Show STANT PASTORS III NS J ft ADDRESS or Of MORMONS formulated by members of offee fee e Ministerial association res to the World made 3 h F F. F Smith president of oft t church at the April con- con made public ri in ithe the address was left un- un Chr tian ministers embodies the doctrinal and argument of Mormonism legends of the Lat Lat- the priest priest- ats polygamy I LeTy ory of Adam and the God- God teory eory of after life and that divinity on earth the Joseph oseph Smith as a a prophet flater prophets in the made by leaders in Pall these are touched upon Mare are excerpts from the reth re- re th thin n a half century the IlIch has been teaching its W it has had an or- or have been more to observation It th therefore that there should as to the nature of the effect and tendency of the there be much ques- ques her were the doctrines of ofas ofas fas as fully proclaimed else- else yare in Utah and were its I as transparent as asi i strongholds at the very outset that aim aimis is made for the Mormon no spiritual truth to of things things' alrea already reveal reveal- virtues not already J I no o hristian churches B and ex- ex Christian lives showing no bf Christian ideals or of contributing noth- noth to Sto civic righteousness to integrity i t ity to domestic viren vir- vir vir- vir en ri e for God or to justice toward ward men this men this sect Cities are chiefly confined to toi tories tries trie's i s already Christian Christianized the only divinely author ofA- ofA f Jesus Christ in the it is affirmed so name so so by divine revelation In this claim it sets up a a. al test of salvation is a a. new w witness for phet thet het divinely authorized to toK K ospel and re-establish re the S Christ SUS Christ on earth New New t by B. B H. H Ro Roberts erts I tnt f urt that confesses that isTa Prophet that he lived and that the Book Is of God and every lIes not Is of ot anti antl ting ring Star Vol 5 5 marriage be unlawful then plan plan of salvation through Israel a failure and the en- en jp Christianity without founT foun- foun T Compendium of ot the Doc- Doc 1 published for Mission Mission- I doth Oth the Lord require of the UnIted i States quires them to repent of all alle ce e the h message S of 4 tamed bI In the h Book o of gro Mortal Mor Mor- tal 9 baptized Into this Church themselves for the coming g of Swill ll be the consequence If i Embrace the Book of Mormon i I revelation i will wUl be destroyed from the dO 1 to hell like all other I I who have Rejected a divine Pratt in The Seer I claim to exclusive diL diL di- di L must rest upon lear and convincing lev-cere lev seekers after truth are presented Here weakness of the r which this astonishing it pe ide it presents no creden- creden uld make good a claim to toI I fb fbi amon among the churches ent e t Christ much less to 1 1 church c of Christ in the then theon theon on n church teaches That j her has a material body body- of ofes i nes es that Adam is the God that this God Adam-God race ra e that this God Adam-God begotten otten b by another he Gods were once as we Plat at there is a great multi- multi that Jesus Christ was was I Begotten by the heavenly fary ary His wife that as we so also we have J Mother Iother that Jesus Hims Himself lf I II Vand tand nd was probably a poI po- po I least as so so it has been been- prints print- print s J publications and ta taught bt I people and that the Holy Holyn n material substance capa- capa paU palI aH transmission from one Bother lother th Ke he Sectarian Ministers are we Mormons are ashamed ine announced by by- President aing ng to the effect that Adam ethe the God of thIs world No that we are ashamed ne If It you see any change the countenance when this it is surprise aston- aston fany one at all capable of largeness and extent of the E grandeur of existence and andes ies tes- es in man for tor growth for Quid be so lean of Intel- Intel J have such a paucity of unas un- un as to call it In question at eem mw Roberts The Roberts The Mormon Deity pp 42 more Gods than one p Catechism for Chil- Chil n the plurality of Gods lormon Doctrine of Deity the head of the of the Gods and gether to concoct a a. plan to orld orid and people it Joseph Joseph iBby dby Roberts in Mormon city p. p ut Gods uti Gods will be permitted children dren it follows st have one or r more more more- the Father of our spirits rj Father of our Lord lArd Jesus idling ing to the flesh body of Jesus required a as a Father Therefore nd Mother of Jesus ac- ac l must have been asher aser asher as- as her er in the capacity of hus hus- hence henc the Virgin Naneen Mary Nan Maryn een n for the time being the f God the e Father I 2 i fleSh e Father b begat the fleshy i BO so He before the world Us Is Spirit as the body re- re bly Mother so His Spirit Mother As God the capacity of a tI Husband Husbandly ly Iy y Mother so likewise He Ie Hethe Hethe the he same capacity with I the heavenly one earthy earthly things being I In the likeness of ot heavenly things and th that t which is temporal being In the like like- ness flees of that which is eternal Or Or- OrIn in other words the laws of generation upon the earth are after the order of the laws of ot generation in heaven Orson Orson Pratt in The Seer p. p Did the Saviour of ot the world consider it to be His duty