Show IS ROOM FOR ALL says FUS Ident F S Kini kimbill bill of the aguillera states stales mission lu la a letter to the journal Jon Jou raal elder kimball takes to remarks beharka of N fresby tiTian minister and com coir fiends ahe 1 I he journal for its stand EDITOR dear sir rev Clemen ClImen sons letter and your wisdom inspired editorial in answer thereto found in THE JOURNAL of sept ard 3rd proved very interesting reading to me as thoughts are touched upon in each which I 1 have given tome reflection to and sought to lu in ILI ly understand I 1 shall refer to two or three tate menta enta made on a certain occasion by brother clemenson a against ain t the mormon people as a church and shall take these statements Is as a text test and make a few observations ions on thorn them brother clemenson said shall I 1 he cabied the enemy of the mormon because became 1 I in a friendly kirit i examine examine and assail the mornion mormon system cf faith I 1 would say ay not dot if in so dolog he would riot not abuse thain by makin making g un statements about them would lye th in a better fr of faith than they already have can call be do this again lie sai gas s there is a wide difference diHe rence between an attack on a jytte system rn of belief and on the belaev b ea raa a A alsa between making mab bog a thruda a ai a ered creed arid and tho the people who hold bold and defend that creed I 1 take this deanin meaning hers here to ta be b that lie he did not nor does lie he intend to attack attach the believing mart se aull hia bia person derson nor th the people when ahen bretler Br r clemenson says mormonism Lm pure and simple due does lot educate the moral sense it appeals rather to appetite sel fie fiet hues iness ambition v etc I 1 will agree with lira hirn th that it he be is attacking the mormon system of belief or theo theology loav dut but when vs hen he be states thit th tb it lt the life of the lints shows them to be immo immoral ral their use of profanity and their bi breaking ealing bie aking of the sabbath dai day I 1 is a proof of their I 1 weak moral sense he is not attacking their belief theology and creca hut but the believing mar man I 1 1 his ia I araon e aon and tile the pe people yew now if I 1 tell a man mail or woman let them be presbyterian baptist methodist or w at not that lie or she is immoral a blasphemer and aad a S sabbath breaker an and d has weak moral sense I 1 should regard them indeed stupid if they would not consider 1 I wa making an a assault 3 upon their person yea upon upon their ebar character acter my bews upon this thought are widely different froin irom those of brother bother clemenson cleu eason I 1 do not believe lie V e a ma man n 0 or r W woman oman wa was 3 e ever V er converted to a truth whether political or religious if antagonized wilh a spirit to ta atar it r down or destroy I 1 do not cot say say brother Clenie clemenson has this spi spirit rit but it looks that way to a man up it a tree my belief i is if you voc vo c want to convert a person to a truth first mako maho him your friend having accomplished that next teach him a better faith or system of religion than the one ha bs already hits baa one that will riot not teach him to 10 be immoral a blasphemer and a sabbath breaker and this is whit what brother clemenson says Momon does doe 3 for its adherents adte rEnts if I 1 were to 4 the presbyter s ian baptist and all litber other orthodox churches by bv the purity of the he individual jives if their adherents and aal would nuke make it my business to hunt for imi uirl I 1 persons blaspheme rs and sabbath breakers break cra from among their indi vidual members I 1 might with the questionable propriety I 1 of brother Clenie say eay the life of if the presbyterian baptist methodic and all jtb bolher er orthodox ortho ilos churches shows them to be im immoral noral their use of pro profanity fanita and their breaking of the sabbath is a proof of thir their weak moral sense cense but I 1 shall ah all not be so BO uncharitable as aa brother clemenson is asin in this case and say sav this for I 1 10 lo ile not believe it to be true neither do I 1 lip lillieve lieve what he says about my church and my people to be true I 1 am willing to 10 stake my reputation upon tho the fact that the mormon mention an as moral and as aa free front from wicked ue i of all kinds as any belil religious ious body bod v of people tobe to bo found on oil tile the earth 1 I am chere I 1 can judg I 1 believe this kind of if that is what lie he calls it I 1 believe to be wholly and contrary to the true spirit and genius of the gospel and I 1 know it to be opposed to the teachings every latter tiny day saints elder and member has re anth from the lord and tue leaders of the mormon church from its inception to the present day in proof of this last statement I 1 shall quote buote from the Dov doctrine trine and covenants joseph si smiths history nud and from a sermon delivered by prest wilford Ul lford woodruff before the young meu men s mutual improvement association conferences held in salt lake city three years agnand fol following lowine the law of evidence that 9 out of tile the mouth of two tire or three witnesses shall every word bo be established I 1 think I 1 shall establish the fact according to the belief of the latter day saints at least that brother Cl clemenson emenEo n was wa 8 wron wrong in makin making the statements he did about the mormon people and if you have not faith hope ond and charity you can do bothi nothing contend aganet no church bave it bo be the church of the devil D A C sec IS ver 1920 19 20 As I 1 do 0 not believe brother Clemen sons church and other protestant prote slant churches to be the churches of the devil I 1 will not dot contend against them reviling not against reviler D 0 see sec 19 V verse erse 30 let your bowels be full of sympathy towards all men D da C sec verse 45 do not contend with others on account of their faith or system of religion but pursue a steady course this thi s I 1 deliver by way of commandment and all who observe it not will pull persecution upon their heads while those chodo who do shall always be filled with the holy ghost this I 1 pronounced as a prophecy and healed with hogana hogan and amen joseph smiths history quoting from prest woodruffs remarks there are two or three things that I 1 want you to remember you that are called upon missions und and all faithful elders will be upon thing is ie when you 0 go p to a neighborhood to preach vie the bosl goabel el near never attempt to tear down clown a mans house bouse so to speak before you build him a better one never in fact attack a mans religion wherever you go be willing to let every man enjoy his own religion it is his right to do that if he does not accept your testimony with regard to the gospel of christ 1 that is ia his affair and not yours youre conot do not spend your your time in pulling down sects and parties we time to do 1 that it is never right to jo do that another thin ahing is wherever you go sustain any and every government that sustains you austein all governments never be found antagonizing any government governments ern ments belong to tile the people and if at it is not good for them it is their business to rectify it not yours vours there being more than fourteen hundred millions of souls on the earth and only about who have accepted the name of christ es as the only name gin ghen en among amen men whereby we nye can be saved I 1 am strongly opinion that there is ia plenty of room for all to preach and build up churches without seeking to assail or tear doan systems cisterns of religion ELTAS ELIAS S KIMBALL tenn sept MG |