Salt Lake Tribune | 1910-01-25 | Page 4 | Civic and Church Titles

CIVIC AND OHUROH TITLES, Elder James IL Anderson deliverod tho sermon at tho tabernacle services of the Mormon church on Sunday aft-ornoon. aft-ornoon. Thoro isn't much to say about Mr. Anderson's sermon. Tho ' speaker so faithfully adhered to the beaten path and the stcrcotypod iterations that to comment would bo lo thresh over old straw, so far as the nature of tho talk is concernod. But thoro is ono phaso of tho occasion occa-sion that desorves a few words. Apos-tie-Senator Smoot 's organ on Monday morning made brief report of tho sermon, ser-mon, and in its headlines used the following terms: "Propholic power of Joseph Smith. United States Marshal Anderson delivers strong discourse at tabernacle." Tho Tribune has had more experience with Mormon church affairs than has our not particularly ovcr-es-toemod contcmporar-, as is plainly evidenced evi-denced in the trcatmont of tho Anderson Ander-son sermon. This paper claims tho right to call him Marshal Anderson when he speaks in the tnbornaclo, or Eldor Anderson An-derson when ho graces the United States court with his presonce, because wo aro not to bo- bound, by church rulo. It is a matter of general knowledge that,, pursuing our rebellious course against tho hierarchy, wo havo often referred to Apostle Smoot as boing a membor of tho United Slate Senate, and have told how Senator Smoot has addressed the saints assembled in general conference, confer-ence, for instance. In addition wo have combined tho titles into tho one harmonious har-monious whole as Apostle-Senator Smoot. And in thus having raised our voice against tho priesthood, we have become despised and cast out turned over to tho bufl'etings of Satan. But this is nofthcr tho mission nor the sought reward of tho Smoot "Mouth." It is tho business of that paper to impress im-press poople with tho supposition that in Utah church and State afo distinct and soparato institutions, and then to bo blessed of "the Lord's anointed." We warn the "Mouth" that it is not onlv courting priostly censure, but is poach-ing poach-ing on Tho Tribuno's preserves.