The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-11-27
MISTAKES OF THE TRIBUNE"

The Tribune ventures a criticism on
our remarks in relation 20 the proceed
ings Of the Bible and Prophetic con-
ference lately held in Chicago, at which
was discussed the question of Christ's
second coming. From the conclusions
reached in that discussion, and in fact
the conclusion of every discourse was
that Christ's second coming would be
literal one, and that he would establish
q literal kingdom on the earth; and
that fundamental changes In the gov
ernments of men would take place in
order to suit the new order of things
established by this literal kingdom, set
up by Jesus Christ. As these ideas are
identical with the views established by
the Mormon people, as We understand
their doctrine, we merely remarked that
.he above mentioned conference would
do well 10 have its speakers more eau
tious, that they were becoming too
literal In their views. and that for
entertaining similar ones, our Mormon
friends we're considered political heret
les and traitors; and not wishing our
Chicago friends 10 get in such strait
as these charges put men in, We
thought it proper to warn them what
the effect of entertaining such faith !
IS theirs out here in Utah has been. lin |
speaking Of this the Tribune regards the |
belief of those Chicago men as harm
less, while that Of the SAINTS in Utah as
most dangerous, and makes of it an
opportunity 70 repeat q lot of its stale |
rot in relation to the leaders of the |
Mormon people and proceeds to say
there is no similarity between the acts
of the Mormon leaders and Jesus; that
Jesus never located water rights,
never opened a coop store nor
had a church farm or herd,
etc. As 10 that We think it would
be difficult to determine, since of
the acts of Jesus We have very limited
history. st. John says:
There are also many other things which
Jesus did, which, tif they should be written
everyone, suppose, that even the world IL
be written.
And among the many acts not re-
corded. it is Just possible that he did
something in the cattle or irrigation
business, but we don't press the point
as it's not very important.
The Tribune says that Jesus when in
Ganger never took the underground.
This only exhibits the TTibune's ignor-
ance Of the history of the divine man.
We advise the editor of the Tribune to
make = closer study Of the life of Jesus
than he ha9yet devoted to it. He will
do wall to look over such texts as those
we quote. After Jesus had foretold the
treachery OF one of his apostles the
writer of his biography says:
After these things Jesus walked in Cali (
lee; for he would not walk in Jewry, be- ,
cause the Jews sought TO kill him"
Then again:
Then from that day forth they took eoun-
sci together for to put him TO death.
Jesus therefore walked no more openly
among the Jews took the underground in
modern psrlAncel; but went thence unto a
county near the wilderness"
And while it is true, as the Tribune
says, that he tsnght his followers to
render unto Cesar the things which are
Caesars, he also taught them as prin-
ciple of equal importance to lender
unto God. things which are Gods; and
taking the conduct of his disciples as
the result OF his teachings, they were
led by them into disregard of the laws
of men in order to obey the laws of
God; Just as the faith of the Mormon
prompts him to accept the law of God
as more binding on his conscience than
the ever changing laws of men.