Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-06-27
an IMPORTANT DOCUMENT "UN".
CiaNGED.

! The foil win. ftmafkable ennsion
aIpea.s iH a Publication called The
SAINTS Herald, bearing date June 3
1896. Itis tho IN slul rapet Of the 70.
called "R,orpnnIz.o" or "Jossphiie"
chutch, anu boar tho lsme Of cph
Smith o. Lsm8ui, l0wa, as the Cu,,.i
As NroRrANr p1suNENt CHANGED.
Below We publish an cpistle written
| bN Joseph Iho Seer aud his follow prison.
I ofs whiIo iu iHnUry Jail, Missouri NJ 10
/ Us found In ihpIiWts aud seasons, wi. I,
/ pages I1-lut and a- B. ia found 10 Tho
/ Milenuial star, vol. %, pages 52'ib. Wo
| publish those Boz parallel columns that
/ tho rnaiur may moro readily sco tho
| diiiurouccs and mark tho liberty that
/ has Nupn taken uy -nmo parties Iu
/ changing and Couurlng tho words OF
1 Joseph smith since bits death. You viii
l uuuc' jiH kind aul ris'i1uliko Hpiiii ui
! The one Goo contrast win tho Boosting
| railing .piritOf thn uthor Especial uitCu-
| zion is callud Co the 1905 that piutaIitv
I OF gols s taught 900 She ono whore
/ no mention ut such thing b. found iu
! She other But the differences are 80
| gariug and important that % IL useless 90
| point them out further hat found iu
/ Times and Seasons was published iu
! Muv 1870, whom T.. Robinson aud Don
] g. Smith were editors, aud Ia tho lilo.
umn o. Joseph Smith and tho othcr
/ signors u the dUgumont and houco
| 1p0u To- thoif iusrUH ion, and doubtless
/ received ihoir endorsements That IN the
| NUlpuuiAI star was published IN Jauu.
! nrNs 1855, whom d. 10. Richards was
/ editpE nni prrror- Go bo portion OF
| hH his DRY OF Joseph smith, written by
] himself This waa Published uyUr ton
. NN Nmaumn and
! Nyrum Smith, aud whom others OF the
| -ieucrs were no. boo fellowship with tho
Vow win Mr.. r. u. Richards please
| nriso and explain Ny what authority
| these changes wef0 made, and produce
! the evidence 90 sH4tlIu his oNplHuatlDnf
| We think Do IN due go Mr.. Richards Co
| give him an opportunity 10 explain; and
| 10 tlorU cNiss sufficient authority for
| thvsO changes 10 would DO q satisfaction
| Go us 10 know it; tor We dislike tn think
! that amy man, especially Que protesting
| thu high and holy calling which Mt.
| franklin n. Richards docs, would vii.
| fully aud malciuu-ly put into the mouth
Of our m1riyrpd dead words which were
| never used by them.
should no now TAIL 90 explain, and FUR
uish proof, can the church ia il1h sua-
tain him ~ "ChutCh Historian ami
| expect US 10 accept bis work M such2 u
you arc Innocent Of duplicity and deceit
In this matter, please stop forward aud
let ~ hear from you.
Tue Incl uatious and imTeftinonces
contained IN the foregoing would justi.
~ entire silcnco on the part OF thos
who ore directly or Indirectly assailod.
such attacks deserve only the most
profound contempt. But seeing that
doubts are css. upon the correctness Of
historic documents, II 10 necessary for
the publlc benefit u present the facts
In the c &c.
Tue letter as puhlishoi In the Times
aud Seasons Of May, 1870. and that
published IN the Millennial Star 10
January, 1866, are correctly copied
Into the Herald. There Is much In the
latter which does not appear Ia the
former. But Il does not follow from
those facts that anybody has been
guilty Of "corruptiug the words OF
Joseph Smith tince his death" In
mailing that rash and serious charge It
seems probable that ",he wish was
father TO the thought" land II IL Ger.
tainly preferred In most uncharita0lv
q nd reckless spIrt.
Isituo, quite as reasonable to cup.
pose that tho letter as II appeared IN
Ihe Times and Seasons was abbTsvlat.
ed to suit the limited slE, OF that peri.
odieal, aud also to suit those times AMI
seasons when many things for pru.
douc0' snko were no, iul y made public?
Did not the Lord command IN some
other cases that His servants ehOuld
"holi their peace" concerning certain
revelations until It became wise
10 declare them?
AZ to the necessity Tor condensation,
that appears from an examination Of
the number Of the Times aud Ssasous
which contains tie letter. Il consists
u sixteen pageA Four and n hall
pages are filled with the letter, one
page IL taken up with notices, leaving
but ten anu hulf fot other matter, anu
compelling Tho CutInilmenI to u little
| AAHAN NhAA N"| FhF'a " wv F'AtNl
"His,ory OF the Persecution Of tnr
Church, the chief feature OF the
periodical.
But now a. TO the lgcls concerning
the letter as It appeared in the Millen.
NAL S,uE II was taken verbatim
nom the DfsrEET NEWS u January
%, 1864. by careful comparison, that
has been definitely established. The
unnecessary aud ungenerous aocusa.
zion against the then euitor aud pub.
lisher OF the Mlllunnlal star are thus
,hown to be ~ groundless US they arc
yTHtuitOus.
Bat how DID tbs editor aud publish.
.rui the DEsREr NEWS obtain the
matter as It appeared 90 that papel?
II was taken, literally, rom the HIS.
tory Of Joseph Smith, written Ia Nsu.
VOC, the volume c0HtainluI n b iu.
that tor he years l535.3J.IJ.il aud a.
Isung from November ., 1885, aaI
closing with July 80, 1882. l.6 g.
tina, volume that we MO Indebted iOg
the various LIENS VI A.s.Ury AM tue
text Of the rev. iligus O. tnat plIlyu
which are cyuyAaoI Ia thu book 20
Doctrine AM CoYoaan,g, aIl 40 &C.
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