Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-07-01
INTERVIEW WITH JOS. SMITH
Questions Submitted 10 and Answered
by Hin.



The ,useerlin u ~ ,t JJ.buA II
CiAtk, who his been prsiiiin ovcf tio
Northern state, mis,iIn, | nofoN''h
trspect,ull, submit vsro'iln coy
Of an intvrvies b,iwesn myself anl
Joseph \ smith. ptu.iien' VI the ~
oraaniz,i church." " rch ls.n, le't,
nj IudepenJeuo., J.ok'jn cou a.,
Mo-. IN the h use Of N Lln, one Of
the Reofsaniz ,liJnt apostles
Tnefe were present Elders Wm' T.
CndIle, Eugene 3. Hart, Atehio'll
q. Young, u the Churcn Of Jesu
Christ OF L,ttet.day SANS, be'id,'
Jo.eph Luii, Joseph 5miIn an ny
self
The questions aud replies made
were a. foiluwt!
q DO you claim TO be- Pfopfo'
A,--Yef-i claim tue same authority
~ my father.
ODD your father ofdain you 10
he 4 pfuphUl aud lead the Chufc
A.-No, be did not. lie bisfscl ne
but did not orIain me 10 auy tnicv
that know OF.
O-You say "yoictn told ytu tl
nI1iu The Re fganiAfI cnufchp l. o.
mot possiule thal the ~ ic was from
"seuuolng sIitip--a transformed
duvil-ins,ead oi from 90 7
AL beafl NOicO-but WI NOT
say whether II could be deceptive OF
not.
Here Joseph endeav,red TO explain
10 u that II would be unfair TOT " 70
expect him 10 sAy that u "oyull be
pos.ibl,n TOT tie Voice 10 have teen de-
ctptive, after ul- ~ y NJ upon u los ..
NJ ~ yeats, etc., etc.
Q-Whc ofd.in,d you unto the
nI0itl,rhilY
A. --Maiks, Blair and Giflsy or
dsineu me Han Pfiu'L
ODD they hold tho tiiiio Of Al
Atusttg
A.-MAfks vas not an Apostle.
OIL moi, how cpuiu he ave some'
thug he never VA
AL hi h one holding an Mos IN
The Msichissdsk Pies mood ,al Il ~.
Y Have you bai any visiUnI3
A.-fts, ~, uumbe " ihtni.
Q-hAyo you ever seen M Angul or
heavenly Ists,ung,2
AL have seen augsg-One came
MH man, anu AT by my bci, AMI gave
me distractions shout siokntst-As 10
wbslhtf 10 set doctor OF not.
When closely questioned rssph ld-
mittsd that the "Augel mlght nave
besn q msu"-Is fhsps onu u the
"Nrphiies," ne 9 ulj not say-He dih
not snake hands with the iuutvtduAl.
He came In nj the "Opsn dOJt and
rent out the same way"
Qt-Did Jour mother ever deny that
your fsihvr entered polygamJ?
A.-Hes, cir; more than once.
Q-tid sue ever DENY 10 you that
be hadN the revelation Oh ceieitiai
A.-sne Maid that The dii no, be.
lis,s lhal ~ do; DO not believe that
he did. but DO not know.
Mt. Lun hyre Interrupted: "CAn't
you give mora thAt BELIEF dou'I you
rsmsmbsr that revelation yvu said you
hadfD
Here Josbpb \endeAvored TO satisfy
bis apostle by csll,pg 10 mind Au an.
svsf Oi tho "spiiD In reference TO
this subject, which, seemingly, he hal
failed ~ remember uBtii cited I'm n
very peculiar ~uy by Mr. Lun.
Q-Do you Ueieve that this pfiu.
elple will bs prGetlcrd during the
Millennium7l
Al do not believe that n will.
but have no objections Individually.
Q-if 10 moi, what will thute do
Who hAye married Que, two and Ihr, o
who hHyude
Al w Dot know how lhst viii b 4;
know nolblng Ab vt whr.uUr W.
Will hhNe a vie ttsfe ~ not.
Q-DIyIu tellaVB that you will a..
~. u 10 luldl ttis ptauI ten. IT,,
10 be TUT Va JscktYu Cluuy, Nj. "a
O'hu Nofd', 90 sou lvliuyo he
ohlich you T. ptc'eut viii ever uuitr
N'tn The oil,ina Church o.. Uhi!
Al have ~ oplulJu To oAprrss. /
hm ~ Get Wiling that the geo, Ie o
Goo should Guild u, sud u am utf.
mltiei 20 help blll n, all figh
Q-C.n you h 'utsliy ,ay ue.Oft % ]
mvui aud ysut + o .lhrt. amer tii YOU
could mot hiu4l aul your q 70, la
you snyW that tue people 0i Uah ~.
with ~ authority 70 administer tho
Gospel otliuancr
Al telitvu IuHt there are many
in Tue Uhh Clutoh who have autumn.
NY 10 Adminlslef Ia thr q slul,apItI.
people whom they administer unto. 1
Nculd not 10 urlrisei II they alsJ nell
authority.
Q-DOes President Woodruff noll
authUtlI2
Al do not like to pass upon indi.
Q,-DArr you say tina, you have
huHly 10 administer tho 0tdinaucgs OF
tue Gospel
Al believe that have authority.
Q-Nho would lead yUur rhurrl Al
you ana oto u your cJluseluIs sh.uII
Al have a theory that It would b,
upon the Apls,lf-.
.S-Wuen ElUah informed I6rapn.
thu Seer, that NE time hal FUN, .Irp,,
spoken OF by Malachi, how is DC INN
lh"'e has been tuCh d uolue--wttu
your ehufch--iu temple WORK. u.rP
thar ''''
q Were not "endowmept,p Am.
'bupIismt" given anu Performed t
day2 'F"'' '''''."
A,--Y1, they were.
,S-Have y.u ever inhabited IA,
"Nauvoo h0uu?p
Al have BOT.
expect TO p0s,ts8lt? WV
h-lor builiing h partly down
tuu, ~ count, We cannot uWsH b.. DO
I'LL you ravH failed l1tpc.i,e
"I'fe Tor ieatUhs bust ku1Nu u.I0
we Llil, II " DOT p1fwtls ma y,p
nave hlso Jailed In tho utlmI fu,4
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