Show Senator Smoots Address on Mormonism Mor in Boston Saturday S Ni Night ht 0 I SD ml VI n e I 0 IT hH T D P r 1 June JunC 6 t X S in 10 r spon o oto y y to an no Invitation from Ih it iti itt i Thursday livening club ot otI II 1 I if fl t bAton loston an UTI address before thi o t on 00 evening las laso o i In n fl tho Iho subject of ot il Til ThIs P Itch w wa oa n a of ot 1 a aI I Ide ido ot of the entirely unfamIlIar tr c i the tho members and amI of ot the ml thos who vho ho have lun returned from toston who Pio heRrIl thi s until i lat ILl It sao ia well received find anil iJ J luch favorable has hOIl follow B I t 1110 K said saidI r I x truly tho ho Invitation l L v has lIen been extended ext to mo ono li Ii 11 b bp be bee p e 1 resent re tonight and 1011 address the Iho Thurs Thurit ThurI I livening I club upon tie the very or un uni 7 i yot ut ul greatly misunderstood of uC Within tin the jat al few Cow rH 1 i have received d mun i tj Wilt t 1 u l Ud to bu ln t und and other ions upon topi hk hut but on OIl ii v oi thit tho great Krent of oC r hon has been Impossible for Cor mo 0 to nc no noI neI I 3 IH lIt any forIni for III I Invitation I deem d m I It It Itt t t t privilege to b tin uble to 10 this lOis ix hI dy of nf i J 1 this thIn evening upon ulon thu tho pre s sS Ig S Invitation of lion Henry Howard I r t I 1 havu le rn 1 ti to 10 11 or and respect 15 CC t I I m from Its I hn 1105 on tIll d Its II loOts l Ve been Its ci I been mobbed bb 1 yet ot It III In spite o n thIs Ihle I It Il oils ana advanced nod and pros pro I i tod Iod It Il I In is not my ITI purpose ol however I s I wet iset et forth what lioN linn been MAW In III 1 t the Ihl Mormon people v u 4 inn hero tonight to tn tt make a 1 I i of ot 11 of It the Ihl 1 of or the tho Ih I of or Jesus Jostis of ot nol and rind to In C tell tel J u 11 1 principles will in lit my m y If It accepted by h mankind do foro for tor 1 o It would take In a long time I if i explain all 1111 Rh tho lit religion rel ou doctrines nid beliefs of ot the Mormon people 0 pIe und I ai therefore Ih have to 10 content my nl X If lr this evening cv In on a IL I few Cow J r them j l I Of jC all 1111 tho the new religions of at the tho nIne t century not nol urn lum C tu 1 ISU t ts J s urh an Its that list called Mormon Monnon liB Its Influence and antI development lUent A ihl trIo iro FO co marked and the work of Joe Jos Jo Joh 9 h lt its ItH It founder so 00 an 1111 historical hl writer of ot the tho time II 1 Inh ft Ii 1 tea Cm weeks after seph Ih wrote It Is II by no means muo Improbable that I ti ma niB future text book for tOI the Ih use nf of yet ot unborn will contain n P PI I Ilk this VIet of ot the tho nineteenth ha hn line exerted the tho most powerful upon tho ho destinies of ot his hili I And it Is lit by hi I no means l tho Ihl hi to that thet In f may thus III ho m r r eph SmIth the Ih Mormon prophet I id 1 I 1 tile the Ih rII Rh UM m os n It II doubtless 11 to most mol men Ilien now living may ma rt II tin 1111 obvious to 10 their Ih lr History deals lottie In sur lur nod and paradoxes quite ax es start Jr HS RII this thill Tho man who establishes U I religion In Iii this age UKO of oC fret in was and In is today accepted lIe by hun hUll odB otilO 18 of oC as us n a direct rj f from the tho Most MII t High such uch a fL r ram ramI I man being Is I not to be 10 I t of ot i his liln with unsavory thel Fanatic Imposter Importer ri n lie III may hem boon but them thull herd jin mes tn furnish no solution to 10 the tho prohn pro pron n ho lIe presents pr nt to tu us tIe II Fanatic PH arc cro living and nIl dying IIII every cry 4 1 T V y and their lh lr memory m IIII Is I hurled burled with J em ent m but bul tho th wonderful Influence this tile founder of a n religion exert l arid and still exerts throws throw him Into ro rot y t r before UM III not nol ns nil n II to tn ho bo hut but a 1 as o ft 1 phenomenon to toI to toI 1 J I I MANY OF OP OJ TODAY Ifor I ot or two thousand years