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Show READERS' COMMUNICATIONS (Send in your communications, within 275 words and be sure to enclose a dollar for typesetting.) ' (Writers take full responsibility for what they say.) Very Deplorable But Universal In Zion Provo, Utah Editor Progressive Opinion: It is very deplorable to notice the criticism that is being directed against the Church, and its leaders. That is, sbme of them. If they would all take the same stand that Pres. David O. McKay takes, all this criticism could be avoided. I have never heard a single person say a single word against him. I was present when he was sustained for the position he holds. I felt like all the congregation would like to 'arise and shout their approval aloud. From what I glean from conversations, and hear on the streets, I am sorry I can not say the same thing for the other counselor. Politics and anti-government. Reader. I THE GATHERING OF THE SHEEP OF THE FOLD Progressive Opinion. Dear Friend Lund: j I believe the gathering of the children of Israel is now in order to the extent that people who believe in Jesus Christ ! and His Divine mission, and who have a desire to be members ,i of His fold, are being gathered from the four ends of the : i earth; from every nation and peoples, and the all important incentive to the gathering is what I call "the communion . of kindred souls" "the whispering of the spirit" or "spiritual ' kinship." ' And these are they who have heard the call of the good I I shepherd, and know His voice. This gathering means the i separation of the sheep from the goats, or those who are for j Jesus from those who are against Him. And the sheep are j departing from the goats on their own initiative because of their unwavering faith in God and their response to the call . i of the Master; and the fiercer the conflict to the slaughter the more manifest becomes the separation. The communion of kindred souls manifests itself , through correspondence by mail between people who have never met, and who are hundreds or thousands of miles apart. The written word is as positive conveyance of the whispering of the spirit as though conceived by personal contact, con-tact, and binds people together in a spiritual affinity that all Hell combined cannot sever, for the simple reason it is a : natural law of Divinity. The whispering of the spirit is the voice of that other self, the spiritual self; the infinite, the immortal, trying to.. direct the finite, the mortal, the temporal to the true purpose of life. God speed the day when we mortals can discern i between the positive and the negative. "Asleep, awake, by night or day, ! The friends I seek are seeking me; J j No wind can drive my bark astray, , Nor change the tide of destiny." (John Burroughs) Very truly yours, Sylvester Earl to WILL DEMOCRATS AND LIBERALS WAKE UP? 1 ' Editor Progressive Opinion: I A move is in the borning stage to circulate petitions and j " ' hold protest meetings to demand from a local anti-govern- " rnent daily that it give more and better attention to one-half of is owners, viz: Democrats and Liberals whose money sup- ports it as much as does Republican and reactionary money. It is so utterly unfair, even mean in its. attitude, and has jd I never yet given this one-half of its owners a fair break nor j j even a single breath of good will, looking upon them as ilt i "alien and rebel" in politics. Wake up Democrats and Lib- t4 i erals. Save your state. S Brigham Young said: "From now on you must strive ink to build up the Kingdom of God and leave all else alone." T2 Worried Observer i pplf $ : Outside the Good Book itself, about all the spiritual Of inspiration I receive is in reading your little paper, Progres- sive Opinion, and I appreciate your untiring efforts in keeping keep-ing the light burning high on the hilltop. You are fighting for the good cause with the sword of truth, and you are ,ilt deserving a lot more credit than has been given you. Slii j "come across, boys, and let's give C. N. Lund a 0i little financial boost." ' |
