Show A 1 E MORE ABOUT THE THI kh fee OF THE world 1 1 1 TI u I 1 I 1 jn oui last issue wo we had a ii littly we to say bay about avok the sentiments of ot the world and th the ir opposition to some agi oc our lur sur views view and nid received e principles of fifi falth falih lib lih there Is lenother in which aspect to look at the subject thau thai claims a little attention t I 1 i 1 might ight be urged that the W rid I 1 is s rapidly progressing that the persecute ing spirit manifested against I 1 religion is not fiot so widespread wide spread nor s so 0 bit hit bitter ter as it t was vas eighteen centuries ago and that I 1 t liberty of thought has grown anion union among the people we ve are willing to concede that stich guich Imay be bd the case to an extent and ju just sa I 1 in in proportion to that growth and the existence of more charitable feelings do the sentiments of the world harmonize with the gospel taught wight by the gyer and now taught by the lat ter day saints for the principles believed liev llev pd and taught by us its are those which nat nay have hare daw taw always ays been included in the gospel whenever fi enever if it has been taught jn in purity among men amen but in too many people yet the old persecuting 0 spirit lives with all the intensity that it ever M manifested this our own history confirms by facts that are known and authenticated beyond the tile shadow of controversy contro I 1 tro v ersy versy 9 ome nie peoples ideas of the world are rather eon con contracted I 1 ti acted they do not include all the nation nations ts ot of tiie the earth nor non in deedra deeda a majority of the inhabitants of a sieny fe pAt nat nations ions lons with the mass of mankind tho the position opposition bp spoken of does not exia exist against ri we belle belie believe belleve venna veana and pl practice but where such feelings aie are found they thoy are against the views and practices falsely attributed tous to us we are satisfied that a 4 great part di 0 the opposing posing sentiments is because of the misrepresentations so freely circulated against the latter day saints As 1 in 14 every countrymen country men of influence away sway the huik hulk of the people to a greater or fw iessi extent ox tent so in proportion as those misrepresentations are arg ree rec received elved elfed as correct an and d endorsed by prominent and infalt influential men do the masses give gi ive lve credidio credi credit tio fio to them and base their opinions accordingly the actie world that is so strongly 0 opposed to us in sentiment exhibits a poor specimen by which to judge pr the honesty of mankind in this part of the elarth it is principally p composed of ot unscrupulous speculators and contract hunters hunie rs with ith a cc feu few corrupt beings who are willingto illitia illi ilg tig to be their pulpits pup pits and start when the wires are pulled an any fonn foun dat dation io n 1 that can be got on which to hase base sensational paragraphs concerning the mormons cormons Mor mons is aag eagerly e bly ily laid hold of and where IT duch such are wanting ranting there thera is I 1 s no ot effort to circulate the most mot outrageous 0 tales that may have a tendency to stir up hostility against our cor coi community these slanders elander sr have a 9 tendency to abuse the public mind mina lind and thus the sentiments ortho of the ahe world are arrayed ai as far as those statements are remi reni received ved not against what we do believe abid and practice but against what is falsely alle aile al ledged died that we believe beli beil everand and practice i ce there is one consideration in this connection that is gratifying to the loyer Joyer alof truth rind nud that is that those who arp moat most energetically active in i stirring up hostile feelings a against dinst the mormons cormons Mor mons bythe bytho tho mast culpable means so often overshoot tho the mark that honest men cannot believe what they say watch the career of those individuals vi and lind it will wili be found that ev evers every ery cry one of them will sink into insignificance r obscurity and abhorred contempt no matte matter how eevi elevated ted th they ey may be it would be wise ylse policy for them to profit bythe by the lessons of the past and taking th the advice of one ono 0 he of kofold iet let this work alone lest left they hould be found fighting fi 0 biting a against 0 god pod bd being ba satisfied 1 P that thai if jt e afman 0 man vill como come to naught we purpose with the help of thoai the tho almighty 0 to continue teaching teach ing lug C truth and trying to disabuse the ithe minds of men that diat they may u understand our views motives and objects which are now 1 ewi gwi A as S they ever hate haye ba e been to do good g and eschew evil and jowill we will endeavor to continue the work until druth truth obtains dominion from tile the rivers ri theeart hll |