Show WOULD IT 11 BE WISDOM 1 1 I 1 r THE tian logan leader zeader the tho fir first t number of which has just been issued at 16 the beautiful capital of cache va valley iley has the Tollow following ing lug article under the above heading which will 9 give ive lve a good ilea idea idea of tho the bouti ments of the new now paper it Is is a branch institution of the junction publishing Com company piny te the orielda oneida com community on the adai I 1 bof Itao under has haa abandon ea d the system of complex marriage marriages and will ba be hereafter divided into those who are regularly married and those who prefer celibacy property will still kill be held in common and bu business siness Biness trane traHE acted in general partnership the members will stint still jive live together and eat at the bame table there will be a common department for juveniles and the regular even evening ing edg meetings for mutual criticism will be continued the community simply gives up practices that were a violation of thet the laws and in a taking this coune course has shown a wisdom beyond that of the mormons Mor mons mong who cling so tenaciously to polygamy poly gamy chicago inter doean tho the journal quoted from is BO eo unusually mild in its reference to the mormons cormons Mor mons that it seems almost cruel erdei for us to oner even our out humble criticism but why we ivond affe the inter ocean should this thia people be we considered un lse ise lae because they do not give pecullar peculiar belief and tiek tick it probably chows dhows good judgment on the part of it the oneida community to forsake i a system BO so repugnant to we the populace but it is niso aleo a most moat positive evidence of the weakness of their position on the contrary a rigid and unshaken adherence to their principles proves that ahe position of the latte rd saints is one that which yields before a breath of df public opinion must kaut be grounded on nothing more than a arnim bi but tit that which w hieu endures exile effle and wanderings de rings thrive thrives son on persecution and nd multiplies while the whole world scorns it must be born of a power greater than mortal inane man it must be a faith surpassing M the comprehension hension n of unbelievers un it must be it iss isy is a spirit which can sustain its ita votaries vot aries even with debth death apparently their inevitable fate nate the true trus latter day saint isain t finds in inthe the gospel of jebus jesus christ all till t that hat he hei cau can wish of comfort and consola tion while he remains faithful the destruction of 1 f property cannot cause him grief the tho loss of friends cannot fill his heart with with doubts and fears the menace of a frightful death cannot inspire him with terror terron bua bur BLA let iet him yield to the oliff opinion ilond of the world forsake the truth for tor the approbation of the ungodly godly 3 and all is changed he no loder longer takes alight in life the joss JOYs joja which ofia once onee he knew lare iare departed part e d with anguish bl he e beholds the fair which tempted him to wann want wandar wander into forbidden paths pathe turn to ashes indis in his hia grasp Is it wisdom to exchange comfort for destitution oi or bliss for horror if so then thenard the narn alq the Mor mormons mons 1 1 wise lse ise we find it to live as gud god ga gave 0 us to live wa consider it unwise to coward cowardly ly rork forke forsake 6 the truth disobey llis his commands ands and trust tolle to fleeting eting wo worldly idly adly adlle smiley for our recompense andy and notwithstanding achs tand theoff the oft repeated advice given to them by newspapers and nidd ministers in the world it will always seem wisdom for the latter day saints to fulfill fulfil their cove covenants hints and act in accordance with the yeve revelations lations given by god for their guidance even though the laws and the armies of all nations under fi heaven eaven be arrayed against them this people will never flinch |