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Show r . '"' f l " BY J. F. GIBBS. ' " ,paT E I" last Sunday's TiilHine, iiiuler llio licadin-, (MmpoteiH' oi.' the Alonnoii , (.(Oil,-' it was. pointed, out thai, t ho ' Knlor of the Ujiior?c must l)c abso 1 Intely sttpt'cuic in liis authority, and tliat if his power were abridged by (lie mistakes or failures of those that are alleged to rcprcseut liim in his pro- , yritnuiK: of earthly, yoverninonl , he ; could not be the Infinite Kuler of the l'ni verse. It was jirovcd by a o,uota-, o,uota-, lion from the Prophet Brigliain Voun: ilia t Adam is the "Fa I her and God" : of t lie Mormons, and the "only God Hl v.ith whom" they "have io do." II i was proved by Mormon history ihat I 1lte ,roriiion God uiidei toolc an expe- t dition with the avowed purpose, of rc dcc-intno the Saints in .Missouri, or. in other words, lo reinstate the Mormons .in the "inheritances" from which rlie ALis5uuriaiis liad driven tlicni. And H , it was proved beyond the ability of 1 Arornion "prophets" to disprove tliat the .Myrnion God achieved a total And it will now bo proved that; in U'vi'ig" the "revelation'-" on polyganiy 1o Joseph Smith, in vol vine the un- , cipii vocal command to obey it, and the abject, surrender of .Ibseph Smi Lie's successors to tlie Govern men L of tlie. United States, the Mormon God achieved auothei disurace.ful failure, and that, as a failure, he is beneath the contempt of the humblest, citizen ; of this Republic. And the gauntlet is herewith thrown to the "prophets, seers, and rove.lntors " of tlie Mormon church, their agents and hired liars, like the editor of the Deseret "News, the intellectual Gcutilo dwarf called Peel, or Ihe unspeakable character ns-sass:iia ns-sass:iia who controls the outlet of the ' inspired " Smoot 's sewer pipe, to el into Hie riiig- and defend the cliar;e : iliac the present ag'('Unliau of "prophets, seers, and rovelators' ' is Iho greatest bunch of fakirs and in-eomriotents in-eomriotents that over alVeclcd to repre- ' sent an' hind, of a god. And it the ayeiTgat ion will not come into the opeii and discuss the evidences of their alleged divine attthorily and rerog-a-tivos from the vantage "round of .lo-r'.'i1'1 .lo-r'.'i1'1 i"i til's revelations and Morinoii ' - Mtsloiy. tiieu will the youu Monnons be justified in branding them, tlie " prophet:!.' ' as the greatest assetn-blau assetn-blau of "inspired" dubs and teu-per-cent iiicoaipeteuis I hat ever attempt-ed attempt-ed by "divine riijht" lo stifle free thought or tu scuttle a free rovernmeiit i j like that of the United Stales. As to Josephitc Wing. The "dosophitc" v.'inr of the Mor-f Mor-f moil church has ever attempted to shield . .Joseph Smith's reputation as a prophet from. the " Brighamite" Hj charge. Ihal he introduced and ))iai;- ticed polygamy, by persislc.ntly den.v-iu den.v-iu the abundant evidences to the con-fraiy. con-fraiy. .losophiio missionaries "point with pride" to the publisiicd denials by .Toseph Smith and his brother to Ihe effect Ihat polvamv or any other "FALSE AND 'CORRUPTIXG doc-Irines" doc-Irines" were taught or practiced by 1 ihe Saints in N'auvoo. And they know j jusL as well as auv lirihainitc knows that, all ihat those details prove is J that tin1 "founder'' of Mormon ism and 1 his brother, Ilyruni. lied like Annulling about the non-existence of poh'uainy in Xativoo And in order lo disarm I tin. .losephiies of their wea pon of defense of their prophet, a epio-t epio-t a Lion from "The True Latter-day Saints' Herald" ihe ollicial organ of the. ' ' Iteorganij'.cd " church is herewith here-with given: j Joseph Smith repented of his connection with this doctrine (polygamy), and said It was of tlie devil. He caused the revelation revela-tion on that subject to be burned, and when he voluntarily came to Nauvoo and resigned himself Into the arms of his enemies, en-emies, he said that he was going to Carthage to die. At that time he also said that IF IT HAD NOT RISEN FOR THAT ACCPUKRD SPllilTVAT, WIFI5 DOCTIUN1D he would not have come to that. Vol. 1, page -I. The oulv thing- that now concerns us is: Was Iho revelation absolutely binding and irrevocable in its command lo practice polygamy? And there is no better evide'nee as to its meaning than the revelation. After a rambling and almost incoherent introduction, the Mormon God said to Joseph Smith: Therefore prepare thy heart to receive re-ceive and obey the instructions which 1 am about to glvo unto you: for nil those who have this law revealed unto them Ml'ST OI3 ICY the same. For. behold! I reveal unto you a new and everlasting covenant, and if ye ubhla not that covenant, THICN AUIC Ylfi DAMNICD. etc. And as pertaining to tho new and everlasting covenant, it was instituted for tlie fullness of my glory: and he that re-cclveth re-cclveth a fullness thereof, Ml'ST AND SHALL abide Ihe. hiw (of polygamy), or ho SHALL liE DAMNED, saith the Lord God. And let