The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-28
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WORLDS Fair Highest Award.
THAT RICHFIELD DISCOURSE.

The Substance of What President
Joseph T. Smith Said There.
In the Richfeld Advocate Of Feb 20
appeared brief synopsis Of dis
course delivered by President Joseph
T. Smith at the conference of the Sc
vier stake on the previous Sunday af-
ternoon 1t was evidently an imper-
feet and misleading report, though
perhaps not Intentionally SO. and mere
ly gave a few isolated and discon-
neeted sentences, the Intervening re-
marks being represented by stars. 1t
conveyed the idea that President Smith
was preaching polygamy. The. Tribune
copied a part of this report and also
an explanation from President Smith.
1t appears that the New York Times
which recently published an attack on
President George @. Cannon. has an
editorial on this discourse. The Her
aid is able to present the substance of
what the gentleman said on that occa-
sion and which he states formed the
gist of his remarks. It Will be seen
cation has been misconstrued, and It is
| being used to create false impression
on the public mind
| President Smith read the 9Th chap
ter of Romans, and took for his text
the 10Th and Goth verses
For whom he did not foreknoW he also
| did predeStinate to be conformed to the
! image of his son, that he might be the
hr5tborn among many brethren.
Moreover, whom he did predestinate
them he also called and whom he called.
them he also justif1ed:, and whom he jus
| titled. them he also glorihed."
| The speaker then went on to state
that the whole business of mankind
was to become like Jesus Christ, and
! TO conform their lives in harmony
with His divine teachings and doe
trines, taking his life as an example
| in all things. President Smith emu
merated many Of these doctrines, as
| given in the Savior's own language:
Love your enemies" Do good to
! them that hate you, and pray for them
| which deSpitefully use you, and perse-
cute YOU" "Resist not evil; but who
soeVer shall smite thee on thy right
cheek. turn to him the other also. And
if any man will sue thee at the law,
and take away thy coat. let him have
! thy cloak also. add Matt. 7-12). TAX
| ing these doctrines as the rule of the
I gospel, how very far were the lives of
mankind in general and even of the
| Latter-day Saints from being like the
I life, character and attributes Of the re-
deemer Of the world, Yet it was our
! chief business to become as he was
| full of love, truth. justice, meekness,
humility. forgiveness and kindness.
| In closing his address the speaker
/ incidentally related a conVersatio he
! had with minister some fifteen years
ago, on these points, about as follows;
/ The minister contended that the Nor
mons" were not making any effort to
| become like Jesus as they believed
in marriage, "and jesus claimed the
| minister, was not married at ALL
| This was disputed by President Smith
! Nowhere did the New Testament ever
| infer that Jesus was not married and
there were many passages which, in
I his Judgment, inferred very strongly
the marriage of Jesus. As marriage
! was law of God from the beginning
| of creation, President Smith said he
| could not believe that the Savior. who
"came to fulfill all righteousness. .
| would disregard that law and remain
unmarried. Again. he asked the min
| lister If he could disprove that the mar
rage at Cana Of Galflee was the we'd
! ding feast of the Nazarene. Why
should he have been called by the
master Of the feast and reproved for
! furnishing "the best wine" at the last
Again. the intimacy and close rela-
tionship which seem by the scriptures
| to have existed between Jesus and
Mary and Martha. very strongly in
dicated that they bore a closer rela-
tfonship than Sisters" to him.
Therefore. to be like Jesus. a man
should be married, for, as Paul says,
Neither is the man without the wo-
man, neither the woman without the
man in the Lord" This was the sub
| stance Of his conversation with the
! minister.
Referring to fimsef. the speaker said
that while he endeaYored to do the
| will of God and honor his law to the
| best Of his knowledge and ability, he
was taking care Of and providing for
his family but at the same time pro
posed to honor and keep the law of the
land