Show NOT A PROPER TEST ANDREW anbrew ril rii tEW an ex mormon 11 of south cottonwood comes out with a a letter in the salt lake tribune in 11 which he applauds the sentiment centime fi t 0 of f t the he democratic club but winds wind up with the following advice coupled with an illogical test as to the di divinity v anity of a doctrine isif if polygamy be a command of god H he c will certainly protect those who obey him or be is a bad god in the meantime perhaps it will be as well for us wh who dont want i our board and lodging free and our hiir fr freedom a little curtailed to go slow until we see what god is going to do about it let me repeat if is a command of god vve yve we may maybe be perfectly sure ile he will protect bromall from all ail harm and hardship all those leho obey him if ile he doers doeg not protect them then we nye may be sure ile he iid ild did lid not command it this is common sense and the plainest way of df stating it the writer appears to be in serious doubt polygamy may way have been commanded by the almighty or it may not according to his way of chinkin thinking ile he admits that he is not informed on the subject but thinks he has discovered an infallible test those who crucified christ seemed to favor that test and the people stood beholding and the leaders also with them derided him saying he saved others let him save himself himself if he b be e christ the chosen of god I 1 they doubtless thought thou ht that was ivas common sense and the plainest way ot of elating it t AM alo AMO O t this was also the logic of the malefactor who said if thou be the christ save thyself and us neither sacred nor secular history sustains the theory that the ex expound aund ers or practise rs of divine tr truth have ever been allowed by their fel to rest on beds of ease but have as a rule been awarded the legacy bequeathed thed by the great master they have been hated despised and mal treated |