Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-06-29
JUDICIAL PgRyERsI0Ns.


reproduced, with how much accuracy
We are not prepared to state, for the
paper In which II appears has been
known 10 frequently misatate the
Words Of public men, oral and written
10 effect IT, own vile ends. The Judge
IL quoted as follows;
1--WE nnd the 20 called Mormon church
10 be pure theocracy. Its laws aud
dealings purport TO be directly frofn the
Almighty, aud 10 be promulgated only
through the fundamentally n hs
priesthood. The.e and none else, ac-
cor,iing TO ~ teachings. arc In commit
munion with God, and admitted, accord
ing TO their grade, TO divine Intercourse
and fellowship. Its commands are
usually mentioned Ne H. coun-ol-'' but
failure 10 comply with such counsel Is
treated by It a. = crime. Implicit
Obedience TO H. priesthood, by IL mem
Ter. Is a hr.t and las, requirement.
Liberty Of individual action and Judg'
mont even In temporal things, does not
exist. II claims control OF all secular
and temporal things, ~ we'll -. spiritual
things. These fact. are not only proven
by the evidence In this case, but ihoy AFRO
facts also generally known 10 the public.
We may not II We should ignore this
common knowledge aud tho uniform
teaching. In sermons and otherwise Of
this 'so-cslioi church. lin constructing
tho Language ~ IT, book Of doctrines
repeat that counsel ~ tho priesthood is
equivalent ~ command, hence, 'coun-
sel Of tho priest. TO their subordinaies TO
20 through any form, Ia do any act, wonld
BE-, aud |. understood ~ command tobe
obcyed. Such counsel 90 given has In
the bolicf Of that, A. think, misguided
people, tho sanction Of direct command
from tho Deity. The word Of prizes, TO
an Inferior 1. 10 him AZ Thus saith the
Lord"
10 these statements were made ofii'
cially they arc simply official false.
hoods. The tact that they were uttered
from the judicial bench will not make
them true, any more than N they were
concocted In . lawyers Office for
political purposes. But their adoption
by a Judicial officer will give them
weight among tho uninformcd. and
for that reason We notice them In thcsc
columns.
There IL scarcely word OF truth In
these "nndings." They are simply
the claims Of counsel opposed 70 tho
"Mormons." They were male for 20
iltlcai effect. Tho object was to nullify
the "NIormouv vote aud aid In the
work of"Mormon" disfranchise ment,
which was prosecuted with such vigor
before tho admiration Of Idaho NJ n
State.
The Ideas advanced therein as "Mor.
mon" doctrine and teaching arc not
only unwATrantod by tho books accept
I'd by the "Mormon" Church a. stand.
ards, but arc contrary TO tho revelations
contained therein.
According 10 tho doctrines aud
teachings Of tho "Mormon" Church,
all mankind may be sin communion
with God" Every member Of the
Church Ia exhortcd To live 20 m 10 10
In this condition. Aud people not In
the Church arr urged by H. ministers
10 seek for personal revelation from
heaven, that they may know whether
this Church Ia Of divine origin. Tho
very obIec, Of the priosth God IL shown
TO be, tina, the people may DO brought
Into communion with ood for them.
selves; and thoro Is no "grade" In this
"diyin. intercourse"
Tho "counselsp Of the "Aiormonp
Church leaders ara simply what tho
word implies-wotls Of advice. They
are not "commands;' they are not 20
given, they are not no received, they
aTe not 10 understood. The ''impliclt
obedience" spoken VI above Ia not q
Requirement" No such thing eau DO
found In the "Mormon" standards.
No ease eau bc cited where failure 10
comply with counsel has been "treated
rs crime"
Liberty Ia ono Of the Fundamentals
Of mormon" doctrine. Human
agency, the volltlon Of tho creature,
individual responsibility tor personal
acts. the intellectual and spiritual do.
velopment Of every person, male and
female, the inability d any PRIEST or
other authority TO answer for the sln.
Of any other human being, the indie.
pendence Of every soul, arc essential
principles In the "siormon" system,
and II Is declared therein TO be- con.
trary TO the Divine will that mon
should be H. any kind OF bondage one
10 another.
The word Of a Priest or OF any officer
Of the Church To Fan inferior' Is not
TO him m "thus saith the Lord.D No
such notion prevails among the "Mor-
nous" No such claim IL made by
any Priest In the Church. No man
has the right to give revelation to the
Church as body but the one man who
stands at liz head, and his mere ''wordU
does not have any such Import ms that
stated ny tho Judge. "Thus saith the
Lord" has come but rarely to the
ohufch In later years, aud II il part of
'he revealed poliIy Of the Church that
MI th'ngs In itmuat be done by "com.