Show persecutor 4 of THE HIE SUMS there are differences of opinion upon religious as well as ai other matters that sometimes lead persons of opposing opp views to express themselves in a vigorous manner but no matter bow great real the difference referred to way may be no man who possesses a christian spirit will seek to bring mob violence and persecution upon one with whom he does docs nut not arree agree religiously the church of jesus christ of latter day saints which organization was instituted in this thia dispensation april 6 1830 under udder the of the lord to the prophet joseph smith and which has ban continued intact to the present time sends bends forth its elders to the various rations to preach the gospel of christ they are to contend earnestly for the faith of the balno or in other borje to preach christ and him crucified setting forth the principles of the aos pel and the necessity for obedience thereto to in plainness and in the power of their calling they deliver a soared sacred message menage committed to them by the lord for fok the salvation of mankind the performance mance of this labor does not require them to make assaults upon or to malign or edek to arouse perso persecution cu or against say any person who may differ with them it if they were to do so no they would be acting in violation of the under which they are set met forth but they observe the conditions or that divine OLin mission obeying the positive to in of the prophet J joseph smith given march 80 1836 noli to contend with others othera on account of their faith or ory stems or of religion but pursue a steady course con rap 0 P if all religious teachers bad pursued pu thle the course whether the tenets they presented were right or wrong abe be world would have been spared much buob of the dark sud aud bloody record that attaches to religious history but they did not bisot do or 80 and individuals pro fesing fending christianity have so grossly violated its fundamental spirit aud and have so no submitted themselves to the wiles of the wicked one jl that they have persecuted unto death I the saints of the most moat high in very many it was this bitterly spirit which caused the death of the prophets prophet joseph joeeph and haruto the anniversary of whose martyrdom was passed a few days ago and this thia spirit toward the saints Is not inert today an illustration of it ite activity to ia elven eiven in ao an attack by F M scott and J A grant through tor kgb the newspapers at port huron michigan in an effort to bring persecution on mormon mis aiosa narles rieB the parties engaged in this unchristian business proclaim themselves preachers ot of the reorganized or Josep church by their fruits ye shall know them and when people seek to bring down persecution upon those who preach the of christ it is in not difficult to determine what spirit they are of |