Salt Lake Tribune | 1908-09-04 | Page 4 | Denial and Admission

DENIAL AND ADMISSION. W have received a communication saying that we stood self-condemned before be-fore the people, hecnusc wo had transgressed trans-gressed the law of God. Wc have transgressed trans-gressed no law of God. so far as we know. Joseph F. Smith In Salt Lake tabernacle, tab-ernacle, October 5, 1S9G. Senator Overman. If that is a revelation, revela-tion, aro you not violating the laws of God? Joseph F. Smith. I have admitted that, Mr. Senator, a great many times here. Testimony of Joseph I". Smith at Washington, Wash-ington, March -1. 1004. Tt appears that it is never going to bo possiblo for ono to read the utterances utter-ances 06 one's divinely inspired pro-phots pro-phots without discovering a barefaced falsehood in ever' outgiving that concerns con-cerns an'thing vital with rospoct to their beliefs or acts. Thcro was special need for Mr. Smith's utterance in 1S0G. Tho hicrarchs hic-rarchs had just determined to punish an honest man by unfrocking him; and his offense had merely consisted iu exorcising ex-orcising his American right of freo speech. For this ho was deemed 1)3' tho presiding high priests to havo commit com-mit led a sin that could bo atoned for ouly in most cruel humiliation. The accused ono had man' friends among the people. Ono of these had, apparently, appar-ently, sent in an epistle to Mi ecclesiastical ecclesi-astical t'rauts, nccusing them of greater great-er offenf.0 against God aud man, of which tho people wcro cognizant, and before whom the dominators stood self-coudemncd. self-coudemncd. Therefore it was nccessar' for the overriders of human liberty and common righteousness to arbitrarily declare de-clare l.hpir innocence. And this thoy did. But this only before a subdued congregation of saints who dare not say them nay. But. how different the attitude of tho haughty when brought into the presence of the innuppressiblo! There the confession con-fession of guilt was brought forth in all its hideousnesfj. The blatant asscrter been 111 ( the pleading admittor. And all because tho thrower of stones was in tho house of men who were unafraid. And therein abides a lesson to tho Mormon people.