| Show GRATUITO gratuitous ne ADVICE A THE SEN OP TOE WORLD occasionally mingled with encomiums on whal wh atthe the mormons cormons Mor mons nill have accomplished in the great nasin basin vvo veo vre we notice considerable advice as to the gourse bourse course courso they should pursue with regard ho to those points on which they differ most materially with the rest of the world of christendom this advice comes from those who put putt forth claims to ho be considered friendly fri endly eudly to us and therefore it as entitled to s some 0 ma notice at our hands jt it is frankly frank ay admitted admit ted led lay y the class elass alluded totham the mormons cormons Mor mons have rescued a vry very large extent of territory from what was looked tipon upon as the great american desert that thab they have been instrumental in opening up this western region so rich r c h with promise and prospects for the future but we are told that in some bome things the sentiments of the world are opposed to us and that prudence and wisdom should dictate our conforming to those sentiments there is one point which demands investigation vesti gation before we can bly asked to conform to the senti sentiments imenes of the world and that is whether those sentiments are correct to ask us to abjure true principles for false ones to repudiate correct sentiments for incorrect ones is to ask us to renounce man hoods highest and most sacred right the right to cleave to the truth though all the world should be opposed to it and an opinion honestly entertained a faith truly received and adopted is and should be sacred to every evory man while its practical development should be free and untrammeled so long as it does not infringe upon the rights of any other being this we have repeatedly shown our faith and opinions do not do hen hence ceif if the whole world were opposed to our opinions and faith we haye have the most perfect right to entertain them and continue their prati practical cal eal development even if it could be shown that they aarein are in no po way superior to those of the world from the fact that they do not in the most remote degree interfere with the rights of any human being on the face of the earth but bat we start with the fact that no great good has ever been accomplished and no great truth has ever won its way among mankind to which the sentiments of the world were not opposed at the outset this is self evident even if it were not amply confirmed by the testimony of history for every important truth revealed or discovered and every eadry great work commenced for the good of mankin dhave had hail of necessity at their inception to contend with existing and longstanding long standing prejudices and traditions we might ask ash what the sentiments of the world did with the ancient prophets with the son of god himself and with those who heralded the truths he taught to the nations in their day sacred history tells a bloodstained blood stained story of what they received from the sentiments e n s of the world we might also aiso ask what those sentiments did for the med mer mei who toiled tolled and labored for freedom of thought and with those who sought to pour light upon a world struggling in darkness by making known principles in science and art calculated to confer inestimable blessings upon the human family the prison the cross the sword the rack the faggot and instruments df cruelty and barbaric torture or a worlds unal pitying persecution were the rewards they received and L it seemed as if every great truth re healed ve aled commenced had to be baptized inthe in the best blood of the a age ae 0 e in which they tiey were were first made madd known or had to buffet the troubled waves of persecution before their partial value could be ie recognized by even a few of those on whom the they y were designed to confer lasting benefits men look back complacently now liow to the opening of the christian era and with the traditions of ages aggs that the christian faith is correct resting upon their minds they condemn inno in no sparing terms those who persecuted and murdered the prophets aull ani apostles of past ages 0 they are shocked at the terribly false accusations made by the enemies of the christian faith against those who first received roce rocc ived it and knowing so well at a dist distance anoe anee olover of over eighteen centuries how correct were the motives of inen luen whose history they have scarce ly a 4 smattering 0 of wonder that hat the gross charges made against them could ever for a moment have received credence they do nott not think bink that they are following in the same old bea beaten t en track and an d on still 1 less proof give glye credit to and widely circulate allegations equally as gross and baseless against the mormons cormons Mor mons they seem to know when wien they read of peter james john paul and the former day saints being charged with disloyalty that they were eminently loyal and that the kingdom alch which they spoke of was the government of god and not of man but when the latter day saints are charged with disloyalty on precisely the same grounds they appear to think that the charge mcharge must be true without examining the record to see at what great sacrifices the latter lattek day saints have proved their loyalty when they read that the former day saints were charged with murder and systematic infanticide for the purpose of supplying themselves with the blood of babes to be partaken partaker par taken of at the sacrament on the first day of the week they appear horrified that such a dreadful accusation should be ever deemed worthy of belief but whey they hear the latter day daya saints equally falsely charged with secret organizations for destroying life they listen with ready ears endorse the baseless accusation and pass it around with adjectives expressing horror appended that all the world may know h how ow wicked the inhabitants of utah are said to be but however much they may profess to be surprised that such charges could be made against the early christians those charges were generally believed then for the sentiments of the world were opposed to the followers of christ in that age 0 as they ever have been and the ch charges arges made against 0 the lat ter day saints now though thought equally untrue true are believed for the same reason yet we ask is this any cause why we should conform to those sentiments sentiment 92 if it the world were united on OU any sentiment opinion idea or principle there would be edme show of reason reason in asking us to conform to it for there would be at least the groundwork ground work of unanimity on which to base a supposition of its being correct on what point is that unanimity exhibited either in religion politics or ethics and if on every point disagreement is manifested which contested side are wo we to adopt in acquiescing with the request of conformity or have we not as good a right to differ with all and adopt views opinions and sentiments olour of our own as its to agree with a section and differ with all the rest we are satisfied that the faith we have received is heaven revealed that the sentiments wo we entertain are such as the world should possess and we are united in those sentiments and faith a i a point of evidence 1 in support of their correctness which the world is yet unable to show we are also told that at an early future we will be compelled to yield our peculiar views in the march of events the present is not a very bright and glowing one for tb that at world whose sentiments wo we are requested to adopt the future with us as with all mankind is in the hands of the great disposer of events and we are willing to trust in him and await that future if it is his desire that we fieldin yield in anything any thing or eve everything ry we are willing to submit to his decrees but the future and a close future too is pregnant with events that may astonish shortsighted short sighted humanity or the signs of the times aline s do not indicate that which is approaching wit with the he c clearness I 1 arness which they seem to do heward reward OFFERED the citizens reward for the apprehension of the murderers of dr robinson has reached reaches the list Is lying at the tho office of W S godbe esq where names can be added the amount thug thus offered with the 2000 offered ored ared by the city and county authorities thorit thorl les ties make it Is highly that me the reward will be still further farther luer increased eased |
