| Show ug W s I 9 A VERY CASE CASEBy CASEI I 1 I By II letter I tt r from Denmark WB Wt AI learn U s lame ome further r details concerning c thi prosecution of or n tome or of our mir JIler In 4 g Norway for tal administering tho Iho oiB ordinances nances of n nd the th Ih Sacrament of ot the Lords JordI Particulars of I r J trial conviction ivero ItrO given I 1 1 In Inn n a ft Newt News editorial of at May Iu uy 6 c IMS 6 l Jho rho persecution against a t them thell was Willi pi I started by somo of at tho th t sectarian tier del I Hymen t and lint Hergen It II was VU bat bt rd on Ott the th theory the thc IM Int t e Saints or Mormon are not lOt t n Christian imd hud I r no lIO right to 10 0 administer ler uny Christian t ceremonies r Hitler Niels wan tl lined live fIc hundred kroner or 01 to be he Imprisoned I uit J days hyt for tOl performing the llie I r of or and an two native were fined fifty Ort kroner each for lor lorI I 1 i administering the of the iF i Lords Supper H An All appeal apel won wnM taken luken i to 10 t tho superior court ourt ant and till the verdict i of nf the lower court va 8 Mt t aside anti and r the tho found lount not guilty On an 1111 another ant i other t hi r palo page pa go will witt I t be he I found ott it a I letter lell I et t er r ruin President Frederick ChrlE Riv Riving J i i ing In tho Iho decision led lon of or tim tho t tM higher court us n It i appeared In lit a it I I helm paper pl pcr It In worth reading rending and t I I IIII II I i In III our editorial of or tt May Mil 5 r previously referred to 10 wo 0 c took up tip the rlue of ofHie Hie I h t application i of oC tho the Jal I w 1 tho the were convicted I and id mudo j them In n i of or the th eCh itt 1 f jL d department of t the thc government It Co dat dated datI ed 11 I August t 27 tho thu ordinance ot of oft t baptism as III ii performed by h tho the Mormons H I 1 not lint to be he considered Im ret 11 as fl at Christian Christ lait baptism If It I C It II Is Ip not 1101 Christian 4 It IH IK IHnot not 1 baptism 11 I tI 3 at ot all iiII 1111 lOn III no subject tt Ut tl Una legal enactments cnut nt that than any IIII other secular acts nelll which w the citizens hau an Indisputable 1 right to 10 perform II Them IH I some orn con colt nil f t fl II let In I n the Ito Ih I Interpretation I ii t of uC the ho t hot t law which the Ihl supreme court 1 may bay tale take cognizance Iu of ut when I II I the th ClUA O of ot Elder l I fm rn Is itt brought up tir It now iQ appears that the higher court JUrl I t has taken this view Iel of or the tho th matter nod and Jn itt 11 Its lt II decision d announces I that as 1111 ci the 4 Mormons have hll been declared to tn be behot b bi tri i hot tt II Christian sect nor to 10 bo ho num numbered among Christian the ito I which they perform Is in not flot to IC tobe toor be or considered a Christian baptism mi miI t I that when a II religious m rt t which li h linot ht t b I not nol considered cUl Christian uses ceremonies l In Ihl ho exercises of nC o their re religion rei i 1 j ligion lon which more or Clr I If len B Ie tim tho Christian Sacrament that cannot mako th ret a u church neither r can 1111 at i R it make ceremonies hrIM t ti nil that t further tI r tit cr there th t r can supposedly NII be lie nothing to 10 hinder u II Itoh J Christian sect fl I from rout using t by ii 11 It upon or immersing hl In Into Int to 4 designate th persons Initiation Into Inlo I such sect beet From such Much an Rn net act how however r ever lver will lii no hit confessor conf of DC tho tim Christian 4 lath faith Claim that the person Pron t so M t rt In rat net through such lIuch uli baptism be he bea t I a It 1 member of ot tho tito Christian 2 church i The court ourt says ay also aio al o The time same rule rulo t holds hold good as u to administering I t ho tie Sacrament Then It follows that th L accused hate hal not performed any act IUt i connected with any atty 1111 which It he lie doe Iloe not nol hull hold hol l Inasmuch I 1111 is iti thy they th have hae I only I y performed pt ho nn gilt art ltd which vh Ich In III I ii th Ih I hi eye pg of Ihl Christian churches IM iii en in int enI t I without en et II and 1 would Just Ju t as 01 well bp be n performed by hy uny othel I 1 person Pern whomsoever The rhe court rules that the accused IUM are itro not guilty The rh TheL L Judgment was wall unanimous There about hut decision when whon compared with tho law under whIch proceedings were wert tak lak taken laken taki i en 0 the lilt Hut that does do donol not nol matter v Ill ver ry much Ho to long ion ns as the tito 1 have lia the Ihl I h liberty I to 10 t o tut I the tho ordinance lit of f nur otti Church hureh It IK tt I a II at t matter Inn I t tr nf ot o f I I 0 Ii to 10 I 0 ns 11 whether our Christian Ch l or foes rM regard r VIM n fl 11 one on ot or the lie numerous divisions In that culled coiled cull 1 Christendom c ti or r nut lot i That Thu I religious ret L lib Hb liberty lb I erty which IK I lt to prevail In it itI I Norway ria to some oni extent X I anti ami fully In Iho Ihl j ho Unite 1 to 10 the thit th let lAI i Saints S In with ah nil nh mankind Ilia n kInd and until If people p h come con Coil convinced vinced Ind Ch of C the truth ruth I of or our they ought to 10 hate hae the thi samo freedom to accept thorn them not n l render r obedience nb to them theta as nil a to 10 receive or reject t anything else 1 that Is h 1 presented ti I t notice no It 11 IM is father remarkable that a 1 hurh I founded nn flit the lie I tutu irinI tl eti I of ot New Testament teachings II nOd mo 1110 I I I by revelatIon I I from from Jesus Christ hrIt Himself should bo ho rejected as es n by b the tite differ different I ent t nt Christian sects AVe We re regard reo t gard garil ns iiii I evidence hit they have C departed It front from the faith i once delivered to the th Saints and that tiit I the system fI they the I which they lucy Ihl reject U l I what hut It claims to he that Is i no part or parcel of ut divided and discordant modern Christianity x l I no piece niece of or new n ne cloth patched upon nt I old ol i garment hut hilt the Chris Chrie V c t as taught by h Christ 1 and tin tI Apostles in the tho th century of oC tho him himi i Christian era restored and Introduced 1 I j to mankind We havo hao lau no desire to havo that Church confounded with the several or 1 which are clearly of ot human tt t origin nor do 10 we wish to hold tiny any 1111 of or ori i them in III or to tl t the tie good 1 r they the arc aro nr chic able to 10 accomplish n But thu Church of Christ of oC Saints Is IN separate and Lital distinct from tron them nil till wan Wa 11 set let et un tin by direct divin authority nod and Is l Christs Church on onearth onearth earth because h Ho lle In r appeared In Inthe Inthe the latter I days dayn and organized orl It IL and III a hi alt lt II living spiritual head bond |
