Show II TO ONE WHO HAS GONE GONG ASTRAY I To Tn T the Deseret VOlt News Sew In III the Tribune of Nov M ui M article orlI under the Ih edition The This Ruinous Tithe Tax Tu by Nephi N 2 Z Z William WilliamM M who who ho presumably mably has ban l been n emancipated from fromn trl the Ih of Mor The e article enters enter ent Into a R tlde against the Ut leaden leder Id of 01 the Church Chur and anil takes lakes up upen an en argument lo to show how that the tithing system tem Is It ii H a I tremendous drain upon the resources resource nf or the t tf people It 1 I le not nl likely Ik l th that t thin this article haa lift I 1 the attention of our or apologists nt Im lt If It I had tutu t they th would deem It worthy worth of a reply plY lluc flut having an al lillo hour I feel constrained ri to ask k the favor tr r f a 1 little Ille space t In 11 your Ul paper for or some reflection 1 tola which the article lies has prompted In me one oneTo meTo m To me rn the thought In reading reeding the article In is II the Ule lul ot of r Judgment of the thi worldly wise II as A op tarred J to the t wisdom that fa I linked with faith flUth It I recoils Cowper lines Knowledge l I is proud that lie Ire h hams lias no 50 1 much mitch Wisdom I is humble that he h know no nomore 10 more mOle Mr 11 Williams would world have hav tho rho More Mor Mormon mon l P Monte forsake forke their leaders and In Milo follow after Ife others of course nut nol permitting him to uy say IY who thick their leader er or of 1101 should hould be b Shall they the follow rolo one nee on who attacks attack the II basic prin principle ciple of their faith and who w ho glorifies a al as a first AnK consideration t tile possible material progress pr of o this people for tor forgetting getting not realizing that they Ih arc aN a R people of o faith and Ild spirit first and of ot material pursuit afterwards Ills as ns assumed knowledge or of history must leach him hint that people n who ho have sought nought material n an nil I an 31 end fi I have been without faith and ami without morals moral Gods people ph cannot trul truly wet wor worship 01 ship II Him and anil at the III time wor 01 ahl ch ip wealth walh and slid pl splendor udor Our One of tho lessons i an of history hi toy to the eye oye oeo of o ant I Ii that when hen a I people have bowd W down Iown to worldly splendor and An p up to tte attainment harp h vp ee under unde the tho Jut Just In In t of oC v a L J Ione DUl f OI who Iles I hia 1 tl tn Works of o their hernia liand and tU to taught tau ht them that Ihal materiel material os ag DI osar ar nt WM was I not lot to be I the sole pule la aim lm of hi n Ono of ot true the tile dill of the Mor Mormon mon people Is la II that they realize rUze In lives IhM the maxim of the III Master Tap arari a Ial not live Ivf by bread br alone This 11 does doe doe not nut necessarily n Imply that thai they tta should not be b industrious and all oi of they the are to 10 11 ml 1 high degree degre but tills thin tl will 1 not net turn their eyes ej e from m Hooking for a u Illy ly who wit ose builder and make Is e God oci The fhe great groat eat nd mistake of tho th those o who do not mint gra rall i the th end and spirit of oC Moi Mm IO mon m is II tint that they Iley persist TIt hi let judging jud in II u from m their own on viewpoint Ie lt which IM Is I material when the tb of the Ih hub Is III not material but spiritual Tho rho Church Is not an organization primarily lr marily marl for colonizing and Iud cooperation enterprise these things twins befog merely merel merl incident In the Individual lual life le of the while the mission of the time Church UK us UI an au organization lol U le to tarry carry cart a 1 spirit spiritual ual mg of faith and warning to tho rho world for the healing helln of the th nations naton and nd to Implant In the hearts of Its Is true truc followers that peace paco that understanding Those Thala who do not Mn sense tills this phase ph of Mor and It I IH is I the th Ideal toward which both bolh load lend leaders lendor ers era or and laymen layman arc aro working aro ro doub doubly ly I Ineffectual In their attacks upon the Church hu they attack the tho shad shadow ha l low ow o and not the Iho substance The fhe writer refers to 10 tho thin Mormon ns as my lY people Any person who ridicules the tho fundamental doctrine of oC Monnon M onnon faiths faith and who ho vilifies vUle and condemns without tho err er 11 who are