East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-18
The Whole Greed Of the
MorMonS

President Joseph Smith, executive
head of the Reorganized Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints,
with $4,000 members i'm the United
states and other countries. is in Spo-
kane on his first visit, says the Spokes-
man-Review. Yesterday President
Smith preached morning and evening
at the denominations home i'm Spo-
kane, 4 neat, though unfinished edi-
flee at Third avenue and smith street
in Union Park. His visit is a red let
ter event to members of The church
here. and congregations were large at
both services. Tonight President
Smith breaches again, leaving tomor-
row for western points.
The president of the reorganized
Mormon church is an interesting per-
sonage. He is 73 years old, patriarch
ial in appearance, affable in manner,
cultured speaker and clever writer.
For IS years he has preached the gos-
! pei and the revelations of the Angel
| Maroni.
His father, Joseph Smith founded
the Church of the Latter Day Saints
| in Manchester, n. Y. on April 6, 1880,
located a colony in Missouri, was
driven thence by popular feeling, and
was shot to death by mob at Garth
age. ILL.,, on June 81, 1874. 1t is a
tenet of the Mormon faith that to
this Joseph Smith the Angel Maroni
revealed that on the hill Cumorah
near Manchester, n. Y, would be
found plates of metal on which We're
inscribed the writings afterwards
translated into the Book of Mormon.
The present head of the reorganized
Mormon church is a cousin of JOSEPH
Fielding Smith, president of the Utal
church. said to have a membership
of over 275, 900. The cousinly relation
is apparently not strong tie, as the
two presidents differ on many points
especially the doctrine of polygamy
to which the reorganized church Il
; even more bitterly opposed than othe
/ denominations.
The new church edifice at the poin
described is prosperous according t.
the reports of its officers. Elder T. W
Chatburn is in charge of the work
I ana 1t Is tNpGCltu llltil Nil0 tAAAiNN W.
be entirely completed within 81
weeks. Yesterday about the only at
tempt at interior decoration was
mammoth Stars and Stripes behin
, the pulpit. Seventy-five families ar
identified with the congregation, an
. steady increases are reported. TIL
D members are enthusiastic and devote
G to the welfare of the church. 1t
services resemble the ordinary churc
service so closely that few departure
are noticeable.
Last night President Smith use
t the Bible exclusively, and at no tim
. in his sermon did he refer to any othe
inspired book. His address was de
fenee of the doctrines of revelation
: which he maintained was to be eS
d pected quite as much today as whe
& the new testament was written.
. In an interview subsequent to tn
q sermon. President Smith said that tn
It cardinal difference between tn
!. church of which he was the head an
. that in Utah, presided over by h
= cousin, Joseph Fielding Smith, wa
on the point of polygamy or plur;
marriage. The reorganized church
a opposed to this practice on moral an
legal grounds. The tenets of the de
nomination are set forth as follows:
I'VE believe in God, the eterni
father, and in his son Jesus Chris
and in the Holy Ghost.
1--WE believe that men will be pun
ished for their own sins, and not fC
G Adams transgression.
It 1--WE believe that through the atom,