The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1859-09-08

know no other that even pretends to have
present and direct revelations of Gods
will.
III. G.-Then I ann to understand that
you regard all ether churches PROCESSING
to be Christian, as the Church of Rome
regards all churches not in communi +
with itself-as schismatic, heretieal, and
cut of the way Of salvation 7
B. Y.-Yes, substantially.
III. G.-Apart from this, in what re-
speGt do your doctrines differ essentially
from those of our Orthodox Protestant
| Churches-the Baptist or Methodist, for
example?
b. Y.-We hold the doctrines of Chris.
tianity, as revealed in the Old and New
Testaments-alsoi in the Book of Mormon,
which teaches the same cardinal truths,
and those only.
HI. G.-Do you believe in the doctrines
of the Trinity?
B. Y-We do; but not exactly as it
is held By other churches. We believe
in the Father, the Son and the Holy
Ghost, as equal, but not identical-and
as one person being We believe in all
the Bible teaches us on this subject.
Ii. G-Do you believe in a personal
devll--a distinct, conscious, spiritual be-
ing, whose nature and acts are essentially
malignant and evil ?
B. Y.-We do.
H. G.-Do you hold the doctrine of
Eternal Punishment
B. we do; though perhaps not
exactly as other churches do. We be-
lieve it as the Bible teaches it.
II. CT understand that you regard
Baptism by Immersion as essential.
b Y.-We do.
Fl. G.-Do you practice infant Bap-
tism
B. Y.-No.
H. G.-Do you make removal to these
valleys obligatory on your converts ?
b. Y.-They would consider them
selves aggrieved if they were not invited
hither We hold to such gathering to-
gether of Gods People as the Bible fore
tells, and that this is the place, and now is
the time appointed for its consummation.
H. G.-The predictions to which you
refer have usually, l think, been under
stood to indicate Jerusalem Cor Judea) as
the place Of such gathering.
B. Y.-Yes, for the Jews-not for
others.
II. G.-What is the position of your
Church with respect to Slavery?
b. P.-We consider it of Divine insti-
tuition, and not to be abolished until the
curse pronounced on Ham shall have been
removed from his descendants.
H. Care any Slaves now held in
this Territory
B. Y.-There are.
H. G.--Do your Territorial laws up-
hold Slavery
b. Y.--Those laws are printed-you
can read for yourself. Ifslaves are brought
here by those who owned them in the
States, we do not favor their escape from
the service of those owners.
Fl. Gam | to infer that Utah, if
dohllICu ho d HuSiHDCI Vi Tue Ieueldl
Union, will be Slave State?
b. Y.-No; she will be Free State.
Slavery here would prove useless and un-
profitable. IreSard it generally as curse
to the masters. | myself hire many la
borers and pay them fair wages; | could
not afford to own them. l can do better
than subject myself to an obligation to
feed and clothe their families and to pro-
vide and care for them in sickness and
health. Utah is not adapted to slave labor
ii. G.--Let me now be enlightened
with regard more especially to your
Church policy: | understand that you
require each member to pay over one tenth
of all that he produces or earns to the
! Church.
B. Y.-That is a requirement of our
faith. There is no compulsion as to the
payment. Each member acts in the
premises acdording to his pleasure, under
the dictates of his own conscience.
H. G-What is done with the pro-
ceeds of this tithlng?
B. Y.--Part of it is devoted to build
ing temples and other places of worship
part to helping the poor aud needy con-
verts on their way to this country; and
the largest portion to the support of the
poor among the Saints.
Ii. G.-Is none paid to Bishops and
other dignitaries of the Church?
B. Y,-Not one penny. No Bishop,
no Elder, no Deacon, or other church Of
fcer, receives any compensation for his
official services. A Bishop is often re-
quired to put his hand in his own pocket
and provide therefrom for the poor of his
charge, but he never RECEIVES anything
for his services.
II. G.-How, then, do your ministers
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