Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-09-16

OF one among the 1900 mi rlonlfles of
our church now out iI She world who
haa % second wife. Nut moro than
about Q per cent Of our people ever
prhcticcd p1lygumy nuI persecution
raroi against uH aud The PruuhuiH were
elnin long before thia practice was
known Co the Church Aud though
our enemies talk if 10 p1lyEJmy and
Mlrmuulsm were aNuuuNmDu" neither
or the, terms De- descriptive of our
faith and worahIp. Tho nfri Dr. rec
uouucgl ana the second BE- hut u ulck'
name.
our true title ls "Thc church Of 1c-
aus Christ Of Luttor-ddy flIut. our
fundamental doctrine ace based 900 90,
bible. one ~ the most important "t
which is continuous revelation. lh'
book uf Mormon o. Complementary 20
the Hebrew and Christian rcIipiur.a.
Mormon b. the name ot the compiler
of tbia record OF tho ancient inhabitants
OF America lie paced 10 Into the
hands nf hia ron. N.roui inc ll't
Prophet % that chosen lluv ui israel
whom the Angel John saw pfN'IHIWlNk
the everlasting Gospel tn ihl4 trl'ia-
lion. The bible reference to- this is
image now aduruH The rlpHt1uy ut SAT-
Lake Tgmplc n is che primitive G1H-
pol restored Ia earth. with 900 iia Eitin,
powers and blenHlnrn following cuuN't-
sion. now ns then. aud whose initial ore
dinnncos are faith lu God, repentance,
baptism by immersion Tor the rHmla sion
NJ rlus. aud the laying un uf hands Tor
the ritt of the Holy Ghost II lH not
"a matter % form.
Ne stand ON merit. founding our
couHe on science the Bible and fyNtlh-
lion. The result OF this faith. tho
achievement OF this peculiar pgupi" are
IAN object lesson before the world today.
t..l.ril 10 e.. UsrH D.. n.Yu'H IU.l uu EARN.
AN the charges about the ignorance and
immortality " the Mormon are hls
aud untrue. The official census ut $50
shows that the percentage ~ fchunl at
tendance IN Utah was higher thln 100
prnnHylyanln New York OF MusHuchu-
srtts. Ton years later. only o per cont
uf the school axe could not read, while
lu Rhode Island the percentage was Z
aud In the rest Of the states at large II
was 80.
Eight years after. there were % coun-
Ties in Utah without q saloon brewery,
rambling house. hruthUi lawyer. doc.
ton. boFrur pnrsnn Or politician, ana
tho population was exclusively Nor 20
mun.' IN issla2, 20 prisoners wen" ln lh'
Utah pouitDnunry only nNr were
"Mormons." and yet the Mormon
| population exceeded that % anti Nor
mon" by 800 per cent
feel that Judgment has boon rcn-
l dprod before trial lu this infnng', O.
] throughout the history NJ ih" thurch.
ana d d. thp same spirit that iH being
! exhibited ut this moment In Franc" ana
/ boz our own Southern States. What nlh.
I pr moanInE has The uFWuu against my
] self aud people q INrrod 100 Boston
/ pulpit sunday evening nul publish =
| In nu the pnp.rt1 Ana % is BY this class
l ~ Christian gentlemen, who would
] pinnt IAN hundred cannon loo front oi
l the Mormon Temple that tn demand
/ has boon made 90 tho mayor Tor the re-
! vocation of my permit
Your honor iH thu son, ] believe ot
Josiah Quincy, who had the moral cour
I age 10 make the following nyormcnt
/ 1T r. hy no means improbable that
some future textbook for the genera
] tlnna vet unborn VIII contain a question
| somewhat like this What historical
| American of the nineteenth century hhH
| oxortrd the most powerful Influence NJ.
/ on tho deHtlnlos N HE cuuntrymrnf And
/ II ls by no means improbable that ih'
] answer 90 that intorrurntory may ho
/ thus written. Joseph Smith. the Nor
] mon" Prophet,
Most obodioutly yours
EpHRAtM JENSEN.