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Show IBli ganixed Mormon Speak io His IXOUNCED OJf OP PROPHET Is Given to the jjnt Church in Utah. ..: Lvef iAtoonl, Iowa, eldest rLlth, prophet o tho Mor-A Mor-A blmseli tho head of tho Jh of Jcsua Christ of htatf, with his wife and rinlvcd In ihe city yes- Kdtrlck M. Smith, 523 East Lt. president Smith has i titendcd tour through L and the Northwest and fgnr. Ho will preach th s S at tho chapel of his gfnd South street. 5 is T3 years old, but a SSsaUy preserved for one 5y .lands over six feet In ?J min o patriarchal np- i a roan of pleasing ad-Lb ad-Lb with fluency and docile doci-le ar3 ho has been tho nlzed church, fcons Scheduled. TiHith trill epcnl: at both the M&t evening services at tho M r..! Second South street. 7X ite broad and Important 'KYfllWIty and Unchangc-iWtevi Unchangc-iWtevi Economy, and What rTW." His discourses will 'tfiWfcterest o those who wish tauK cj the differences between '4Etu jle represents and tho of Utah. His last visit my length o time was iMkh & representative of tho i tfkiir, President Smith spoke lfc conditions affecting tho bo Is tho head and the jKj tha Beal Trouble. lKur iJluatloa" raid President g inl ta Interest In whatever 3NBtf te; tconcl. n. knowledge ,JKsh net only of the sltua-!E!j sltua-!E!j which led up to It and ilpvileh may follow a solution ,K tn may bo In the sltua-VHit sltua-VHit trsn It. Tho situation In ?)Ka$!x character. It mny not bmOt present to declare a con-JEKrifln con-JEKrifln of tho main question . jHK u It will bo sufficient to sErrt.' Iti source, polygamy hpn Hteei eaow of tho comlltloiiH ""jBiKitt, both In record to tho lgta fcvolved, ami tho religious JO:Tcr may havo been Uio "KkI In tho Introduction of iyHft ID. tfce tenets and practices , J'Kttteth, It 1 m.fo to say tli.it ' lyeriir that this may bo eoen raized Church. JaSKf t0 Pmlo that Itutlon.- was brnsed upon, fcL r?Lly '"Miration or revc-IelS? revc-IelS? ' lhr' Primary anrl wfiw ecunclatcd by this lhls- To that i uLj ba,h no ned break "ads ns tho Law. ?4uclblo that. fct plnt camo wo Jusll- ecVn to 'ho samo people tflmrat came, tho carry- -a dim-car,! or Ul0 8tatul0 the situation In Utah 5S Smith'"'0 Juat RtatCd?" 'ith Government 13 b Xcttai Govornment upon 'iltettr5 0fthffll..Lt j a Pftrt VMl VAk m1 0r. a number of HKtlue uD,aUon "ad been 0 ht bt"in7a', nt only pub- fflRC S AT1"1 IcK'timntlz- 'fm re tai iilMU0 Jo,ncd " jM. d"'1! "'ntutotT,- law. It ta 1 w,CUIft,r,J' between K.lt4br th6 mn an'' tho Jteor- SSI)! J0SePh's Sous. IhM no mat- of thtfvo of ovil Miit ana , J?I?,hot "fused IBCt?0""' "otwlth-JBhoimnt "otwlth-JBhoimnt that their LK5 I1 lbs drat J lho church HClu hw Lrn,c,tl0'1 lhat B7 i ? not ,Vh? humnn authofhi,('Ire , document Ktfrd ?, hl never HJul02rcLttl,OnnrPhet nnd MyX" narrlar, if 1,10 dcma Kl from ih,cSi ahnost, If n or i5,2SS of contro- pfc.Sta Of ''"9 conBlUcrn- and accepting tho flttrnSV 'ntr?ducUon: hlRh UlbGnal by icadlnc rtLffi? b5foro a ncnts of tho thiry and itsrMtirn VP Xp0' mcnt rellM upon un d vln0mIu0' tho docu- "iucn nnouid havo be?n a relief to fhn ni-i,i utftn uSon,tn0 consideration thai lno Inu-" mrl 0IL.,Y human when found to bo ln con. ""Afr t should have erased l tSSSj To r Ilea 5: V0rn or .lhls d""nma 5 vJrv J?V .br tn0 Pare3 to this contro-taken contro-taken hvro.i,Unnd to Its origin, that ceded Vi Mn" P,C tb0 Pr0Phct wM con ceded, and tho question now Is I3 it wronr? A Precedent in Point r,'IWiVn.itho .olde.r3 llrst went out preaching S.,i,iC ii 1. anonrd nrcuments was. bricnV fh-te,d,,iil,,8: ? 