III II I been In Ill vogue among tIle the ocol I I i total nn of ot o the th world For or two t 0 I I Ju yearn ar men mn have IlIve been trying II I work out OIt theIr th ll destiny accord In to tu tor ton r n bc b cut t light WithIn them Out ut tit 1 Inhabitants of or the Iho earth earthS s thou even e claim to 10 be ba natIons and of o that lInt number a R con portion do 10 not nol profess to 10 lie he lieve heI L I ve In the 11 divine of Jesus J u list others deny deIty III the Trinity i I of one On church pit nod nod after nUr the tho one olin organized of by the theu u I viol with Its It gifts anti and blessings unit and 1 authority organisation I there thero are nrc Ar hundreds of ot extant nl throughout the tho land landt tn to to b tIle the Church of ot Jesus U t rl nut t No 0 wonder there M Is confusion JI i wonder thinking men m become tIl JI and evon n disgusted lI u tI No NoI I indor mankind U h I losing hoeing 10 lo faIth In I Filth Is I n splendid pl 1 thIns thine i have 1111 but works ork It Is II dead 4 It II one oon who dore dol not hIlt know that loti lotice c ce Jesus JU Is I the till Christ Is III secure hits hIli to tho Iho JI of ut utI J I rist I am not nol hero to 10 criticize tho ho thoI I 1 of ot today bully fur for I believe that ty have been a n potent factor In tho ho development of or If the race moo In ervIng the tho of If r Jesus Christ t In Ito sacred the th of God loti lotif lodI I f J or oP CHUnCH t was tills this of religious wn un t t and nit that inu i l Joseph Ith to seek peek t knowledge from ill 1 lI 1 0 0 and d which finally result i In tho tilo organisation nf of f th the Mormon ur li h Tho The Jf t complete account 1 th ho h orIgin of It r Is III x that cn lt by b Joseph Smith himself for Mr lr 1 I fin II lm IIO n In 1841 ISU pro proctor nf or the u democrat I Inn II I I I nn tit It from hIs hi tI I born In the tho town OWn nf of C Sharon county Vermont 00 on the tho December I When two years 1 I my 1 removed rl to t ork whore where we about tut i Ire irn and front thence thene we moved III II M ui MI I II I I town of Manchester t My 11 fattier father In 1 n u farmer mo too the art artI It 11 I 8 husbandry h dr When hn about I j u f of tiC age ngo 1 I began 1 to 10 r ll rt t upon up upI I I ft Importance of ot being f for r ri i future lit state upon the thein theIn in of salvation I found that II H iI a ft groat of or religious scOtt scOttI I lot nit If Ie I wont vont to one society IMI they mo ole to 10 0 one plan end and lid J I nfl ime nl minting to his hili hilin n creed IS tile the th of or C that all could 1 It bo IJO right and 1151 Hull md 1 not nut Jibe the tho author nf ot wi so I t lot tine tho subject are ra fully full believing If It lOll Hod really hail had hailI I hurch It would not lint be split up Into In 10 1 lon nOd If It he In h taught one 1115 society I hll ono inn vay lid to administer I tone et ct of ordinances ho would woul not principles that vor OU dirt din j Irl n in Ill II tho word of God nod 1 hud hail hn hailI I III In the thi th of oC Jam It f t any nn of or you ou lack vl dom let him himi i 1 of ot God 01 that Iitti to It all nil men m I ly ami nuI I ii Iii Ui not n and It II ItI IIi i I II 11 be bl given him Ju Ja 5 I re ro rei roI I i pd il to 10 H a 1 secret ret In Ill s R grove grovo and andian ian Rn to tn rail call i t i m the thi Ih Toril hlll en pl In my myad pd ad hd was nas O taken fr mi the objects Itch Urh surrounded me Inc and I was on en onI enI I ppl In n a heavenly vision iund sew saw I 1 b 13 glorious personage wito 1 l exactly ench In 1 oili r In III and slut Inen ness s surrounded v wIth lib n a brilliant it which eclipsed the th sun at nt noon I They told me ml lh that t alt 1111 tho tha th glans denominations denomination were believing doctrines end and nd that none of at atm m on were acknowledged of oC God a u hit his r r THOUGHTS CULLED FROM SENATOR SMOOTS ADDRESS The Mormon Monnon people arc more concerned their charac character ter