Show THE lund KIND OF mes MEN THEY TREY ARE SOME men in speaking of the I 1 mor mons impute all that is vile to them and in the gall of bitterness credit them with not one redeeming trait others while opposed to their relia religious views and practices candidly acknowledge their sincerity self denial indomitable courage and from their own point of view untainted virtue were it not for the unjust unpopularity 0 ft he latter day saints they would be universally viewed as ad a whole as a most heroid heroic people individual instances of coura courage e under exceptionally tio nally trying circumstances exhibited I 1 by the elders on missions are of common occurrence after his companion had been slain and when the guns ol of the murderous mob were pointed point edat ai him one young man said at the same time calmly bording his arms over his I 1 breast shoot another suase quent ly in the same state of georgia when the weapons of death in the tiie hands of assassins were aimed at him said 11 guess I 1 am as read ready y to die now as I 1 ever will be at any time and resigned himself to what appeared to be eis els his inevitable fate A few days aco ago ago in mississippi as related in these columns j one of a number of ruffians who had bad assembled to murder a couple of elders stood with his un cocked the weapon being in uch a position that had it been discharged charged it would have injured or killed some small children who were in the house one of the intended victims 0 of the mob elder stepped up and put down the hammer of the gun such circumstances could be told by the score as showing the metal of which the brethren are arc made mader were they engaged in another cause than proclaiming that god has spoken from llie ihle the tho heavens once more and revealed the falness of the everl everi everlasting astin g gospel they would be lauded to the tile skies As it is sectarian whose narrow souls are enraged at the success of the brethren and their own want of it make it a business to defame them |