Show HAS BEEN THE MORMONS the wandering jews jew of the DOE dec ver field and farm has baa die discovered covered some iome live lite mormons cormons Mor mons sad in an inter setting bating way fray tells tella his readers that bat the saints are not the people that many biks have bare been taught to believe them he says he b as spent some time at santora anil and man esa in ID C DO neais s county san ban lute valley colorado that those are well known mormon settlements that the commonplace gentile naturals natu raily raly pictures the me average mormon as a wild eyed polygamist let with a two edged sword and a fierce desire for another mountain meadow massacre but that bat his p savant association with them revealed a spiritual life BB as much influenced fluen ced by the gentle ways way of the common master as any aay gentile community he ban baa seen he further farther asye 1 I spent a very pleasant evening with bishop coombs of richfield who kindly explained the church government its plan ideas objects and articles of laith and it il there was anything in it that would won id sound out ot of place in an orthodox congregation I 1 failed to catch it and no one can be made to believe that eternal life depends entirely upon the belief that a man did or did riot not find a golden book in a hole in the ground the life and character the faithful living close to the convictions of right are worth more than all the creed and articles of faith ever written the king james bible is their bible just as all it il is written and all mankind might lay the t he book of mormon by its ita side and reach heaven by a route as direct as the methodist the book is a simple history and if it a appeals to our reason we certainly commit no unpardonable sin by believing it for instead of being contradictory contrad bictory ol of the bible it confirms and fortifies it and makes it easier to believe and understand when the time comes for the final triumph of the christian faith all the present nonsense and dissension over technical points and creeds will be swallowed up in the greater idea of faith alth in a common lord and there shall be one told fold and one shepherd the most consistent view I 1 have hare obtained of the religion of Moroni gis is the practical manner in which it is in applied in everyday every day life it to is the amet simplicity of the people in their everyday every day plan of following their industrial pursuits which must charm every investigator the field and farm article Is i expressive of what every person will note upon an intimate acquaintance quaint anoe with mormonism who are in full lellow shIP wil elih h the church it la is also another evidence ot of the be pro power la 10 mormons which predicted its it onward progress to the be regeneration of the world the writer in the field sac anc farm accurately describes the he book of mormon in saying that instead of being contradictory of we be bible it confirms confirm and fortifies it and makes it easier to believe and under stand 0 10 that book lei la the strongest historical witness of the divinity ol of christ that men have hare as a record oot not excepting the bible itself Ita elf for it has bai been preserved in its ite pre loua elona purity the burden of its iti whole tog li Is the power and mercy of christ the lord and it stands an inspired companion with the bible to la establishing the eternal truths ot of the gospel of jesus ot 0 Naz nazereth Nazire ireth tb |