| Show THE FALSE ND THE TRUE r r s ino cause however great or grand ithial have been in the past or is destined to be in alie future is without its traitors as well as its maraj rs the one seems about aa necessary to the any great reformatory or moral movement as the th etia therefore not survria i liu Tuat a few pitiable creatures the litlo otral toi to their goil their religion and sicre in when a man proves false to when ho once stoops to perfidy when he becomes an apostate anil repudiates what he once professed 1 it makes no difference does or how bitterly ho regrets his error the consequence of his treachery and infidelity are like everlasting eyer lasting curses which follow him relentlessly down to f the k grave qi and shadow his memory ith gone the mormon people in this territory are today to day engaged in one of the most exalted and paramount that the world lias ever witnessed the days of adam against the chosen people oft heso mountains the ereal masses orhum anity in all parts of the earth are arrayed in avowed hostility since joseph smith first announced the will of the almighty and the sub lime religion of the was restored to men people everywhere have shown an ness acdan unnatural hatred to wards HI I 1 kair the KT cormons mormons Mor ir mons t n y mi tins is just tia vi 11 tho was when christ came into the world miracles healing c the sick i curing r the blind and raising me dead the world coald riot tolerate the superior beneficence of ahls character the rulers of the nations thought that the savior had come to overthrow their temporal rawer and consequently they were jealous and laid plans to destroy him and his disciples to day the mormon people are following in the exact footprints of the son of man and his early followers they only ask for spiritual freedom to worship according to the dictates of the irown heart they do not aim at temporal dominion they do not seek political sovereignty they only ask the privilege of obeying the laws which the almighty father has graciously revealed to them for their guidance and exaltation they interfere with no ones rights privileges or beliefs they seek to usurp no ones individual prerogatives they do not strive to thrust plural marriage upon those who do not and cannot believe in the divinity institution and yet the world insists that monogamy with all its evils of misery licentiousness ous ness divorce and concubinage shall be forced upon the mor mons but after all this is only one phase of the struggle in which the cit Tzeng of utah are engaged the real issue is between god and right on the one hand and wicked ness prejudice jealousy and stupid conventionality on the other such a contest cannot end in a day but it calls forth all the virtues or vicea of mens natures and is capable of transform ling tho most commonplace individual into a hero or a recreant nonentity under the present exigencies cormons mormons Mor mons are compelled to prove the grace that in them lies are all being put to the test and if their manhood is found wanting and their faith and courage deficient sooner or later the world will enow it and brand them traitors the apostate is usually a i mercenary creature As a rule he has aspired to worldly acquire ments and by his selfish cupidity forfeited the respect and confidence of his brethren blown up with pride dated with an idea of hia owa and ever ready to imperil the vital interests ot n grand cause for the gratification of his paltry avarice or personal vanity the average apostate from the morman cn faith 13 far more loath ml contemptible the average traitor whom ahe rules of war in all civilized lands consign to death and unqualified infamy but in these dismal daya of trial the mormon people are wonderfully true and faithful to themselves and each other only liow and then does a weak hearted knave ora perfidious fi coward stop from alio unbroken ranks of the heroic veterans who defend utah and the work of god with the valor of titans and the zeal and fidelity of inspired men this contest in this territory is grand it opens a bright field of unparalleled glory for youn gaeu who have great souls and branc hearts it boners an opportunity for every true eon of a mormon sire T W A to act an part ill mighty draina of tho forja valiantly upholding the s jandard tan dard of the almighty and facing the fury of an erring world and carrying on the grand cause while only das larda turn traitors and the false alone perish by remain ingi un daunted staunch and loyal to tho end the nohle youth of utah may i hand in hand with alic allua j grioua exalted characters of all ages down to the majesty and glory of eternal triumph |
