| Show AND ANU HUMAN LAW IA W Perhaps It i le III not quite sate safe to 10 quote quota front from a 1 telegraphed report or a I lawyers argument r hut but the regular preen ills dIN patched from Washington detailing thin Iho proceedings In tha Iha ones case OIl O of ot Senator Smoot before I fore the tile on irly Privilege and nOlI J han been heen een In III mho tho main tu au 0 nearly correct that we v may III take lake the purported of In lit hl bIN opening speech p ch HH ua sub substantially correct particularly when they harmonise with Hiat have come from him during tho roes re of ot tho cites case The gentleman took look very vf ry singular ground on cover d points more Inore or loss lose IC II associated l with the tho milt mat matter ter t r under consideration hut tout wo wu 11 will now noV direct attention to Just one non sen sentence tense tence which 1 IN this the theA A conscientious man who pays Pape that tho the law of ot tod lod la le superior to 10 1 tho low of ot Is le u IL traitor to 10 hlo hla country This we wo think will not ho hy by may any believer In tho the Su premo t no matter what may inny bo ho lily particular p creed or form orm of ot worship No believer In tho the Bible Hible will coincide with t tho learned lawyer pr In to such n a 1 son eon Plain Pinto ordinary reason will willIl Il that It If thorn bo ho a II find ind nod Inri Ho Ito n n II law it must bo ho 10 of ot flit superior to any lumen human enactment i that It If n conscientious man rout so eo It done does not nol follow ollow that ho Im la IN 11 u traitor to his bin country Will nay sane Mile person Unit lint Do Dolly DoIty 0 lly Ity It la le not higher than humanity Und IH IN perfect man IH le Imperfect Hla 1181 law luv In the Iho nature ni sire of ot things bo ho su en parlor to anything that het man 1111 ran can Tho The Hilda Bible both hoth In III tie It history dud Ile theology thin doe doc doctrine trine Peter the tho Apostle llo llo when brought before the smell Council charged Ith disobeying ii the Ih law la enunciated 1 tills tide rile rail 11 I iii 1 Wo 1181 e ought to obey i rather than men non Acts v SO fO Krom Ahn thin th MM ages believers in ht have hIlVa Blood hy by the maxim mull announced by hy JI tel It was tune declared by all 1111 tho Iho In lu h prophete whoso testimony lias line Coin down to us UM through holy writ 1111 h 5 It urns wn In their liven their thell t H old and their martyrdoms 1 Jho Tho vary VOl government which i wp VP tire live with lie Its of ot civil and l wa Will was brought Into bo hu bolOg lOg hig us lie n a consequence COll of ot thin thie principle 1 l loos or the llie Pilgrim Father obeying God aa na the tha Supreme Huler nul r left tho Iho lands landH where human finnan lawa lawe cane came tuba Into h divine law late 1 W and fled led to III thin con on Uncut whore where they Ihy e d the In under which we wo live Were Wre e 1103 traitors to 10 their country AV We do donot donot not think that any true will lIre dare In o 0 lo 10 to Tim Tho h and grandeur nf It character exhibited by hy most mOIl of at the Ki I it tt religion men and of ut putout cud and of mod ni times hies bavo y h r of ot to 1 the prin f that the 1111 law dew of lit Clod 00 m d 1 IH is supreme P 1111 11 0 in 11 caiN slier It mi was Willi to 10 entry carry C out the IIII divine mandate to e eiff J iff t Il th ill the lawn lave of ut man many f mR I 4 a lit ill thorn them left If their native mend and to other lIrt where vh re they could couill i lit ire It free In and nerve ro their ii MOiler to 10 the of ot hull their I I i P without mole Kor for limo tho Ih i Jio of ot a II n sentiment nt In III with lib thle proceed the 4 r whore words word we have lulo quoted 0 l at ati t r t i ho I beginning of this article virtually a n IUn In Ida his own mien bo ho Jo Joy y h M iii a No traitor tI It 01 to 10 hl h country und and thU hUI that lawyer showed that he lit placed II above Deity nilly or proclaimed mi en atheist hen hen we 0 peak of ot a II law luw hI w of 0 f Gal vt we IV mean that which l I Is actual re me reJet Jet from heaven hoo for tor obedience by slant Oil on earth Not No any doubtful iNy w whit hug hit or 01 is or any anything ny thing that in Is not 1101 clearly demonstrated add received an as from rom memo the t Almighty Clearly It If God speaks peak and IMn Ilan receives the Ills wont w It must mu l be he to anything that thet IM Is merely merel human u 11 ilois tI not follow however I that inin 1111 IH under der compulsion roan to obey 3 the m e or that while It U Is mid amid l mil muNt b h Hui i r to mans man law ohe U Li UIn I ti II ly In pt 11 conflict on 11 let with the other j 1 i luv II W In harmonise with divine Uv law yet et that HI mho hitter 1 la I superior to 10 toPie tie Pie othi m r IH IN P t i Hut but If tr It II that Ultra there ta III such itch sucha 1 a I t fern ih th n ii very every i v ry in III inor or 11 ii fir re tr to 10 t Jc i his hie nn nil to tn in u Il h I n v tall HI obey He HI t ii ib tin i V t mi a I in either cane e l lIl It Il m nc i t r 11 r t r UM 1 hit his hi own COUI He III may be he nod lod under Glum in ut to the law la I of ot