Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1889-11-22

ciSed his free thought. Were no
the Mornons entitled to take thei
view? They did not force him I
remain IN the Church. The peopl
had right 10 refrain from dealiu.
with him If they wanted to. Tn
"Mormons" had rs much right L
vote the Peoples ticket rs the non
"Mormons had 10 vote the "Li6er
al'' ticket.
LeGrand Young suggested tina
the Catholic allegiance was Away
first 20 The Pope, but their practic,
was TO be loyal TO the government
where they resided. You may &C
cuse the "AIOrmons" Of claiming nj
legianee to the Priesthood, but theil
practice has been that OF people de
voted TO the Constitution, and we
challenge the world TO a comparison
with us. Let the actions Of the PEG,
| pie speak for them.
Judge Anderson said this was moi
the first time the question OF ex.
Guiding members OF certain
I Church from citizenship had been
raised. Ithad been suggested in re,
gard TO Catholics, but not in the
| courts. lift can be shown that the
''M0rmOu" Church claims to cOntrol
in temporal matters, then member
ship in that Church disqualifies 4
man for citizenship.
II. w. Lawrence continued
Other charses We're made against
Godbe and Harrison. The latter
asked the President Of the High
Council, q. u. Wallace, SIS there
anything against our moral charac-
ter?;'r The reply was in The negative.
Brigham Young said, ''Not that We
know Of" Ii Is theory Of the
Church that no man cJn apostatize
without committing sin. The idea
was given cit that We had commit
ted : secret sin, or we would not
have given up the truth. None Of
the High Council voted in favor Of
Godbe and Harrison. Eli i. Kelsey
was cut Off for voting In favor Of
them, without even giving him a
trial. This was done nn motion of
Brigham Young. / voted with
Kelsey, but nothing was
said to me. Brigham pleaded
with me tO stay with the
Church, and ] left Il Of my own
accord about a month afgerward. |
hal nothing but kind feelings for
the people. 1 wanted 20 bring about
reforms. We did not want 10 70 out
Of the Church at the time OF the
trial, but 1 did so 4 month or 80
stF NNHfa..Uu u Il.
men l was cited before the Bishop,
and was cut OF. The Church claims
TO be The government and Kingdom
Of God. It Is n present, literal king
dom; its territorial jurisdiction was
expected 20 reach ovcr the whole
earth. Then Christ was to come
and reign. When / was cut of /
was doing business Of $4,000. 10
$50, 900 q month. In Nt,le while it
M:s down TO one third Of that. and I |
was socially ostracisej. Nobody |
wanted to be seen in my company.
To LeGrand YoUng-Air. Harri- !
son made 4 mistake when he said /
the names Of Joseph ard Hyrum l
Smith wvrp nOt mentioned in the
House. OF course the
ceremony may not have been the
same rs when | administered. /
think Harrison intended to tell the
truth; 80 did Tullidge and Kelsey.
They were I'll with Us in tie new
move. GOdbe, Harrison, Tuliidge
and myself were among the leaders.
Mr.. Tullidge has not taken an active
part against the Church. Mr. KEEL
Sey also ceased his active opposition,
and Eecane favorable b il. Since
Young opposed tile OPEN
ing OF tue mines, many AiCrmOns !
have been engaged in the mining
business. John Taylor was in that
business, but If he had done in lsl9. !
le would have been cut oil. IL was
he idea that the Lord would diE.Ct
when the mines We're 10 be opened. |
The only reason Brigham gave f0I
lis opposition was the bringing in Of
many people whom he could no;
control. He also said hethoIght an
agricultural and manufacturing pep
be would be more PROSPEROUS; |
Knew Anthony wins. He was quite
and was engaged In
opening the mines. He was in
food standing in the Church 10 mis-
leath. Che OF the charges against
iOdbe and Harrison was that they
aught false doctrines. One Of the
alse doctrines was opening mines: I
mother was individual arercy. Ill
vas pot till after that they
le1au teaching spiritullism. There
vas only one thing before !
hem. 1t was not generally |
,noWn that they were having rsve-
atoms. 1t was mentioned ii the l
rial. The charge was Sp0st5Sy and !
hat included many things. The
were predominant. ]
George 4. Smith said they wanted
D open the mines and "bring III al {
Iell and the dgvil.1 | believe in :
'MorIuonism' sincerely. II
At this point court adjourned till !
his morning II
iron reassembling this morning,
ir. Lawrence's DISCRIMINATION
Ontiuued-The kingdom Of God,
sed by the "AlOrmOus, 4" referred tD
n organization now In eSistence.
he theory Is that this Is the ftlhcss
( the Gospel; this Is the establish
lent n the kingdom that Daniel
iw, that is to roll forth and fill the
-hOle earth. Ii Is 4 spiritual and {
kingdom, cOmhiued conf q
letely. The "MormOns'' believe
he trainers Of Constitution Of the |
United States We're divinely in
pired. because il was 50 free that I
he kingdom OF God could be cstab-
shed and spread over the whole q
lrth. The Kingdoms laws are an '
licabie to all conditions Of men. I
he kingdom OF God is not y
Ow in existence in its purity,
ut the elect OF God are being !
allied out TO form that king 1
ON. Christ is-king when the king {
ON is prepared. | never heard it ;
ated that Brigham Young was Q
ing. but the people aceeded to his j
gsires. p. l.. Pratt, in the Voice OF Y
Warming, tells what a kingdom Is. Il
accept his theory in that regard. [
he people thought the kingdom
as being prepared for Christ. =
hey We're preparing a kingdom for I
hrist. l don't think the kingdom !:
yet established, but they are try 4
x to do so. 1t Is to be Christ's
he Mormons acknowledge Him rs 7
ing. He is TO come when the Il
,ople are pure enough. | think a
ing is necessary to n kingdom. c
here can be no kingdom till there Il
n King. But they are preparing
kingdom and Christ is to be its u
st King. The Church does not y
force its mandates except by ex- u
mmunication. 4 man can apOs- g
tie, but he must take the
The state Of n
fairs today is different from "
at twenty or thirty years u
%. Mormonism has been l.
lght TO be divine, and no man can
IN from it without being very =
cked. Ii encourages apOstasy from q
ler denominations When he
ives it, he is regarded as SHINING M
linst the Holy Ghost. Years ago, u
social Ostracism. That was "
z punishment. The consequences =
apostasy today are not Of a serious -,
ture. But an apostate is not con- OF