The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-05
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The kingdom of God, ms believed in by tho
Latter day Saints "Mormons,' far as
it is to affect the governments OF the world,
is future possibility, IL is confidently
looked for and fondly anticipated. Tho pres
cnt church and kingdom is ecclesiastical
organization, pure and simple, but bearing
in 1t the promise and potency Of that which
is to come-DcSeret Evening News Editorial.
1t takes the Mormon church organ
to make that kind Of misrepresenta-
tion of Mormon church teaching. Not
all the uninformed, not all the menda-
cious Gentle commentators who have
ever written concerning the Mormon
institution have ever uttered as many
untruths concerning it's character as
may be found in one average year in
the organ Of the church itself.
From the foregoing excerpt 1T is OBJ
served that the Deseret News afirms
that under the creed and the teaching
Of the church the kingdom of God,
which the church affects to be, is at
this time a mere spiritual kingdom,
and is not to be temporal institution
until Christ shall come again. That is
a coward answer to a specific charge
made by Rev. n. Z. Clemenson, who
arraigned the church on its false claims
of legal authority from God to rule all
the world. Mr.. Clemenson, quoting
from the church works, put forward
the following claim of the church:
That all other governments on earth
are usurpations and that the Mormon
church constitutes the only lawful
rulershin, deriving its authority from
God. We do not quote the exact Ian
guage of the reverend gentleman, but
this is the essence of his paper. Mr..
Clemenson challenged the presidency
of the church to debate the PROPOSE
tion; they to take the Affirmative Of
their own claim and he to take the
negative. They were afraid to meet
him in open discussion, but because of
the great effect produced by his chal-
lenge and, his subsequent attack upon
them in public address, the Deseret
News has been constrained to come to
lie defense Of the hierarchy. And as
usual it defends by denial; and that
denial consists Of as palpable false
hood as was ever uttered by any min
ion Of the King of Darkness.
The Tribune hereby challenges the
Deseret News to produce any evidence
from the standard works Of the church
or from the utterance of its prophets
(up to the time of the Smoot investi-
gation) to show that the Mormon view
is that the Mormon church is not
temporal kingdom Of God.
And in order that the Deseret News
may know the kind Of testimony with
which The Tribune will offset any argu-
ment of that kind by the News, The
Tribune hereby quotes from the
prophets, seers and revelators of the
church to show their view of this case.
A prophet, seer and revelator of the
Mormon church, speaking to the people,
said as follows:
to give laws and commands to individuals.
churches, rulers and nations Of tho world to
appoint ordain. and establish constitutions
and Kingdoms to appoint kings, presidents.
governors, and judges
Another prophet, seer and revelator
said:
The priesthood was placed on the earth for
the guidance OF the Saints in all things
whether religious political aud he deemed
it juati6abls for the elders 10 counsel tho
people in political matters.
Another prophet, seer and revelator
said:
The fact of the matter is. when man
says you may direct spiritually, but not
he lies in the presence Of God
that Is, il he has got intelligence enough to
know what he is talking about
Another prophet, seer and revelator
said:
know that this is the kingdom of God,
and that God is at the helm ] |
repeat what have said scores of times, the |
kingdom OF God is good enough for me. This |
organization of the church OF Jesus Christ |
Of Letter'day Saints meets all my wants, and |