Show A STATEMENT FROM PRESIDENT LORENZO SNOW continued from last week for his insults and hard language duac I 1 e towards bro cannon lie he has never llever apologized nor made any amend this incident is rei referred erred to in president can nus nos s absence from the state he has bas always al ways preserved silence on this mater matter and did not wish it to be mentioned against bro thatcher but it is important as showing moses thatchers spirit and bearing 0 towards his brethren brother thatcher malics makes great pretensions of devotion to the church and declares he be has never shirked any responsibility lity the people in many of the various stakes of zion who have been visited by the apostles may ask themselves when they have ever seen moses thatcher at theia quarterly conferences or other church gatherings catherin ga therin 0 he has neglected I 1 the meetings in 99 of his quorum for years this was not always on account of ill health he was able at least in the earlier part of the time to attend to business and pleasure affairs apparently in in good 0 health and spirits the T lie roll book of meetings t s of the ibe presidency dency and the apostles shows that from may alay 1889 to april 1896 a period of about seven years he was in attendance at the regular weekly meetings ings gs but 33 times there were held of those meetings at which president woodruff ff thou though 9 h feica weighted gated down by aoe age 6 and numerous cares was present times his absence e was always on account ot of sickness bro thatchers residence was most of the time in ill logan but the hour was set so that tha t lie he and others at a distance could have reasonable apkor eunity to att attend elid bro thatchers spirit lias has been contumacious and he has been self opinionated and arbitrary previous to the dedica tion of the temple his brethren labored with ath him for man Y hours to bring him into the proper frame of wind mind to unite with them in that sacred ceremony his condition was rot pot entirely satisfactory at the close of the protracted interview but bu t was waa accepted out olit of charity and meroy to him birn that he might not be excluded from the dedication with the hpe hope that the spirit of the occasion occasion would influence him to thorough reconciliation president woodruffs rs announcement fit if harmony liardon y among the brethren was made with this understanding b but has been adroitly turned by bro thatcher to shut off all that occurred before that time cline and which would not dot now be alluded to but tor for his own ut ps and re ref ferance crance to his pretended humility and harmony in accepting nomination f for or a political office which if elected thereto would have taken him li im away fi om his ecclesiastical duties for long periods without consultation with his bis quorum and the presidency he be could not but have known that he was violating a requirement of high officials in in the church etche would not consult with them while bu be was wa s able to attend political gatherings and business meetings although in poor beadth here again he be wits was out of harmony with his brethren there e was no need for apy any loss of manhood or proper in independence nor the forfeiture of any of the rights of citizenship but if he did not value his apostleship Apostles bip and priesthood P riest hood as of the very first consideration he was not worthy to hold theland the them mand and his subsequent course shows that lie he held them in great esteem in theory but in very small esteem in practice fine words and sympathetic phrases do very well to influence the public but they count for not nothing liing hinc in ill the face of deeds that contradict them or oi the failure to do that which is is so rhetorically professed the standing td and fellowship of moses thatcher as a member of the church has not been brought into question therefore there has bas been no trial he has been dealt with by his quorum for lack of hanhmy banu tiny with his associates something L that was entirely in his power to correct without great reat exertion or much time if his standing in the church was at stake specific charges would be made and lie he would have to answer to them in the usual wayll way which is not and has not been by public demonstration what has been done was necessary and a duty action was not taken until it was certain that no further delfy delay would be ot of any use or benefit moses thatcher has been treated with greater consideration and mercy than any etli other er man who has taken the coume caume which he has pursued he has been prayed for waited upon pleaded with and wept over until his ru re bellion and contumacy seen to be invincible and lie he is in open hostility to regulations which the whole church has adopted and ratified he could not and cannot be any longer empowered to act in the authority of the holy priesthood androw and now let the latter day saints ponder upon the situation and take the warning given by tho the prophet joseph smith as a key to the church lor for all time it is as follows I 1 will give you one of the keys of tile the mysteries odthe of the kingdom it is an eternal principle that has existed with god from all eternity that man who rises up to 10 condemn con denin others finding fault i with ith the church saying that they are out t of the way while he himself is righteous right eow then know assuredly that that man is in the high road to apostasy and if he does not jint repent will apostal apo stat ze as god lives history of joseph smith july 2 1839 in conclusion I 1 repeat the words of him who as never man he that exal teth himself shall be abaci lint but lie that hum bleth himself ishall be exalted ted your brother in the gospel LORENZO SNOW |