| Show A WOMANS THOUGHTS WILY WHY SAINTS IN VARIOUS AGES HAVE BEEN persecuted THE ACTIONS OF THE RIGHTEOUS OUSA AND i D THEIR ACCUSERS REVIEWED the latter day saints luay inay may bc be looked down upon and counted as the dregs dress of the earth but were we to judge by the conduct and the course pursued by the majority who have come here that are not of us even of many who have borne the title of united states ofil om bials and from the expressions of the bubli public c journals issued elsewhere describing chibin the state of society outside of utah ive iye we have every cause for gratt ande that the lord suffered us to be banished from their midst when ile he did and aud dd that we have gained a foothold holka hoika here where we wc are filkel likely to remain though the wicked within and without are combined to rout us they will take only those who are a detriment leaving the few who wish to bea dea be a separate and peculiar people and who can be easily distinguished f bom om their would woul be regenerators who come here to sit in judgment upon the innocent and condemn them one and all what is the pretext for condemning the lat ter day saints that they thy will not yield up a sacred principle and persist in 11 holding holdim out their wives and children to the world instead of making prostitutes and beggars of them an and F indulging in all manner of secret iniquities after the patterns set throughout ugh the world which are being daily proclaimed to the scandal of society 11 does it not sound like SATAN REBUKING SIN SIX when they talk of moral lepers the degradi degradation tion of women and the injury that is being done to society by the practice of this order which is as ancient as the hills and so honored by the most high that ills his son the only begotten came through the lineage of a polygamist poly samist a man after gods awn own heart who was taken f from rom the sheepcote to be ruler over israel show showing D that gods ways are not nob as mane mans s was we are also told that after he had bad taken many wives and concubines he took more concubines and wives out of jerusalem and still he went on and grew great and the lord god of lusts ats was with him this would lordly lead one to suppose him uncivilized AND DEGRADED he be who was called a mighty king and whom saul was afraid of because the lord was with him and wag was departed from saul llis his taking the wife of uriah and slaying him was the only thim thine he did which displeased the lord lora lord the city of david was and the lord gave his sou son wisdom as he promised he would vo uld so that he exee exceeded eded all the kin kins kings s of the earth f or riches and wisdom wis dom 31 and all the earth sou son sought ht to solomon to hear bear his wisdom which the lord had put ut in his heart the queen of shela sheia sheba who heard the report of his acts and his wisdom believe believed d not the words until her eyes had bad seen iti its it and behold 11 said fraid she tho the half halt was way not told me thy wisdom and prosperity exceed eth the fame which chic h I 1 heard when he was old his ibis wives turned away his heart after alter other gods and his heart was not perfect with the lord ills his god as was the hea heart tt tot of david his father the lord blessed solomon as loh lot isas gas he kept his covenants and ills his statutes which ile he had commanded him although he ile declared that ile he would rend the kingdom f from rom him and il give it to his servant yel yet et he mad made e this promise in thy days I 1 will not do it f for lor or david thy fathers sake 1 1 11 I will make him a prince all the days of his life for david my ser servants vanlis sake whom I 1 chose chosei because he kept my commandments and my statutes it is most amazing to see the amount of i ignorance morance which seems to prevail among amons people who profess such superior wisdom and learning s surrior concubines bines blues we understand were lawful wives but concubines are not known in this day and no mormon has had a multitude of wives it I 1 this order of marr marriage lao lae iao Is so OFFENSIVE TO moral MOKAL SENSE of 0 the civilized world why do they hold up the bible as their standard professing such admiration for it and those grand old patriarchs who out of their own mouths months they declare immoral and lecherous yet la in the same breath figuratively they will preach reach about resting in abrahams E bosom osom 11 let them first discard that sacred record or all their weapons must roust fall harmless to the ground 0 the hypocrites and pious pretenders who preach tor jor or hire and divine for money who measure out salvation according to their will or the size of ones purse pardoning murderers on the scaffold and punishing mormons cormons Mor mons for practicing the ancient ord order er of marriage and giving unrestrained license to their own kind to 10 practice all manner of licentiousness in the dark so they do not hold them out as mcives IGNORANCE couy COUII BK BY but ignorance they cannot plead we know very well that thet they have only hit upon this as a pretext for or the want of something better that they ma mar may WE work upon the feelings of those who are filled with the traditions of their fathers and thus soothe the consciences of persons afar off who i