Show refreshing CANDOR As a reader of your valuable paper I 1 am very much interested in certain things which you publish while in others I 1 am not in my opinion too much space is devoted to congressional news but I 1 admit that things are being done by the government of the united states and the nations of europe tending to make joseph smith a pro prophet het of the true and living god I 1 re like to read the sayings and doings of the prophet of the discoveries frequently being made in north and south america of what the jews axe are doing or about to do anything concerning the Lama as to their enlightenment or of the ten tribes in fact the whole house of israel such matters as these are what I 1 delight to read of so mr editor like the woman who had paid the doctor for his bis medicine but got well before she eke had fin finished labed it as she had bior it was bound to take the remainder I 1 will continue to take your paper er inasmuch as I 1 have paid for it PIT I 1 do not suppose you would be so liberal as aa to print a newspaper s specially to suit stilt my nia majesty jesty and if FI I 1 should countermand my order on that account I 1 dare say it would not cause a cyclone or even an earthquake in salt lake city therefore I 1 guess well be friends and take it as it stands there is however one matter I 1 would like to enlighten you upon you seem to be in continual warfare with some persons in trying to cone con vince them that jealousy misrepresentation sen tation prejudice mobbing murders unjust laws disfranchisement spiteful judges confiscation etc are wrong just as though these troubles were imposed upon a people who were living at this day do we not know mr editor that these things existed hundreds of years ago in the dark ages when the people were very ignorant when some men would not allow others to think for them nor yet worship according to their own convictions vict ions even if those convictions vict ions were in accordance with the bibler bible but we must not try to make mankind believe that these evils prevail in the present days of enlightenment refinement glorious liberty and freedom boos does not common sense toll tell us that such affairs could not take place in this glorious day there are so many different religions nowadays do you not think all these should unite and cry out as with one voice against evils such as existed in th the past t barbarous times think of it ur mr editor and see if you are not contending bior for the rights of a people who lived in the long ago poor creatures they had only one religion the they were poor lowly fis fishermen Kermen tent makers fishermen and carpenters they did not know how to make even one religion in those days and had to call upon 0 n god to provide one for them uth they ey had not sufficient ingenuity to establish another nor to effect improvement in the old one but in these days religious science has been the means of creating scores of new religions and chattoo that too without gods help though de depend pend upon it if peter and paul james and john were on the earth today they would not exchange their old system which fitted and worked so well in every way for any that exists in our generation even with all the others thrown in I 1 feel sorry for you mr editor in discussing andar and arguing r ing against evils wicked men me n and an measures that existed in the long ago you cannot h help I 1 those suffering people now B but af hello that nofie oase in the streets awakening me from my sleep why the newsboys calling out the various editions of the newspapers and informing us of those who have gone down to the shades of washington to tell bad things of the mormons cormons Mor mons friend I 1 guess you are right after all aill J P F D jan 16 1889 our correspondent shou should lol take the wh WEEKLY exly as it comes comee nearer his bis ideal of what a paper should be than any other we know of ED DE D E N |