| Show reynolds Bey miscellany Kiscella ay and the athe noeum ns ema reviewing bombanti mormon homon publications to all lovers of 0 truth it has often appeared strange that thit the worlds publication publications i should bave have BO so constantly teemed with wilfully FALSE or blindly IGNORANT statements conc cone concerning eining joeeph joceph sa fasih P ai brigham young and the latter day saints a as s a body of people but eo so accustomed cus tomed have we become to cuch ouch a course on i their part that we weme were completely surprised I 1 to gee see the Mia miscellany cellany and athenaeum Athe naum pick up and plainly expose the fallacies of three anti mormon works absurd contents are greedily swallowed by to so many Y ind and faggen fagged but however plain it ap peara in those revie reviews rs that the spirit of man I 1 i can discern the things of man it also appears equally or more plain that the things of god are tre ure alone discerned by th the e spirit of god for after most moat effectually sh showing up the folly of those anti antl mormon mornion write writers m through the tiia i morly mony of they own books the editors display the most pitiable ignorance in regard to the faith laws views lewa cewa customs habits and objects of the litter letter day saints such ignorance on I 1 ir r darb dart part concerning anything pertain in mg to time an I 1 sense to this world and its worldly wn a i 11 I 1 affairs to worldly wealth fame ale pl eirp siro airo sr and would be a source of deep chagrin charrin to their feel ins ings but when discovered diacove rel rei towards the atton in our day of the everlasting priesthood and arid uro the kaisu lip up of prophets and atias les leg tho the oro org orin 1 I ion lon of the true carch ch lich ilch ii ch il j d cul fut UI ilice it th ii tl tl pattern in iri tu tiit tutt I 1 h b chr chaiet 1 git fit humfelt him malt mait felt while on the earth it is so far from bein being a source of chagrin that it almost if it no not quite appears to be a matter of se belt seif j grat grit uial ulal dation ion lon tn tf Ms can cao ii I 1 ati ali PI ivov iV fv shill sh ill we ci fi the uld world ever receive a report of 0 the do inglat salt lake city in which it will be reasonable to put our trust what a question to be asked ased by ay iy knowing know ing editors in iti professedly enlightened angland in this boasting nineteenth century lae oae aaa can almost fancy that they hear bear the scribes pharisees pharis eeb ees and sad duce dace es in ancient jerusalem those who were privileged with the society and personal teachings of the savior and his hia disciples enquiring whether they would ever receive a report as to who those persons were in which it would be reasonable to pit p it their trust while at the same time jesus and his apostles were cons sf efly g their true char character acler an and add d maslo m ssu i 1 oi oil the ath of april annl 1857 it will wui be twenty seten seen years sirce sn ce the organization of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints and in in that time the bookoff book of mormon has been print el ell 1 wi wid av y cir tinted in thi ahi ei i glish ish Freit french cb german wedi danish D reiah italian lind haanan Ha walan langu argee algeE thousands of elders without it purse or scrip have traversed rivers seas and many 1 lands in the dissemination of our faith and oart iob lob s bundre butlre of inks of ir irhe tf Hr arlt p pipers pamphlets and ohr other ical icat eions h been beel printed and scattered broadcast b tu ta saints to tor the utmost of their means meana and op PO rt unities and yet a wohld would be reputed wise editor in in far famed england asks now shall we v of the t hp od OM world ever r n ave L e a report of the doings at salt sit like lake C vi 11 v 1 ch h it will be reasonable to put our trust dar D ar sir it 1 will be altogether your our oui own fault faull 1 ii ou au do no not for in your own island there arc are ilay liay i liy lay elders from great salt gait lake city who are able and more than hing fing to authentically farnish famish the required information among whom are orson prane in liverpool and ezra T benson of the quorum of the twelve Apost apostles 4 and in addition to those living teachers and nd thousands of others in your midst you will gidd fidd the millennial star and numerous A mormon formon publications p for bait salt bal sai at 42 Is lington liverpool and at 35 cewin street city london at which places y you au will also be able to procure the deseret news in which are printed the history of joseph joeph smith the public teachings of prest brigham Brig hain young and his counselors counsel org of the twelve and othere othera and buch euch items as are deemed useful and interesting in in uth you can then sit eit in your easy chair and arid scan the much belied belled population in in far off lt utah ji having a report thereof in which it will be reasonable to put your trust mr miscellany 1 were such an accessible and vast array of correct information at your command upon worldly kapics topics and were you with all thieo tave attainable to write about the queen of B england 1 and pi ince nice albert aboul the leaders in parliament the men and affairs of the city of london trade politics ac wm with BO so little apparent knowledge as you have about the cormons mormons Mor mons and arid I 1 moi mol mon naon life how iong long think you could you e position as an intelligent