| Show correspondence A cormer member of 0 tiie uhe joins the josephites and regrets the step REESE KEESE CREEK gallatin county M T february 1884 editor deseret meus wems A WANDERER FROM THE aar FOLD it is now upwards of fifty years since my lot was cast with the downtrodden and oppressed the saints of god and had it not been for the wile of the devil I 1 should not have been like a prodigal wandering from my eather fathers S house and I 1 would say to all who are inc inclined ined to change their faith in god and in the latter day work to look very carefully before you on leap think not that a head can do without the fent feet or the feet do without the head neither should the thin thing framed say of him that framed it ye made me not who is he that would reply against god only a vile apostate BEWARE OF SNARES beware of false prophets that come unto an to sou you in cheeps clothing but inwardly they are ravening Av wolves olves beware ware e of such su etl cil as put on the livery of christ or ills his servants to serve the devil with if any ziny come unto you and have not the doctrine of christ bid him not god speed for he that birdeth him god speed is partaker of ills his evil deeds and this is what the writer of this article has done to his sorrow knowing this also that his servants ye are to whom ye ve list yourselves servants to obey has as much reference to a saint as a sinner speaking of the latter dispensation christ saith because iniquity doth abound the love of many shall wax cold header reader can you point out any dispensation former or latterly that was spotless i that was pure in every sense sells e of the word did not the lord know this to be the case even the saints have not the I 1 promise romise ye shall see sec eye eyet toe to eve untie the lord appears in his US glory paul raul certainly says from such turn away 11 turn away from what from the church I 1 ali ahl I 1 no but from iniquity such as loving lovin iovin and lovers of pleasure more than bovers lovers of god truce breakers false accusers lovers of themselves traitors etc TRUCE BREAKERS of these latter ibish to speak or write who is a truce trace breaker or covenant breaker so great as he that brea keth the new and everlasting covenant who is a traitor so bad as he be that would betray ills his everlasting brother I 1 will answer for myself according to the law first ile he that would into the minds of gods chosen people that god had rejected his church and then assert that god had given the kingdom to another people notwithstanding god himself declares such guch should never be the case such impe aenice is only equaled by satan himself declaring to one of old 1 I too am a son of god worship me secondly ile he is a false accuser and traitor indeed who balaam like would go or send another another to lay a stumbling block for israel by asking congress to legislate against gods people to take away their god given rights which even the constitution and government guarantees to those who think to better their condition or of escape the condemnation spoken of in the scriptures stop consider before you join the tho josephites for these arc are tile the murderers and com planners spoken off by jude and peter a 2 ch 2 epistle Epi do not follow the tho example of korah dathan and abiram balaam and others for listening to one of these deceivers I 1 was cut oli off the lile eric church of jesus christana Chrls chris tand stand feeling myself a castaway I 1 joined what is called the reorganized church with not even its first quorum complete neither the quorum of the apo apostles sties before finding fault with the church of christ with a foundation of apostles first look at home ask first amizith am I 1 without fault salvation cometh only through obedience to god and ills his laws have llave ye filled the law when you yoh sin sing the wicked who fight against zion shall shail never such happiness know who are they that are fighting against zion who are joining hand in hand with governors and rulers against israel who are hall hail fellows well met with Josephl josephites tes methodists and all enemies in zion do the saints in utah seek to legislator against any have llave they asked the assistance of congress to stop the emigration of those wishing to gather under one fold foid if the righteous scarcely escape where shall the wicked appear who is without sin surely it is not the seditious envious josephite whose works of the flesh were so manifest in a ahouse heuse hense of worship last sabbath when a saintly meeting was broken up by a riot one brother ordering another to his seat scat for wishing to have the privilege of asking pardon for having commit committed tk a public offense but was ruthlessly thrust out of the louse kouse house even brethren in the flesh and in the church callino calling P upon gentiles or outsiders to act as deacons I 1 do not mention this one of many such scenes to injure any saint or sinner believing that many anlon anion among the josephites are honest in their de desires sires i but I 1 hope that llone none will be so foolish as to expect light from darkness I 1 have labored with much diligence diliz dilie ence and patience to have t the he people do better and love one another cease to find fault etc until being insulted so frequently quent t ly I 1 I 1 could not partake of the sacrament and finally this present month desired my name taken from the book by my own request A charge archarge being gotten up of cond conduct act against which the writer earnestly protested pro tested as my conduct though I 1 may a deservedly eser esen colly be termed a vile ane apostate has as been anything but that of a thief thiet hie liar drunkard gambler or the like ike in my life of twenty five years in n utah tali fall and if I 1 deserved coldness from the many warm friends I 1 once had in utah until I 1 became crushed out and financially embarrassed I 1 never wished for one moment to defraud any man or child so ion lon ionas long lonas as I 1 had anything to pay with though now driven without a home except e ir e pt at the mercilessness of northern pacific land 1 grabbers I 1 may have my deserts but I 1 challenge any man in utah or out to say truthfully my conduct was ever unbecoming or unworthy a representative of ele ile the cause of christ much less do I 1 desire to be found among the persecutors of my friends and the people eople of utah though I 1 am far away irom from from them though I 1 may be stubborn in the views I 1 have of right night I 1 have not yet entertained a desire to to punish or cause to be punished disfranchised franchised dis or persecuted friend or foe much less the people amongst whom by lot has been cast and fraught with so many kindly remembrances I 1 therefore submit this warning in kindness against apostates and would be trai tois W WM af |
