Show written f for sue PAP paper CRITICISM DEFINED one of the easiest things in life is to criticize to find fault to tear down and yet there Is ia a criticism which to healthy a 9 faultfinding which grows grow out oat of intense interest inte reet in the work being lone done a tearing down which la Is to prepare the ground for a grander edifice cioe the quality or of comment is determined by the spirit thereof its intent is ia lu luvinour lomi its effort one of love and it to is quite pos possible elble to exhibit KU ba intensity of at seal real which comes from the pos poa aalon of a grand ideal the nearer perfect that la 18 abe be more impatiently ia 19 objection treated and frivolous corn com dena seems unworthy of any reply save that of silence lence et while failure Is ie looked upon as an among the Impo esibill ties tl but a good thing may most meet with repulse tf if an unworthy pre enta tiou there la Is wisdom in all 11 II things and the more precious a possession sion the more sacred its if character the lose less bisp siaion Is ia there on the possessor to bis big pearls before swine no man proclaims atme aloud the virtues and estimable qualities ot his wife or the devotion and obedience of his bla family these are chingo with which a stran ger 0 tb U ut at t meddle but there can be objection too to the recommendation of married life to a friend or the expression prea eion of the wish that others may be equally blessed blea aed we beard beaida of one who was sent out that most moat precious loua and sacred of alit all binge the gospel in three or tour four daa he returned to headquarters headquarter and reported that iche be had bad delivered the message which had been rejected and a e he had sealed healed up tire atu district to ana washed taia ble feet as aa a testimony tea against them ts this intemperate and impel tre advocate had bad precious little knowledge of human nature know knew nothing of the power of tradition and was gasun un ta faul milter liar with mental processes to say aay nothing of these subtle spiritual influences which are needed to carry con to the best beat disposed we ve were familiar with one who stood la in the soun councils vouncile cile of the who need to throw off his bla coat and gle aigle it to his listeners from the abool dei 01 but we never could bould count oa an the she number of his hie convert conver tp be febie his methods were rattier rather li more ore calculated to repel than to win to pro provoke volke rebellion than to allure it is 16 not the bursting cloud the foaming toft nt w watch blob 11 fills ile the eye with greenery and covers the earth with beauty thiv 60 comes m es rather from the soft and rain which pene tram sub gut abes and forth flower and trall trait men nave have bern been so eager to display their prowess and ability to destroy that the dweller in that house sacred to him as the home of his fathers nas has been invested invented with additional glory or be preference reference 1 of association at lel least ro even ability to prove another sno that in error does not always con imand respect but when the wise master builder comes along he be quietly clears the ground in comparative silence he lays jays the foundation and the edifice comes together bt iw beneath bis bin toil and inspiration a did colomon Bolo moBa s temple without the sound bound of ax or hammer or any tool too of iron being belar heard beard therein IP aud and an ae the owner of the little tenement goes forth to his daily work he sees created a otome bome of symmetry and beauty of order and propriety and so go joyously he be leaves his swept antiquated man built structure good though it may have been for shelter in ahe past for that palace of divine architecture teo which has been provided for him in response to his faith and his integrity it is the realization of dream the bayl of his bis illuminated ideal yet it truth is to make its way it dots not suggest any compromise any more mor than ethan it fears alere prose a ta lov it Is content to bide its time 10 for ati ight eternal years of god are hers and if it carries no sweetness within itself to the longing soul it cannat be made palatable or more beneficial by any admixture with undoubted eror early was shorn ot of its glory when it formed an alliance under constantine with paganism paga niem and tradition it has not yet been made plain why a sacred principle loses character when it to Is made the abe object of derision why a sacred ordinance becomes common when bandied from mouth to mouth oi 01 the uD unregenerate regenerate but so it is and ha beelie sneers and ridicule have counted more than argument and the representative of an unpopular cause is gene generally rully nonplussed nonplus sed easier by either of these than by gentlemanly yet more insinuating opposition some there are who believe that progress can only come from modification fi cation of pretensions that this JB is biot the time for astl or for authoritative declaration they want to luy low to eater cater to every opponent to be restrained in the expression pr ossion of unwelcome truth and to set met aside practices which are misunderstood or decried by an enemy diplomacy is the watchword and to be fall all thing twinge to all men is deemed now the highest wi wisdom fidow mormonism came to the world as the exponent of divine method as something original ical it was aggressive yet fearless earless it proclaimed itself as the PAD panacea for the ills ilia of humanity it claimed divine authority it held to the self ot of the gospel gobbel its members needed no do orders or bombl bombi lattone outside the brotherhood its literature wave leave the voice of warning and tract distribution presented the only way to be saved outside of it there are WADY many who reside in banyans Ban doubting castle they are I 1 not dot quite sure many of this generation want nothing rosi roi tive or decided least of all in religion freedom Is a the war cry liberty is in the pass word sod and the evil one ode sayf we are all going to one place although we go by different road in the early days of our ministry the brethren said to each other if mor monism to is what we thirk it is we ought to shake this conservative town from center to circumference 2 and it was shaken to the linglet ingathering bering of many soul for many years sectarianism in every guise has baa planted itself in ID this territory it has provoked but little comment and but one or two solf solitary talty debates yet there are hundreds of elders who have fought with wild beasts at ephesus Ephe aup 11 1 and are more familiar with the creeds coofer and articles of their churches than are the majority of these increasing congregations old man made methods way may as ae well be discarded first as last baat that marobio ery was wan good for the purpose tle li ii tended it accomplished its ita pur purpose pope devised of man it may answer mans ends but surely none who apprehend the mission of the prophet can expect to work out the great revolution to which be devoted late his life by aping apt ax the outside world in their methods of finance pc litick sc hoole government trade or social life to attempt this la Is but to reproduce on OD a small email scale that 16 mystery babylon P 9 instead of the mystery of godliness 00 which JB is to bring men ioto into communion with the beavener heave be avene oa leading them to that equality spoken of by all the pro prophets and using overy every mans special ability for or that special business busl nee which in all ail ur sabbath assemblies is IB claimed to be the one substantial duty of the latter day S sinta biinte |