aN sustained by the suffrage ur and prayers of that people ole cull anti one of them thorn U it I I is II a n I faith In Inthe 11 inthe the principles of ot tho the Church hurh and a 11 a loy Icy aUy aljy to In Its Ill that stamp tho rho ra as a a I sot apart and It Itla I Itle la le rank und and In II one who has Joined a n I camp cw of our cne mh and uld trout from rom their watch tower nil rails la Irk back at al us to refer to this people I plc an as al my nay 1 people The obvious purpose ho hohas holine line has hil In him doing this la Is II to gain gall a greater hearing for Ma hla hIl sophistries The Mor Mar Mormon mon 1011 people can only repudiate such as I traitors who hoe have forsaken for fOT their ranks and ond gone gono over oer to 10 those Hinge who by their attacks make moke them elven ur enemies And w we are aro not at al all al 1 all with the til gratuitous r rt ref f freo reo of or ray rny coming from Pich a 1 source To bo be b sure uro title this people will wl l net follow one ont wit who u fellowships wail n I with wih th lb who hn are waging a 1 fight I IIII the an and l who uses ules as u a ahil til hil his mouthpiece tui tut organ of hatred haIre and A sheet which the name nae I Mormon arouses alu l to 10 H s frenzy of cal calumny el sunny and ald vicious spleen In this as asIn al asin In all oases the holds holl true like clings to like and birds binds birs of oC a 1 tea fee feather titer ther etc Ilc In II thin tho tlC muter course of Ills hll article our brother makes this statement From most meet 10 l motives of personal envy the th Authorities and Mid jealousy controlling ties t of the tie Church Chuh tiara hao as 05 a a n I rule of tho the oller discredited led suppressed and destroyed every WIy man of any In brains or ability who ever over attained to any prominence In Church affairs or among the Mormon people There may Ia have hau ha been n Instances whore where the jealousy of 01 human nature has hu beet been bel manifested toward an In ambitious broth brother er but that every 01 man 1111 of any braise brains or ability hiss has hal been discredited sup suppressed suppressed pressed and destroyed Is Ice II so 10 preposterous Otis ous 01 AH 55 I to be le unworthy of denial dental Such Suh brazen n falsehoods could not gain pub publicity rate tV through such nuch an en organ ns as n our loomed learned brother has chosen cho 1 lif hl which to 10 Instruct the Ih Mormon people 1 regret that our omit brother line has lit so 10 few fe acquaintances among Along title thin people of whom hOI he lie hI writes su Co l knowingly that he h has line not come hi hl 11 contact with or If he hl has hM he could not lot discern dl ceM the many men coon of learning 11 Intellectual I 11 I power and In ht some pomo In 11 of International repute who are lr faithful adherents adherent of the Church I have hae been surprised to rind find even In InI Isolated I hamlets men of our faith of masterful ability 1 bi t and sterling worth who manifest t a u 1 becoming humility and willingness to serve where they the can con do dothe dothe dothe the poet most good goI for their fellows may mayhap ma mahal mayhap hap hal not for far themselves Wo We 0 are aro Ir led Inevitably to the tho conclusion that In the thin opinion of our emancipated brother no man Imam can possess 1181 brains and ability who does do not renounce some Oe at least leant of or o the fundamental principles of the Church and w who ho does doea dOla not rebel Us Il it who as o a 1 rule rile rilen are n nu 1 min proved and tried by bylong b bylong long experience and service Such brains and ability Ib I Iy never have h e or ever error can be b of service In build building lug ing 11 up the lh kingdom of God clod The egotist lit let the who ho set et up UI their own 0 n standard Instead of conforming to the th order and of the tho Church Churchwill will wi always find the atmosphere of the th Church uncongenial to them and they thep will avid wi blame their condition upon those ulos men who represent the standards troy they tle wish welsh to supplant The Master Masler lied hud 1111 such characters In II mind when lie ho remarked that you cannot put new wine wIn Into old bottles The Lord requires men mOI I for his hla service whose minds are arc ar plastic and will wil expand 81 11 as al new leI wine wn skins to the fermentation anti and expansion of ot 0 f the tho new dispensation Our brother has forgotten if Ir he lie ewer eer 11 