| Show 1199 priesthood AND AS the which appears in 10 another column of this issue be tween tile the salt lake tribune and president wilford woodruff will be read wife varied feelings by the latter lafter day saints and the community generally it 14 I t deserves a place in ur rent history and that place it will now DOW occupy by reason of its ita publication alor in the ibe bf the NEWS it alq deser deserves Caret careful til consideration and this it will u ti doubted jy receive along with a great deal of and a huge flood of comment to those who know the attitude and 6 conduct 0 buot and views of president wood to a and walo have watched with honest hoba st eyes the ibe course of political affairs since party lines lides were drawn to in the utah the alarm and which tho be tribune sti lydes to will appear whimsical stud in the e extreme 1 has it suil sula 1 denly become so ao great areat HI ai a portentous Ain a menace enace that influential men should aboul declaim from the pulpit against tube the impurity the scandal the scurrility a ana u d the alan of modern politics us aa witnessed I 1 in n almost every part of the world brave preachers of any and ana all do it and fire are applauded for their opportune and appropriate courage independent writers lee joe jurers and even political leaders make fame for themselves and win the approval of all patriotic citizens by un masking and rebuking and bli blistering obe he evils and abuses whose ell existence stence every reader and observer oba erver must admit admits it is the he placing of country above politics the abe cultivation of patriotism patri ottem above partisanship this highest duty of citizenship and most moat lauded of all public acts that such men advocate it will be a had bad and sorrowful time when wh enuch such advocacy shall be resented by any considerable olaes class as meddling and be criticised criticized by any reputable element as improper inter fer ferencek encel but we shall be told that it was not this particular sort eort of advice that causes the unrest and uneasiness spoken of it is the assertion of the claim of the priesthood to counsel and advise and even to dictate il in political oal affairs that it is not what the past two years have shown but what the next two or ten or twenty years may show president woodruff it seems to us gives a dignified and an all sufficient answer on this point when he emphasizes the tree free agency which the mormon creed accords to every being born info the world and the res responsibility possIbility which everyone every one must assume for his own OWL acts the theme might be elaborated indefinitely for it Is the grand basis and ground work of the gospel and of all that pertains to present rectitude and future exaltation As to these latter no mind to is so obtuse as to believe they can exist or be obtained save through honor integrity and the resolute obedience to ones con vidt ions according to the best light and gence buce of which one may be soi the be priesthood cannot cannat exonerate any man from the penalties of deception falsehood alse bood hood or wrongs wrongdoing doing of any kind it does not assume the of another those who hold bold and magnify it are in duty bound to charity toward all men to respect for those who may differ with them to give good counsel and set a good example to all who will hearken to and follow them evil doing they are called upon to re buke error it to ia their duty to correct they are at constant enmity with sin and against depravity they must always be ready to wage warfare the powers power of the priesthood are many and exulted exalted but not one of them is improper unpatriotic patriotic or unholy the saints understand this by the light of the he spirit which they have received and they cannot be woo won over to the fears of those who imagine dangers where none exist or who seek technical c opportunity to criticize cavil and revile |
