The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-07-31

Editor St. Cloud yoY,nai. s:.,
In order to crafty tho wishes Of
some Of our friends, and also that the
people at large may Be better informed
relative to our views in the manage
ment Of ,our temporal affairs, 7 deem
it: advisable to write brief outline Of
some Of the moves and regulations
which we, of late, have adopted, as we'll
as some Of the ressops for our so doing.
Misrepresentation are already in circu-
lation concerning US, whether designed
ly OF otherwise, I know uet: However
the case may be, I wish to correct the
public mind by stating matters Of fact
ss they really exist with US as COM
munity.
First, noticing some Of the causes Of
our standing aloot from the Salt Lake
Church. J am aware that public
opinion, especially where prejudice ex-
lists, ranks al who are called Mormons
IN one general class Of fanatics, let
them be in whatever land they :. may.
However unjust this may be-, We can.
not help it,: II the spring Of 1916 tho
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Mormons were expelled from the State
of Illinois under stress Of arms. Not
knowing what better We could do, we
followed on On masse % far q to tie
Missouri river, aud crossed over to the
Nebraska side. Preparations were
made by some for raising crops others
went to Missouri to work, in order to
procure the necessaries Of life !; while a
small company Of pioneers proceeded
on their journey to Salt Lake. In the
meantime opportunities were presented
for q more minute investigation of some
of the dootrlnal points held by the
church. Finding that they did not har.
monize With the law and order of God
We could not endorse them as principle.
of salvation, right or Righteousness
Thereupon We changed our course, re.
turning back to the southwestern part
of the State of Iowa, and selected 10.
cation in Fremont county, where q
church was rsorgauized under the su.
pervision Of Alpheus Cutler, and unde,
more wholesome principles. Things
moved on smoothly until August, 1884
when our leader, Alphsus Cutler, wal
taken away by death. Some divisions
arose relative to the rights of authdri'
ty; the church became measurably
broken up, and it was thought advls
able to sell our farms and remove t
Minnesota. Arrangements were made
accordingly, and on the first day. o.
June, 1865, We started on our journey
arriving At Clitherall Lake, Otter Tai
county, on the last day of July, 1865
whore We met with d few Of our breth
rem and their families, who had :, beer
sent tho fall previous to hunt location
for our little colony. Soon after on,
arrival the church was sgsin reorzanised
with some seventy menbers,. with 4
view Of acting upon principles Of equity
and Righteousness before God. and with
all mankind 80 far as we have to do.
This church has since BEEN imcorpor.
atsd agreeably to the, statute laws oi
the State Of Minnesota, under the name
and title Of "The Church of Jesu.
Christ" Other organizations of the
Mormon people are known under the
name and title Of "The Church OF
Jesus Christ Of L,tterday Saints :
L will now return to the subject first
presented. As before stated, public
opinion classes oil who are called Nor
mons on one general leyel. This might
do in case all xho=xere. praotioing the
same things, aud*it only required the
name to make the Christian. But
Christ t'says, "Not every one that saith,
Lord, Lord, shall .nter into I'll. king
dom of:heaven, but he that doeth tshe
will ot my Father Who s.. IL heaven: .
Thus It TO- the doer Of His will that
makes the ChristiaD, not the name.
Finding the law broken by, the old
church, and not wishing to follow on
in the same way and thereby come un.
der. the the same condemnation, We,
In order to ext ricate ourselves and
stand justified before God, found it ex:
pedieot to bs more particular in observ'
ing the whole law given to|shechuroh
But those who are opposed to the prln'
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