| Show J V m t BHe BeR n Roberts Answers Ministerial r Association Review 11 n e 1 Its Sophistry Annihilated Slanderous Charges Disposed of f One i by b One Inconsistency and Insincerity of vf Clergy Clearly I t Demonstrated They Say Doctrines of Church Not as a fully Proclaimed as s in n Utah and cud Then Th Proceed to Quote Copiously from Mormon M rmon Publications Issued in inU in inU n ni i U TJ S So ana md Europe and ana and Sent Broadcast Over tic the World vv orld 1011 nr TIlt The I hi following n to the th Ministerial i I nat it at s review V lit f tin I AIl H of r f th t hn I mi v Ii of ur Christ tor tort of 0 r t to the thu wn illS i l til r lit itt I t wo 0 i ny ii or Iho t hr t lae 1 tabernacle t r afternoon ArIm a rt ami 1 nd even evv evening eI evvI ing In I June J un u n ti U nth The e speaker ox cx t tL L 11 to tn close ll f with k the tho th afternoon rt meeting l I fl n 1 t for ro omitted ti iii I t it certain et itt U matters 1 I that t Ii n ve Intended I tn to U lie I b discussed 1 b itt lt g t the t Ii LilI L 1 th HI subject to tn widen they th I were er In I ht hut blit which hl I Will J iIi II ii ii for Inch 11 Ia alI cJ of ot time I ItnE nn nR II he Iii h then ent over el to t U the th t I evening ng In II this t his printed i hi td copy of or o t the t h speech I here tr ii some Iome of ot the remarks hi Iii 11 the tho BM 81 B brought hi t over er Into I ito their thir proper pI ti and 11 til tilI I I with wih WI t Ii I uni I tr to which t Ich th t y not mot mOlt properly belong Also 1 Is th II ln Iiii hl added itT Iii some om ne l I I t ms fl I that hut I wen outlined nil 1111 in an JI Ills hi s ii for tor the tl th oc 0 klU hut hit not nol ur u Kl l either E In II I n the Lh U ii lifter a noon nOI qi 3 I 1 n order Iki that I is L such l C I new III ii be lie 91 It is IsI III lu designated 1 t I JI I Il In I i itt nt ODAY ory Y my iy 1 brethren uni sister I T I we convert tills thIs Ii Is pulpit p UI It Into Int 1 L LA A forum from which t we c t q c cn n It n defense I e both otho of C our faith ral LII 11 f r r Chulch i Nor lr do 10 I wo 10 violate IO hi t e uny ti Y of IC f the ta t Ii proprieties ll OP i l e Ie In 11 I ii this iii Is change eli hUl because SC C when Wh w l truth Is II lo In IC lw hI le alit ami in 11 ji jil jr l JIM Ike resented then all 11 place e n II L tem LeItl temple tel Si plc Ille and ii ni nil ni I II seasons lI II summer I Thy The occasion n to II tI which we Wi WI Wit address t ourselves IU flu this thU arises out CUt of ti o these circumstances At t the ilu inte n ip tn I conference ft rence of 01 tin Ih L hv Church Ch 11 t 1 Issued to 10 the 11 world 1111 an In address ss H It IL 11 td tI Hie the gin gen ginI PI I em ern conference It II wan wal rd by b I he saints n hul It 1 Became an In of if the LI LII I Church of ot Christ to 10 the ho world Of 01 O Ome course OSe me ns t IC V u might lit 11 CI nt I c i i it this t hll hI address iid I met lel UC I with wih VC criticism e ri t 1 cism and 1 iii finally fi i i y thorn ct WOI n s iu t against It I t nn U review hy by hyT the Ministerial T I LI OCt of tr r I ministers In the th Statu pf pr Utah IciCle In tu that Ile te the thu Pr t 1 U lI le Methodist lit I C 11 11 lell I ti and regula 10 1111 i Episcopal I I ICI church ct U ich ichU KU su U Hint I hn t ilni y the Iho whole or of 1 I U Is I s I cI cIby liy by II ministers 1 In 11 Il who bo the and ut tho til ot or tho Iho acl od 9 ell Issued l y tho thu to tu the tho J world 4 1 In I our HII 01 at tf their v vc we 1 will 11 tV I II Hil Pt S tho II I I M of lf f these t 4 risi I 1 hel e n a I close tn to 1 the lh In hI a 1 body hOly And titi I wish t 1 wore 41 HO no there thero I If f nothing U like It IL out tut face 10 Ly wit with ami a II t 1 I 1 1 11 0 I but hil I their In a oI would ou toft b t tC nn C II I iou tn 11 LI quo one II tin tiC tw 4 document they the hav to us UI t I then Ihen uj tin tIo tl circum glances out of o if t I II occasion ai let lel us 1101 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accepted an 1111 In Iii th Ih Church viz vI I the tha Ih Du nine Cove Cov Covenants l rl 4 nants For I ii I a II I I on time I Ow t li hU rIi I 1 hud hall 1111 over imd ou m 1 i I thu t ho hH wn 11 Ii m III i t mo Ihu fluet t u void t OOlf 1 I lis c 1 I l ii i 1 adl j fur furI I which I Ich ii ho lot wIn ulic ii 0 IIII aI o f the II ic In Iol r j tho ha t Inn of Ot Mormon Hi Ih I I i I 1 11 1 ul ii Ir 1 the ilie Iem 1 I MI I I at u Iii 11 t t i All A II else 1 1 Is I commentary and Ind of ur a see c III i cli it e I CV I IC 10 t tt lt ItS 1111 authority 1 y hal ii log much in ulu that I ha t In Is Rood niu Inu In U li h that t hit t hI us that tIlt II I ii uto I as ast t he hc hut I oC f e the t Ii tiit nh and o I at yiu 41 I to 10 I 0 have lillI r In them fur four which the tilt Church Ii ii rah does 1 not nOl stand laid Well mi yd one uric d do i you ru lo to I repudiate rotund In t the lie I work of ut men i Ii ol i Jour 00 I and Li who willi ii me ore to 10 I o i iti ho end Ind 1 