Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-03-25

Herald Of wednesday Mafch ~,
is herewith reproduced for the
benefit Of readers of the satur-
day News
ro the salt Lake Herald. In your
,.sne ~ his morning you say, editor
Civ referring to President Joseph
= smiths testimony and sermon
,1sceotlng revelations. THE head
=, me Mormon church, testlfying UNI
AZ nath. told the Smoot committee one
Eirg and now tells his own people
onoiber because some one In WASH
"g,on was trying to trap him." You
enr,bsr state that unless President
smith "can reconcile the apparently lr-
rsconcllable, he must remain lmpaled
on the horns Of dilemma OF his own
LEI ms Investigate this matter In the
,eh of the record and, free from pre-
Tbe sermon delivered by President
Smith IN the Tabernacle last sunday Is
published IN last evenings News. ] am
assured that the report was made from
the notes Of stenographer who was
rresent. and that they remain UNI
changed This will probably be con.
fplN1.
very slightly from that published In
Che morning papers.
President Smith said
NOV with reference to the principle
and doctrine Of revelation, II may be
proper for me TO say a few words on
his subject while ! am on my feet
For me to say, which was the very end
that my critics and my indulsitors were
endoavOrIng to get me to say in order
mat | might be led into that trap
which they had made for me, 10 say
mat God had given to me a revelation
upon some new doctrine. or theory, or
principle, or precept, or anything to be
written, to be observed or handed down
AZ guide TO the Church, would have
been untrue, I could not have said
that for He has not done this. But
has God revealed to me His mind and
His VIII? Has He made manifest In
me knowledge OF His truth by and
through the spirit Of revelation Did
you ever hear Of my denying that?
No; no man has ever heard me deny
that"
After making that statement, the
speaker said that, upon being baptized
God revealed to him approval OF the
act, that God revealed TO him that Jo-
seph Smith was Prophet, that
Brigham Young succeeded lawfully and
dlylnely TO the presidency OF the
Church; that John Taylor was an in
spred Prophet; that MILFORD Woodruff
and Lorenzo Snow In turn, lawfully
and dlynely succeeded to the presI-
dency Of the Church; that the Lord had
revealed to him many things for his
own guidance to assist him IN the dis
charge OF his duties, and that he fer
vently believed that God had mani
tested to him in his present capacity,
many glorious things, many principles,
and oftentlmes much more wisdom
than Is inherent In himself.
The substance OF the foregoing re-
marks may be fairly stated, l believe,
as follows; That God has not given him
revelation upon some new doctrine.
to be written, observed, or handed
down as a guidance to the Church, that
God has made manifest to him a knowl-
edge Of His truth by and through the
spirit OF revelations and that the sew
eral and successive presidents Of tho
Church have been divlnely and lawfully
called 10 the presidency
Now, let US examine the proceedings
before the senate committee to ascer-
tain what he there said and claimed.
shall not attempt to quote the testI-
mony In Us entirety, since that would
make too great requisltIon upon your
space but shall content myself with
uatlng the substance thereof citing
me pages, In order that my statements
may be verified.
II appears on page rs of the proceed
ngsi that President Smiths attention
vas directed to a passage I'm the Doc
rlne and Covenants, In which IL IL
Hated, That whatsoever you shall
peak when moved upon by the Holy
most shall be the viii of the
Lord the word Of the Lord
.hd the power Of God unto salvation"
n answer to Mr. Tayler's questions,
W. Smith explained that the quotation
lppIed not only TO himself, but, with
Mual force TO every Elder In the
church Mr.. Tayler asked whether
hat applied only when moved by the
hoy Ghost to which Mr., Smith replied,
mat IS correct" Mr.. Tayler further
sEed' DO you understand that that
intended to cover the case OF inspira-
lon or reyelaton2" Mr. Smith, Yes"
~ was further explained by President
mllh that revelations for the govern
hent ana guidance of the Church come
my through the head Of the Church.
On page 90, the chairman Of the COM
nitIee asked, You have revelations.
ave you not?' To which Mr.. Smith
eplled u have never pretended TO nor
10 profess TO have received revelation
Except so far as God has shown 20 me
,1at so-called Mormonism is Gods dl-
me truth; that ls ALL"
lhen occurred the following questions
md answers:
me Chalrman-You say that was
moWn You by God?
Mt smth-By inspiration.
me Cha,rman-Ho by Inspiration;
loes j come In the shape of a vision?
ar smith-"The things OF God know
ph no man but the Spirit OF God" and
cahhot tell you any more than that |
sgNeu mat knowledge and that tes-
',uohy by the Spirit OF God.
mr Iayler-You do not mean that
W" ieached 1t by any process of rea-