The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-11-14
'O''''''FI1 FROM R. P. BOYD
,o.,,irued from first page)

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-, while posing as a sexual
eI .;st But, let that 60
P' u.s. see now very clearly that we ',
We .s.S;sopprehended Mr.. Boyd's
b'9s son From the tone of his for
p's' ',ticle we got the idea that he
ns' oppressed with a belief that
w. Mo Mormon church, in defiance
' = ,,u. morals and religion, was
= IN '' oreaching and encouraging the
sou ,,,ice Of polygamy. We did not
P, 's 10 controvert his belief in toto
s a. Granted that it might be true
W. art and thereupon entered a
!, D. F u extennation, based upon the
psn Known weaknesses of the flesh
y" W. did that much entirely out OF
,..osct to what seemed to be Mr.:
~, n.ra' convictions. Now, to square
. W. with the Mormon people
'.1 Mr., Boyd's moral sensibilities,
-. hosten to withdraw the hypo-
" ...,, case of "a good, square
,..rvdav man." introduced for IL
taration into our former article
I'D consider the subject from an
other point of view
The crime laid against the Nor
uor church and the Mormon people
!. that the one breaches and the
aher practices polygamy. If the
charge Of preaching be disproved'
us have then to deal only with
The practice. Mr.. Boyd has dem
onstrated by incontrovertible evil
d,nce, educed from the highest &C.
rIes;astical statute Of the Mormon
filth, that polygamy is not a tenet
/ of Mormonism, but is denounced in
Mormon law, claiming the authority
Of Inspiration, as crime That
settles the purely doctrinal point
However, false doctrine crept into
The church and was taught and
Orscticed for a considerable time.
Then came an awakening. The
head of the church received a COM
mandment from God to cease from
teaching polygamy and call upon
the people to desist from practicing
il. That was the divine command
ment-the new revelation. 1t was
proclaimed to all Zion and through
out the world. 1t has not been re-
pealed, retracted or modified to this
| day. In the creed Of the Mormon
church there is no authority for the
practice of polygamy. President
Woodruff under the solemnity OF
oath, calling upon his God and the
world to witness, declared that the
revelation, known as the Manifesto,
meant the abandonment of polyga'
nous doctrine, and the absolute dis.
continuance of the practice. Every
head Of the Mormon church, since
Woodruff, has held to the same
view. Certainly, no prophet OF
aWglver could do more to elimi
nate the false and establish the true
. than has been done by the heads O
the Mormon church. All of which
is tully confirmed by the Rev. Rob
eFt P. Boyd of Paris, Idaho.
Now we come to the question O
Surreptltlous practice. 1t is charged
mat polygamy is still practiced b.
Mormons. Rev. Boyd does no
charge that, but the enemies of til
Mormons do, and their fool friends
Ior arguments sake, sometimes ad
NIT it. The question is, VIVA
Ousnt to be done about it? Perse
eu'e the church, which has al
solved itself? Harrass member
"uo are innocent of il? What
'ue remedy? Those who practic
pO'ygamy are violating the law {
'Ne church, are risking their in
uOt'al souls, and defying the la
" Tue land. What can we do wit
~en and women grown SO desperate
ue stern mandate of the civil la
d. nunt down the actual culprit
suu punish them according to the
UeSeFts. Every citizen in the lar