| Show OWE ONE CAUSE or TROUBLE MANTI january 4 1886 editor deseret new it may not be amiet for me to communicate a few of my thoughts through rough your columns relative to events efow transpiring in our midst it would lau aleem out district kourts 98 as they are ifo biow that all ali austice justice and impartial rulings mormons cormons Mor mons are concerned had departed arted and that partiality and poeju dice ice inspire both judge and jury in finding them guilty guilt without evidence and in imposing anes fines and imar imprison th menti nt zether often affe the 66 question ties tida 1101 whether as a people deop ie we tire are not TO BLAME IN A GREAT DEGREE for our present condition I 1 am aware e that the innocent must suffer with th the e guilty but have not many of us in direct opposition to the counsel of our brethren and our own batter judgment ad out adt inheritances to our enemies and bantered bait ered fady our tights fights and the rights of hiir neighbors for tue the sake of filthy lucro lucre deate have not hat many of 01 us directly patronized patronised patroni sed and supported our enem enemies es in their business enterprises ald aid made it possible for them to do us in much ua ah injury through the means we have h dve put into their hands in all of t blaso matters atts we e hate been recreant it nat 6 t 0 only n ry it to out our own oti but the whole peoples p lets interest and as a tut natural tural consequence on sequence we all suffer more or less in proportion to the interest we have in the spread of righteousness and truth in the earth and the overthrow of corruption in every form the epistle of the first presidency to the officers and members of the church of f jesus christ of latter day saints I 1 read before the conference at ai logan i october oth IM 1885 says there are abominations rac ice by those who are called saints rib 8 w which ich the trials we are now passing through will reveal ina in a manner te terrible to them recent developments among our own people prove beyond doubt the correctness of the statement made by the presidency and that it is through the unfaithfulness of man of those who profess to be saints and are not that we suffer so much the the psalmist david asked the question lord alord who shall abide in thy tabernacles who shall dwell in thy holy hill bill the answer came he that walseth tb uprightly and righteousness and speak eth the truth in his heart ehe herbat that backbite th not with his tongue nor boeth evil to his neighbor nor up a reproach against his bis neighbor lie that not out his hig money to usury bior reward against the innocent he that boeth these things shall never be moved Is it not very essential for our oar own safety before god that we turn away from all our iniquity and in humility of heart in our fast meetings in the family circle and in secret call upon u po n the th e lord in mighty faith that we may maybe e strengthened for the conflict while it shall last and that defeat immediate or otherwise may come upon the enemies of zion whichever edever god in his kind providence shall deem best that liberty to build up zion in her beauty and glory may be extended to all the saints is the prayer ot of your brother in the gospel of peace WM G |
