The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-10

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emnized on the earth for time and for
all eternity, and that when men and wo-
men receive their highest glory they VIII
be Joined together as husbands and wives
1 need not dwell on all the features con-
nected with this principle; you are ia
miliar with them l need not say 20 you
how extensive our belief is, in relation
to this matter. for il is matter that has
been talked about until il has become at
least partly understood need only say
that the Latter-day Saints believe De
cause God has revealed 1t to them that
when wives and husbands are united,
there is an authority and a power that
can unite them together for time and Tor
eternity l mention this to bring
to your minds, my brethren and sisters
how much we have loved the truth, and
how DESTROYS We have been TO OBTAIN h
knowledge of the truth We have been
willing to make sacrifices for the truth 5
sake: we have Z ot only prayed and talke0
we have actually obeyed the truth as 1ar
as we have known it For this reason
We have been prosecuted.
George @. Cannon's Words.
"An truth has not been revealed Paul
once said he knew 2 man who had as
cended into the third heaven and had
heard things that We're not lawful for a
man to utter That has been a good deal
the case with US. Many things have been
revealed TO US which if we had taught,
men would have sought TO kill US, so en-
urely opposed would they have been to
the prevailing religious sentiment This
has been the case even with the small
amount OF truth which we have taught
We dare not tell all the truth We know
because it would not be lawful to utter
some things which God has revealed.
That which we teach and which has en-
abIed US to progress to our present posi-
ton. sometimes gets US into trouble When
and prejudice. and the class that mani
fest this hatred are, strange to say, those
who profess to be the followers of Jesus
Christ and ministers Of his word They
hear know "A T0eX
would have done with Paul if they had
lived in his day. and he had told them
some OF the truths which were not law
full to utter No doubt they would have
done with him as they did with the
Prophet Joseph Smith II was the truth
he told that caused them TO slay him.
He told the truth; and they killed
Joseph Smith because he told the world
truths they would not receive
Our. elders in going out TO preach the
gospel have to be exceedingly cautious
lest they shall give strong meat to peo-
PIE who are only prepared TO receive tne
meat, persecution is raised immediately
For this reason they. have to reserve
eternal truths with which they. are IA
miliar, or the people would do with them
as they did with Jesus and as they nave
done with all the prophets who have de
clared truths which the people would not
'sThe Savior had to caution his. disci-
pies on this very point in the following
language: Give not that which Is holy
unto the dogs, neither cast We your pearls
before swine lest they trample them IN
der their feet and turn again and reno
you have to lead mankind along by de-
grees TO comprehend truth. ''-(cuoted
from his own report OF the ADDRESS as
published in the Deseret Evening News-)
Brigham Young's Sermon.
The following is from sermon re-
ported to have been delivered by the late
President Brigham Young in the Salt
Lake tabernacle, July y, ISIS:
DO not be discouraged by your re-
peated failure to get in the Union as a
state We shall succeed. We shall pull
the wool over the eyes of the American
people and make them swallow Mormon
ism. poiygamy and all. We shall drop the
old issue between the MOrmons and Lib
erals of Utah, ally ourselves with the
great national parties. divide ourselves
about equally, so as TO fall in with the
one in power We do not know and we
do not care about the issues We must
be at peace with them in order to get
into the Union. After that we can snap
our fingers in their faces. restore the
good times when we dWelt undisturbed in
the valleys of the mountains and cast out
devils as we used to dO--Cuoted oy E A
Folk. Editor of the Baptist and Reflector,
in Story of MormOnism-'
The policy OF equal division was III
aug9rated and carried out later by George
The attitude of the first presidency and
twelve apostles as leaders Of the Nor
mon church toward the government OF
the United States and its institutions is
and for fifty years has been a matter Of
histOry-hiStOry which is not yet COM
plete. 1t was declared by the United
States supreme court through Justice
Bradley in the escheat case. (136 L. s. II
1T is unnecessary here to refer to the
past history Of the sect. to their defiance
of the government authorities. TO their
attempt to esta bliSh an independent COM
muuity. to their efforts to drive from the
territory all who were not connected with
them in communion and sympathy. The
tale is one of patience on the part of ths
American government and people. and OK
contempt Of authority and resistance TO
law on the part of the MOrmOns- What
ever prosecutions they may have suffered
in the early part Of their history. in Mis-
souri, and Illinois. they have no excuse
for their persistent defiance of law under
the government of the United States.
"a Sophistical Plea"
"One pretense for this obstinate course
is that their belief in the practice of pO-
lygamy. or in the right to indulge in 1t.
is a religious belief. and therefore under
the protection of the constitutional guar
anty of religious freedom. This is alto
Thugs of India imagined that their be-
lief in the right of assassination was a
religious belief. but their thinking so did
not make it So The practice OF suffice
bv the HindOo widows may have sprung
from a supposed religious conviction Tho
offering of human sacrifices by our own
ancestors in Britain was no doubt sane
toned by an equally conscientious i'm
pulse. But no one on that account would
hesitate to brand these practices now as
crimes against society and subject to
condemnation and punishment by the
civil authority.
Then. looking at the case as the find
ing of facts presents it. we have before
us-cOngreSs had before tia contuma-
cious Organization welding by its re-
sources an immense power in the territory
of Utah and employing those resources
and that power in constantly attempting
70 oppose, thwart and subvert the legis-
lation of congress and the Will of the
government of the United States.
notwithstanding the stringent laws
which have been passed by congress.
Notwithstanding all the efforts made TO
suppress this barbarous practice. the sect
or community composing the Church OF
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints per-
severeS. in defiance of law, in preaching,
upholding. promoting and defending it.
1T IS a matter OF public nOtoriety that
its emissaries are engaged in many coun-
tries in propagating this nefarious doc
trine and urging its converts TO Join the
community in Utah The existence OF
such a propaganda is blot on our civil
ization The organization of commune
itv for the spread and practice of pOlyg-
amy is. in measure. a return to baroar-
ISM 1t is contrary to the spirit Of Chris
tianity and of the civilization which
Christianity has produced n the western
world. The question therefore is whether
the promotion of such a nefarlOuS sys-
TEN and practice. 50 repugnaEt 10 our
laws and to the principles Of our elvlliza-
ton, is to be allowed TO continue BY the
SOLE