Show THE TRE LAW OF THE TIIE CHURCH TODAY TO DAY fl a case of excommunication from the church on account of a gross departure from the path of the gospel as professed by the latter day saints is published the church can have no fellowship with the workers of ing guity equity if it did it would be an evi ence gence of a ten teu tendency deney dency to corruption the law of the llord rord in relation to I 1 offenders has been give that the purity of the body religious may mav be maintained it 1 Is s s t 1 a eglit f ar var d and clear and la should not be left as a dead dea d letter upon t the h b books 0 0 k s 0 of f t the h 1 law aw 0 of f god the various crimes crimea are enumerated and the law in relation to of lences fences Is than that he who sll sli ineth and teth not shall be cast out and there are besides those sius sins that can carl be repented of some that cannot in this life be repaired in that way to an ext extent ent that will w ill lii entitle tile the perpetrator to re adais slon sion into luto the churan church As has been strongly stated by president john taylor and others af the authorities of late in the tei tel clearest earest and most terms a great responsibility rests upon the duly au an zed oum omu meers leers of tile the church iii in i elation to those who commit crimes a against alast its requirements unless they deal with them and administer the law in meekness impartiality and in tile the spirit thereof the sin sia will in part rest upon their shoulders owing to the importance that every true truc latter day saint attaches to a standing in the church there is a repugnance pug pu nance to taking any step that will jeopardize the reilo relio of botany any of the tiie members this sentiment however should not interfere with what god has expressed as his will concerning ills liis people feeling must always be subordinate to principle how comprehensive is the requirement ille he who mil mii lillieth lieth ileth and teth not shall be cast out it alar law lais were applied in its fullest scope the thy complete purity of the community of saints would be assured for by such a process every unrepentant wrongdoer wrong doer would nud his place outside of the pale of the Ct N no 0 longer ago than yesterday president george Q cannon spoke strongly on that su eject not only in the tabernacle but ut also during a highly instructive is course delivered in the irth ward chapel in the evenin evening his remarks on the subject carried carried with them a peculiar force they are of great importance and were directed as pointedly to those officers of the church whose duty it is to deal with offenders I 1 as to those who are guilty of or eaches of the lav lay of the lord the sentiments that have been expressed on this subject by the authorities of late are not uttered for the purpose of inciting a revival in the ordinary meaning of the term in tile the mat matter ter of giddin ridding the church of members whose actions give tile the lie to their professions or or bringing them to repentance but we understand it to be their desire that there should be a steady careful and proper application of the rules and laws of the church with a view to I 1 I 1 the maintenance of its purity it appears that tile more ri It agrant cases of people constantly contravening the requirements of tile the gospel should be dealt with and action tak tal taen taken en in accordance cor dance danee with facts as they may be elicited where repentance is exhibited mercy will step in but where a hardened indifference to duty is manifested the law is plain as to tiie the course that should I 1 betaken betoken be taken some soma ome people show a great deal of charity for fur persons who are hardened offenders and desire their retention lention in the church in any case while intelligent sympathy is often with withheld held heid from innocent and anu and unwary persons who are liable to be le led astray by the i evil example of the guilty parties to the law and the testimony those combined with th spirit ot of the gospel constitute an infallible guide in the administration of the internal affairs of the church |