the statement of the Apostle I Paul J nor i l ye 1 see your our how lion that not many mun wise men mon after the I flesh not many man mighty not many IRI noble I are IT called but God GOI hath bath chosen choHon the foolish things of tho the world to confound time the th wise wile lee and God hath bath chosen the time weak things of the world to confound the thins things which are 11 mighty and the base bl things thing of the world and things thing which aro are despised hath God chosen yea ll and ald things thIng which aro atO Iro nought to bring to naught the things which ure are That no flesh should glory In fn Ills his hi lines pres presence once ence fl t 1 Cor 1 1 How ow will wi time the men mash of brains and ability faro taro such Buch as are arc extolled by hy our brother rather when they tho stand In the tho presence of the Judge of this world who said aid Whosoever shall hal not receive re ln the kingdom of God as Al a 0 little Ille child shall Ihal not mint niter ender therein Murk Mark 10 1 I recall the tho linos Inos of at a rustle rustic rusI poet foet that are aro pertinent here Ye can cun mouth load old Natures Nature writ In rocks un an stones Ye can cal zee see eo her throbbing vitals and her mighty eighty rack of oC bones But the tho soul loul o her the living God clod a a child may know klow No lens er I rule o can Al ever hope to show allow Thero good old Aunt ama thy Jane hunt thet all ni her journey journe long Has Em led It her r heart hart to labor with a ro roe I 1110 of oC song Ioni Her folks folk have robbed and left her hei hr but buther buther her In goodness grows growl Kf Ih han basil t any but I tell t 1 je ye e Hill BILE SHU knows I hl ht shat hf th J r WI tok took list to time rny tl p x all eq the Ya TA be al II wey a b afraid to t ro Stormy 1 I It al all th the loran Jordan nos u ys Ye 0 halt haf It gt h I she know tonic I a There carnal is III I a mind nl 1 Ih aland and an their Ih nt I Wholly holy o pa al l to in Ih the I lax eat n and of II lit i mIr In the lt a 11 all al f th world I sr oro sill u one ono the tiro II n It t n ah other oilier r ii f Ih ti Ili h hn l II is receptive n t to the I hf i th I I J become as a truth ru t i I al MM ll bud 1 1 again hl t The h i natural 1 1 1 not the things thinK Inal man of ot time I they are 1 I 1 i can ht the kno know thorn for unto hi his n thon wally they hy discerned 1 ir t I ta Not that the tl Morlon 0 1 a Ing a and poling lieu oft orl P pl 11 r 1 glory glor of j is quoted 1 II r an II a r of Ir Bument has hail Mt I tin In n haf simply aim mf worldly I h wt ir I 1101 unlinked not find favor far alt II r I In the hur 1 mr I aThe a around I The he man that Ian loI to In nd Hii lint found round out a I faith Iii In hi hi n s P I I mighty nigh I rte He knows as much II as all tl fl And In Isle cali rna 1 1 aJ hl Ant In as non la a the tho of or God Aln Alno No o the Mormon dissuaded ore r t I from ll of mans mAna their faith by r f TI 1 doe does not stand In the but Ihl c In the I power of 01 God Gal 00 Tt not v t i converted r of merely b by th the I 1 mn men but 1 by d Spirit and of pow r They voice of the true shepherd helm but the tho I II Stronger llly th Y lull tow low They rhey beliele nt I r c but try tl the spirits Spirit spiris s h tin II t h r ti of t I v God Clod because ICI O many false fake tol e gone Ole out Into the Th Tb the world v therefore p tr n world and the world h hur tit t afro of God he that knout kurt u oth us ho lie that ell In is nut not of ut I Inot I not us ml Hereby know knoll wo ae the truth and the tie spirit nf or rear I 0 I have been bean l t u references and cold follow tolo a in II I ment that for foi the the trot cnn rl nr I wll wl be haul han to 10 J i i inot t t I not will trill wil bo be plain t to tn th x t The Th cynic and we see I tu Ili II separate emte parts and illy ly OI ul j 1 I time while tine the th eye of f fur roI t In their entirety and grup gru p allt The Mormon people ah ai i IL eta to have hae sonic some lole In then nn 11 nil i t t and who oho ho f fit ii the spirit and genius of tin lh tins t a k j I s secede ee from tin Ili h r t 1 h i i whether we wo are arc nN o 1 i h hand and by b the th t t 1 worldly world I still this people t I tto Ito I g to finish tine the work thy u 11 preach the tho gospel to th pin peer P I those th who hunger and ti iI I f nt u ur righteousness r and In full ful t I o Drs t bl er of the Millennial i K R Lord lard Ln W A Hi iv |