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Show THUS BELIEVES I APOSTLE SMOOT 1 Prefers Religion to His ill Country. Would Go to Another Land II Rather Than Disobey Di III vine Commands. 1H Again Admits That Polygamisls Aro '11 Not Discriminated Against in l Mormon Church. i-Vrsfl WASHINGTON, Jan. 21. Under rler- II 'orous examination concerning his be-lief be-lief in divine revelations. Senator Smoot today, in the investigation before tho jH Senate Committee on Privileges and ' fl Elections, said that If he should re- Sil celve a revelation from God, command- Ins him to disobey the laws of the 11 land, he would leave his country and go to some country where the laws oC I tho land were not in conflict with the 111 laws of God. He was asked what he would do if the revelations commanded Msifl him to remain in his country and vlo- 11 late the laws,, but he would not sup- fll pose the case, saying: "The God I wor- 9mH ship is not such a God." SIH Nearly every member of the Senate IbH committee took part In the examination ial of Senator Smoot on tho subject of Sll revelations, and the witness's views gftl proved highly interesting. 8bH He declared that revelations may come to the president of. the church SMsifl that wcro of binding force and then rBI only -when they have been sustained by iviH the peoplo at one of the regular church IM conferences. IViH The examination today covered a va- iffl rlety of subjects, including the belief lll of tho people generally on the subject Inl of polygamy, the character of the lil teachings at the religion classes, and 11 the use of the public schools for the 11 conduct of such classes. H |