otherwise withhold their assi assistance stance stanco carrying out their benevolent and schemes there are arc honorable exceptions in I 1 every community and we occasionally i meet that class who are unbiased and can afford to look at the A mormon lormon side ot the question such are worthy 1 of respect though they differ from us in religious views and we would be i gladnor glad for their own sakes sake sas as well weil as ours could more of the honorable ot of the earth come and see for themselves the schemes of our would be civill would be sadly thwart edt edi were their accused to have a fair trial trish before a lust just and honorable lury jury burying in stead of those picked from their bitterest enemies and many ot them from the lowest scuff scum those who are to be living in open violation of the laws of god as well as the laws of the land encouraging p oms child lur murder er and the thousand and one onet evils that are arc bo rife amon amona other com corn 1 and destructive ot of peace andl family relations the filthy sheet published here is only a mouthpiece for hypocrites f fal fai al and evildoers who are plotting against a people as far above them as heaven is above hades and would have been squelched years ago apo beany by any other community for the dastardly falsehoods that are sent broadcast through the world we are indebted eel eft to those who support it and that class who hunt among the carrion for what they relish most it is a sort of balai to their own sense of guilt to blight tb thle thie fair name of others whose dl they can never hope to reach we ve could not expect more from that ter than they are capable of any more than we could look for pure water from a corrupt fountain AMONG OTHER CHRISTIAN CHRIS TIAN ilke tike JAKE take exhibitions is the bringing of our women and even evert little children luto into their low pools where they are expected to answer questions that would crimson the cheeks checks of any any but the hardened and degraded beings whose particular mission seems to be to seek to deaile defile and brin brio bring zion down to their level using their influence to lessen the value of those virtues which we have been taught to prize above rubi esthey hope to accomplish their ends and the nual ruin and loss oss of the bright jewels that have been entrusted to our charge the latter day saints I 1 think have haive bad little cause to feel partial towards either party republican or democrat but there was something admirable in the tile steps first taken by president presidents cleveland particularly in putting his own band to the tile plow which was both su surprising and pleasing to the honest position and his good example exam pla pia would te be well for all to ein eln emulate but when 1 I wish out there could be li like ilke the rest of us I 1 thou thought rbt god forbid b that h lat I 1 or dr my offspring should be i found among that number who could conid so far forget themselves and their duty to the god who created them after ills his own image as to stoop to become like those who though at enmity towards one an otherean another can urge upon congress tile the pas passage sage of laws to separate virtuous god fearing husbands and wives who are arc bound to each cach other by the most sacred ties and covenants for time and all eternity ifor I 1 for one could not afford it no not for the sake of gaining the favor 0 of f even itly fiely itty million mill lons s of f people it would have been well for prest dent cleveland could he be have llave withstood the rushing tides of 0 prejudice which have swept so mahy many away from the path of their duty and even down to perdition because they refused to listen to that monitor within that would have prompted them to first investigate vesti gatea gate a matter instead of hardening their hearts and closing their ears to the cries of the innocent LIFE IS BUT A SPAN and there is a great work laid out for this people to accomplish one in which the whole human family would be interested could they but understand it but as the majority hoose choose I 1 darkness rather than light it devolves upon the few who are willing to obey the lard lord and labor in the interests of ills his children without respect to nation or condition all having an equal claim until they have forfeited it by committing tin tiu acts of wickedness and will not and turn from the same of which we have a fair sample before us today to day for these ard and other good reasons the servants of god prefer living to dying and liberty to the galling chains oi of thralldom that are made ready and only waiting the opportunity of being clinched around their necks those who have taken themselves to safer quarters have done sa so not because they were cowards but by the advice and wishes of their friends who would be denied the privilege of receiving ceiling their counsel and admonitions were they inside of prison walls malls the memory of that tragedy in which president taylor was pierced with bullets some of still remain in his bodeis not calculated to strengthen his conil confidence dence nor that of his people in a set of despots who are thirsting for their blood many of the oia ola old oid saints are still living and can keenly remember those scenes and among them the broken pledge of governor ford when