The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-12-25

despotism. In like manner Official rule,
without I0e consent of the governed,
and taxation without representation"
are things more consistent with mon
arohial, than democratic governments.
None of the quorums and councils to
which l have referred are laws unto
themselves; out their decisions must be
made in all righteousness, in holmes 8,
and lowliness of heart, meekness and
long-sufering, and in faith and vir tue
and knowledge, temperance, patience,
goodness, brotherly kindness and
charity" That stands as God.reveale6
and is the only standard by which His
servants in authority can Judge Justly.
Aud if they judge unjustly. so shall
they be Judged. there are two mighty
opposing forces in this world.
There ware two in heaven. They are
wide apart and never can unite. one
OF these forces inspired Nero to light
the garden walks of imperial Rome
with Christians wrapt in shirts of fire,
and clad innocent women in the skins
of wild beasts that dogs might tear
their flesh.
The other, stretched upon the cross,
prayed for those who killed, and taught
the lesson of how to die, to live again
never to die.
One inspired Charles the TX. of
France to plan and execute the massa-
ere of st. Bartholomew, and caused
him to gaze without pity upon the de-
composing remains of victims piled
In the streets of Paris. And when his
courtiers sickened at the CHASTITY sight,
he excla.m med with a sneer, why, the
smell of an enemy is always sweet to
m ~ Tho form Dl,iIIinTNn
OF Spain, to laugh outright the only
time in his life when he heard of that
awful wholesale murder; and it caused
the Pope of Rome to light st.
Peters and the Vatican in honor of the
bloody Charles.
The other wiped deaths dew from
the brows of millions who persisted in
the flames, on the wheel and rack.
One hunted, prosecuted and killed
Waldenses, Ruguenots, and Cove
nanters.
The cher made the land of Joseph
the home of liberty and comforted in
America the sorely oppressed.
One washed the floors of Carthage
Jail in the blood of prophets, and drove
despoiled people a thousand miles
into pitiless wilderness.
The other, for their sakes, s0ftened
tne elements. subdued Wild beasts
and not less wild Indians, and
made the desolate glad, even in waste
places. Then taught them how to do
good for evil by feeding the very men
who had robbed them.
One with imperious, naughty assump-
ton engenders sectional hate, arouses
religious animosity, and still cries from
pulpit and press, 1.-The Mormons must
go"
The other SAYS: LET thy bowels
also be full of charity towards all men,
and to the household of faith, and let
virtue garnish thy thoughts unceas-
ingly, then shall thy confidence wax
strong in the presence of God, and the
doctrine of the Priesthood shall destil
upon thy soul as the dews of heaven. J"
"The Holy Ghost shall be thy COZ
slant companion, and thy sceptre an
unchanging sceptre of righteousn ess
and truth, and thy dominion shall be
an everlasting dominion, and without
compulsory means it shall flow unto
thee for ever and ever"
Happy are those who, on this Christ
mas day remember in thought and act,
the Prince of Life, and reaffirm His
message of peace on earth, good will
to men," MOSES THATCHER