Salt Lake Tribune | 1908-10-11 | Page 6 | Putting the Ban on Himself

PUTTING THE BAN ON HEMSELRl Persons who will not live according, t the doctrines and discipline of the chure 1 should bo cut loose, that they may'nc contaminate thoso who are keeping God, commundments. Deseret News report c P sermon of Joseph F. Smith in Salt Lak tabernacle, Sunday, October 4, 190S. - Wli3' is it then, that Joseph F. Smiti is permitted to retain the hand of -ffljfc lowship of tho Latter-da3 Saints? W is ho allowed to hold his membershipar good standing in tho church? WbyjjM it that he is not excommunicated froaii that organization Why is he pormijt ted to remain in tho church to contami nate those who arc living up to tjv commandments of God as they are sujK posed to have been revealed to tlM, church J These aro questions whose considera tion ought to be worth while to the Mormon people. Joseph F. Smith, ao , cording to his own public confessions is daily disobej'ing the comraandmea 1 of God by defying tho laws of the Jani I He is living contrary to the interprets J requirements of Cue latest Tevelatiq that is supposed to havo come throufll any of the prophets in these days, testimouv is that he has brought into tt M community and into the membership i the church eleven children who haj'ff .been born without the rights ot lesit , macv (and another has been added tjL the list since that testimony was Riyenltf What are the saints doing about tnefHJ things, under the plain instruction -pi, the president of tho church that all m who aro engaged in contaminating tip church should be cut off and ca adrift? If heretofore there was son question in tho minds of the people ,1 to the proprielv of taking action, again fe tho president of tho church, surely , doubt is now removed. Joseph l1. ami has committed the sins, and has den S natcd tho rightful punishment ttt should be melcu out to hip. I Are the saints going to take prop action against Smiths Or have thi become so supine as io believo la y "the king can do no wrong?" q