| Show EPISTLE yh bajor and george Q cannon of the presidency of tb e mormon church i which was read before the seim an nual conference ai lagan on the ways re and striking document ahl true blatter may read over and over again i and again with ais a remarkable document an fn the first comes from two virtual exiles who archeld are held in reverence and the whole mormon people and who are guiding i safely and wisely the temp test tossed chip persecution that they are labors in be 1 t P V xii lt i t i i I 1 is clear from the prudence and moderation of their armoni i Atri nl y ii dipna contained in thia thear late epistle ba a coall true to know that so As a vene raDle and beloved leader has been acy nigh sventin sp entin be heroic defense of joha rayj lor properly holds sf foremost sacred place in the hearts odthe cormons mormons Mor mons In defense of the faith be baa passed lit through i the i vi cissi budea and in every emergency bis fidelity to god and his loyalty to his vre taren have been con it 1 l and ghisi integrity andi sincerity i have been proven alone by the ordinary trials tor which ally exposed M but 1 1 be jeaa i borne the i cross in the face lot im because of big un to mormonism his blood baa been murderously spilled by mobs yet he has never faltered and the lormon people boj jove and j trust x i him implicitly ir t now inov is the te jay w i i j true most virtue of the unmistakable testimony of his entire noble life george Q cannon worthily M Y iv arands the triumvirate experience and fidelity have the mormon people year owed a staunch manly and effective defense nna spiritual interests he aioo true qualities of and bis ti r e i tw 10 upon nil occasions and i n of trial words of advice and fraternal froce worthy i and during the impending crisis ought to add will receive aa care ful and entire confidence of every true mormon the world Sov W the more we study the epistle now under consideration the more bound aid wice us 1 t r ait A it iia nu a clear exposition of gospel pies and the divine spirit of true religion christ like manifesta tiona of loving sundnes all men abound in almost every para graph awe marvel the true servants cheni bated and reviled by the world and constantly iq grave jeopardy af pf th most cruel and inhuman and illy in exile as presidents tay lori and cablon are could have formulated such a complaisant just magnanimous and sagacious general letteron lette advice and comfort for j the guidance and of a persecuted and afflicted people certainly is eminently mf rf f tap appropriate and it the atad precisely circumstances U it wag and published to tho saints we would particularly commend to the study of all faithful cormons mormons those passages ot the epistle which refer to church individually and lively it isdio consecration to auty and constant trust in provi with obedience of hig revealed laws that the saints may conquer speedily and entirely the epistle this very there can be no doubt but that many of ant troubles have been brought up us by our follies errors and inconsistencies and it seems very evident that the present crusade is partially designed to root out these abuses from among the mormon people too many individuals within aho church have been wrapped merely selfish and temporal pursuits white they have neglected to biye god the glory and preserve their sacred covenants inviolate the epistle 13 a warming t 0 all such as may haya failed in 1 ang up to a 11 ll the requirements of their religion it is a forcible arraignment of anti mormon judicial inconsistency and ft points out with unerring cecur the vulnerable points pathe enemy as acl weaknesses of ourselves it should bo read and reread re read thoughtfully care prayerfully by every blat day alsaint who do his r honestly intelligently and faithfully atthe present time come wha |