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willie walk oval Ic d with vb lii Clod And lih ao so sott we W tt lila I e hits I distinction tI 1st Ii let hoiu let man speaking ItI k under Hiller till the tIu In hi II hell tso ot C prejudice and ut l ved vedI notions I and 1 lid the he th t utterances U of lit a man who vho In lit behalf ot or tie the th Church ot or o tod lud and II no I the a 1st te Rh and 1 1 ii I tug the tho thi roil Ii I to position uusi t huh ned lon lay 1 It aside nil ii I I all nil hire and iii stand land S y and no ii anxious lols to tu 0 receive the th Injures Eu bit or of lou s Spirit S1 kIt that Ihal t shall II plead iott Thy fin will wi It and Thy lh word ord ho Ih homade made known now 11 to lo people ti the Thou ruo ii lias mis appoint appointed 8 lIt od ed There Is it 11 be between tween men WI thu tue word of 01 ofa a Oct thus hOts 1 obtained lied d ami a id their ordinary orI hun ry every day Jay and all itIl 11 kinds 8 of ot oc cn FOLLOWING IPIE In ili thus hUH I Insisting In that tiltiL only the tha worl or oror or of OI spoken by h Inspiration shall IRe 1110 and II II oh I hi h i upon boll II tho lou I Church Cil we 1 ole but JUI lug tile the Illustrious exam example pie lie of or the thu Church or of Christ You do 10 not nol lime have today nil all tiC tho th Chris Christian tian documents of 01 the tile first Christian hooks that you ou hal halb b up uti rind that lout I yon UI oui call the tho word of ot UI Holy Hol I I were sifted out ou t by h byCo a 11 consensus Co of ul t opinion 0 Iou In III Ii I the tIle chuiches CC running h several hundred yeaTs endured th test of time J lt the thu Iol bull bulk of lit it thin that t which was wall Uttered ar tI written II 11 even by 13 b apostles and prominent servants of ot Oui Oi In III tile the prim live Church tho the Church Chulch re 11 rejected out Iut ot or till the mans of or chaff preserved these the e Scriptures the ow Testament rile Christian world w irIti up III to this time tune Is ho I Inot not quite luRe decided as 1114 to 10 ull alt that should be bc accepted and 1 all that Ihal should be ho rejected You Protest Protestant ant repudiate several called tho the A which tilt the Ih Catholic church as 1111 or ot equal authority with tho th rest of r the flit th books houI s of or the thu th Now eov Testament And nd so soI soI soI I nay tiR In tutu this procedure or ot ours In Iii re 10 to accept only that thai which time lime and the Inspiration of ot Go shall dem demonstrate to 10 be he ie absolutely true trul wo 11 III ore but bul following the thc example ot or tIme tho an jut ancient clont Church of Christ ChrIsto Ve Ye o move mo forward now nOI In our OUI In Investigation I ii to this tills charge ot or yours You say Ill of CI f C UH liS that no RIO spirit spiritual ual 1111 truth to the tho Of ot things 8 al at ready roady 1 revealed contributing noth nothing ing lug to lee for Clod 1111 or oi orto to justice and mercy towards men ouch Ism claims to 10 be hI tho thu only nl Church of or Christ on earth and anul sat pets I IIII up lit a 11 t wholly test of ot salvo salva salvation tion No 01 II you ou may mas not no I believe ot nr course tho th iii claims of fit IC the Iho tio Church U reli hut hint you sop OIL cannot en a po t In I n truth t sit av l that we Wl t apply tin nn test I t of or salvation 3 I pray you yolu think of if It Il a n moment 0 I 1111 Clit What hat Is III tho time claim Cut i Iii made for Joseph Smith That ho wa a n prophet sent of Ill if Got Gol a U divine mossa o with 1 i t dispensation f the of ot Ju Christ Now Note Just for fora forit a it moment Juit for tOl the th sake of the th argument II I suppose that thu I claim to tn he lie lieI true I jib IH 11 I ii the Ih tent tc tel t we apply a p hI at III a I till all much cli less wholly I lIar uia one re te Joel Gods Godl menage me LIo and ail stand uncoil before ii fore God Oo 0 oil I Assuredly red hy not ii ot tnt was III the th example Jesus suit sot 1 This Til S He H 1 i e Ihal I t tim and n Is hap bap baptized shrill ho be saved lI veil and he lie that I h t b be not Khali be he damned Hn lie I wa hilt but proclaiming the tho that God Jud had hul gIven Riven to Him and H He laid I down this hits as connected with tho I Ii authority y ii nil commission lIlon Ho HI I It had ii at bestowed upon UIn thy the Ih apostles II 1091 It when whelm sent semi lug Ing III thom them Into tile the world lie He that re me yon Oll me nH and junul he that Iho I Ii me 1110 ni e reiel et Ii Him 1 1 I ut that thul t I t sent II What do 10 tb we wo do Clo 0 when hien wo ve we pl C I al In the tho divine ot it lii t message UI go with I thu which the lilt Joseph Smith wits witson on med to the Il e world u but ho I Just ill 1 apply this name u ii me ito principle hole Nothing I nore tuna than this I hI and a of ot course we WI could do lu nothing less I As s 1 I remarked a II moment ago UIO you 01 may refuse rofus as tIC yon II IIo do o to 1 10 this message lIlo nail and lull testimony t sti mony 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