Show SOLID vs SHAM when ono one man swallows allows ew the dictum of another without the approval 1 of T his own conscience he is a sham and a contemptible tool it is is all right and proper for the people generally to pay due deference to men of exceptional eminence or ability but A at the same time it is well enough to examine the motives an and d to keep well trained judgment over those who set themselves up for examples example there are times when men must all think for themselves and basure be sure that they are acting with the approval of their own consciences we cannot depend for our own salvation i ficon upon the words or act alis of oabe others rs we must act for ourselves and honestly we dont believe god requires any hugh t 4 inge ings of hie his heart and best es est ju judgment g in any case not even to please those who claim they ought to haye higher con consideration those who follow blindly where others lead are shams because they can have no light in themselves the solid and really valuable ebar character Acter ii is the one that possesses merits of its ow own 13 discretion of its own pru dence and virtue of its own everybody can detect the pitiable tool who borrowa borrows all his light from 0 the often conniving selfish b brains rains 4 of another no one can long esteem euch such a creature because he ia is sure to become athe he factotum of some ambitious grasping gra man who may be willing to use anybody for hie his own personal ends sanctimony sometimes covers a multitude of sins some people V have a sanctimonious look which they we wear arjust just as an actor wears a wig or a false nose it is is sometime sometimes harato hard to tell the real from the spurious article in these cases perhaps but every one must exercise his own intelligent judgement jud gement and then thin the quack cannot long escape detection tec tion the persecution of these times in utah ie is well calculated to quicken menta souls it is gibing a good man many y of them an opportunity to show how much conviction courage and sad back bono bone they have thia this ia is as ite hould be in easy times when when all is like fair fairweather weather sailing a great many people will get into places where they really dont deserve to be P by quibbling and wriggling this class may manage to escape persecution for a time and retain their places also but a good severe test will put them on record after a while and relegate them to their proper sphere and level the later day sainta saints have no use for aham sham frienda friends borgilt edged brethren solid substantial honest and brave merit is what is wanted and what must be bad had individual individuals who have axes to grind and who want to gratify selfishness or egotism merely can be Latt erday sainte saints only in name the people must use their own judgment and 4 conscience freely to detect uch such parasites it is proper that the people should mark well and favorably those who have passed through the furnace of persecution honorably men who seriously for a ft principle are not likely to prove fale false thereto afterwards but those who dodge issues and crawl out through loophole loopholes have not been tried and proven |