# Joseph Smith on Ecumenism — If a skillful mechanic, in taking a welding heat

> If a skillful mechanic, in taking a welding heat

— Joseph Smith


If a skillful mechanic, in taking a welding heat, uses borax, alum, etc., and succeeds in welding together iron or steel more perfectly than any other mechanic, is he not deserving of praise? And if by the principles of truth I succeed in uniting men of all denominations in the bonds of love, shall I not have attained a good object?

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