cause to tear fear Let Tet them their o peen this title work worl a All as they th will they will will utterly titled nil fall In every ery attempt That they mn iliA may be bp In all their evil machinations that they may hI ha defeated In III all nil that they undertake todo to todo todo do the cause RUle of or Ion Is le my In III the tilt name of oC Jesus Juu Chi Christ 1st A Amen men |
