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Show SgS CIILKCH aiiOVE STATE. BK riaB THEREisamBtdlol non-ens ' iHf h-M !" lhc furore fluenUy excited over ' EMMMWehftaB a"d prtfrrtnee in the 'iror-1 ijMSr " mi f-r the laws of man EmJF Th srtkH of auti-jIormoD( F coaeerninsthisBistteraregeucrallyt UmtW1 accepted, white the lews 'of the' WT "Mormons" theuuelveii are usually igirered. "Morraoniim" teaches i that the laws of the land aresu-1 aresu-1 retcs in their sj hue jed the 'urs of Godare paramount in theirs. The revelations of God to the Latter day Saints require obedience to the constitutional con-stitutional laws of lhc land, and declare, de-clare, thai tho commandments ol God are simply the laws of His Church, and that the Saints are to be ubject to tiie towers that be until Chn-t comes toren. Xotwithstandinglhesepiaindecla-rations Xotwithstandinglhesepiaindecla-rations it Is repre-ented that tlie Church sets itself above secular law and treats man mado laus as not binding upon its members. There is no reason for such a statementj aim though many perons who re-real re-real it no doubt believe it, theorigin of the falsehood may bli traced to artful aud intentional pervirtcrs of thelnitli. "" In this connection it is pertinent to notice one of the articles of tho (Jniled Presbyterian Church cf America. We do cot heir charges of treason, or relicllion, or setting the Churcli above the SUtc, against tlie Presbyterians But tho following follow-ing quotation, if It appeared as one of the tenets cf tho "Mormon" Church, would arou'o a tumult tli-.t. wouli sweep through the Ian J like a tornado and threaten to Uar up the "ilormon" system lost and branch. -This is part of tte. Presbyieriau TctUniony: ' Article 1J That the law of God il supremo in its antbority and obliga tioni, and where commands of church and Hato contlict we are to obey God rattier than man." yon, is lucre, any thing alleged ag-i'n-t tho "ifonuon"creed, in tills dlreoilnn, that is more emphatic as to tliesuj.tiionU of the divine la to human I in than this integral part of l'rcbyttrianlsm? We do not wish, at prcrent, to enter Into the merits ef the question Involved In this declaration. To many minds the prapo-ition will apptar bc-jonl bc-jonl coutroersy. Others may vit it in a different light. liatevcr may be said on thesur remacy of the lav of God," it is ck-ir that the Presbyterian creed puts tho "commands of tins cftirreA" aoove tlioso of the btatt This places the Pnbylerian church ou a level with Dell) and demands from its members their "first allegiance." alle-giance." The Presadeptof tho Unite! Stalls is an ordaim-d Elder in that church and is under-tcod to be n cons'itent and divoui mj tar at its shrine. Wiilsome aati-"Mormon" Jtepubli-ca-ifcho tiie diflennce luthedoc-trine luthedoc-trine cuuncinttd in tills article of the Pre-idenl's creed and tlie alleged al-leged princip'e of the "Mormon" 1 ldir's faith which creates somuch agitation? Monnoum" nowlicre puts the Church above tho State. It recognize recog-nize tiie independence of each. In its own -pbere The Mormon" Church, no nsattir what waj be said li its maiigners, does not attempt at-tempt to enact civil laws cr inflict in-flict civil penaitie. Its extreme punishment for criminal conduct ' or any infraclfon of its rules aud j covenants Is exclusion from its fel-llowship. fel-llowship. It does not ay that anj law of the laml'-cliall be MoLated, nor doc? It expel an person for obcuiecce to any law cf tho lauj. Mci bfclcjfiitig to the Church have stutvd, Miucbf tlicm in open coun, tiiat they regarded the law cf God a suicrior ti human law. Hut the5 hao not claimed that the Church or any of its edicts is contrary con-trary or SJperiar to the established laws of their country, lfamansln-cereli lfamansln-cereli believes a parpoited rcveia tion to be a commandment of God to lilru, it is reanab)e to tupuse be will endeavor to obe it, n 1 matter what may bo the carthlj consequences. conse-quences. But the Churcli is not the Ainiightj, ueithtr Is any man in il con'idered to be the Deitj. Contra-t the articles of the two .faiths the Mormon" and the Presbti.rnin,"aud the latter will be fuuui far more emphatic and pronounced as to the exalted sphere ol tlie Church and to place it, in effect, above the civil law. How can a Freshytenau judge or other secular cfiuial, or preacher or editor cot dtinu a "Mormon" vho reares what he considers a divine law as sui.irior to human law, hud at the anie time endorse the I'rcsbj terian jfcjiwiojiy ith its thirteenth article, as given above? But consi-tcnty rarclj enters into auy de-iunciatlon of "Mormonlsm" or proceedin,js against the "Mormons." "Mor-mons." Comparisons are said to be odious. No doubt a comparison of what tlie "Mormon" Churcli declares de-clares in reference to tiie State and what the Presbyterian Church claim in the sime connection Swill be odious to tlie members of the latter, and what is sauce for the one will not lie conceded a;auce for the other. lit it is worthj of consider! con-sider! ion and ought to joit a stop tollies nv-dcsaclamoron this point at teas, from Presbyterian sources. ' |