Show THE LATEST BLASPHEMY The EdmundsTucker law has now assumed as-sumed position in the midst of the Saintly as Divine dispensation The wish has become father to the thought and the law whose heavy hand would crush the faithful to the dust has now become by dint of earnest scrutiny through Church spectacles and the application ap-plication of Church requirements and necessities a favor direct from God Hear this blasphemous declaration of a correspondent of the Provo Enquirer After pointing out the many tricky ways in which it is possible for honest Saints to take the oath and violate the law this typical believer says All who carefully watched the proceedings proceed-ings of Congress during the formation and passage of the Tucker amendment must haTe seen the interposing wisdom of the Almighty in managing Congressional affairs and mrning matters in favor of His people making the wrath of man to praise Him In this wise men see deliverance and gratefully accept his gracious providences Thus it is The God of the Universe the Lord of the world He who created heaven and earth who appoints the revolutions of time and directs the course of the stars exists purely and simply for the benefit and wellbeing of the handful of fanatics who curse Utah with their presence The Almighty had nothing better to do than watch from the windows of heaven the proceedings of the American Congress while the Tucker amendment was under consideration He neglectedall other business and spent his time at this interesting juncture junc-ture solely in guiding the minds of American legislators to a conclusion by which an opportunity was offered for the practice of the dirty trickery peculiar to His chosen people What blasphemy will not this Church of Mormon be guilty of Not satisfied with arrogating to itself the special providence and protection of the Almighty Not satisfied with making its prophets and apostles the familiar friends of the most High it must now seek to make God Himselt a partner public and avowed in its programme of fraud and chicanery The interposing wisdom of the Almighty Al-mighty was seen in managing Congressional Con-gressional affairs says this Provo mouthpiece mouth-piece of the Church In other words the Almighty was the real author of the EdmundsTucker bill It was fashioned by Him with the special purpose of giving an opportunity to His people in Utah to evade its provisions by an open system of fraud The wording word-ing of the oath was carefully attended toby to-by Him that the polygamous Saints might falsify that they might perjure themselves in public and congratulate themselves private This latest blasphemy means in a word that God its acted a lie for the benefit of His Saints on earth Can blasphemy go further Can superstition be more sfu pid Can fanaticism be more blind Decidedly Provo is in the lead |