| Show l One Olle of the Iho Important principles of the Church ia I to acknowledge the tho hand of the Lord In all things An effort elfort Jo to segregate the humble routine matters as being of tho earth earth earthly ly from the tho supposedly greater great r things is 15 illogical The Saints see the hand of Providence In Inthe Inthe the humble activities of lira life as well wellIS as IS in those that aro moro mora conspicuous ous The Tho remark of a 11 mining broker at the dedication of the Knight smelter t Who hut but a It Mormon would ever eC think of dedicating a 1 smelter Is Illustrative of the Mormon attitude on thc tho affairs of life Another nother Illustration Is 15 furnished in tho biography of President ent John Tay Taylor Ta Talor lor In the account of a debate te be between between tween him and II editor of or u IL Paris magazine advocating the socialistic Ideas Idea of M or Fourier whoso whose American society is put down as one of o tho conspicuous failures of ot practical socialism Success has followed Church colon colonizing izing efforts to a remarkable degree deglee whether Judged by b the tho results at attained in ater aCtEr the exodus across s the continent or the present pre ent Ei EiHorn Horn settlements that are arc Just harvest harvesting ing In their fruits of labor President Taylor Ta when hen asked by Z M l o l what if I was in t 19 Church brought Its Jis wonderful wor dertl os ly en ess r i t s ly baptism fort e remission of sins I IlAnd lAnd And nS the i i astonished re rejoinder r joinder 1 to the miCI 1 Is I all ii propose ose about l gut the thi ln matter atter w th i r of f tp whom tho working qt the spirit o lovo ovo and fellowship within tha Church was comprehend edi 1 n I N am n afraid you u accomplish but little cr r the he conclusion of uc lU whom hom the the words wo ds of President t i ir r Y ol ia eft convey e all their th lr vast significance e end And nd the th reply Iy setting forth corth Just the CIu haO I al accomplished ed I in It I an nn Q jo and worldly wor dI fi Jd deserves to stand land as 11 one of ot the the i conspicuous of the of Church when worked out Into practical 1 result le lI t Address Aldress oil o 1 to 9 distinguished of ot athen 0 then on the i statement of of president Taylor Ta lor was this M you y u sent Ijen M r Cabot lLuto to time was con the most talent talented ed ell i in rou He He t NaUvoo shortly after we had deserted de r Ul Iti Houses HOlls s and 1 could be a 0 m nominal I ich deserted d ami nl thousands of ofus us Uti had left hous sa furniture In 11 them Almost Ah calculated ed cd to promote tho of ot man manas Was as there could a It go to a n place under und r morn moll happy circum circumstances stances Besides Heald the tho advantage of having everything made ready Jo to his hand M lt et company com t of cOl llo and his hL to MI the result I Ir r all in all ll your ln eI published in your own pa pur flOI here h re In 11 a continued cry for fOl help Tho cry was money mone money monc 1 We Wo a n ncy to help us carryout out oUr I your ur in Nauvoo with all 11 the th advantages s If our o r d sorte and homes that they the ha Im 1 J only to been out outa a n miserable existence tho Saints ot of their thell all from civilized society into the valleys s of the Ruck Mountains to souk that protection pr the sav savages ages among tho as you call eI Indians h Chris Christian tian civilization denied donel us there our people have havel bult bul t houses en lands lunda cultivated gardens built houses enclosed n lands cultivated gar gardens gar dens ns built houses h JUsts organized a I government and are prospering p ring in all the comforts of QI civilized life No this hut but they have hao sent thousands ands and thousands of dollars over to Europe to assist the tho to togo togo go to America where they ley might an aa The society I r represent M 11 Krol l with a 0 foal fear of God the tho thero groat ro t we offer the tho plan of God Godi viz repent repentance ance baptism anft ani ti tho laying on bf f hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost Your society tr with your philosophy independence of God have hav been Ing a 0 system sy tem of communism and Is according to tox your x own accounts Il the way wa to Intro Introduce duce 1 Now N w which is I the batter our religion or your our philosophy Tho French socialist hud Iad no answer werA A year or two after this Illuminat Illuminating ing In conversation tho t closed clo ed its American accounts aa us a 0 to total tal lal failure the Church has Ims accomplished In III bringing truo happi happiness I ness neS und and contentment Into tile the lives of ot otmen I men may bo be seen by anyone who cares to look around him in Iri western regions where the religious hew I S made Itself felt folt And the achieve achievement ment of today only a slight of what the future futuro still holds s exactly where President Taylor ra lol put it iton Iton on the tho simple trust In God faith in His divine divino purposes which have con marked the Church through nil all Its II years of ot trials and Im pro progress gress |
