Show compari comparisons by choir faults 0 toh ian 0 o knier hn there is ii an oll oli a that comparisons anre odious 11 but they ire are so only to those who dread to 0 o be estimated ot at their real alue value to bo measured by the standard of experience which Is tue oro bore reliable guide to ta arrive at tr arnth th the lives of raen met the words they utter ahe the deeds by them performed necessarily cessa rily indicate more or less lesa of the motives that urge to action isolated acts should not bi be allowed too NO much weight in estimating the worth of any individual it is the general bearing ot of their deeds their tone and tendency and hie lie direction of the influence they they exercise on their fullow fellow men that indicate their inherent qualities with thoc who profess to be christian Christ inu teachers and apostles apostle we naturally rally expect hect to dib discover cover we bavo a right to demand mand the exhibition of some of the attributes possessed by alint of calvary the mock meek and lowly nazarene Nazar cne no one devotee or infidel can read the record life or comprehend the sublimity of liis his death without being charmed by fw be divine character represented him olf alf th the oe ideal man bow bor exalted were the principles he taught how illustrated by a doport deportment mont without of fence how bow perfect and unlimited his all embracing love and eb charity arity bow filled with ex mercy his discourse discoursed 1 1 in that mortal nn finni ortal sermon on the mount of olives he who spoke as never man spoke uttered that significant warning beware of false prophets which come to you in clothing but inwardly they ire are ravening 0 wolves those words worde have bare lived through 0 the lapse of centuries and flod flad a special application here most mighty are the utterances of him that truly feels and speaks it may be with the still small voice of truth to bis hi fel in the spirit of the divine master but when in him who affects the sacred office of a spiritual guide is seen been more that is malignant than merciful f who whose se language is less prolific of chasty than impotent curses whose prayers pi aicra if answered would bring more misery than blessings on aw mankind whose imagination seems seldom visited by holy thoughts but is perpetually y haunted with infernal images and alternates n between cruelty and obscenity alio whose so 0 eyes eyes see naught but bue wickedness dij 0 and r whose hose lips drop the bitterness of gall with spontaneous case when tsuch euch a man is id found whatever wb his prete notions 40 to superior wisdom pr jor howver however clothed deceitful semblance of divine authority we may beshure behas be he has mistaken his mission that hia influence will wil I 1 never elevate but certainly degrade a and that he iba ra mini inister ater of evaland ev iland not of good t let any linan bohe christian or mer M ormon whose mind is enlightened with a liberal humanity if he the ibe necessary curiosity 07 0 pa patience eleace open apen the decoi decoro d as chance dilecta no matter where they a ire re alike from to the end and read tto of any mormon leader eader from bi town own and arid we will avill confess ours ourselves eires most ahda t 41 bially 1 1 l received deceived J if iche be who bibo a 96 o adaus them with 11 unbiased biased judgment fails to recognize the I 1 lai eul features we I 1 have bare aele mated they are stamped indelli bly 11 very vc ry tace fae as aa nature writer arl 1 hii bis guilt upon the file visage g c of a criminal we h have vve sought diligently through to discover some faint trace or aatlo aim aimor ai hid bid haply irk in a exterior of oman ian guage little littie heed tol to ac decorum dorum bafit 10 0 ur uri i imie havo been beebi i a most moat failure ther thare liI tobe found folind in them absolutely nothing which would in indicate dicato in their the aliu pa pos ef i session of afi those atti ib ittes that ado adorn r n the character of the true christian there is much mockery which pro tends tenda to lo holiness but it is quite the reverse of genuine goodness and smack unpleasantly of profanation perseverance then their certainly is and a dogged do termination which would bend all things to its but nothing that indicates the inspiration of the saint I 1 no manifestation of that majestic quality which glorifies the martyr measured by whatever lia recognized standard of virtue the authors sink into religious charlatans wearing a mas of simulated piety to deceive the unwary men whose lowest passions are arc their choson chosen inspiration and whose obscene creed boic more sybaritic than saintly finds fit illustration in the he daily lives of its advocates divided equally between the riyal rival lusts of avarice and lechery |