to fulfill all righteousness righteous righteous- ness And Arid if it the Saviour of the world found it His duty to fulfill all righteousness to obey a command of far farless farless less importance e than ha that t of multiplying J His race would I He not find it His duty to join with the race race of the faithful ones in replenishing the earth earth earth- Orson Hyde Journal of Discourses vol II II p. p 79 We shall now proceed ed to show from new revelations that the Saints are are to have equal knowledge with the Father and the Son The of all allf truth in us S will make e us Gods e equal in i all f things h g with the ep p personages s s se of the Father and the Son and we could not be otherwise than equal for He Is the same God who dwells In us that dwells in them Instead of dwelling in two tabernacles tabernacles tabernacles taber taber- under the names of Father and andSon andSon Son He will then dwell in the additional additional addi addi- tabernacles of ot the ther Saints And wherever He dwells In there would necessarily be equality in wisdom power glory and dominion Orson Orson d. d J Pratt in The See Seer p p. 1 Marriage ge thus becomes one of the chief means of mans man's exaltation and glory in the e world t to come w whereby er he may V h have v ve e endless dl S Sn increase n e of lives and attain at length to the power of the Godhead It was vas this glorious doctrine in connection with baptism re redemption redemption re- re and sealing for the dead that was the uppermost theme of the Prophet Joseph during the last two years or more of ot his life A A Brief Briet History of the Church of ot Jesus Jesus' Christ of Latter-day Latter Saints by Apostle George Q Cannon p. p published 1593 I would here say that the promise made to Abraham and to all who are heirs of the same promise through faith fRith extends to all generations in this life lite and to all generations to come forever and ever That Is Abraham and Sarah will continue to multiply not only In this world but in all the worlds to come And the same Is true of all the sons son and daughters that obtain the of the promise made to Abraham i. i Will the resurrection return you a amere mere female acquaintance that is not to be bethe bethe bethe the wife of your bosom In eternity No God forbid but it will restore you the wife of your bosom Immortalized who shall bear children dren from your own loins in all worlds to come and that without pain or sorrow in travail This sir was couched in the promise to Abraham this makes the the- promise great Spencer Spencers Spencer's Spencers s Letters pp The devil and his angels forfeited forfeited forfeited for for- in their first estate all right to enter a second with bodies of of- flesh and bones and having lost the privilege of marrying and propagating g their r species feel FyI maliciously wicked and n envious ss against the sons sans of men who kept their first estate and now are in the enjoyment enjoyment enjoy enjoy- ment of th the second marrying and In increasing ini creasing their families or kingdom Orson Pratt in The Seer p. p 79 Parents for the want of ot that holy and pure affection which exists in the bosom of righteousness not only destroy their own happiness but Impress their own degraded degraded de degraded de- de graded and unlawful passions upon the constitution of their offspring It is for this reason that God will not permit the fallen tallen angels to multiply It i Is for this reason that God has ordained marriages for the righteous only It is for this reason that God will wUl put a final stop to the multiplication of the wicked after this life It Is for foi this reason that none but those who have kept the celestial lawwill law lawwill will be permitted to multiply after the resurrection It is for this reason that God has ordained that the righteous shall have a plurality of wives for they alone are prepared to beget and bring forth offspring whose bodies and spirits partaking partaking partaking par par- taking of the nature of the parents are pure and lovely and will wUl manifest as they Increase In years those heaven- heaven born excellencies so necessary to lead them to happiness and eternal life Orson Pratt in The Seer PI pp The appended extracts will show that the basis for the exercise of arbitrary power over its membership lies in in the churchs church's claim for for- forthe the II Holy Priesthood Priesthood Priesthood Priest Priest- hood and that their power extends not only to things spiritual but to secular matters maUers as wel well Furthermore it will be seen that when once the churchs church's claim f for r its priesthood is allowed the claim of jurisdiction in civil matters 10 logically follows The members of the priesthood claim the special power tb to interpret scriptures and the president of the church who is also chief of the high priesthood is the prophet seer and revelator of God to the church and to the world The leaders discourage free speech and action i I shall then define Priesthood to be that order of authoritative intelligence I Iby by which God regulates controls enlightens enlightens en en- lightens blesses or curses paves aves or condemns all beings To it under God all things are subservient in righteousness whether in heaven or hell Spencers Spencer's Spencer's Spencers