the martyrs joseph and hyrum and their brethren were im murad in carthage jail as well as the insults and MURDEROUS treachery that was practiced on them after they had bad placed themselves under thecae the car and protection of the executive all an compiled the requirements require required ments dents enis enes calling men cowards and stigmatize ing their virtuous and honorable wives as lewd women and their children as bastards with with other offensive and insulting accusations when fet f et 1 inside of 9 court room is a sampie eie ele of the courage and manliness ex on the bench which to hay tay hay the least of is anything but becoming an boyto hoyto honorable rable judge the provoking coolness and good nature manifested by our brethren under the abusive Lar barangue harangue angue that is s in them by vicious and unprincipled r 1 tyrants adds to their chagrin char charrin r 1 rt and dis com liture lucli more than to those that are enduring the lash and are conscious of their innocence before god they can rest with that assurance and that all will be well ivell no DO matter where they are even in a felons cell they by secret prayer and praises to him may accomplish as great things as did paul and silas after they lad had suffered many stripes and were cast into prison because they were the servants of the most high amigh god and had taught the way of salvation those who are striving to do the works of abraham need not tremble nor shrink before their inquisitors inqui ll 11 this people are true to their religion their enemies will find lind as did paul after he had persecuted the saints that it itis is hard corthern for them thern to kick against the pricks but whoever they be who have failed to do this and have not acted in accor accordance danco daLCO with this profession particularly ticul arly those who have entered the celestial Celesti il order of marriage with any purpose but gut the purest and failed to carry it out in principle as well as practice will have it to answer for sooner or later before the highest tri trl dunai onnal as the lord has declared that they should those who will abuse their privileges and BECOME TYRANTS or give glie their companions just cause for com complaint plaine will receive their reward no matter who they are but this does not affect the principle men and women have their agency and their record is before them and if men or women endure suffering for righteousness sake happy are they ikey there is consolation to be derived from this thought and that such will be acknowledged by the savior of 0 mankind who will adge every one by his works ile he lias has said that ills his saints were to be hated of all men and the mormons cormons Mor mons have had all manner of evil spoken against them falsely ll a fact which of itself would go to prove that they are the true churan of christ as there is no other bearin bearing any resemblance to the one which the savior established in the meridian of time there are hundreds today to day who believe this but it requires too great a sa crince on their part our present afflictions are but a drop compared to the JUDGMENTS THAT ARE ARK THIS NATION and they will increase because it has suffered the saints to he robbed smitten and driven f from rom pillar to post and the blood ot of the innocent without a national effort being made toward restitution tit ution in the words of paul it mav may be said that the people of this nation are given over to reprobate minds be ing filled tilled with all 1111 unrighteousness fornication maliciousness envy murder hatred malignity haters baters of god implacable and unmerciful who knowing bowing the judgment of god that they which commit such things are worthy of death not only do the same but have pleasure in them that do them there are many of our persecutors who say in mani the their thein r hearts though the mormons cormons Mor mons are cried down as ignorant I 1 and priest ridden etc we know it to be false they are empire found ers and their success is unparalleled and if we do not stop them they are bound to revolutionize the world it would be out of reason for us ms to look for justice from such quarters for FO r though they know in their hearts that they speak falsely and t hat that there Is no law nor justification for the course they are pursuing they will keep tp sp the howl honl of treason and the wife question thing that they can hil hit upon that is likely to star stir stin up hostility that they may tind find an excuse tp to make war us u for the gratification of their own fiendish purposes As the patience of the judge is on the wane in trying to bring or compel people in this free land to deny their religion to purchase freedom he may just as well forego the needless time and ceremonies of sham courts with the extra trouble land expense which they are putting the nation to land have those who are ready to do his bidding pl pir ply their muscles and skill if t they ey have ady any to the cutting of timber and the erecting of prisons or gib gibbets bots bets and not suffer er all the prophetic words ot eli ell to fall to the ground ednor the rich harvest lying so temptingly before them to slip from their itching hands we can only die once then let us die dle in the harness 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