Show E editorials D I 1 R I 1 A L S C I 1 ak L mth nth 5 gme TWO AWFUL CRIMEA al silt 0 01 1 hi bt 1 THE TAE crimes of gok Jok holde felde a and n a infanticide haye become so juil common in new york 1 th thai thal at adi idi 4 recorder hackett in charging ithe grand jury of the court of gen eral oral sessions on the 64 lust con oli oki su eldered it necessary io to make special ie ference reference to them and antl alluding 04 to t the cabes cases es 0 of four P persons ertons under 1 I W I 1 detention he spoke 0 of f them as be IV ing lug 1 charged with felonious med esli the busin business essof of childbirth r ll 11 this he said had become cume U om e a business fiu siness both or organized and 4 luc lue lucrative dative 0 I 1 e t this is a terrible reflection upon tipon the sta state teof of society in the principal city of the union unfortunately these awful I 1 crl cri chimes crimes me are not confined to Goth gotham aril atif but are notoriously per pet rated in most parts of mis inis christian country indeed inde oa ir Q the first named jit la lit not iy y some rome me people th be e a crime cl me 81 ay 81 ut dball all ali it is argued that preventing epting life is not destroying life that the tho anly aly injury suffered is by the ex e pedant mother and aud it 16 is either eithen self seif seif self inflicted or accomplished with ner her er conser consent it blat put who is deceived j by such shallow sophistry and what woman who has nol not murder fd pd the natural anni affection implanted imala ted lin in her bosom by the eternal father could assist in or consent to the destruction of tha the fruit truit of her 4 own body if it there were no life ilfe existing though it may be in that helpless object bt bra a murderous attack where would be e trie irle of its forcible extinct extinction I 1 ll 11 khe two crimes are closely inAnd ak trib trie mother who slays the child shu she has his brought forth and the woman anu efio I 1 julis kills the tile fletus foetus u unborn are theirly lle ue arly irly allied in guilt and are in danger of the awful penalty pro af iloda bounced ced eed against those who shed sned innocent blood butia but nut if this may lilay be said of the an in 4 victim of mans maus lust or 1 I jiho the wife whose heart Is seared U against the prompting of maternal r love iove ve what may not be uttered vrn f lei igi against if 1 the inhuman ghouls who make it a business e idana w lucrative 11 to cruba crush out lit incipient life and P prevent i event spirits born borne la in t the 0 immortal world from passing the portals of r earth earthly jy existence tence sw aridea dex lo 10 0 s recorder hackett sackett 1 the ille imprison imprisonment men t of the guilty f fl women in disciplinary aay asylums wm in tread tead of crow crowded ae d penitentiaries aries but nothing js said about II 11 I 1 f the scoundrels byi byj whose ell arts the erring women are led inlo ino these thew terrible crimes the lawlin law in imposes severe punishments ts enese unfortunates and society bars its doors against them while the villains who chief causes ot 0 the evil and dead deadly guil guilt pass pabs on unscathed and proven li roved and virt virtuous dous lations matrons andi maiden malden welcome mem wem them frito into ther dainty presente rt i I 5 the crime of foay cide eide is fearfully increasing the country is stained s with eith the blood of innocence tha the jav lav urse of 01 the author of life will irest arest upon the nation if it contin continues ues aes ato to yink atthe at the deadly sin alti doctors dod Doe aid nid md ald it priests ests are dumb about it the press touches it gin gingerly erly society ignores it cultured ladies practice it and the lawmakers law makers punish it so gently and leave BO so many loopholes for offenders to escape that the horrible iniquity and stinks to heaven while demons grin and the earth is pained at the foul and damned wickedness spreading upon its face lape I 1 I 1 1 I and abse same flame destroyers of lire life are are among the chief enemies of plural marriage shocked and disgusted at a mans fatherhood of children born of several wives hut but t promoting secret murder abid and arao lising beast ial lal conduct too shame A ful for the brutes except those of 1 tie fie lowest ordera this is 19 a generation ot or h hypocrites and there ia Is no wonder that the ancient heer nier should declare concerning it I 1 the earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof and tha that ibre tore tare is the only element that can purify it of its corruption A south end rough was waa fined IQ irtie costs last week for sp spoiling 1 a celestials Celesti als said he thought atvas it was a heavy penalty for breaking the handle of a china mug 4 1 10 l 1 wll ute afu s s 5 j OBSCURING THE LIGHT AT the thie baptist min win ministers late I 1 ra confer ark on the ah inet luet of tafter lafter death ropen repentance pen tance was agitated and several views presented buethe following seems tobe to be the onelas jon Ion arrived at by the majority as announced by rev aih nih alf ilett in hl hib his s mili mill M en 4 fabia I 1 0 1 he claimed that in the parable of the royal marriage and other scriptures there is bi evidence that the ability to repent will be taked taken froni from the wicked dead so that