Show THAT EPISTLE tim TUB epistle from presidents taylor and cannon which appeared in yester days issue of the NEWS will doubtless be greatly appreciated by the saints generally as it was by those to whom it was read in the conference at lo logan loan an on sunday afternoon in this hour of trial when the tiie hand of persecution is bearing heavily upon the saints it be very consoling to them t to 0 know knod that their leaders are arc f full ull of hope and confidence and that their assurance ot of an overruling providence in favor of the work in which they are areep ep raged has not weakened in the lease inas leas ahat that they thes are fully alive to the which have been and are bein being inflicted upon tnie tae saints generally and the leading members iu in particular as well ubil as the cause thereof ther thereof eop is very apparent f pointed and comprehensive though brief manner marmer in they the are a re set forth the obligations which are al placed upon apon the saints by b y divine requirements and which impel them forego tatu tolo to rego the good opinion of the world alc ale also aiso clearly expressed indeed thu thy perusal of it ought to convince any minded person not only of 61 tile the sincerity of the writers but butof of the justice of the cause which they represent the injustice too of the measures now daeing enforced against them are equally manifest i an f from rom the tha statement which ia is made of the percentage taze of alleged law breakers b against agaid L whom the present crusade js is ostensibly aimed but from which the te whole community is made to suffer it Is estimated that abe male members ot of the church who are arc in the practice ol of plural marriage constitute but little if it any more than two pcr per cent of the entire church membership Accord according ilig to the report of the utah commissioners commisa loners after the registration lists had been revised in compliance with the Edir rands law and ag agreeably with their ex extreme and unwarranted iuliu persons including both exes sexes had their names stricken from thu the ilc liand nd were presumed to be S this number doubtless included a great many who from neg other causes failed to appear biond nd take the ironclad iron clad oath and have flare their names continued upon the te register gister it also included some thousands of widows widowers and men who though formerly at some period more or less remote had been poly poleg aliso had only one surviving wife each the others baving having died but even if the were actual polygamists which would imply that for fon each man mau there ther emust must have hane becuet been at least two women and some of them doubtless had more than two wa wives wires e s i there could be no more than oue one tili till third r d of tae the number or males maies this would be two per cent of and no one doubts that the church membership will amount at least to that in view of these facts the injustice inflicted upon the people in therrall their thel rall rali all ail beier placed under a ban in their being bein excluded from juries and in having havin g their rights and liberties jeopardized and business generally ruined by the extraordinary and illegal methods resorted to by the crusaders is its very apparent the unnecessary alarm which for political purposes and as an excuse for discriminating discrimination and even waging war against a rill religious 11 lons ions coin corn community has been wen raised throughout this tills nation and the world in regard to the menace which Mormont mormonism sm offers to monogamy or the form of marriage popular throughout eliout christendom is also man manifest ane appointment of a committee to draft a ine lne memorial morial and protest and to forwar dl the same to the president of the united states setting forth the broil wrongs of which the saints have to complain is a wise move and ought to be attended with good results the lord has baa required by revelation that we petition the governmental powers for fora a redress of our grievances and if we do so whatever inay may be the result we will havo bavo the thu satish satisfaction act 0 n of knowin knowing t that hat we have con conformed confortin forin e d to the alyf dl vine ne requirement |