mine handmaid. Kmma Smith legal wife of the prophet, receive all those I wives! that HA VIC been given unto my servant Joseph, and who are pure and virtuous before nic; and those who are not pure, and have said they were pure, shall be destroyed, saith the Loid God. Omitting one paragraph, tho "Lord Gnd" is alleged lo have threatened his "handmaid'' with certain destruction "if she abide not in my law." Sufficient Suf-ficient has been quoted toprovo' the absolutely binding forco of tho polygamy po-lygamy revelation on all those to whom Ihe law was revealed. But a short digression di-gression is hero permissable. It appears ap-pears from tho revelation that Joseph was in the habit of catechizing his plural fiancees on the subject of their "purity' and that either Joseph or the Mormon God had a slight suspicion that some of them had falsely testified, testi-fied, else why lit rent en them with destruction? de-struction? Date of Revelation. The revelation, of which four paragraphs para-graphs oulv have been quuted, is dated July 12. 1"S4S. But Klder Roberts, iu his " Uise and Fall of Nauvoo." page 114. affirms that as earlv .as IS:; 1 the prophet received an inkling from the Almighty that (he doctrine of polygamy polyg-amy was divine. The statement of Elder Roberts is verified by Joseph F. Smith. And there are numerous hints tliat I he -Mormon prophet practiced polygamy po-lygamy inuuy years before tho public promulgation of the doctrine. Indeed, Oliver C'owdery. one of Joseph's right-hand right-hand men. as early its 1S"7, was es-cominuniealed es-cominuniealed for charging that. Joseph Jo-seph Smith was guilty of adultery, and which, in 1S1", was sanctified by divine di-vine permission to practice it in the face of those conditions, it is related that Ihe prophel hesitated to enter into the "new ami evorlnsting coveuautv" The following from page 9 70, edition of SSI , autobiography of Eliza K. Snow, one of Joseph Smith's plurals, illustrates the divine pressure that was brought to bear on the prophet to induce him to surrender his inherited ideals of sexual purity: . He Joseph Smith 1 knew the voice of God he knew the command of tho Almighty Al-mighty was to go forward lo set the example and establish celestial plural marriage. Yet, the Prophet hesitated hesi-tated and deferred from time to time, until an ANGEL OF GOD STOOD H1C-FOKIC H1C-FOKIC HIM WITH A DRAWN SWOPvD. and told him that, unless he moved forward for-ward and established plural marriage, his priesthood would be taken away from hlin and he would be destroyed. This testl-mon testl-mon he not only bore to my brother. (Lorenzo Snow), but also to others. Many of tho brethren were also reluctant re-luctant to enter the new order of marriage, mar-riage, while others rejected it. and. of course, are "damned." Apostle John Taylor, according to his sintemenl. was one of those who hesitated, lie relates re-lates how, one morning, he was on horseback and met. Ihe prophet, a short distance out, front Nauvoo. After the morning salutations Apostle Taylor was about to pass, when Joseph called: "Slop! Look here, I hose things (polygamy) (polyg-amy) that 1 have spoken of must be fuliilled, ami if they are not entered into right away, tho keys will be turned." And Apostle Taylor surrendered. Binding Force- Polygamy Revelation. The recognition of the absolutely binding force of tho polygamy revelation revela-tion on the saints is vigorously enunciated enun-ciated in tho following from the "inspired" "in-spired" lips of Joseph V. Smith, the present chief vicegerent of the Mormon God: I understand the law of celestial marriage mar-riage to mean that every man in this church, who has tho ability ;o obey and practice It In righteousness and will not. SHALL B12 DAMNED, f say I understand under-stand It to mean this and nothing less. and I TESTIFY TN THR NAM 10 OV JKPITS CHRIST that it docs mean that. Deseret News, September 7, 1S78. In 1860 the United States concluded that it would measure arms with the Mormon God, and to that end passed a law providing certain penalties for polygamy in those territories over which the federal government, had exclusive jurisdiction. But Uncle Sam was too busy .iust then in the effort to stamp out the "twin relic of barbarism" in the oast to bother with the smaller "relic" iu Utah. It should bt: noted that while Uncle Sam was too bu.S3' to tackle poh'gamy ihat the Mormon Dei 13 was supreme in Utah. But after the lapse of fifteen years, or so. Uncle Sam took off his coat and proceeded to try conclusions with the .Supreme ruler of Utah. The prophets fell back on the plea that, polygamy po-lygamy was a part of their religion and that, as such, the Unitted States had nothing to do with it. The mouthpiece of the Mormon Doity held that: Tho Latter-day Saints 'do not consider this question of monogamy or plurality within the purview of the state, but purely pure-ly an ecclesiastical matter governed by divine law and administered and regulated regu-lated under divine authority. Deseret News, January 10. 