The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-11-11

ject illustrates the fear some have of Preslden
said he would not dare 70 tel. the
| anything he dId not want 10 know. meaning any
tang that did not accord with the Presidents views
Some twenty years ago became identified will
! this people, because the principles presented to m
appealed TO my reason as being true, anu tue sweet
| the work must be divine. Since tnen, the weak
nesses OF human nature permitting, have beer
| faithful 10 the truth ! then embraced and have
learned TO love &c more ana more Us my nature un.
foldel aud my appreciation Of its Beauties increased
and II never was 30 priceless. so dear TO my soul as
it Is to-day have responded To tho requistlons OF
the authorities frequently because have seen then
utility and fet myself interested their accomplish
ment but sometimes have done so at the cost Of
thousands OF dollars, when was OF opinion that the
| measures were not wisely planned. and the
results res, =, nave ave, proves thas my udgmeat was
| preserve unity OF acton, believing then as
now, that our union 10 worth more tnan money that
II should De Mainained at the cost or individual
Interests. indeed, regard I'm on as gem or SUCH
| worth that we should do everything but wrong TO
MAINTAIN 1t; that we must not do even TO preserve
us from disunlon; ana u man does wrong when he
acts contrary to the dictates OF conscience Gods
part OF his nature and sins against lighI TRUTH
nave not done these thlngs simply because was
told to DO So but because the light OF Deity within
me testified it was rigat.
This issue has been by me unsought: 1t has been
forced upon me. / have endeayorel to meet 1t like
o true man, who although valuing most dearly the
friendship Of this people, which has been SO long
and nnnerruptedly enjoyed by me, and July appre-
GLAZING all the advantages resu ting therefroni. would
rather incur The temporary dlspleasure OF and
and ~ consequences, than do violence to his sense
Of right. disregard the hottest pr0mptings OF the
soul ana thus In SHINING against nature SIN against
With regard to apostacy I know myself to be
wholly Innocent the truth Of which God VIII In the
early future make fully apparent l might as con-
sstently DC charged with the violation OF trust
that never accepted TO apostacise from religion
Is TO abandon II. This have not done. 1t is be-
cause Cf my firm adherence to my religion that
have been thus dealt with. Ny faith az the outset
was accepted on tho basis OF my understanding Of
the truth. 1t rests there II Will
tlnue to rest while reason holds'her sway or lmmor.
tally endureS.
Kind MY only fault Is IN being one OF the publishers
OF the Ulah MagGztile ana for endorsing the senr-
Whether these DO true or false treated upon IN
temperate and respectful manner not, you with be
the judges You can read the articles; they speak
for themselves. The magazine was started
with the consent and approval OF President
Young, although he then expressed serious doubts
as 10 its financial success, In which | did not
very much differ; but money making was not the
object for which IL was started. Its aim was to DIS
seminae liberal Ideas and advocate broad, generous
principles; bit such on,y as were compatible with
our faith at least III Its most uDversaan aspect in
q word. TO do good TO the people with whom our lot
was cast and 1t has been devoted faithfully to that
we have taken the privilege OF freely advocating
our views In It's pages, as an inalenaoe right, that
no man can rlgnteously dispOssess Of and unless
they contact with truth or initiate against progress
no action OF an ecclesiastical character eau justly be
taken against US for dong. Am wrong IN this /?
Let the future, with Its irresistible logic OF facts
answer.
Meantime, would you have me false to nv conyic.
lions, to the hottest impulses OF my being, ana
quench the divinest aspirations my soul for relI
glous bertya II lwonid, dare not for am ! not
and SO much OF truth as ne has blessed me with aud
hew can sir against Him who IS the perfection Of
goodness, the embodiment OF loves
PROTEST OF ELI n. KELSEY.
