| Show I 1 THE ROOT BOOT THE mattso i hiim proposition of governor wt we I 1 I 1 ibay may seem upon a superficial glance i t be very lair and one that a any ny good ot t zen MI might ht accept he simply 21 ail that the cormons mormons Mor mons who are in t penitentiary ory will obey jl it law as construed by the courts t agrees to plead with the president debt 1 I their full fall pardon we have ha V e no dot that the proposition really means meant pardon for a promise the goven has bas not made this ad advance klace wit witha good reason reason but to 0 o understand this riat matt properly we must loo booc beg beneath eath t surface surface it is 14 easy to promise raise it UP sometimes hard to fulfill fulfil i it t prisoners who haye have been approach J W were ere not got honorable men they c con at lve their word e escape cupa fp fe give bondage and then take their bi 01 course regardless of ati tb ar agreement m ent using the best bes 91 mm 13 in xe their e 1 r power to avold avoid depp detection tio I 1 they are aie not men of that stamp T 1 strongest answer that can be pito given the charge that the I 1 1 mormons Mor mons are TO frers is their refusal to make ant anh wor worthy th pro promise raise which aou would d mi i them from gin rue fine alq and imprisonment I 1 verbally agreeing to obey the Is law i co construed by the coutt courts A athey when convicted agolda atison ison aw ad heavy avy fine flue theia they dp iio i v cause they have agar for wr wr WF and aad honor this pi promise oralise involves a great ide more th than a appears oil its face aft i in means ea P a A not ot the r aral c family ties ti estha trap have existed f fortnat years liri I 1 and L adi the lie abandonment t I 1 0 whose h a whole lives and interests ae aati a happiness are at stake but the yin tion oi of aloer promises that abat oxe are as t cred as any vow fow or pl alc plc can possibly ii bo be the pl pk marriage of 40 ti latter r day av aint properly called polygamy camy is to foam on a revelation front god to 16 church its 14 opponents may not hotl aleve at apt I 1 ef 1 I nothing to do with the quest question on people be who are ia f nested A leq to oil jerta certain ift agreements touching this i ter berthe the ye is an realty itis it is the ord of the LOMI 1 1 them 1 it begins with 4 1 divine avil ae comm com munif aa 1 tion on the he eternity 0 of the mara r f fio ove venant nAnt it explains th the P which a man and woman may air 4 be e w together by gods kic holy ordinance 1 inan I 1 time ana ah eternity eternit eter nit T te ue u V t thas ms cemented demei under specified w ever it is i for Ws this worlo worl 8 for the world to come that WN ahw aul ahus ahlas sealed on earth by divine aai ity la is sealed to in heaven and Is bindi on the parties eternally I 1 revelation follows 1 I doc doctrine pt of by which a man duty duly qua qualifier lifto may I 1 belve in the same same everlasting cohew more than one wife fach each we v given to him of the lord Is his ever T the e covenants made between i parties parijs are sic sacred red unless thi 6 transgression they are without t ge fae who w 0 breaks break 4 t them 4 violates a t k obligation and faem forfeits its vibe the averla ever last and ever increasing b that I 1 from faithful foith ful observance thereof I 1 effects of such infidelity are farm far rr r r m ing they bear upon ill all th abe ti t the ae contract cont Tact adoth an they y e extend t nd the ap eternal worlds everlasting ap ages a all 11 this it foo to the world i jg its vial and ain icib tal W truth to 0 the latter d day saints I 1 eat enters rs info their lite life and I 1 ty and interests s spiritual a and tai 0 these are facts that cannot ab be Q nored 1 in EL the bf the eft q tion now bei being wa agitated setting tf aside casts 0 out ut the I 1 marrow of the m matter it is easy to say pay rel cannot be e considered only the must be maintained 11 but that one sided and imperfect vie view 0 the tae root roof OX the oe at im bedded inthe in thestil the soil soll of rell religion ion the secular law while it ma may h hao some sorn ejof of its branches will never liever I 1 te teri lily aily a affect f et the e plant unless then the r c can ape be re reached ache d the 6 cormons mormons Mor mons a religion appeals his internal nature it takes noli old the powers of the soul his sael covenants with god and his wh outweigh in his mind all material 0 side sid orations rations his affections affection and ties of family joined to his convictions make him strong in determinations to hold to that wl wh he feels and knows to be right I 1 useless to tell him that this ibis is not ligion you might as wu well try toe to 0 that he does not exist marriage thua solemnized is an essential part of his ats religion if he has one wife armore more tag he union is a reli religious union I 1 of ft G CM rand nd what god mth batih joined to together getker the eternal flat gays koput asunder 77 wj of af a q ocular c ahir power powei to jutera i bond that has been sealed sed lefty by a lime powers sacrilegious to the cormons mormons Mor or mons 1 I nt p at utterly fu futile tile it ill re m abide after fines death Ns ith I 1 the 0 of f Ms religion Fell gion then aitio for the casci i e enous aup 6 1 maropa 3 to to eq d saaid t ftfe e wies ives with whom he has mada ferbal cOve rights cariot the 1 men and women 0 of f an perceive this rhioa ad J As the th 1 I I 1 at 1 el oppressive op prep p rep 8 avd e enacted atte weye were this part odthe of the refi reh rehemon aion eion of t pier saints after it had beg a reetice for they are areja Ys JW against religion no BO me woe ff W may say bathe contrary if it ai hefft all p We brate the sacrament of t 0 ds or baptize ebyn ril cwi gion atey anter into matrimony in a 4 puh ALN we lorms of ecclesiastic I 1 iba SW it be no more inore legislation respecting i an n of re li p p the free exercise thair the laws against again pit ohp 94 religious ceremonies enacts of eternal and plural ithe fact f act rei rena ains mains that they are jf the Moro aon 1 religion no what iw or 0 aMbLo rity or af pf pa r nay declare to contrary axy aate dp stronger than icim i f i |