'natter what may havo ben the rolleloua belief of our fathers and Krand-fhMrCrhr,,f Krand-fhMrCrhr,,f lUr, fa.thora and CTandfatheTs. if UE,!i,0,Mf .8hoald b0 found 10 ,mvo been cr-n cr-n ?AVi,c,r E?n. nnd grandsons were under no ob leatlon, olthor to their fellow-men or to Ood. to continue ln fellowship with uch er-Up?.t er-Up?.t tho consideration that tf our forc- ,1 id ca7y CTl8t t0 tl,u ml11 Ith tho corn In ono end of a mcIc and a atone In tho other, it was no reason why their sons and srandsons should do tho samo thinjr. Henco, no matter who may havo held to an erroneous tneory or practiced an crroncouo practice, such procedure was not nnd Is not blndlnc upon their children nor their children's children. And the sons of tho prophet coino to tho peo-I)IrJth':l peo-I)IrJth':l valle'. who claim to be tho peoplo ? God- and proclaim privately and mibllcly their ndhcrenco to tho prlmltivo faith aa Instituted In-stituted by their father and his co-worker?, based upon tho,-Slrord of God as otatcd to them by tho volco of Inspiration to bo contained con-tained ln tho Bible, tho Eook of Mormon and tho rovolntlons to tho church Given throuch Joseph tho Seer prior to his death and acknowledged ac-knowledged to bo such for many years after tho deatii of tho rovolator. They contend, nnd are willing to stand by their contention, that there Is now no Epcclal reason for continued controversy 03 to who may be in fault for tho wrontr and for tho results which followed. Polygamous Living Wrong. "Tho duty of tho people now in to follow tho volco of Inspiration out of their troublo, accept In pcod faith tho announcement mado in tho manifesto by President Woodruff, that tho practlco chould cenp'o. with tho undcr- binnuins ccrtmod to b-iforo tho court of chancery that It win to Includo both tho rol- cmnlzatlon of plural niarrlatrc3 and tho con-tlnuanco con-tlnuanco of livlntr ln polycamy." "Is thcro a certainty of continued leeal opposition 7" wno neked- Continued Opposition. "Tho answer to this question can be but one: There Is! It may not bo called a dancer, dan-cer, it is a certitude; and the longer a deference defer-ence to tho laws Is withheld tho wore certain nnd vlgoroUB will bo tho prosecution of offenders, of-fenders, and tho more direful will Ik tho punishment, pun-ishment, possibly not upon Individual, but upon the community as a whole, Tho fact Is, a continued violation of the laws of tho land must brine the peoplo Into not only dls-rcputo. dls-rcputo. but will array all tho elements amoni; tho law-abldliifr apnlnst tho offenders, nnd they will necessarily becomo outlaws to the commonwealth. No plea for loyalty under such conditions; can bo allowed Besides this, a continued violation of tho law of God, clearly clear-ly mado mnnlfcst through revelation, must inevitably brins upon tho offending host tho lndlcnatlon and wrath of an offended God. Tho prpphcts of old foresaw this In tholr tlmo nnd warned tho peoplo to whom they wore pent aKaJnbt their offenses, and told them clearly what would befall them. And as surely sure-ly as the ways of God havo not chanced, so surely will continued disregard of his expressed ex-pressed will bring profosalnt; Israel under tho of Reorgnnizers. "Thj ujects of tho sons of tho prophet, briefly stated, are these- Having in vlow tho inviolato character of the law of God. given to Israel, ancient nnd modern, they nceptcd tho faith of their father, as laid down by him in tho acknowledged standard works of tho church, nnd can In no sense bo called npos-tates. npos-tates. Doing as their father did. they placed their condition and their cnuso before the God of revelation, and their work was pointed out to them. They believed lhat thcro wnB good in what was called 'Mocmonlsm.' They bellevo bo yet. It has been tho basic prlnclplo upon which they have placed their llfo work. They havo not been led oy personal ambition, lho lovo of wealth, or tho pleasure of dominating in crccu-rruKiiiK- m im.