| Show strange trot h though eternal and known to be so and aad ahoi though h every element of it that thab gocs to w warda completing the limitless sum of all tru crumay may in strictness be he deemed an axiom or self evident proposition is nevertheless scoffed jeered and aad most moat bitterly opposed by the groat great majority of those hose who style themselves reasoning abid reasonable beings this fact proves the great wisdom ax i cased cd by the councils of heaven ii in devi devia saig i a probation and ana th the great reat power the adversary of right ous ness nesi has his over all who are not strictly mai mal ful oh the in bile bide eide of int inh integrity parity and uprightness warp this nok nol no the case nn ikid would woud either cither lave have retain much much of the intelligence gained in a lors lovs state of beit belt being that evil would eave rave had ITO ty 0 power over thin ahn or eg ese nd little of that spirit that the th email numb number fr wha harr harp embri embraced aced and ciuti ciufi blutig to the truth through a love for it would hep been materially lesi les ies lessened ened sered or c irely wan I 1 tinT 41 truth is kv known own to bs be the only abd abi aba rig prino pie ar arl ari its lovers ald and aid followers arp are known to be the o oly doiy ay beings thit cin reasonably expect a full s ovation and ex ilta pt ft its opposite hils has h b 11 0 such sach a inal aevie that and its rol fol followers f jl lowers II 11 ive ever found it difficult to retain retti iti liz a foo thod upon an earth eartle they will event pa 1 ay inherit fr this reason anoch ald ahl aid arl his wy had to fors tors ke this th s plan pian planet li afoa oah b an 1 seven othes s take to an uin ark and ind leave iea lea e the m ilione to drown john the amid wih rew fow to het hel het him and the kivior to 0 o be calle caile by viler edit epithets has than ever tha the arl I 1 have i od d towards the tho he prophet josepy aid ald that to by the ph amses anses sadducees and ana s Arbes the professedly sedly religious classes of t their day irhe the s im ime power of error has in oan oar day re gedly driven the latter day saints from thir homes has martyred marty Warty red our prophet patriarch aid ati aid other saints has enat at all polus to hinder the work of god on oa this his earth and aud is is now opposing the wise fatherly ai at i righteous plans and coun coan sais elg als of our Prest president dent deAt frigham young and his devised by them as dictated ditta ted by the hoi hol ghost 1 aud bo fori the thie beat n of all ho he will iu lii lil I 1 arken arul antl obey that the wald vho aho love not tho the truth aboud should persist in their mad course of rushing upon the thi bosses of Jehova hs buckler is not so vary very strange neither is it wonderfully strange that the religionists of the day should p proclaim roc I 1 aim alm that the gifts of the holy ghost aro arc I 1 done doa away scein seeing g that their fore foret f athera for fod f felted those gifts and they themselves discard them notwithstanding they were promised to always follow those boss that believed nor that the priests of baal should con continue dinue like the devil in the garden of eden to preach part truth and part error and asperse the character and doctrines of tha righteous nor that the great majority should follow those blind leaders or orttie t ae other devious paths and join in the hue and cry against the only plan and persons at present given to guide them to a celestial glory all ail bil bli this with the howlings how bow lings gnash ings rage and foul misrepresentations against utah and her people is readily understood as also are the cause and the final results but that those who acho have on once C e embraced the rufh in the love of it and have tasted the sweet fruits of its present and future rewards should turn away is not merely strange it range it is indeed passing strange yet such inch is the case hence the necessity for a borough 1 h reformation from time to time even among the saints as corroborated by theeb peri ence of the present and all past despen lations sat ions even very good men are liable to become dozy amid the cares and anxieties of this existence and to lay aside a part of their amor or let it become rusty but the cry of reform ia is waking all uch such as with an electric shock and causing 0 tearfulness fearfulness to surprise the hypocrites for this cause some bome are findan finding 7 the place too strait for them and are leaving leavin I 1 for caliPes localities lo inhabited by more congenial spirits vacating room for their betters while others upon homshe the reform is operating for their good are rapidly forsaking their unrighteous courses and practices and are making restitution and growing in grace and the knowledg knowledge e of the truth they are arc more alert in giving heed to the counsels and teachings of those over them in the lord wives are beginning more clearly to comprehend the necessity of listening to husbands childre children ii tp parents and parents to the proper author authorities on this accent also numbers dropped their home labors and plans took av wagons a gong gons provision clothing horses and mules mures and at once oryce started to the rescue of men women and children exposed to starvation and death on the plains achon among those thus promptly going goin forth to I 1 encounter cold storms sulT suld suffering ering bring and the risk of a snow blockade in the rugged wa satch mountains monn taing that portion of the elders so lately returned from foreign missions most particularly evidenced their faith by their works and that their armor was on and bright by starting bock almost before they had bad taken time to greet their families and friends their conduct will appear most strange stran e to the world but bitt by saints it is readily understood and ble big highly bly prized and thus it is often hat the world marvel at and lightly esteem we ave comprehend and cherish for they are re unmindful of othe the laws ordinances and covenants of the tire almighty the book of Bl mormon ormon with its plain and truthful narration of the ancient history of this continent and its inhabitants is rejected by the worm and implicitly relied upon by the saints the world discard the ministration of the prophet joseph who was avas not learned wealthy and noted in the acceptation of the pharis pharisee ees a and like classes but the saints shout hail to the tha prophet ascended to heaven they camble stumble sf over and are amazed at the power and influence of president brigham young striving to break it and hap hoping to succeed suc ced while we know that jehovah as is cinstant constantly ly increasing that power and influence and arid the efforts of the wicked are futile and vain bhea when seeking to ragain 11 destroy i from the earth truth and its f followers ol lowers |