than they thuy arc about their reputation In lii fifty it years cars the wilderness hud mid been reduced and Utah was ono OhIO of o the foremost states stales of the tile Union economically mid and Those pioneers of o 47 had faith in ill iii tIlt the oil noil The lie he pioneers l of o Utah were werl a community of o fixed purpose They their allegiance ance first and always to iii the Govern Government I ment of the United State I arc taught that the land mini in It i sacred d that thaI by Ij till tilling tilling ing lug It IL they arc a re helping helpin to redeem Goda earth livery Ever Mormon is i taught to work and alI regard as at a n apin I pin IiI livery Iery Ever Mormon is encouraged to have hac absolute Ith in iii God Gall is IS not hot a Sunday Sunda religion but it every cor day daya da daa a Sabbath lay day ria Ethically speaking sayi sL sa that every ever chili child is divine teaches leaches that all the lie intelligence ve te WI gain gat in fhi this life will ric ri c with us ns in ri the hereafter The hc writings and of Joseph Smith were setti in lit no ilo sense c narrow Mormonism M holds that tho tile race is to be lc saved avld church and kingdom 1101 I 1 was wa ex ax commanded to 10 go not after efter them at nt tie the samo time n R promise profuse that tho of the gospel would at nl some come future time line be made known to 10 me SMITHS On the evening of oC the tho o ot of I win wn praying to tt God lod and to exercIse faith In the Iho precious promises of ot Scripture on a n o a B light lIke Ilk lint of lit day only ony of at a u far purer and more fliers glorious appearance and bright nr i t ur t l Into the mom mob Indeed the tho first sight lIght was WA iva JIH nH If It tile the house was tilled with loll lire the tha appear Jre once anco u II shock that hunt affected tho Iho ho whole body boily boI In Iii a B a moment ft n per stood before me surrounded with a glory yet greater than Ihn that with which I wan tune WI already surrounded Tills Thin messenger proclaimed himself to be ho an lIIS angel nAul l of or dud al sent II t to luring bring tho the Joy Joyful Jo ful fut that the covenant which made mi do with ancient Israel Irael WI at hand band to II be bo fulfilled that tho the preparatory frelara preparatory tory Ion work for tor the tho coming com III of at tho Mes Messiah Ie slab siah ass speedily to t a commence that the tho time was 01 at nt hand when the gospel Kopol would be In In nil all Its preached f J power to nil nations that n a mople might bo 0 b prepared 11 for tho Millennial reign II I wr Informed l that I 1 was wal to tobo tobe bo be an Instrument In tn the hands of oC God to bring about some lomA of at hi hIs hll purposes In 10 Inthis this III glorious dispensation dl CON CONI Joseph Jo eph Smith further testified te tied that In 10 Intile tho tile year through tho the ministration tion of uC Immortal personages there was wall 0 conferred upon himself and Oliver r tho the Aaron Ic nod and the Ihl latter being the tha moving movIng ing directing controlling governing or presiding agency right and author authority AuthorIty authorIty ity which Is II vested vented leney In the tho th Godhead and delegated to 10 man mon fur for the purpose of oC lull hU Instruction and guidance an 1111 l which the great high priest Mel rn en n honored nod magnified In his hi day hy that It was wn called after his name In honor to him and to avoid old this the th two Olle frequent nt repetition of tho the name I of ot tho the Supreme Doing It took years cal of at careful preparation for Cor I Joseph Smith to receive tram from God lod the full light of the gospel On th the GUi day tul of oC April Apri U O the Church of oC Jesus J rl Christ t of 1 Stints was WI organized I In Kayette Fayette Seneca Senca county count Now York 8 OP OJ FAITH KAITH AITI The Tho ha principles of cit belief of tho the Mor llor Mormon Tor mon Church are summed up In the tho Ihl Articles Artcle of Faith written by b Joseph JO lph Smith