Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1889-12-02
JUDGE ANDERSON AND "BLOOD
ATONENENT."

OUR review Of Judge Anderson
decision in the naturalization cas-
on Saturday was necessarily hurrie
having been written after the rel
dering Of the decision and its settln
in type. Therefore, while itcovere
the ground taken by the Judg'
touching all the principal points {
his argument %, it could not elaboi
ate upon any particular question il
The limited space n our command
We shall therefore take up the DIFF
ferent topics dwelt upon by tn
Judge. As occasion shall offer, anC
show how much truth there is il
his conclusions.
The following extract from tho
decision is one Of the most remark,
able differences ever dawn from
testimony presented in any court
outside Of Hades. Judge Anderson
says:
The evidence also shows that blood
at0noment is one OF the doctrines Of
tho Church under which, FOR certain
Offenses, the offender shall suffer death
as the only means Of atoning for his
trausgressions. and that any member
Of the Church has right 10 shed his
blood"
Judge Anderson follows this state
ment with some extracts from dis
courses delivered more than thirty
seven years ago, containing the
opinions Of Brigham Young, Jeded-
iah ". Grant and others on the
dreadful consequences Of commit
ting a "sin unto death, " such as re-
ferred to by the Apostle John, lst
Epistle, 5th chapter, 10th verse.
But those parts Of the discourses
which explain the meaning Of the
speakers, the Judge carefully omits.
he also excludes from his summing
up, those passages from the Doctrine
and Covenants that We're offered in
evidence which would have rem
dered his conclusion impossible or
NJ least absurd.
Here are the passages pointed out !
10 the Court, the whole volume hav-
ing been offered in evidence by |
counsel for the directors.
And now behold. 7 speak unto the
Church. Thou shalt not kill. and he
that kills shall not have forgiveness in |
this world. nor in the world to come"
And again say thou shalt not kill,
hat he that kiIIe;h shall die. Doc. &
Gov, Sec. xiii, Y. i. l9.
Audit shall come to pass. that if anv
persons among you shall kill they
shall be delivered up and dealt with
according 10 the laws Of the land; for
remember he hath no forgiveness, and
D, shall be proven according to the
laws Of the land Ibid, Y. -.
II was in evidence that the reve-
latiOns in the Doctrine and Cove
nauts are viewed 10y the Church as
divine and authoritative, and that
the opinions Of any person in the
Church, whatever position he NAV
occupy, are only to be considered as d
opinions. Also that any teaching a
contrary 10 the revelations Of God is '
not received 10y the Church rs its e
doctrine. Why did Judge Ander-
son suppress this evidence. and
color the quotations he gave with
hls own unwarrauted inference rs
to their meaning: Is this conduct d
worthy Of a Judicial mind? Would c
il be considered fair, even in a u
debate or controversy. oral OF ON b
naper, upon any subject Of civilized a
discussion? n
In order to still further excuse his II
conclusion, the Judge makes three Il
solated and disconnected quota o
ions from an address Icy c. w. P
'enrese, delivered I'm the Twelfth d.
Ward Assembly Hall, October 10 d
So. They have been cunningly
elected and the context cxcised. N
% that they viii appear to nj
me reader as endorsing the ~
iea expressed by the Judge. W
But if as many other extracts from u
ne same discourse had been given. -,
. show what the speaker was really ~,
establishing, they would have been N
lta! to the Judges false aud out HI
lgeous deduction. tn
This is Judge Anderson's frs. ar
notation from this address, page ar
5: "
Nov according to the doctrine OF
resident Brigham Young the blood hi:
Jesus Christ as / have shown Won -,
Oned FOR the original sin. and Tor "
rs that men commit, and vet there u
e sins which mon commit for which ey-
icy cannot receive any benefit
trough the shedding Of Christ's al
God. Is that true doctrine? Il IS sic
ne, II the Bible Is true. That Is Bible tes
'cirine.n 'eS
But this is only part Of the para blc
aph. Here is the rest Of it, which ha
e Judge took pains to omit: no
i viii direct your attention to one
two passages OF scripture which fac
AZ on this subject. In the first place Tn
viii refer you to the words Of the no
nd Jesus Christ, which Won will find the
the 18th chapter OF the Gospel ac- by
-ding to st. Matthew and the sIst am
d 50 d verses, namely; bec
Wherefore I say un o You. all man. ma
T Of sin and blasphemy shall be for -
en- unto men: but the blasphemy iue
INST the Holy Ghost shall not be naI
given unto men. HI,
And whatsoever speaketh n word :,
.ln,J the Son OF Nan, It shall be for deIl
EN- him: but whatsoever speake:h a idle.
I'd against the Holy Ghost, it shall a,
be forgiven him, neither in this "
rid neither in the world to Gomez adm
his Is further explained in the was
ne connection, and then the text 1t
quoted from the Epistle TO the nov
brews 10th chapter, 28th verse: eve
For if we sin wiIfrIly, after that We sho'
G received the knowledge Of the A
n, there remaineth no more sacri- son.
FOR sins
.lso from the same Epistle, 3 to nj
?. 9Th verse, rs follows: sant
For it is impossible for those who ever
e once enlightened, and have III,
ed Of the heavenly gift, and were hOiu
e pariakers OF the Holy Ghost, dOct
Ind have tasted the good word Of viii,
and the powers OF the world to
{ they shall fan away. to renew prac
4 again unto repentance; seeing give
cruelty to themselves the Son OF
airesh, and put him 10 an open nave
ne" apost
Tier commenting on the fact that dress
.arly Christian Church held the ably
rine that there were sins for ''Hi
III the blood CT Christ would not sh9dd
{, If committed by nersons ,rbo Chur,