The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-04-18
THE IDAHO SCIMITAR.

of some cakes should be made because of the holes
in them, Eyes, we always allow cent each for the
holes when any returns them" Taking no &C
count of the bad grammer, if the Mormon prophet
obtained such idea from the Nephite record" the
fact is very dsparaging to that record understand
that Mormon young people being taught
that the garment referred to was torn into strips,
and that the writing which this chad wrote"
of those strips The principal objection
to this labored explanation is the important fact
that it leaves out the revealed idea in the effort
get more reasonable form of words
Tenth Gathering to "Zon" for Safety-The Nor
church is remarkably adapted in its require
ments. If its quotaton-nark Servants of the Lord
unable to force people to go to "Zon" by means
of threatening the severest judgments upon those
who refuse, then tell them that they be albright
Mormons, and do fairly we'll where they are-his is
the language of acts which speak louder than words
In September, 1880, Joseph the Seer" wrote
follows "And we are called to bring to pass the
gathering of mine elect for mine elect hear my voice
and harden OF their hearts; wherefore the decree
hath gone forth from the Father that they shall be
gathered in unto place upon the face of this
land to prepare their hearts and be prepared in all
things against the day when trbulation and desc
lation sent forth upon the wicked, for the hour
is nigh, and the day at hand when the earth is
ripe and all the proud, and they that do wickedly,
shall be as subble and I will burn them up, saith
the Lord of Hosts that wickedness shall not be upon
the earth" doctrine and Covenants Section 90 :79)
There seems to be no longer the haste that
once insisted upon regarding this matter of gather
ing in unto one place. AS time passes, people seem
to feel more and more secure where they are, and
evidently refuse to pack up and be off to Utah when
the Mormon missionary comes along and notifies
them of the danger incurred by remaining But said
missionary is fully equal to the emergency. He
gets as many as possible to transfer themselves and
their belongings to the land of many delus1ons
and then he gives the others (who accept his teach
ngs in general but who draw the line at the neces-
sity of fleeing to Zion") what amounts to the
assurance that they safely remain where they
are the threats of the Lord to the contrary notwth
standing Hence the Mormon communities in Can
ada England and elsewhere. AS these people hard
en- their hearts" against the voice of Joseph the
Seer" and his successors it necessarily follows that
these defiant people not of the number OF the
elect. However, they to lengthen out the
church roll they helpers instead OF opposers OF
the missionaries, and last but not least they probably
pay some tthing. Thus Mormons are clearly much
less urgent regarding this exodus than they once
were although consistency requires that they should
be exactly the opposite Granting that Joseph the
Seer" spoke for the Lord, instead of merely for his
own financial benefit the time for this burning must
be getting nearer with every day that passes and
the danger of inability to escape correspondingy in
creasing Perhaps the reader sufficiently account
for this remarkable inconsistency
Eleventh. An Unsuccessful TRANSLATION" of the
people naturally go to the Bible in
search of the right religious belief, but Joseph the
Seer" constructed religious belief that seemed to
suit his purposes and then tried to construct Bible
hat would seem to sustain his belief in some re-
pects Among other things he added sixteen verses