they cannot become good if they w would 0 b id and that chaut himself taught the jewis jews very giga plea pl early kiy kly thatis that tf they did not bb belleve believe lieve that he agthe ag the lossiah Me asiah ih chiy ey should h duld did die in iii their bih mr me Metz tz mlp niso aiso thid the absence here lere and elsewhere of any 0 evidence T that the imprisoned repented ed that they cah cachot C it blut ut the other hand md vf dh the gospel on this his sid bid f the grave krave grave ia is in demon demonstration bf the arid with power jesu s in the gospel of john just bufor before hit death tells telis his dise disc pl ea es whak what he was wak was waa karig fo to drafter do after his decea sebut thre thore Is isep up mention that preaching to im boned spirits wa was any part bf f hj Hor fe and arld his hia passing by buch bueb such an im important act shows that fhe did did noe noc not do it bor nor or 4 aea IVy efer to it after i His resurrection as having been done byham by him the kellits and hud apostles are arel equally silent kand fand the general teno of ScAp scripture ture petg s against kinst the assumption the real reid meaning of fit this passage mr url metz mote claimed I 1 ia bat that hat ghrist arist prea preached ll 11 c hed chea ib by nis his spirit pr h to tle the antediluvian sand band I 1 and this view is in harad h iny avih the thelm lm i mediana me diata c context 9 n it ext a and nd alth rith all nil oth other e r scriptures tu there are two biffl difficulties a ulti alti li in i the way of modern religious ministers first they have hate tp fp depend for spir spin igual knowledge the d dead ad letter ietter of the word second my haye have received certain views q hi are arb ea es as orthodox orth abid arid X when eh they run against aest which b b ia Is in direct opposition n to tenets instead pi jor changing I 1 heir I 1 heir creed to correspond ath ith with t the e seri serf scripture which they claim as the qui ohl quy yand and sufficient guld ethey have halve to td t twist vist and i d garble garbie and alid throw clouda dif of interpretation around words oads that lre are are dimple and paira wah taken according to e TJ dent mea 1 ni rigin orar to sait own venerated errors the crip ture tuie un deh dei eoria coria considers lide r alon tion states cleanly clearly first firse that harlst being put tb death sla sia in he 46 alesh mas was as quickened quie kene d by tha spirit bpi spi rifi sec gec abd th that ache he went aad preached to the sprine sprite 1 in prison third hat bat A biose blose e adre we re disobedient in the ibe daya daja af roah zoah yeah there ia iq trio irio or confusion about abou talfe if the established of ataio nio rio abali hardge e I 1 after death y li I 1 ignored agn or ed A lit answers ans ana wera the ibe question where ghere here N sp irr ira of tee the Say lour while lle jle hib his dyl ay ayin U fhe tue oal ia aras aris jon oil orl reading rading his anub announcement annb U cen ceu lent t lo 10 mary aber aier b his hib 19 re alib at vir have not sot yeb yet k ascended to my father J ic it barmo nize wyth with th the predictions predict ions iona cowe cove coh curning dlag him wm 7 andl andi xi 1 and ana those passages aroa area are aro a sufficient I 1 answer td tour mi metz statement that here is no mention that thit preaching to imprisoned spirits I 1 was any part of his work he was to proclaim liberty to ta the elep elip captives tives 1 and the opening of the prison to i them th at were bound to bring bring out the prisoners fro from the prison alid them th that a t sit in darkness out of the prison house and it is recorded of f him that he qed led captivity capt cap tiye lye and obtained othe the keys of hell and of death 11 in considering what bip sip sectarian etarian pread berEi ral rai pall the obscure text in lpeter peterj they generally fail fall to notice tile the explanation in chapter iv v 6 here the object of preaching to the dead Is plainly set dorthin for thin continuation a of odthe the declaration made in chap iii lit christ preached oran or announced ai a some interpret it the gospel to the dead that they might have the same opportunities I 1 ties eeg fis as the living and the fact that these thae spirits who were disobedient obedient dla dia when in the flesh could through th the preaching 0 o the gospel when whenn the the acca acceptable table tabie year lord arrived live accooe according ing to god in the a spirit P irit ia Is a plain proof proof that the popular do doctrine effine as declared by mr metz that imprisoned spirits cannot repent is incorrect and contrary to the scriptures on which alone he ha has to depend and his statement 11 that the ability to repent will be taken away from the wicked BO so that they cannot become good if they w would Is alike un al absurd and defamatory af pf bp fhe pha phar r ac tero f the god af infinite and everlasting 4 mercy mer y it ia ii through the perve perversions of these blind guides that the ranks of f infidelity are aro filling up continually with new trec they make the word of god godbe bf none effect through their the ir traditions they darken counsel by words without knowledge and acl while straining ning at the gnat of lof a simple i text they swallow the camei camel 0 of f a monstrous dogma the light