1S70. Hundreds of the saints went to the penitentiary, while other hundreds took to the "underground" for safety. Some of the saints began to weaken and suggested sug-gested a surrender. But the Mormon God,- through his prophet, John Taylor, who was then president of tho churcht u recti the saints to continue faithful as he had theretofore told them to stand in Missouri, while he. the Mormon Deity, gave his "enemies" a pyrotechnic display dis-play of infinite power. Bossing Polygamy. In fact, the crisis was such that President Taylor had a revelation on the matter of tho divine prerogative of bossing polygamy. The essence of the revelation was thai, thereafter, no elder could hope for promotion in the church unless he became, a polygamist Seymour B. Youm. one of the first seven presidents of the eeventy, immediately imme-diately vindicated his right to promotion promo-tion by taking a plural. Bishop John Sharp "was haled .before the court for polygamy, and had the eood sense to see' that the Mormon Deify was losine his grip, and promised to thereafter obey the laws against, plural marriage.- For that act of surrender. Bishop Sharp was ininicdialelv relieved of his ecclesiastical eccle-siastical position. Tho dilemma of tho prophets was increased in-creased by the disfranchisement of nil nolygninists, and which enabled the "Lord's enetnies" to secure municipal control of Salt Lake City, the especial domicile of the vicegerents. Also, the Mormon church was disincorporated anl its property escheated to the federal uoverninent. The author of Joseph Smith's revelations was beaten to .1 "frazzle," and freely conceded defeat. The public announcement of the surrender sur-render came during the October conference, confer-ence, 1SP0. The prophets, thirteen of them, for ihemselvcs and their followers, follow-ers, promised President Harrison that they would thereafter obey the law against plural marriago and plural cohabitation, co-habitation, II had been a battle royal, with 10 to 1 on Uncle Sam, who finally landed a solar plexus, and the Mormon God weut to the mat and was counted out. Tn this,short discussion it is not per missible to relate the story of b ay'j prophets subsequently hetrayed llftt tideuec of Utah Gentiles, of V'&m Harrison and the people of the ttwftef f States. If that slorv were told it ian. : merely prove that the Mormon trMi JH tempted by trickery and iidmbM deception to accomplish that had failed to achieve by hnl Effli h,,; iu a fair trial of strength. ' r4tw According to the belief of Ihe su "Hz Joseph Smith was the sole aerfj Wti earth of the Almighty, and iU gL revealed to his agent the "nf" (tl everlasting covenant." ami concnj 1 btatsi him to ob'cv it. And the saints tn muio believe thai the law tvas so w -Ihat those who ifeclinnl to take ft . wives would .he dainued In W; mediate obedinnce was so imprnj that "an angel with a drawn w( n forced the pronhet into certain eh tfa cai relations which, during several n tftfa theretofore, he had been prajljnjfJj 7!ln out the added incentive ot IMw' i his God or the drawn sword of ao t, -' Failure to Ofcey. ( The consequence of ailort iJ jf the "new nnd cwlastine wn were simply appalling. "c "Vju r- most important, ciiyspquenoc w fallen upon the .Mormon M. , j. have shattered his .P'; achieve a "fullness or S'0 fml is. the Lord's celestial pflWjJ f would stop until the MgJ and his followers went nt FgffJ yjm Second, and still more tc mj-u seph Smi th would have A victim of the bloodthirsty a drawn sword." , :ttdm ' Third, Bmma. the W! prophet, was slated for J??aL she refused to f 7vor ' c5rBi whom "the Lord had l'lCBjJBB unto his servnnt Josepn. -HHj Fourth, and y AS?B5B! all the other woes; d the ggf follow the prophet into J-JmL I em of marriage the mj-, m. ? turned!" To the nmn '''gflT , of Mormon doc lr.o "turning of the l.s ialetS, somewhat vague.. Bui. J WHilt tho "most awtiillr )T(& y ' could nossiblv, befall lJ,,4gwi Deity, the ,.rophe . 'ntnaffe' rest of the world. I''fthit ft&S near to the have resulted from the h WMl would bo an gence of the reader tu J.wh yjfct Confessed limitation 0 n&!l God, as comimrcd l e nikl&.r.' or and mnjesty ot inc ;BimgggB coi univeie: or lo more i . iVV,nJ gross sensua.tv em bo e fcp iJJ,c ation on polvgan.y ojM total dopr.-.v.ty .11 tbc MMQi backward Ihe C hnsMn" 1 pilUz. had rescued woman frow jySjyc slavery of an era that kS,J.lT bored only because of 'l&V teaches. r . ml ciFWgl Hx Those Mormons, fli j J . artKf fls. younger XffB atrophied by ."La viWMtbi ,3 permitting lr-aclcrtej JbiJ e a think for, thorn, sJouW " r thought fully 5 A r0 cp''f-cl2rtM& & church foundod I -JO , disMAM- if f.hev do s... tjo ; "he whenever and w rf ' vine power ot W strenSlvM'Ho, been pitted against StMjJMfeW01 tals. the author of. o-iu, drfm.jpv: olations has been 'lorB Gjj. |
