Show I 1 t OPPONENTS rents vents OF WHERE THE methodists OBTAINED nope hope OF ini TIIE SAINTS BUILT UPON A DIFFERENT bIF FERENT foundation PITTSBURG pa an aug 15 1885 1883 editor deseret Je seret vew vel new news I 1 find much enjoyment in reading the NEWS which Is a welcome friend to me being isolated out here it is all the c company I 1 have my spare time lime Is sventin spent in reading 0 and meditating over its c contents on tents it buoys me up and astren strengthens me yet some items contained therein make me feel sad in nearly every issue there are accounts from elders out on missions who are lifting their warning voices to the nations of the glad klad news of salvat iwa laa by which all who will obey the same may be saved from the ments soon to be poured out upon the nations we read of those brethren suffering persecution in various forms at the hands of those too who claim tobe ministers of religion no true Christ christian lan lau will persecute any one for religious views where such takes place lace it bears the stamp of the cloven f foot food ol 01 ot we find preachers of various denominations are engaged in this wicked work and especially preachers of the bieth bleth methodist odist church they vil vii liay and slander fethe characters of the elders and of joseph hand continually open up their batteries of insult and abuse they ought to bethe be the last to slander they cannot attack this work from the bible bibie norf nor from rom the constitution ution and while they slander the character of joseph smith let them take the hint those who live liver in glass houses bouses ought not to throy throw w stories the founder of their society mr john wesley was a graduate of lincoln coll eee eue eng england and there be he was grad bating as a in inister minister of the church ot t E england and an d in the english methodist hymn dmn noo boo nooks dooks S in a the fronti is a p picture of john wesley clad in the robes of office worn by ministers of said churchard chur church chand and underneath are the words john wesley A at late fellow low of lincoln college for this ministry he was trai training when a certain dark cloud came game over his pathway he and a young lady attempted to make a bridge over the seventh commandment and it broke and let them fall the consequences were he was put out of the college for the same after a d strict investigation anti and being tilled with rage he stood in defiance in front of the college he was banished from and to vent his anger he preached there this was the first lyes wesleyan leyan methodist sermon ever preached in the world some few sympathized with him and hence arose his followers if this sad tutie had not happened mr air wesley would have gone through his training and occupied a position in a church of england pulpit and such a thing as wesleyan methodism would never have been known where was divine appointment in this case the cause spread and many embraced the same and became identified with the system the two brothers wesley labored together and the caus cause e spread abundantly under their zeal and energy by and by john wesley wishing ather lands to hear bear the message they held forth assumed to ordain coke and others to be bishops to carry methodism and on ou this poin point t the two brothers became dl di after being so firmly united in the cause this was the wedge that split them charles charle said sald did not believe either had authority to ordain others and he opposed the scheme john went ahead and as fumed the authority and laid his hands on the head of mr air coke and ordained him a bishop bishon a position wesley himself never held heid charles grew av angry ry at this and remarked how easily are bishops made 4 i by man or womans comans whim I 1 f wesley his hia hands on coke has laid but bat who laid hands bands on him here Is the basis basl on which the whole superstructure rests where is divine app ou the these se premise premises sa s1 1 let any investigate and see seethe the diff difference er between the claim of joseph josem S smith mith and that held f forth orth by mr wes ley lev no one can truthfully accuse mr smith of immorality the almighty would never hav hai have hase e entrusted a work of such importance as the tile ushering in of this great and last dispensation to a wicked man had he been a bad man roan he never would have had angelic ministrations rations nor held the keys ke of the holy priestly Pries priesthood thy od we kno know v that his mission was d direct from heaven and his authority from the same source his appointment was from those who held the office themselves aad by obedi enesto the plan heaven has devised the saints have come in possession of a knowledge of the truth of the same which no llo one ati can cau all take from them they rejoice to know that in this late age ae that god has once more suspended f from rom the heavens the lamp of revelation and like the wise shepherds of the cast they wish to be guided by its liht they see the tig tree is putting forth its buds and that storms are coming and they know the salue same power t hat that established the church of former day saints has established the church of latter day saints and that the period is not tar distant when the bursting heavens will reveal ruveal the savior of mankind mail mau klud kind the sai sat saints lits tits as a people are preparing to tu meet moet nim him a and nd the wise ulso are arc trimming their lamps to be ready so that they may enter la in with him these glorious truths with many others are what those noble eiders elders sacrifice home wife family and all ali the e comforts of lle ile life ilfe for when they go forth to to 0 carry the good news to their fellow perishing mortals that they may be made partakers par takers of the same sarae blessings they enjoy and that they may rejoice with them in the tile same glorious hope if they could but know what the feel ings of the saints are andhor and ho w earnestly they desire their salvation the people of the world would not persecute them but as the says there will be some wise and others foolish happy are they who will see alvine light when it is presented to them but some will not see though it is so plainly placed before them tile the evi evil one is awake and using all his lis is powers to deceive and lead astray only rily illy seethe beethe see the condition he has ghedit erent ferent preachers ot of the day in ile he is gently leading them alon aion along 11 and they know now it not 11 he II c makes them believe the god without body parts or passions is well pleased with them that ile he greatly approves of thear doings and ere long iong ne will send them to a heaven beyond the bounds of time and space by express and there they will sit and andi sing themselves away to everlasting bliss go into any of their gospel factories andl and hear them insult the almighty for a stipend and what louwill xou you juwill will there hear and anti see sec will resemble M a punch and judy or mountebank show how S and these are the themen men to throw mud at the latter day saints and sharpen the knife to put them out of existence one great writer says this world is a stage and every man must play his part from childhood to old age and bistor history y of recent date reminds me of some that have played a part that will dause cause their names tostine to stink like ilke a pole cat when they are in their graves I 1 do think it would have nave been well with them had they died in infancy while on their mothers breast while they were fid fit subjects of the kingdom than for those mothers to raise them up to manhood and see them in open aa against lust the institutions of heaven and p placing acing themselves in a position where the arm of salvation canno carmot t reach them sad indeed is their position I 1 hope their part played will serve as a warning guidepost for or lat ter day saints that they may shun bad COm company pany PaDY let their thoughts desires an and d actions be clean listen attentively to and carry out the instructions F givan aven from time to time by gods most holy priesthood and hold the fort nothing less than this will do for safety 11 M W |