Show moemon moreon AND GENTILE MARRIAGES ane oakland independent has the annexed paragraph A 8 hill the man who escaped from balt bait lake with hla hib cifes money last monday has not been heard from the sum taken was instead of 0 it Is not easy to define denine his hla church relation ship the gentiles claiming that he is a mormon and the mormons cormons that he la Is a gentile but agree that he is a EcO scoundrel undrel quite a mistake we know of no gentile who claims that hill Js Is or ever was a mormon if there had been the ghost of a chance to say bay so the newa of his hla villainy would hab bab hae been telegraphed all over the world with comments on the tendency of mormonism to marital infidelity and dishonesty if any person belonging to the mornion mormon church or the bon don or daughter of such a person commits any zwy improper acts nets act our logical opponents point to it triumphantly as the natural result of mormon influence and teaching if wo we were to adopt the banse rule using it the other way we should bay say that hills perfidy is the natural outgrowth of Gentile ism and one of the fruits of 16 christian civillia civil civi fes fea tion but we will not descend to such buch a depth of folly and stupidity that kind of reasoning is id only fit lor lon anti mormon incorrigible hilpa hills course however ought to berte berro as aa a warning to women and girls belonging to our church and people they have been advised not to marry with outsiders out riders in nine cabes cases out of everylen every ten those thore who have disregarded this counsel have had hadd cause to regret their mis take tahe As a general rule it is better for all people to marry only those these of their own faith so bo called liber elber als ais hoot at thief thia particularly when applied to latter day Sa sainte iritz but the best minds of this and other ages have come to a similar conclusion there are special reasons why the latter day saints should observe this rule many of them are under sacred covenants with the almighty in reference to marital connections all ara within the purview of the divine injunction to iame igme repeated in substance in this age to the people of god neither shai bhai t thou make mahe marriages with them thy daughter thou not give unto h his I 1 son nor his daughter ehalt thou take tabs unto thy son bon in olden times the prediction was that the gentile in fl would in such cases usually prevail for they will turn away thy son from following me that they may serve other gods eo will the anger of the loru laru be kindled against you and destroy thee the hud iud suddenly the almighty declared to ancient israel if they intermarried inter married with the gentiles they shall be snares and traps trapa you yon and scourges urges in your sides and thorns in your eyes until ye perish off this thib good land which the lord hath given you 3 with but very few exceptions this has been fulfilled in the experience of our maidens and end widows who have followed their own headstrong will wiil or the persuasions of evil advisers to disregard the counsel of heaven on a matter that Is of the deepest importance and that affects the welfare of men and women in time and eternity there are ab aa honorable men and women outside our church as with in its portals we do not cite perfidy as aa any general rule to uee dee against non mormons cormons Mor mons we weare are not so eo unjust or sen Ren renseler seles 8 as to ap ply the false logic of our opponents to their own ca caye case re the numerous cases of gentile iniquity bar barbari barl ty and villainy vii vil lafay lalay which might be pointed out am are not to be employed as arguments against all gentiles if a methodist preacher goes to the bad that is no proof that me la Is evil and unless it can be shown that teaches beachem or encourages wrongdoing wrong doing it Is the very poorest kind of reasoning I 1 in w as aa well as ag the meanest kind cf to charge the bin ain or crime of an erring mormon upon the society chope whoso rules eind lind counsels he hab bab violated but it Is unwise to say the least for latter day saints to intermarry with thosa those who are not of bf their faith 9 whatever may be their morals or religion rell reil gion glon we say nothing now of those everlasting considerations which are really of the most vital import affecting the castus of the parties while me ife and thought and being last or immortality endures and which are revealed in the word wod of god concerning cai estial or eternal anz martlage marriage but claim that for even this present ilfe life with its uree urae responsibilities temptation ps ami and adverse influences the greatest greaten grea test ha happiness iness of the greatest number wabe will ba best beet assured by avoiding that condition which the ancient apostle described as being trun unequally yoked joked together with li lievers etere evere look around young men and young ladies among those who have given no heed to this kind of advice and pee ee how many really happy and E biding unions have been formed where you yon can find one ten aye a score can be pointed out which have resulted in neglect 3 desertion betrayal disgust dig dia gust guat empara tion or misery in some extreme chape we da not cm cane what epithets anui antu may apply to us ua for fon these warnings we know that we are giving bound round advice when we bay say to our people of both bexes sexes do not marry with the Gen gentiles tilea 1 l this applies to the moral sober and table non llon mormon mormon antecedents may be known as aa well as to the unsteady person of loose habits and the plaus plans plausible stranger whose history is shrouded in clouds clouda of uncertainty israel should wed IW israel and that our young ladies ladles may not feel that thai they are compelled to reject this advice or remain to in solitary spinsterhood ste let tho the young men who have hitherto avoided tho the cares camb and responsibilities of family life fulfill fulfil the first great commandment and become nien men in tho the full sense of the term which thay they noyer can be in unprofitable and ungenerous bach elo and do not forget that true marriage Is ia not a mere civil contract or to be entered into death but an everlasting covenant to continue throughout all duration sacred and indissoluble |