journalist who h is i taught t y 01 ou ol that these theae extraordinary people have mude made for themselves a new naeme of life based on new ideria our scheme of life lite is at least as old as the days of adama adam is is the one revealed by the almighty for the observance of all ah hig hie children who desire to attain celestial glor glory and is t based upon eternal as understood in the councils of heaven and made nude known to man for his hia guidance it mav may may be urged that this is is interested aeeti festi mony so fio also is that of moses in bla bia five books in king james translation of the tiie bible and eo so ill is that of all the prophets and apostles Apo etlen as printed in that translation th they ey u N 0 ere re a all ail I 1 interested te in the accounts which they gave cecii centuries add arid thousands thoua ands anda of rf years ago aso which accounts have com come e to our hands through a very ver questionable enable channel but in in our time the tile lord has again spin revealed and is is rev rei r ealing paling hr will and our oun testimony is corroborate dby hos hoe of living thus pr proving ovio that thit the god whom we are riving striving at to worship dle lie is the bame same yesterday today to day and for ever t ilat his hie arm is not shortened that his ear is is noi nolt deaf ami aid ald that he is no respecter of peleo pelmo ij but how low prone are mankind to 1 garnish L I 1 a 8 of th the prophets xa uhlie hile hiie a at t the ts p ii i i i is i a they the oppress vilify persecute ard aad kill those ah whom am the lord is is sending to teach them the va wa I 1 of eternal truth this invariable practice demonstrates how much mu h easier ewer it is is while rea rei i I 1 the eibe to venerate rite ailcie ancient nt NN wor or 1 flics finicy fi ic 0 ir dedio ibri iodice nce uce had wi ive 1 vt tj d m n L tn c than it is is to actually receive the testimony and tea teachings chinga of the servants of god living 21 in our midst and follow their counsels and example wilh the bigit they the ies les net es to ih th M lluy ial lal v ami awl an 1 allt alit il rv ini mi int h ve i e hai hal h u ded ia id three anti antl mormon work works and truthfully truth full fuli much more so than is usual and the miscellany has gorie gorle 01 e so far as olit wait wa it to tu know how Q LB Ls 11 and the altheah Athen cum mum positively declares hares lares that idleness nev ia is not a A lormon mormon vice how can a system work ork otherwise than well when it is actually founded upon scripture faith repentance of df sin and fruits meet for such repentance baptism for the remission of sins bins and the laying on of hands by those these holding boldin the ilke liue everlasting everl everi Aslin priesthood for fir the gift of the holy ghost and without faithfully walking in this channel how can any one expect to possess saving knowledge of the plan of salvati salvation salvat iou ioa oli the lord and his a vat vai arvai ts s say this i is s the way wil walk lk ye in it while the arch apostate is leading his votaries vot aries in in numerous by and devious paths it mattering Z but little with him how bow slightly they vary from the true the truth is at 1 jl I the truth ia is widely pro claimed cl wino grno t no nations by faithful El elders eiders dersi and yet yeh L h v y few tew tea i ew are found who will hear and persist clet ciet rk 1 a to it no the very fact that joseph the pr preb ib t was in his hia youth poor pool as to this words wor goods and uli ull u larned learned ia in worldly ace though in literal of lcy loy icy is wrested by the df do il ania into an argument argo nent ment ast his diviak divi ic mission an I 1 authority and i ia i i this thib day A 8 ambling b biuk blok k to the world vi ai think th thy thy v know 8 ciuch and we aie so i arned arned when they are in r bality allty blind and pc por r and biked naked ii li 11 id d ig 11 norai when I 1 upon tb thick hick vall vali i ail all that ia is 0 11 i the earth tue tua dark folin 3 and the vanities th it wholly eia e ela ia 1 3 the of the vlist east ma jori jorl jony jont y of acco 11 i bie ble ie bems beulos the disregard of corent teg tes 4 ly teaching ind und nd example we are tempted at ti hueg nies rues in in lauan iu in weakness to leav leai leaich 0 each olic oie ij lo im melts malts e iy ay and unwarned ly pursue pursue his UA uv ii 11 course but this will never aisner aisher ais since aside from obvious duty there dle die many good honorable law iw abiding truth beling belang se 1 ang ing people g s altered earth earthy aad aid unto whom tse the a of life lifa must be taht were it not BO so the athenaeum would not have made th following statement such leaders jos joge jose JoB epli epil ula pla amith and alid brigham young ani ati 1 buch such a pegi require to be grappled with in in a different st g nt irit to what is brought to ta bear timm in all ilie books we have yet seen about them th jil compendious terms dupes dopes ind aad do lot rut cover the facts truly tasy they do not and glad are we to see sec hore here and aad there them eel evell a few waki waung ig up to the facts couched in tl tle the great issue low now bei bel bein joined os 09 this earth for thia this issue as it proceeds eoa will try the integ i ity lity of men to the in utmost and ad will end in ater utterly sweeping swe ewe away not only the refuge refu of ile lle riba ribs aud a but all who take shelter in I 1 th ott ait t refuge refuse 0 |
