The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-09-18
PLAGIAR1zE:

oHenSe OF taking passages from dn0therS
compositions and publishing them, either
word for word or in substance, as ones own;
literary theft
PIAGIAR1zE:
]. To steal or purloin from the writings or
ideas of another
2. To commit plagiarism.
PIAetARy:
The crime OF literary theft.
Shakespeare makes one of his characters
say:
he that is robbed, not wanting what is stoln.
Let him not know it, is not robbed at all.
This, however, did not refer to dead men.
robbery OF the dead being held to be one of
the most heinous of crimes But before
proceeding TO the proof OF a most fragrant
case Of plagiarism, or literary theft, COM
mitted by the Rev. DR.. Lift of this city, let
Us say that the scaipel is applied with less
conjunction than would be the case had
this round. oily man of God' exhibited
more charitable spirit to other human be-
iugs. With many ministers OF the gospel
the duties OF visiting the SICK performing
the last sad rites for the dying, the burial
OF the dead. examining applications of
the poor for relief with other cares and
exactions of their holy calling, leave no
extra timefor the preparation Of discourses
by which TO trumpet their fame as pulpit
orators. 1t is the political preacher who
bankers after the applause of men for his
gifts of orstory and his power to sway by
his liquid sentences aad the beauty of his
rhetoric. Beneath his mission to proclaim,
Ms 10 irnir fry5c rio he
Of peace on earth and good will to men,
there lnrk the politicians itch and yearn-
ing for notoriety. Going into the by-ways,
discovering objects of charity seeking the
homes of the humble and carrying the mes
sages of consolation TO those who are weary
and heavy laden-this is the work of the
humble priest or pastor who can find no
occupation in this world more grateful to
his Maker. To march in front of politi-
cal procession; TO stand like a ward
s'heeler'' at the polls, as though to give an
air of respectability and semi-religious
sanction to common psrtisanship; to attend
political conventions and offer borrowed
prayers full of wrath and Observation-Disclosures
to Throne of Grace; to pose before
large assemblages with affected dignity
inviting admiration Tor talents not
possessed-this is the style OF the bogus
divine. And it is one OF this sort that THE
HERALD puts in its piliory today. pinned by
sharp spikes and bound with thongs
TIE REVEREND DR.. T. G. ILIFF.
DR.. lift is, in this section, at the head of
the Methodist Episcopal missions, and, oc-
cupying position Of such prominence has
no doubt felt that much is expected of him.
Not to meet public expectations is humili-
ating; to surpass them is splendid. For
long time on certain occasions he has sur
passed them, surpassed himself, in fact
People have wondered if the smooth, mel
lifuous sentences issuing On his voice were
really of his own construction, and whether
the thoughts they conveyed were ali his.
An Address on Masonry delivered in
Salt Lake and other places, came under
suspicion Of this kind. as has also certain
Lecture on Wesley" But it is not with
suspicious or surmises The HERALD is to
deal in this exposure. We are in posses
sion of the actual, crushing proof, from
which there is no escape save one. which
we shall presently mention.
THE DoCToR's AUDIENCE.
"An audience of fully 1900 psoplen-we
are quoting from the Salt Lake Tribune.
Monday. March 81, 1892 gathered in the
theatre last evening in attendance on the
second anniversary of the Salt Lake Young
Mems Christian association. 1t was an
earnest. attentive audience, strongly in
sympathy with the meeting and its pur-
poses. On the stage were many clergy
men and workers il evangelical churches,
and their ladies. with also most of the
Ladies' Auxiliary to the Young Mems |
Christian association and Women Chris
tan Temperance Union workers, SO that
the stage was full" Bef ore this assem-
blage the Rev. DR.. niff delivered what the
Tribune, in Its headlines, characterized as
Magnificent Address," printed in full by
our contemporary. This discourse was so
manifestly superior TO the intellectual
qualification OF DR.. Lift to produce it, that
whispers were soon heard that the rever-
end moralist must have stolen it. The
manuscript was furnished to the Tribune
lust as IL was spoken, and was published
Without condensation or synopsis. This
vas bold step by the doctor and served |
rather to confound his accusers. Never !