- nun i,i ......... for tho cxcrclso of priestly power. They were told by tho voles of inspiration formally declared de-clared ln revelation to the church that In tlmo they were to havo no king. Consent of the People. "Arguing from this, basis their argument upon the fact thnt God gave Israel a king in his wrath, no man was to bo, intrusted with unrcotrlctc-d kingly powers; that notwithstanding notwithstand-ing lho church was a theocracy in Its spiritual phoso, tho human right -to net In tho church Was derived from tho consent of tho peoplo. precisely as tho people at tho foot of Slnn.1 accepted ac-cepted tho lav; given through Moses, lifting up their hands In approval thereof. They detested de-tested priestcraft nnd nil that accompanied its exercise Thoy were born citizens of a great republic, tho creation of which nmong men thoy believed to havo been by direct design de-sign of God, and that the laws under which tho church Mas to develop were tho result, to a greater or lecr extent, of Inspiration from tho nighteoua Lawgiver, and were to continue oporatlvo ln tholr forco and unspent In tholr power until tho rule of God hould prevail universally by the establishment of tho reign of righteousness of him whose right It Is to reign. And that not until that lime would tho people of God bo exempt from an adherence to nnd an observance of tho laws under which tho nation was to grow into prominence. Ho Mixing in Politics. "Their work does not llo along political lines, and at lho samo tlmo thcro Is more or 1cm of political significance In tho slinplo provision pro-vision that men must )lvo in tho obscryanco of tho laws. Whatever is suhvcrslvo of tho institution under which tho church was to dovolop and continue on to final triumph, must bo eliminated, no matter whenco It arise, or who may bo responsible therefor Ilcnco lno rtoorganlzed church, with which tho sons of thoprophot stand allied, itanda today :is tho exponent of lho prlmltivo faith, acknowledged of God. And it In their province, mado their duty under tho law-tho lav of polrltual development de-velopment and continued crowth-to oxamln faithfully and critically every phnso of so-called so-called 'Mormonlsm.' und to rcslRt and denounce de-nounce every Innovation that is calculated to destroy tho effective law of Christ unto tho development of spiritual character, worths of lnhnrltcrco with tho righteous, tho good, lho rodeomed of earth. They stand for tho liberty of conscience In oplrltual matters, subject sub-ject only to tho prohibitive ennctmcnta of tho law of God. Thsy represent to tho peoplo tho faith ns published ln tho lifetime of Joseph and Hyrum Smith without metrication or apology, nnd wherever they may bo heard, they ask for a hearing and plead with tho peoplo peo-plo to nrlso ln their God-glvcn right and ns-Urt ns-Urt tho dignity of manhood w'th lho Intent nnd purpeso to answer Individually for,."'0 responsibilities plncod upon them by creation. "Wiry He Comes Hero. "If it bo further asked why theso representatives representa-tives of tho seer are attempting to Interfere with tho religious peoplo In the valleys of tho mountalntt who nro professedly tho church or Christ, tho answer mum