Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-05-14

| mat was lAAeh pg those liars a.,
thieves and card shumea. We M
fore quoted several passages frora
same discourse to prove that pre.,s'
Young abhorred such practices ana
nouucej them In most vigorous ,.r,..H
The Herald, II It desired to be as
thing llta fair in It's comments nsf
hat discourse would not have u,
IFu be true that President Young u,
Illustrating the net cast into Inc Il,
because we quoted President yo,,..
aueaaga 90 that very discourse Mn,
ueeulei any doubt as to the mb,o
on which De was treating, and bls =,
ummts in regard to the evll doln,.
SOME persons connected with 4
Church We might ask. why dla
thc Herald quote that paragraph go
IS what De said before making tbo
marks concerning the.thieyes. gambla
etc.;
suppose I was preaching in a.
world. and they should allege thai ,,a
ot che people in Utah swOre. stole N
we're wicked in many ways. / wopld y
knowledge it 90 Doe the case M
might then inquire Why do Won 4 x
that you have got the Gospel OF sai@
IUn. and why do you come 10 uss
preach. seeing that your own peonie
ViOkal'y. would reply that the kin
dom 0f heaven Is like unto a moi M
gathers fish OF AN kinds, therefore
must have the good and the bsA NJ
utah, or else IL cannot be the kinpdo-
of heaven.
Owe have some Of the bad. and IND
nhu pass through our settlements or
| i0um In our midst for a brief period n b.
come familiar with those who Al
wicked but do not become acqualnt
with the righteous. The great maiorify
of This people are righteous. hut n
W0r.d.ugs seek out and mingle with ~
few wicked here. because both tho
classes love the spirit Of the world
AS Co the great argument again
| the kingdom Of God, because there a 4.
some eyu doors In the Church. Vii
take the principles and doctrines tauaf
| By Jesus and His Apostles, and nd
| that these go 20 prove and substantial .
The fact that this Is the kingdom 4
God Why? Because we can produ
the me3nest curses there are on ~
EARTH those who take an the revei
! tons given by the Almighty. and evary
| influence and revelation thew can d
from the devil. and make use OF thin
to add sin 70 sin"
1t win be seen from these and oth.r
passages we could quote from the SAN
discourse, that instead OF Preside,
YOUNG favorng that class Of perso-s
who were mixed with the Latter-day
Saints. be was utterly opposed to th,r
evil ways. And his mention Of then
was 80 line with this part Of the SUI.
ject Of his discourse. namely that Jesus
llkened the kingdom OF heaven to o
net cast into the sea which gathered b.
all kinds In casting a doubt up5a
this The Herald, In spite OF Its protts,
to the contrary, shows that TIE
Josephites' do have "a disposition 20
misrepresent President Brigham
/ Young
The very spirit Of the moyemt,,
which Is called a Reorganization" Is
one Of misrepresentation and contta.
ton. i prompts the selection Of b.
lated passages from old sermons 70
which the public do not have access
and their distortion into meaninrs
which they do not really convey. !.
has been Tor years the chief work d.
preachers OF that sect TO arouse oppoa.
ton against the Church established by
the Almighty through Joseph Smith De
Prophet. ana which has continued %
the present day, by maligning and M.
Interpreting the acts and teachings d
the great and mighty man whom D.
Lord raised MP 10 succeed the Propt''
after his martrydom.
This Instance about whiN
inquiries were made by y,
Anderson who has become disgust
with the peryersions OF Elders in q.
Reorganization is but one out Of
many that might be cited. Even In n.
same number Of the Herald now befc1
us and TO which we have herein Be-
ferred we find this sentence, IN an art
Gle otherwise wen written, which show
/ ha an.mus Of the writer in comma
| with Dds associates:
"What 81 Arlus ~ Alexandria az.
/ Brigham Young OF salt Lake did tea
| ,hat Jesus was the natural son Of
| Josephs'
The implication therein conveyed O
an absolute falsehood. "Brlghaa
YOUNG OF salt Lake" never taught Of
expressed the idea that Jesus was Oh
natural son OF Joseph" There was OF
need 90 iHteriect this untruth into ts
article .n which it appears. II Is real
not germaue 70 the subject treated o.!
lt is an evidence OF spite and malignly
! r De- one more sign Of the spleen TIA
n0k..s in the hearts Of men IN Ia
organization, which Is nothing n ,.
aniag1u.s,ic 20 the real Church Of Jesl
Christ % Latter-day Saints. Argl
msn's t3sei on falsehood and perye-
a1ns Of the language Of an opponel
may answer vicious purpose FOR
brief period but must eventually 81
TO The ground or come back to smlte %
dips that uttered them.
We have quoted from the discoursa
OF President Brigham Young to shT
his utter detestatlon Of lying, etealirl
gambling and an other forms OF VI
ana w.ckelness. The Impress Of h
teachings and the spirit that accon
panied them Is upon the faithful IL