of latter day revelation tiou disperses the fogs alch which these unauthorized have havo bon uon conjured j ared up to tb obscure ane word of bf god anif anit by its aid the humble bumble soui soul may discern the purposes of Jeh jehovah oali tot fox the discipline and redemption demp tion af ofis tris children his thia planet and beholding the i ity perfection and of hib his Is great salvation is jed ed td to worship venerate love loOe and and dud obey father vather who pr spared aled plan bf human redemption j andro and to follow the son who wa lifted up tuat that H I 1 all men mm him at tile the last day 1 NATIONAL DECAY A vew FEW days ago ako 4 a lecture was ue delivered in san francisco by iier father burchard on the eions ia in our national nation al politics and the jesuit gentleman hit the nail nall il ah fai fal fairly on the head when he traded traced the cause from t to 0 the he pe people ople said I 1 he 1 I e I 1 we trace back the abuse abuss of power to its source for according to the the be american rl idea the power is the fhe people that thai ofir our polities are ard a very augean stable and that they are becoming worse none cau can de deny Y that politicians with trem nd us trusts in their hands hind sare anre are no not tto to ibe be trusted at all ever everyone voile volle con concedes cedes where are the peaple in their boasted majesty what has become e of their majesty of power of right and the grandest majesty of cai q science for the past quarter of of ii a century we have seen been sien the C constitution tl viola violated ted aime me honored jamws Vs trampled in lif the tie dust inviolable rights invaded justice mock mocked ediin edlin lin fin her own halls and lab liberties e nile rile torn by j sacrilegious ha hands ads from the alt ait arlof I 1 liberty I 1 b e t t have not the people witnessed such pro faila faiia eions yes and approved Great grea slid alid and stid good men are thrust aside to give way to the vile and abd raer mercenary cenary votes voles ate bou glat and sold everywhere elections are carried by fraud and ti ciori od and bayonets bar the way pf af free men to the ballot box we see gee the tho executive denounced and defied inthe in the legitimate aker ater exercise cise adf f powers conferred upon him by the people the judiciary attacked in its constitutional privileges alleges the toe halls of Congress made ma a foul with language i that would uli ili tile low lowest est haunts of depravity the ili in bf the poor poo T tani tampered fred ired with and turned to the advantage wak wai 0 a lew LOW moneyed aristocracy offices filled for the benoni of party and the money of the people squandered and the people have known and meekly tolerated these things thing talk not orthe of the mi majesty jesty boast not of the honor breathe not a word of the conscience and lofty principle of such a people you say the people are misguided but they have chosen their guides the people will return to the true path you say we have loria long iong enough and that prophecy has proved false the government cannot be reformed or its lost purity restored until the people eople have recovered principle and conscience the remedy is not in political mea auras dures aures but in gods religion has god any any aby place in american politics or has his religion any influence upon them do vo not politicians claim total tion from religion and independence from god and the church do they study the relation between politics and eternal justice when wehen an appeal is made to divine right id in connection with politics is it trea trva treated 1 ted as a no one looked looking g over I 1 the past few new years carl can deay it HOW many citizens today with faces white wl with th fear are looking toward the fu future ture and listening is to the dread step bf of anarchy that waits upon the frontiers of the nation waiting walting nig fig until the barriers of law are doyn to come in and sound the tocsin of our doom politics alone cannot save us from national ruin we need religion for without religion no country how I 1 j 3 1 1 1 i 1 I hii ti 1 J ever great cang cabs can long iong maintain its morals edy and without mori morality lity and efficacy into the decI ins andnis and fails falls 11 1 r of course cours e we should not agree wl with th the lecture lecturer re rl i hippli the question that naturally arliea in read reading rending ilig his remarks i nihat ia is gods goda reil nell religion but bt u the entire separation of religious political affairs which la is advocated and aud insisted upon by byl I 1 and fostered lythe spirit of a the times I 1 is 8 abne one of dt the primal ca causes uses af pf the peoples peopled the personal al character of their clib cubs seii seli eha efa I 1 I 1 I 1 tives in a revel revelation atida kiven giyen 16 to this church august oth 1833 these te thee 6 words occur when the wicked rule hild th tha the epee peg pep pre mourn wherefore honet meny men and and abd wise rhou moni meri should 06 b e sought for diligently annd aund hild arid rood good god men and men mon ye ab kulil 0 ob ber ser serveto bervel veto uphold wl 0 ever it less than these comelli et of evil J this should be a guide guld 0 to thi latter da day dax saints in all their political mo 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