be. they lmvo tho inherent in-herent right ns legal members of tho original body to protest ngalnst thnt which la wrong and which In any sense vitiates tho original proclamation or Intervenes to prevent tho accredited ac-credited mlnlstern of that faith to reach the pooplc. The latent revelation to tho church dor ng tho lifetime of tho prophet clcarlj otatcu lhat by a certain course of .conduct ?hoy should find favor with tho people. The Reorganized church has compromised no principle prin-ciple of tho gospel ln their promulgnt on of tho original fnlth; nor have thoy forfeited their S to citizenship by disregard of tho law hone they como among tho peoplo to Invito them to a consideration of tho portions which "Itequlrcd courogo upon tho part of tho nons of tho prophet to take the stand they did. By them who nro hostile to the original faith and who havo boon lln avowed nnd actlto enemies, ene-mies, they were charged with tho perpetuation of a fraud and a deception which tholr fa her nnd foisted upon the world. By somo no were profewed friends of their father tho wore charged with apostasy, and that thoy were trying to break down that which their father hud died to build up. This Is not correct, cor-rect, neither of tho abovo accusations contnln Cense "Wrong-Doing. "It will require equal but no creator cour-oko cour-oko on tho rnrt of thoso who may now by Investigation In-vestigation find themselves to havo be.i in error and tho participants In wrongdoing, cither cith-er thcmBolveB As wrongdoers or sufferers In i ho wrongdoing of others, to tke open Ounil aSt tho further continuance of rt jnns-fining- but thev must do this If they snail no permitted to parmko of the glory which has been promised nnd which was tho legendary teaching of tho cnrllcr nnd more "ccceful Proncldng of tho faith. Tho decaflence Mn splr-H-inl nnwer muHl bo overcome. Thin can onijr bo dono by a putting away of the ' do on thd part of thoso who may bo doing so ana j tho $tcf5U2R' Protestation against they may bo wh Ii t, iCr8i no ma"r whom lowers Th, Vhelhcr lcadcra or humble fol-and'oviiit'",1!? fol-and'oviiit'",1!? ,n, rltanco to wrong ers win ,i mn reQUlro leaders. Theso lead-leader"1 lead-leader"1 VoverJLtrJ',,'l,rCfldy l ally, however ?Lh!?uB thoy may h" Praon-canno" Praon-canno" hcin thc. n,m' bo ,n. Prlnclplo, selvjs jVie JX, wln ,nt help them- follow hiin m,ld l0 ago that If tho blind dUh tOMthlff thtr wl ft W In" the thoso who r ' w?11?'? rc nono ao bnd ns tho imnro J)llnd.(!d by Mln8h ambition or and wealth TiP.Ur,u,J o advantages thwX wMlfn"1,10 l0 ,n bllndnegaro -hemes' sWblt'fi?. fiST" ' th Suggestioa of Remedy. dyha?0Onftfth,lp,'op.n.,!t 8UBcet a remo-1M3- thnt 9Cm dld ln tncao valloys in "ueAces L ' "S0?lwh,oni tho evil conse-and conse-and p'rstatcnt rl1' faU ,na outspoken herenca tn r.Z,mon',tTJ(:o nKainst tho ad-Amcrian ad-Amcrian innMH.Vi"" Whlh nro abhorrent to of tii J ,nnU,tutlons. eubvcrslve of tho good win! com,nunty and contrary to law, coupled that wh!0,.Ka?d l1 11,085 ho wcro wacMdnff body should clnS rProach upon tho whole nnd for an f fir, 'EJ?1 aucn Pccduro at onco such it i-iUSf i. Tf rorncdy n6w w'th must bo iiSTIfi b .d?no by ono or two. It of lnfJD?25 Ji conJlnt effort, and tho voice harln?; ns P'ends with the people and ex-Utah ex-Utah n hlf, COUro.Cu Th08 who live outsldo of aS. aAJ"1 tho conditions obtaining l crce of ln-ftt:tMthftt therc 18 a continued in! niS,. .by tno church in Utah, and of SnrmaUon f,Uti. ,OM 01 confidence, in the X 'tv r r ?yaMy to th0 aovornment and "It can be remedied, and it ought to be." |