| Show I FROM A WAR VETERAN J I I The Tho following letter to to The News from an old war veteran dated Ames Amell OkU Okla wn received some sone lime time ago ngo The Tho writer claims to be a free Cree thinker but ho hu la is certainly cert not an infidel To the Chic Editor E Alter reading two ar nr articles tides In your our paper Catholics and Politics and Two American Parties I will say sa n a few tew words word wordIn In the middle and lato late GOS we wo as us a I party part felt fell that thaI should bo ho done not to discourage emigration but to W put a stop to tho Chic danger of 0 tem toni temporal temporal petal or political power being wrested from bona lido hue American citizens cl by bythe bythe bythe the vast lUt number r of foreigners then thon en entering enterIng the country As An tho tIm greatest t number were adherents of the tho Roman I I Catholic church our efforts were con considered as antagonistic ant to that church Wo Yo recognized them as now that for or all kinds of or work worle for Cor Its Us own benefit In Incourt Incourt incourt court or hovel It was waa tho the most moat power powerful powerful powerful I ful organization on earth Hence wo we proposed 21 l years as tho the limit of resi reel residence residence dence tn hi this country necessary to the tho right of oC suffrage hon tIme the party merged Into tho the new now party part nil our oun ef of efforts forts In this direction were lost That such was aos the tho case Is a great sorrow to many good people oven even In this tItle day da I and ROIl date dale I It was said by b one man nn lately that tho the organization of tho ho Church of the tile Saints was wn equal to that of tho the Gorman German army arm and second to none I never nover saw law more morn than I two Mormons This TIlls was about 20 years I ago lIgo They Tho were weN Elders Eders and nd wo we visited together for Cor an hour or BO so When I Iwas Iwas was as entering my year I got from Crom a friend trl nd In Canada Magrath Mcgrath William Wood a consignment of ot L D S litera literature literature ture Including a Book of Mormon Doctrine and Covenants Pearl of Great Price and many others I have never novel seen Been him but wo wore were through tho the Crimean war and sailed many seas sea I In our time line and are aro steady correspond correspondents eats He lIe embraced tho the faith of the tho Saints when but a boy 00 and andI I am willing to stake my life on his word ord hence while a free thinker I Isco Isee see BOO no reason to doubt tho the truth con contained contained tamed In the Book ot of Mormon Monnon and the others Religion Is largely a matter mattot of or temperament It Is unprofitable and un on ungracious ungracious gracious for tor one typo to sit In Judg Judgment judgment ment mont on another It Is not miot Peter tho the Inconstant one otto and Thomas the time doubter would today tOda be hauled up before beCore church authorities and anti turned out Yet Yot out dear Lord accepted ac both bath Tho The dark ages have hao passed away aw The I I I I opportunities to read re l and study aro arc be becoming becoming becoming coming greater every ever day and It Is III only the blind who can bo be led lod by b the tho blind 1 is 11 be becoming becomIng becoming hive livo Ignorance we wo Each day clay na as It coming more a crime To fo hate hute to lie and bear false witness Is no part ora of or ofa ofa true truo life liCe Yet so many a think they the unset hate and antI persecute In lix Ina Ina lixa a holy way wa all who iho do not think Just Justas as ns they the do 10 From this It Is III I but a a step tep stepto to the rack the tho torch and faggot A friend asked me to let him read rend the tho BOOK nook of Mormon As I knew lenew ho lie did not read the tho BIblo I told him you will not un nIx understand tand It HO so well voll If II you do not read reach tho the BIblo along with It This Thill ho would not do cIo and did not take tale the Book Dook of Mormon As tn he ho does dON not belIeve a a word of the Scriptures and has haf not read them tho tim soIl eoll was poor There are just two dangerous clangorous kinds of people Opo to tobe tobe tobe be considered In Iii tho the matter those UlOS who profess not to a word of or Scrip Scripture S Scripture ture and those thore who on the other hand profess proCess to believe bellevo every eve word ord of It and neither of them have ever over read the BIble BIblo From such uch and their leaders arise are all persecution and evil speaking Tho The sound of oC the grinders Is low how with mo mc for I r have none left heft but the tIme Dear DearOne DearOne One Ono has hus not darkened the windows for forme form me ate m and music Ih is still my ray Joy jo so 50 much so to that I sorrow Borrow over the weakness and want of ot ability to visit the tho great city of tho rho Saints and hear the tones t res of tho the mighty organ and gather with you OU each lach and every over ono one so BO us as u to know you personally per I followed the lie Dear Old Flag from April 11 1861 1801 to February ISO God and my rm mm glorious country are good to me rae There Is no peace my m dear leal brother The Th power which sits sit on tho tite city on the Chic Ioven hills If Jr able ahlo today toda would make us nil nIh pass under the yoke So would many maity others If It they were able to rule The spirit of religious Intolerance only and nail is cruel OH as n tho the grave I If we e look for peace wo so 0 look for what whal will not como to the church militant The Good Book tells us so but glory to God It comes to His church tri trl triumphant triumphant It If Gods people do not com to elect men opposed to evil they tho nio 1110 neglecting their duty dut Freo Fren think thinkers ers eril 1 do Otherwise they the would feel eel dishonored before tho tIm Master MasterA ter terA A dear ono one left me mo In 1816 1546 to go home She was a Saint and andI I feel eel that sho she has hm novel never been very far from me but only for a few fow years ears have I understood how and why wh My IY friend Elbert Hubbard would say sa I J Iwas Iwas was a very vcr superstitious perron p ron But Buthe Buthe Buthe he has a II kindly loving heart for or the time saints and everybody else Yours very ver respectfully W B |