im as follows 1 We al believe In nod Clod the tho Father 1 null and RII In ills His II Son Bon Jesus Christ and In tho the Holy Italy driest 2 Wt V Va b 1 Ive that men will wi be punished for their own On sine Bins and not for Adams transgression transgressionS 3 S Wn We a belle e that tint through h tho ho atonement of Christ all ni mankind may maybe mayhe mayhe he be saved paved by ho b obedience to tho the laws and ordinances of the gospel IMP I 4 We believe that the first prin orin principles antI nf or the gospel are nr Tint First faith In the Lord Jesus Jus Christ t second repentance third baptism by b Immersion for tor tita tho remis remission sion Ion of sins In fourth laying on of for the th gift of oC tile the Holy most Ghost Oho C 6 f We e 0 believe holee that n a man must bust II t be called tn 1 of oC God bv by I prophecy tOll and by bytho bythe the tho I laying laving on of If hands lit 1 d by h thone tho who o are In authority to preach the Iho gospel administer lr the ordinances thereof We believe In the sumo same IIO organ organization organization lInt existed In 11 tho primitive church namely prophets teachers t etc 7 Wo Wa 0 believe In the gift Ill of oC tongues prophecy revelation visions healing Interpretation of oC etc Ott 8 9 We W e believe the to be hn the tho word vord of God as ns tar fur us its 11 It translated correctly we wo also behave hIo the Hook flook look of ot Mormon to 10 be he h the tho word of oC Got 9 Wo We f all ni that God hod hue hits re revealed elI all ni that hint hf he I doss does do now reveal and wn we believe belve that he wi yet t re reveal veal tent many Inn great and Important things thine R to li tile Kingdom of or God GodI 10 I 0 We W S e believe lollen In the thA literal gath gaUi gathering ering of or Israel l and au In the thu th restoration rp of or tilt the Ten Tail el Tribes That TIRI Zion will wi ho bo built upon this f I r 1 American con continent COt That Christ will wil reign rehm person personally idly ally Ill upon tho tile earth and that the tl wIll wi tie 11 renewed receive r It le Its AI glory ilo 11 II I 1 Wi i the tho of uI If wor Clod according to the th dictates of oC our conscience end Ild now all 11 II men mn the thi same cools privilege lot let them how liow where or what they thc maw mav mA mAI II I 1 WP r believe In being 1111 subject to n rates nd A In honoring and sustaining the law lawIS 1 IS U Wo ln WI believe bellevo In being t true irue chaste ehl t benevolent virtuous Irl u and andIn IIII andin II In doing good giol food to 10 nil all ni men 1111 mused Indeed we WI follow tIle the admonition say Pay that we wn Inn tion of Paul Wo Wn 0 hI nil all ni things kings ton e hope all ni things wo no have hoo endured ln things and hope hl to be bA able to nfl all ni things If It I there In I anything virtuous lovely or of nC good 1001 goot report rort or we n pek after the these o thin In presenting Ir this Ihl subject I will twill wi N from frol three thre tu vleut Ie Mormonism m ns as n n a lon Mormonism an 11 nn In Force and an I a ft Social rower Power AS S A Mormonism m an as 11 a n Joseph Wl toss vu that trint Jesus Christ still 11 lives Ih as us u a U I developed mAn nil all ni mer merciful merciful merciful and the controller of or tho the desti I nf ot man TIllS This 1 is III tilt the fundamental principle of It 1 holds hol that nod God and Jesus Jsu J us Thrift Christ both live Jive lve as H lie dis distinct JI personages personage end and that man ma In 10 his hi power in nd divine light Is I dp destined to evolve tolt Into a I greater loul with wih Intelli Intelligence genes gence ento and power supreme and ana that the lh of or the th soul Is II a fact t t A tact fact Cat to the tha th extent that ever eI man ro r I tame his hI Identity and I I that ho over ever re to remain o mains main H K personage If I JI lives us sic tho the world dp de declares uI claret clares and Id It If we oro lre the 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