Show ROME may 1665 1869 editor leer leet debret deer skews As aa we wander wandel do down wn the curi euri cunert en t of our tem temporal existence we are attracted on every side by the many beauties of nature mature the air an is filled ahe aroma hroma of sweet flowers an and I 1 tb tha the q limpid waters flow smoothly y and ad gently gentis the festive restive notes of birds commingle with the still hlll music of the woods the blossoms of the trees predict fruit for our enjoyment the vast ver dan dant cirmo carpet under our feet and all nature as we ve saunter aloag tid kid bid bid Us ils welcome when V h en wo we co contemplate liem laem plate GO the works of mature and of natures natu e Is god G od we realize mat gat all the mate material elements en of the universe are eternal and that through these material elements there is a divine spirit widely diffused which contains nii all intelligence wisdom and power th ii 11 1 1 spirit ia is lathe the life and pirn purn ciple of all things by which they move and of by which they think Is it not evident from the pages of sacred history as well as from the living oracles of today to day that man manhal hai has the privilege of placing himself in conjunction with this all nil wise spirit through obedience to the commandments men ts of god ohl oh that fallen failen man could realize that the great Rul eror the universe still AM lives aud and his voice and ob obliterate iterate all his bis idi idl ideas aas of modern bogus christianity and identify himself with the people of or god by the law of adoption and chereb thereby corl comi come in communication with this civile divine omnipotent spirit that leads in th the ways of all truth that dictates dici ates afes hundreds of thousands of saints to rende meir weir te deum laudamus with the baui pan mind and will the tree of knowledge planted bj by natures natured god now stands upon the tedi tali of the mountains in bold relief a as s a beacon light for all the world this tree perfect in all its branches extends its prolific boughs over all nations acu upon it hang bang the buds and blossoms oi 01 tem temporal spiritual and eternal know ledge the tha angels or messengers an va leaping from branch to branch crying with a loud voice fear god ald aid and gln gin glory to him for the hour or his hia judt juet mentis ment is come 11 stretch fon ton lithe h the nani nan of humility antl and nip the this bud aa an mature it and it will blossom al aidi bring forth the fruit of mature knowledge then mystery vanishes al al 1 nature puts on her beautiful garment we are enabled to draw aside the curta curtain iii of time and look into the before mystic future and there behold on thi the gres grem gre panoramic sheet our future state 01 existence as apples of gold in pictures of silver it enables us to look within the veil of myriads of worlds and communicate muni cate with angels and the spirits of just men made mado perfect in that celestial world where all is perennial youth am ana neither death nor decay are known il K also enables us to know god the father and jesus christ the son which K D ilfe life P eternal but bu toh oh how changed the scene chei men attempt to find out god by thed then own wisdom without this divine spirit allis all ail is chaos chaab mens opinions atins instead of a sure and abiding knowledge med men without authority educated in n a college attempt to preach the i gospel when they know nothing m more moro ore about god than a cat knows aboff ahe abe be of mathematics they teach for doctrines the commandments of men med they teach for hire and amne awne foi fot money they use feigned words ani and make merchandise of the people e wl vie will not think for themselves b but t 11 allow their hireling preachers to think fortham for them these preachers are educated educate by men they are called to bj by men they are paid by men and tho then final reward will be damnation if they do not repent for Paul sad that no bomb mid min could preach any other gospel except that given by imn immediate revelation short of the curse of god why will dot cot these sectarian preachers come out 80 meet the elders and reason to together gethel upon the scriptures I 1 have chall challenged elir them all either directly or indirectly in the neighborhoods in which I 1 have traveled in in both georgia and alabama to meet me in either private or p public discussion but mum is their answer I 1 gave a weeks notice OD on one occasion that I 1 was going to preach the funeral sermon of both the baptist arf ard as methodist churches and that all the preachers rea chers in the vicinity were respect fulia fulla invited to attend and participate if they pleased in the funeral services but mum was their answer acain again so we WO had it all our own way as usual when we get any out from among taw a IT bundles they how bowl and cut cat mbeni themon for embracing heresy we ve hive five J persons in the vicinity of bowden bouden bow bou den ded nom n hom om t which which place we have just returned several others iu in that vicinity are beis bell benlev lev ing we ordained bro alexander stewart to the office of an elder at that place he is a very zealous intelligent and apparently a very good man to leave as a watchman on the tower counting both children and adults there are 29 in that vicinity that expect to go to utah in our company this fall and about 40 from this vicinity fruit is nearly all killed here cotton almost an entire failure on account of the cold weather some are replant ing prospects fo for r crops in general are very poor stock very high the poor getting poorer the rich richer lies popular truth has a hard road to travel whenever a vagrant zephyr happens to wander over this burn burning rig desert of iniquity it soon folds its feeble pinions and dies of the pestilence that springs forth to meet it abare anare anarchy y appears inevitable but there are a few honest people here who have not given heed to seducing spirits and nd doctrines of devils ti to whom the lord has given us access and has blessed our labors in their midst I 1 expect to start in a few days to pennsylvania to visit my relatives bro J W crosby jr will remain here and gather out the saints gun from rom this vicinity to start for foi utah about the middle of october brother crosby unites with me mein in love iove to all saints yours etc 0 rati JEL cias clas |