The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-20

himself and of the position taken bv
him upon the witness stand before the
SmOot investigating committee i'm
Washington in regard to revelations.
In contradiction 10 his statements
made there, he said that he had had
revelations in the past. and stflI con-
unued TO have them. The reason
he denied the fact before the commit
tee was. because they were trying to
lead him into a trap" according to the
speakers own words. Without men-
uOnlnS names. President Smith replied
to the criticism of himself by former
Senator Frank J. Cannon and Charles
A SmurthWaite- He spoke of his de
tractors as ''anti-Ckrists'
Apostles Charles w. Penrose and
Francis NJ. Lyman preceded him with
tributes TO his character and testimony
TO doctrine of revelation through him.
4 am too well pleased with the utter
anCeS of the brethren who have just
spoken to burden you with a long ser
mOn-' said the president in beginuiuS
his address, referring to Apostles Pen
rose and Lyman. 4 myself can TESTIFY
to their purity and goodness and truth
fulness.. They have always had the
spirit OF God in their souls. l have
known Apostle Lyman since he and 1
were boys. The characters of neither
of the men will ever have to be white
washed Their lives are open TO the
view of all Latter-day Saints
Says He EVaded Trap
In referring to his testimony before
the committee in Washington. to which
Apostle Penrose had called attention
during his speech, President Smith
said.
My critics tried to get me TO say
in regard TO revelations what they
themselves wanted me to say in order
to get me into a trap. They wanted me
To -T.,-- IN.
regard to new laws and new rules for
life. Has God ever revealed himself TO
me through revelations No man ever
heard me deny that
When I was first baptized God
revealed to me that I had done an
act of which he approved That was a
revelation to me. and it has been a
stay and "A staff to me in all my daily
walks. God revealed to me that 10
seph Smith was a prophet He revealed
10 me that Brigham Young succeeded to
the presidency Tightfully. and L would
not be without that revelation for all
the gold in all the world He revealed
to me also that other presidents since
then have succeeded rightfulIy- L leave
it to you to Judge whether Of not the
Lord wilIed it that / should be where
1 am. l viii not be my own judge /
leave it for you to weigh 1t is enough
for me to live rightly.
Don't be alarmed if you don't re
ceive any great wonderful revelations
yourself Just live a righteous life
that is all that is needed God has re-
vealed many things to me for MY own
guidance. He Will reveal himself 20
you also if you live the righteous life
Replies to Attacks.
Continuing further in his defense. the
speaker said:
The devil Is the dersmer Of charac-
ter You never heard of a bad man
going around and saying that other
men were good No, that is not the
devils mission. His mission is to pol
lutte what is pure and to make a sacri-
lege what is holy. The Master. God
said that il they have treated me IN
that manner so also viii they treat
You To my mind the strongest eVi-
Gence of our divine mission Is the fact
that those who are evil disposed are
trying TO blacken our character. 1 do
not fear to be judged by the impartial
and the just But none of us are will
ing TO submit 10 the judgment Of our
enemies. We are willing to submit to
the judgment of God.
Don't forget that from time to time
anti-ChristS will come amongst you
men who have corrupted and wasted
their own lives God will deal with
them Only we cannot live together
with them. We must disfeIlowship the
those who raise their
hands against God Do we interfere
with their liberty of speech when we
disfellowShip them2 Not at all. No.
We only give them the more liberty.
We cut them loose, turn them adrift,
let them go. AS long as they remain
our fellows they are necessarily re
in their speech. We give them
freedom, we disfeHOwship them. No
member of the church of the Latter
d-lN- n nf
his liberty cUrtailed-'
Penrose and Lyman Defend.
The two speak ers Of the afternoon
besides President Smith were Apostle
Charles W PenrCse and Apostle
Francis NJ. Lyman. Apostle Pen
rose spoke first. He explained
what the MoTmOns- mean by the
word revelation" and how their
meaning Of the word differs from the
idea which the word conveys in the
Old Testament. There Moses had re-
velatiOns. i'm which he saw God face
to face and spoke to him mouth TO
mouth The MOrmOns do not believe,
according TO the speaker. in such re
velatiOns at the present day a Nor
mon revelation is the spirit of God
working within you" Continuing, the
a poStle said:
AS the prophets of the olden time
had one kind of revelations from God.
so do the prophets of today have an
other kind. Joseph Smith believed in
the living word of God Those who
have succeeded him have the same be
lief. They themselves are prophets of
the Most High God, great as any of
the eastern hemisphere When Presi-
dent Joseph F. Smith said that he did
not have revelations. it was in reply
to a question from men who would not
the meaning of the word
revelation. They were trying TO lead
him into trap. They meant the reve-
lations such as Moses had"
Defends Temporal Kingdom.
Further on in his speech the apostle
explained why the MOrmOns should la
Dor to build up a temporal kingdom,
saying that man is of both spirit and
flesh, and he should look after the well
fare of both. Not only should he in
sure his own comfort. but he should
look out for that of coming generations
also