Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-12

raise their voices against tho Mormon
people. desire those men o. turn th.it
hn'hh upon the wives and children
IN che lEndg'
Now what unreasonable talk this ~
ior neither The laws ~ the land. nor
W." Nlnetlcnn people. nor tho Christian
N"h'h OF III" country have ever asked
nr expected that these plural wives
SHOULD De- lot without care or muinton.
hhv.. hut what they do ask and expect
y thlsi That these former yinlatnrr nf
NV SHAH keep their solemn pledge 10
Wv country stop living In polygamy.
cease their unlawful cnhnbltatlon ANA
quit Increasing the number on rlegitl.
mate children. Carefully and kindly
providing FOR former plural wives and
shlldfcn N one thing. aud living with
FORMER plural wives IN the marriage r.
lhti0n Il another thing. which ali decent
penll" want stopped. liut II seems ex-
mon officials 10 aoo the dlffor.nce.
Now. " President SNOW il really ain.
Ger" about providing for their plural
wives let him Use his financial ability
aud Organize "a special fund for their
support ana We shall begin a. have
Hpinc confidence Ia his sincerity.
The concluding wordA ~ this official
document are especially misleading and
uecciNlnE, Tor a certain fuiIa OF chris.
van phrnreology II used which In well
calculated tu deceive the outside world
inu the conclusion that the Mormon
,h1.eh ~ IN sympathy with the fIndn-
mental doctflncH ~ Christianity, In.
stead OF being directly opposed 10 thos.
doctrines, In these concluding words
moniHms
~ Il a system ~ religion which rec.
ushlk"s boi ~ the creator and ruler ~
the universe, and Jesus Christ Of MAJ.
hrcth ns His Son aud the Savior OF
mankind, nnd teaches that the HOLY
spirit may De- obtained aud enioycd IN
hll persons who VIII receive the Dos.
pei hnd obey the divine commands"
nov, when We are taught explicitly
and repeatedly. by the recognized nu.
ihoritlea In the Mormon church. bv
Joseph Smith ana brigham Young and
Farley ~ Pratt. and ELDER ~ ~ Vob-
cftn, ana others. that the God nbova.
mentioned " the exalted Adam. IA no.
NFhmiHt now livinr with hla niurni
wives In heaven. that Jesus Christ Al "a
pnlyshtniHi. and not the spiritual. but
the natural son NJ u poiygamlut fath.r.
ana that the Holy Spirit a. a rennsd
nuld Or substance resembling electric.
ity, We arr both nHt1niHhed and grieyed
that anyone In tho name ~ religion
Hhuull Dc Wiling 10 engage In such In
esclHnblc deception.
Ana that we may not be- chargoablo
win misrepresentation. we herewith
mnko quotations from these Mormon
auhoritics, Joseph smith. called Inc
Prophet thus taught, "gnd himsslf
wnt once ns We nro now. and iH an ok
alted man, AMI sits cnthronod In yon.
der heavens. That n the great secret"
-tLgurnal n Dircourrea. Yul. VI. pare
~ The Prophet brigham Young WI.
sun more explicit as follows. ''NVhen
our father Adam. came into the Gar
den NJ Eden, he came Into IL with a ce.
ieulinl body and brought Eve. ono ~
MS wives, with him lie holped ia
make and organize this world
lie n our father ana our Ond. and tho
only God with whom we have 10 do.r
Tie denies that Jesus Christ had spir. /
ltunl origin ana says: And who IN m.
Father tie II the nrst ~ the human |
,Ainliy, Journal or plscourses. vol. |
The following IL the Mormon tench-
lng concerning Jesus christ: III none /
hut Gods VIII be- permitted 10 muttintv
immortal children, Il follows that zach |
900 must have one M more wives.
one thing n certain. that thcrr were I
loNrrnl holy women that greatly lov.d I
y rruH-Hurh nv Mary ana Martin, nor /
sister, ana Mary MnFdnicnc
" an the acts M Jesus were written
We, no doubt, should learn that these !
beloved Muincn We're his wiVes."--(The
Seer, vol l. PIP i5s-tigl
And here n Apostle puriov T.. pratt's
'onching about tho Holy spirit: "The /
lureHt, most refined ana subtle OF an /
.heHe substances tsuch ua electricity
magnetism nud the least
or oven recognized by the
YES Informed among mankind. ~ TINT
'nbHtnncc called the Holy Splrlt.'-
Key 20 Theology. chan. v, y. 800
And yet President Snow. who holds
md teaches such antl-Chrlatinn dnc.
rinoF na these, nH ne must do N he IL
4 true ana loyal Mormon. would have
he outside world believe that this sys-
en- which p, represents IS very similar
20 tho Christian system. ana. these.
ORE he appropriate Christian phrase.
ilnFy nH above in describing M L. ~
my wonder that such deception de-
Mormon unlolnls about tho cessation ~
inlyFnmy, and about other things?
salt Lake city, Jan. o. 1899