TO MY FRIENps IN UTAH AND ELsEwHE1H:-
was at the meeting of the High Council held In the
City Hall, salt Lake CITY, Monday, the 25th inst
SUMMARY cut OIL IRON the Church OF Jesus Christ OF
Latter Day Saints. and "handed over to the buffet
ings OF tue devil, because voted IN the negative
when the vote was take to cut or Elders Harrison
and Godbe, who were then on trial for apostacY.
myself and those interested in my welfare to plainly
define my position with regard TO the faith | have
onng to and savocated SO strongly for period Of
DIVINITY Of the mission OF Joseph Smith as the
prophet OF this dispensaton Is stronger If possible
than ever before. l heard with my own ears the
Prophet declare, In the spring OF 1884, that he had
placed upon tue heads OF the Quorum Of the Twelve
Apostles all the powers necessary to bnd up the
Gospel to the nations" was with the number that
were expelled from Nauvoo; the Church was gov
erned ny the Quorum OF the Twelve in council until
Ganlzauon the Church authorizes TOOK place. Sy
which Brigham Young, Heber g. Kmball ana Willard
| Richards were taken out OF the quorum Of the
| Twelve and constituted quorum or First Presi-
dency by the voice OF all tho quorums and members
OF the Ohurch Tor the purpose, as then avowed, OF
enabling the Quorum or the Twelve to really act
"JfaVcillUI COunciI' or the Cnurcn, cODtcm
plated In the revelation IN the "Book or Doctrines
and Covenants" was present at that orgaalZa.
ton and voted for IT iii connection with brethren
or the seventies felt then that that move OF the
Church met the approval OF the Heavens, and anl,
II possible, more Irm In that conviction now than
then.
here declare in all truth that am as firm in
my iaith in the Gospel es when proclaimed 1t SO
lcryently IN my four years. mission TO Europe IRON
1SaS to close OF 1851, or Ut any time since then
My mind WAS first stirred up to q closer Inoy,ry
OF the revelation given to Joseph Smith upon the
subject OF church government. well all reve-
ations containing anything on the subject OF
the inspirations OF the Spirit OF Truth upon heart
and mind OF the believer By startling declaration
made by President Young nearly two years ago,
"lhat 1t was his right TO dictate TO the Church in ali
things. either Spiritual or temporseven to the rlo-
bons the women wear;' and was stlll more startled
when he gave definition OF his views OF the Order
Of Enoch and OF the law OF conservation When the
policy OF system Of cooperation was rnaugu.
rated, and the faithful everywhere commanded
to trade only with the orthodox establish.
rnents Of zion's Cooperative Institution upon
pain OF accommodation, l then fully opened
my eyes TO the fact mat must make demand TOR
liberty or be forever IN bondage; thar the "0ruer
OF Enoch and the Law OF Conservation, as he inter-
prets them, were calculated In their combined
results to reduce the people to the condition or
'tenants az Will" and thus render them utterly
poweress to resist the most oppressive conditions
that 1t might be thought wisdom 10 heap upon tnen
invite all to carefully read the four Revelations
they VIII there find that all VINO may become mem.
bers OF that holy order arc To DO equal in Temporal
things, That they may he equal In spiritual things
pertaining to Tie interests OF the order. | also
invite all TO read carefully the Revelations that trea.
upon coDsec atiou. 1ney Will IND, II mistake not
that they teach the rich and weltodo sort OF mon
to consecrate all OF their surplus properties FOR tue
ee1cnt OF tue poor o. the oaurcl They wll also
any portion OF the properties consecraed snail
forever thereafter be steward unto God, aud not
steward ofhe President OF tho Cnurcn through the
bishops.
have apostatlzed from no doctrine nor command
ment ever given 10 the Cnurch by revelation through
Joseph Smith, nor indeed, from any oftne measures
or President foung-save II be wherein he claims
inlalbillty for President Young at the same limo
admitting his falliDlty NJ man. Hdebrand
admitted his fallioy as man In the same breath
that he claimed his infallibty "a Pope. j cannot,
for the life OF me, distinguish the difference between
tine man and the president. The fallibllity of the
man cannot IN my view. be made infalllble By the
Office Of president. ], myself, IN my ordinations IN
the pres mood was told that had tncn been made a
recipient OF the highest priesthood in oegrse that
| had ever been conferred upon man on the earth.
II mans testimony OF himself cannot be
believed, in the name OIL all that Is true ask whose