The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-11

all that He does not reveal and we believe
that He will yet reveal many great and i'm
Eortant things pertaining to tho kingdom Of
TO- We believe in the literal gathering Of
Israel and in the restoration OF the Ten
Tribes. That Zion will be built upon this
continent. That Christ will reign personally
upon the earth, and that the earth will be
renewed and receive Its paradisaical glory.
IL. we claim the privilege OF worshiping
Almighty God according to the dictates Of
our conscience, and allow all men the same
privilege. let them worship how, where or
what they may.
presidents, rulers and magistrates. in obey
Ing. honoring and sustaining the law.
10 We believe in being honest. true.
chaste, benevolent virtuous, and in doing
good to all men; indeed, we may say that
we follow the admonition of Paul: I'VE be-
iieve all things. we hope all things" we
have endured many things and hope to be
able to endure all things. II there is any
thing virtuous lovely or of good report or
pra1seworthy, we seek after these things
| Joseph Smith.
THE ONLY TRUE CHRISTIANS.
| AS I looked the above article over I
said: Il see. Mr.. Woodruff, you Nor
mons believe in the Bible; why, you
arc almost Christians
Why, bless my SOUL replied the
old man. 1--WE Christians! Why, man.
we are the only true Christians. We
! believe in the precepts of the Old and
New Testaments, and we try to prac-
tfce what we preach. We believe also
| that the day Of revelation has not
passed, and that God still reveals Him
| self to man."
MORMONS NOT HYPOCRITES.
''But, President Woodruff, do all OF
your people believe these things? Many
of the Gentiles think that only the
POOR and ignorant of the church ac-
] tually have faith in what you preach.
Do you believe, and do the elders of
your church believe? Are you honest
| in your belief"
The old gentleman looked at me q
moment and then replied: 'Of course
I believe. Do you suppose we would
carry on a life of this kind If we did
not have implicit faith in it's being the
right life, and that from God? Dc
you know what a Mormon engages to
do when he enters the church? He
| agrees to leave all at the command OF
the church, to drop his business, his
| property and his family, and to &c
wherever the church directs him. Why
| we send out every year from 900 tC
| 1000 missionaries to all parts of the
world. They leave all and go where
sent to preach the gospel They take
neither purse nor scrip with them
Take my life. / have been sixty-fou1
| years a Mormon. I have Travelled
many tens of thousands of miles MY
| life has been in danger. I have beer
twice almost drowned. I have been
prosecuted. What had 1 to gain by al
| this? What have the young men who
Germany, to the islands Of the sea,
to gain by it?"
MORMON MISSIONS.
How do your missions succeed?"
Very well, I think" replied the pres
ident Our preachers are doing much
| good. We have, all told, about $780,
00C converts and enigrants who have
come here as the direct result Of oul
| labOrs, and there are Mormon colonies
| In many parts Of the world. How.
ever, you must not think that the mos
| Of the Mormons are foreigners. Ths
| truth is that the great majority of oul
| people are Americans. Nearly all OF
our leading men are and have beer
Americans. Many of us are from New
! England and descendants Of Pilgrim
fathers"
/. How many Mormons are there now
] in the world 2"
About 100000
Where are they?"
There are nearly 200. 900 In this state
| Then we have colonies In Colorado, Ida.
| no, Wyoming, Arizona and New and
| Old Mexico. There are colonies IL
| Great Britain, Germany and Other
| parts Of Europe. There are large colo
| MES in Australia, Samoa and the Ha.
| wall Islands,
How about your colony in Old Mex
ico?"
1T is doing very we'll The silver
| basis acts as a protective tariff as tt
bringing In goods from the outside tt
compete with them, and they can SEND
i oaf
| and get a sale for them. They are
| well liked by the Mexicans and the gov.
| eminent. Their towns there bear 8
stronger resemblance to American CT.
| ties than any other places in Mexico
THE FUTURE OF RELIGIONS.
do you believe that the world will
| eventually all become Mormon?''
| mo, I do not. l believe there Will
I always be different religions I think
| all religions must have some good in
| them or they would not be believed
The Mormon is the best and the true
| religion. We tolerate and respect ali
| religions, you know. In our taberna-
| Gle every man can have entrance
whether he be Protestant, Catholic
| Mormon or Gentle. Not long ago 2
| Presbyterian divine was offered the
chance OF preaching in the tabernacle
He was one Of a party who were pass.
| iii6 eAlOuSn Od4L Lake. He refused
| saying the party preferred to hear q
Mormon. Ministers of all the LEADING
denominations have preached in oul
| tabernacle. Our people come out and
listen to them. This often happens"
/ POLITICS AND THE MORMONS.
How about the manifesto lately
| proclaimed. Tt Is charged that the
Mormons are trying to run Utah DO
| litically?"
THAT Is not true" said President
Woodruff. I'VE do not pretend to tell
you people how to vote. We try to sep
| arate church and state. Brigham
| Young taught this, and all of our
| teachings have been in this direction.
4 We have Mormon Democrats and Nor
mon Republicans. The so-called man
| ifesto to which you refer was merely
| a declaration of principles which have
| been a part of the church since it's
| foundation. 1t is nothing new, no rev.
| elation, nor new PRONUNCIATION of any
kind. Our principles provide that
when man Is an officer of the
church il6s,shouId ask the advice and
accept the decisions Of his fellow Of
ficers of the church as to whether he
shall engage in outside business or
politics. If these things are to effect
his work we should know it. One Of
our twelve apostles, for instance, has
lately been engaging in real estate
speculations in Canada. His business
has kept him away for six months at
a time. He could not go where he
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