UNIVERSALIAN THOUGHTS - Godbeite Transcription
As found in the Mormon Tribune on April 9th, 1870 UNIVERSALIAN THOUGHTS By F. T. Perris True religion is universally conceded by the thoughtful of every sect and denomination to be the practical working out and application to our every day lives of the higher attributes of our natures, such as love, charity, mercy, justice, etc., and these are the fundamental principles requisite on which to rear a religious superstructure to educate humanity rather than a confining and trammeling set of dogmatic rules for religious observance. This was the embodiment of the thought in Joseph Smith’s mind when he gave utterance in one of his inspirational bursts to the words, “I teach the people pure principles and they govern themselves.” It was a glorious truth, purely democratic and universalian in its character and tendencies. It is the underlying principle necessary to all future religious advancement and progress, and must be a great plank in any platform that has for its object the elevati...