| Show LET US REASON KEASON TOGETHER the news begs leave to ask the rev gentlemen who so dill diligently gently endeavor to reduce mormonism to an am absurdity by quoting or misquoting mis quoting sermons preached ached years ago under conditions and circumstances that no longer obtain if they themselves would consider it fair to be judged by sundry expressions found in the religious literature of the earliest stages of their respective spec tive religious denominations would the lutherans Luth erans for instance choose to be judged by some of the flery fiery oratory of the great reformer during the peasant WRT war or not to particularize particular iTO would any christian attan be judged by some of the teachings of the early fathers augustine for instance we recommend this cafter to the consideration of the kinsman it bt Is gratifying to notice that some of the opponents opponent a of mormonism niem at aa lost last have found that the only legitimate mode of procedure is discussion n too long they have wielded the weapons of persecution but in changing the tactics is it not also necessary to confine the discussion to that only which properly to ie the subject of controversy the church has its standards of faith Is there in these any doctrine revealed any practice comma aided that Is ie contrary to the word of god that is the only question of interest to those who desire to obtain a knowledge of Mor and when the discussion is thus to its sphere it ft can be entered into in a true Christ christian lem spirit end and with profit to those engaged in the inquiry |