Letters p. p 94 Men who hold the Priesthood possess divine a authority thus t to a act for God Jn isor oe and by y possessing part rt of f Gods God's po power they are in reality part of God u Men who honor the priesthood in them honor God and those who reject Jt It jt re reject reject reject re- re New Witness for God God New p. p The Priesthood is the authority delegated dele gated to men to act in the name of d and to have those acts approved by Him Whatever Is done b by this authority is as asIf asif asif if God Himself had done It The one holding the Priesthood becomes an agent of of- the Lord The curse of ot Godon God Godon Godon on Cain the flood the rejection s- s of ot Israel the destruction of Jerusalem these Jerusalem these are all typical instances es of the Judgments of God following the lack of reverence for His Priesthood Faith in th the Priesthood in general genera Continued on page 10 PROTESTANT PASTORS Continued from page 9 must be supplemented by a specific faith In those who hold the keys of t the Priesthood Priesthood Priest Priest- hood and preside In Its various Priesthood without Presidency would be unorganized and lacking In ef et ef- ef We cannot honor the Priesthood If we wedo do not honor those who hold Its Us keys They are aro Indeed the living oracles of ot our time and the voice of ot In Inspiration inspiration In- In n from them Is as the voice of ot G Gi God to us Manual l Manual 1901 Z part 1 I pp s. s i One other observation n must be made before leave is taken of f this this' part of the defense before the world It touches a a. matter which in importance dwarfs everything mentioned in the Address Ad Ad dress Apparently the foundation of the Mormon church is in the Book of Mormon the Doctrine and Covenants Cove nants pants the Pearl of Great Price and the testimony of the living oracles oracles ora ora- cles delivered from time to time But whoever digs down to the lowermost foundation will find that at last Jast everything everything every every- thing rests upon the reported visions of Joseph Smith The Mormon church has not yet given giyen the world any satisfactory evidence that the foundation upon which it rests its enormous claim entitles entitles en en- titles that claim to any serious consid consid- cration Here is the fatal destitution of ol the whole system And no defense that can be set up UJ for the doctrines or practices of the church or for its history history his his- tory or for the character of its people however stron strong Or adroit that defense may be bf can veil yell their mortal weakness No o denial is is made of the practice of ot pol amous living The The Address Adress' admits admits admits ad ad- mits that authoritative fi figures res officially collected show ei eight ht hundred an and nine nine- seven ty-seven such male male polygamists in the year 1902 The fact that later reports are not quoted leads to the reasonable belief f that since that date the number of male poly polygamists has not but Dut rather has increased But But- even if this his conclusion is not valid these fl figures res given given have a very grave rave si significance We have this condition before us In a sect numbering at the outside some four tour hundred thousand souls many of whom half whom half or more more more- are children or mere adherents at the very cry least 2691 persons are livin living in in polygamy This would be true if each of the ei eight ht hundred hun- hun dred and seven ninety-seven male poly polygamists am- am had only two consorts but since in inmany inmany many cases there are more than two the whole number of persons livin living in poly polygamy amy is considerably lar larger er than the figures figures just lust named would indicate It seems quite probable that far more than eighteen hundred families in in this sect are poly polygamous amous families All of these people are living in violation of the he law Each one of them has a circle circle circle cir cir- cir cir- cle of relatives and friends most of whom will not Only condone but will sympathize with the criminal These people are rearing children a majority of af whom have been born under ban of the law Moreover they are now maintaining maintaining main main- their relations a against the decree decree de de- decree de- de cree of the church as interpreted under oath by the church leaders and yet none of them have been subjected to church discipline for poly polygamous amos amo s livin living What must reasonable people think of it when i such a condition is approved and sustained sus tamped by a church Claiming to be the only church of Christ in the earth earth earth-a a achurch church stron strong enough h to control all conditions conditions conditions con con- in the State political social and civil f Utah cannot annot afford afford to to tolerate amy uny Wisdom does not prescribe toleration toleration toleration tion toward other unlawful conduct nor does experience show that such a method of dealin dealing with offenders is is so conspicuously successful in restraining crime as to encourage e that policy In addition to this when we consider the fact act that men have haye lived in poly polygamous amous relations here for years without the fact bein being generally acknowledged ed or even known mown when the church |