man mann or h hili he may 1111 feel ul It to I l Ile his duty dUlY to follow the of ot the Apo tl petr Ieter to which h we wa have referred but whichever path he It U dOM does not lIol constitute him II it lt traitor either to 10 lod 1 or vr hl his Time The Th notion that Ihal every man loan n who through t belief ellef In III that Ihal which he hI OH aB u IL divine commend command CO III breaks breeke a law II of man IH IN of or necessity a 1 traitor to lu hi his hili country r reaches arhe down to the depth of lIt absurdity There Jh have be b been n mIghty ho he roar lOll who fought and and for foe their country lIy who yet were law In III tome some manner ma mier or w depres de dere derel pres re rel there leave have ha v been martyrs for tor religion religions silk sake who yet YIl w were re not perfect keepers of at divine law lawIn lawIn In neither case MSO were they the traitors traitor cr or to 10 their country or to 10 their tied Owl Obedience to the Supreme Using who IH iii the tho Creator anti and Ruler Huler of ot the universe by whom wo WI live and mauve nail have our being Is the slid end law No true believer In God will alit attempt to Ihla as ae wt we w have shown fealty to 10 DoilY Deity does doen Ioe not lIot by lIy any moans Imply treason to human government or 01 betrayal of ot ones country In lam there thene e United Slates In n a govern government ment mont for tor the tho very purpose of at securing to every avery human being full tull liberty to 10 worship and servo Goo God ac ao according cording to tho the dictates of ot conscience condolence there need be bo no conflict between hu human humann man mann and divine law Congress which all 1111 Its lis powers front from n II written Constitution hns bee no authority tu III o pans pansa a I law n ruins t an of ot re me religion religion met ligion or to 10 prohibit tho lue t freo 00 exercise thereof Every e of t ro reo I is 18 bused on th till the theory of ot supremacy and tho the tree freo exorcise of oC ro me liberty must not be 1 11 Infringed Jf Jt II prevents a n cit elt citizen citIzen izen from believing mill end saying end doing that which God Clod then there U is a II fault Cault In tho the law and If It It Is ID violated the law brenker must moot take the limit Hut In doing so en he need not be b In any uny een sense M a II Vo Wo think that Judd Taylor Tayler when wilen ha hll laid lall down Ida hla hi theory that a aman man elan IK la a n traitor to 10 tr ti t s p country for or nay Ing that the tho law of ot Jod dod Is la to time the law of ot man must mint have forgotten the Iho guarantee o of at freedom of at and of ot the which In Is I embodied In III national omi or Wilt he talk talkIng talkIng talkIng Ing for tor or n a fe tn fee 7 And A mitt dill ho he hemann mann that a n man who l Is ii not con cnn and sincere ro might hold and utter uller the tho that tho the law of ot In Is superior to 10 the law of oC man with wilts without without out being n II traitor to hu his country while tho the conscientious pro claimer of the tho principle Is nl e easily u II traitor to his country countr 7 It U In noticeable that In every en on endeavor deavor to bring Mormons and Mormonism Mor Mol monism Into obloquy and nn contempt their adversaries Invariably resort ricort to misrepresentation abuse sophistry try or pettifogging In order to 10 make out their cane pure and ami lt simple has ban never novel been boen stet mol with truth In ht dc de defining fining lt Its 1111 doctrines or fair argument In III attempts to overthrow them Mom Mol monism does not leach defiance of at human law It Jl proclaims the tho divine word but lint does docs not require to the tho law Iii of ot the land landIn landIn In III all nil the that have arisen arlson through nn an apparent to 10 resist the rower power of ot the State against the tho Church tho the enactments enactment ell which were At lit first contended against wore were i d specially and purposely a I fea ten feature turo ture of ot the tho faith of ot the One Olle part pait of ut the Mormon creed ora ll requires obedience to constitutional law After Abler those tho o provisions worn tully fully tented before the tho court nt ot tait resort In this nation they were submit toil ted to 10 And a n must most wonderful oomph ances with thorn them under tinder the tho circum circumstances stances bee liaH been the tho result It which must mint be hI a n marvel to 10 all beholders who vho have a n 1 disposition to 10 ho be just Jual and amid fair fairand fairand and reasonable However r that may many be ho viewed It must meet be Le patent to over ever Christian In tho the United Including the tho and the societies that engaged Mr hir Ir TIller Tayler to conduct their case against nn nil honorable upright be bo believer liever In n Almighty God find and In ht tho the Lord Jesus JOSU Christ that their champion tine has not only awaited n the object of or thou their nn an anger ger er but has hns dealt a n mighty direct blow against their own faith and prin principle I ciple We Wo hope troy tho duly enjoy the sentiment expressed by him which has hRS forth thin article articie |
