Show WHY NOT HOT WEAK SPEAK THE TRUTH the hie florida philosopher of aug ath has received a letter from one john D nutting of lake city a clergyman of the congregational church the reverend gentleman very modestly says ay 1 I do know that I 1 understand mormonism thoroughly in both theory and practice and that the system mind the word is as thoroughly foreign to the only religion which has any claim on the regard of this sin in cursed world as probably any other man made or batan made m ade system ever known there arte aft some good and many sincere people in it of course and I 1 treat them with all consideration but the system 10 1 utterly beyond any such feeling by an informed and philosophical person roman catholicism to is angelic compared with it kany who read this will refuse to believe it for the simple reason that they have been studying mormonism the part of their lives and that with prayerful hearts and an honest de elre to know thit the truth and the foun tain of truth and yet they find that like the birds that fly over the ocean they have only been able to touch here and there while the great expanse is around on all sides they have found that truth is without limits and that it takes an eternity to comprehend it what must they not think of a poor little clergyman who after some superficial investigation boldly tells the world that he has the immeasurable ocean of truth for mormonism niam and truth are synonymous in his quart bottle of mental capacity it is preposterous post erous or ridiculous of what value is his estimation of that religious system or any other A six aix year old child is no authority on astronomy nor is mr nutting on mormonism but his letter to the philosopher has a a particular object in view the author states that polygamy la Is now being taught and practiced with renewed vigor in utah from what can be gathered from various sources this seems to be part of a conspiracy against the young state there seems to be a concerted effort to create an adverse sentiment abroad regarding the people of these valleys and the promoters of that plan evidently rely on the pecullar peculiar fact that a falsehood often told finally assumes the appearance of 9 a truth hence they repeat the statement that polygamy is still practiced in utah in the hope that they will find believers among a certain class of people everybody here knows that rev nuttings cuttings Nut tings statement in the philosopher is not founded on fact why ho he maje it and why others make it is we think not difficult to understand we can only hope that the time will be coming when opponents of mormonism will find it to the advantage of their cause to carry on their warfare in the spirit of truth and honesty Is it too much to expect that of gentlemen who profess to be the heralds of the gospel to a benighted world |