The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-03-27
Silver and the JCSephites.

SALT LAKE CITY, March &c, 1880.
Editors Herald:
And now il Is said that some of the
Josephites, the "reorganized" boys
and girls, are trembling for mo fol
writing against the Lord" and bis
FaRointsd." 1 most heartily thank
them for their sympathy-such as il
is-but beg OF them not to worry
their more righteous than thou"
souls too much on this score, for il
they persist in so doing they may
worry themselves into the grave
before the redemption of scattered
Israel be accomplished. Besides l
most positively assure them that my
bump" of veneration is much too
large to admit of my saying or writ
ipg nything whatever oeroga.ory to
the character of the Lord" or his
"anointe6;" aad that therefore l
shall be as careful ia the future as in
past to write nsu sht but the truth as
I see and understand it, and should
1t come TO pass that they zee not nor
understand truth with Ike mental
faculty Wa must net be Ill friends
because Of it. No, no, this would be
wrong, very wrong indeed. It should
be borne in mind, as the present
Joseph, the "IightfuP' heir 10 the
Mormon throne has become 50 public
a character that it would be too much
to expect that he will entirely escape
the criticism OF some of the people.
Now, should i. be thought by the
Josephites that such criticism must
be strictly in conformity with the
appellAtion of the LORDS anoiuted,"
1T certainly ought to be proven by
inc0ntestible evidence that he is
such. This done, l think it scarcely
possible and much less probable that
any right-minded person here, man
or woman, will be found wicked
enough 10 even say, joseph, you are
an imposter." l am aware that
many of the people here are skepti-
cally inclined toward the divine
authenticity OF young Joseph. Never.
theless, let the divinity of his mission
and appointment be established by
irresistible logic and skepticisn will
give way before euch logic and Joseph
be accepted by thousands upon thou
sauds OF honest men and women OF
which there are a plenty upon the
earth yet. But such must have the
truth and have it presented 10 them
in plain AID forcible language. And
Just here it will be as we'll to say that
the idea of hereditary descent, or the
right to rule because father old, will
no. do, that is, it is 70. all-5uficient,
especially under a republican form Of
government, and | am surprised, and
doubtless Others sre too, that Joseph,
as sensible as he appears to be 10
many things should have manifested
such bad sense in trying, as be has
dune, to get the government of the
United States to recognize him and
his followers So the true Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
Evidently, Notwithstanding that he
has before limited that be merely
desired to obtain spiritual posses-
zion, that he is hankeriDg, moro or
less, after the Temporal IS well. II
this ia nos the Gaze, why seek &c
obtain the Kirkland Temple through
Judge Sherman of Ohio? II that
Judge, and | speak with ali due respect
to the position OF that Judge, es to the
name, or whether brother to tbs
secretary, president, Gen. Grant, OF
any other high official it matters bu
pre- cious little, as I think, had dom
his duty 10 respect to the case or sui
referred to, be would have dismissed
it as something with which he ha
no right to interfere What on cart
had he to do With, whether th
church Of the Josephites was the tru
or original Church OF Jesus Christ {
Lattsr-dRy Saints or the Morno
Church here in Utah? However, ths
ruling of Judge Sherman was quite i
keeping with some others that migt
be named. II Joseph PARTICULAR
wishes to be recognized and sustaine
az prophet aud president of the ensil
! Mormon Church, original an
modern, and it would really seer
that he does, judging from his pa
and present course, 1 would sd7i;
him to come straight to Utah and
+. the coming conference walk straigI
unto the platform and with the De
mission of the presiding authoriti,
here demonstrate fully that he is Il
lone sent of God to redeem Israe
And / make no doubt but that
will be presented to that conferen,
IS and be accepted. He must adm
O that such a course would be mut
more manly and godhke :han TO b
is with bis elders and nriests. whiniI
1t about Brigham the Usurper
o "Apoeta,e Apostles etc. And,
% conclude, may not reasonably as
would not God Almighty be very g
Ill 70 sustain him in such 8 cours
y Indeed hs would if he Joseph
" what he PROCESSES to be. But there
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