Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-08-25
ANrI."MoRMoN" oANARDs.

space % -p1nionce from Kansas
city about Mormon affairs It COM
mences with this startling announce
meat
"Twenty.f5ur Elders OF the church
OF Jesus Christ NJ the Latteraday Saints
are busy day and night In Independence
No. 90 fulfill the most important
prophecy i1 Joseph Smiths exclusive
CODY Of the word NJ God. and by the end
OF the nineteenth century. " am goes
wen. the most magnificent Mormon
temple yet erected viii go up In the face
OF Christian Kansas. Independence. ac-
C1rdiug Co the Prophet Is 90 be the Zion
of the Church Here all the nations VIII
C0ugrcgate 0n the judgment day and re-
cclye reward or punishment The tenn
PIE 60 BE- erected is 90 be ftting 90 re-
Cclye the Lord az His second coming
The Mormon church Or steadily gaining
foothold n the Suufower state as In
many OF the Middle and Western States
and despite the IIl favor displayed on all
hands the last days OF 1900 win probably
witness The fulnlment Of Smiths
prophecy
That may be taken az q sample OF the
greater portion OF the whole article. II
contains. however a truth here and
there. but even they are conveyed In
such a manner as 10 border on error,
except the last two or three sentences
OF the long and misleading letter
which are literal quotations from the
Lattcr-day Saints Articles OF Faith"
Il seems almost impossible for an anti
Mormon" however well disposed. 20
present anything relating 90 Mormon
ISM In an absolutely correct manner
We noticed IN recent issue OF the
weekly called the Lamont Herald. the
organ Of the 'Reorganlzed' or Joseph
ite' church a long criticism OF a sup
posed movement of the Church Co.. Utah
20 induce the various factions that
claim 20 be followers Of the Prophet
Joseph Smith 20 unite with Il, and
build the Temple expected % be reared
at independence The Herald had no
further foundation for us absurd and
lll-digested remarks. than a newspaper
fabrication similar 70 that we have
quoted above
There Is no step being taken by the |
Church OF Jesus Christ Of Latter-day /
Saints, IN Utah or elsewhere. 20 build |
the Temple IN Jackson county, Missouri, /
or to fuse with any faction claiming TO |
be Mormon This Church Is that /
which, under divine inspiration. was or
ganlzed by the Prophet Joseph Smith |
April G, 1880. II has continued iis or |
ganized existence, unlnterruptedly, /
from that time " the present day. The
martyrdom OF IT'S leader aid not affect
It's life and work and ylgor, any more
than the cruc.fXion Of Jesus Christ dis
solved or disorganzed the primitive .
Christian Church. on the contrary, it .
has grown and n0urshed IN spite ot .
persecution, Misrepresentation. religious
opposition and hostile physical force.
And standing on the principles revealed
from heaven. aud clothed with the
authority which Il has had from the
beginning &c has no compromise 10
make with any pretended part Of the
body set up by Divine revelation. for
che last days and for the last time"
1t is true that the spot for the build
ing u the great Temple in Zion. which
win be reared IN splendor in the due
time Of the Lord, IS the Temple lot at
Independence, Jackson county Mis-
souri, II is not true that there IS any
expectation Of lie erection during the
present year. or that any steps are be.
Ing taken with that end In view. The
work 10 be done when the time comes
for the building Of that edlace. viii De
OF such magnitude that the idea OF ITS
In what remains OF
the year 1900 Is "A palpable absurdlty. |
10 viii probably take more years than
there are months left In the present
century 20 complete the structure.
which WIN be Of such proportions as 90
Doe The glory Of the land where 10 VIII
stand
The Enquirer has been imposed upon,
as nearly on the journals OF the coun-
try are when they publish stories about
tAe 'Mormons' from non Mormon
sources The notion about the magic
building of the magnificent Mormon
Temple Co four months, DIS as reason
able and near the truth. as the story
that Tag Independence. according 20 the
Prophet an the nations win congre-
gate ou the Judgment day, and receive
reward OF punishment" The Prophet
never made any such prediction. and
the L1ttgr-day Saints do not entertain
ANY such BELIEF.
10 De- not surprising that eastern pa
pers and eastern people accept so many
foolish notions about the "Mormons,'
when sl-caled Christian ministers
Who 1--WE among them. engage In the
1i1us work 0f deliberately fals.fying
.H.lr doctrines and their character To ]
.h.s may be traced much. Il not most
M 'he absuriIues that pass among
otherwise 0e.i-inf0rmod pe0ule for the ]
truth about the Mormons"
% seems incredible 10 the general :
public that persons OF that cloth" viii q
mploy the talents and opportunities af- d
.ordel them Tor higher and nobler q
purposes, IN dlstorting the tenets Of
sigion which they DO not accept. and v
ieiaming those who believe In II as s
ly!ne. But nevertheless. the history Y