The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-12
Claims to Be Endowed
Natural as Prophets.
and Reyelators.
DECLARES HE IS SPEC
COMMISSIONED BY All
Resistance to His
Power, Smith Says,
bellion Against

eldest and most famous of M
and the husband Of three y,
publicly declared: n,
IL Is quite unexpected In
called upon to address YOU n,
ject OF the plurality of win
rather new ground To the Inh
the United States, and NOT onlt
but a portion OF the inhabitat
rope. 4 portion OF them ha{
the habit OF preaching
this description, consequence
have 10 break UP new ground =,
know. however. 10 the congreeuI
me. that the Latter-day Sainra
braced the doctrine OF the d
wives as n part Of their rclIr
In order to induce his fold,
readily to accept this fnfsll
trine, Brigham Young himsel'
the name of Joseph Smith, III
whom many sincerely belieya
true prophet. and ascribed 4,
reception Of o revelation fra,
mighty in 1913, commanding 1
TO take unto themselves a n,
Of wives. limited in number All
measure Of their desires. Wb{
this revelation had been ksnf
for nine years, Brigham y
planned as follows:
You heard brother Pratt Al
morning that a revelation Voulf
this afternoon. which was Rlven''
to Joseph S death. II contains 4
which a small portion Of thc
opposed TO. Though that doc(
not been preached by the eden.
pie have believed in Il for uanr
The original copy OF this revej
burnt up. William Clayton Wa
who wrote IT from the moul
prophet. In the meantlmc ~
Bishop WhItnoy's possession. \
the privilege to copy IL. Wild
Joseph granted, Sister Emu11
original copy.
The revelation will be read N
principle we believe in And 1
for I know lit will sail oYe
triumphantly above all the PM
priestcraft of the day: 1t vii
and believed In by the NOR
portions of the world as one 4
doctrines ever proclaimed "a 4
| am now ready to proclaim III
This revelation has been IN.
sion many years, and who I'D
None but those who should i
keep a patent lock on my des|
does not anything leak out .
not.
Part Of Pretended Rev(,
Such the mythical story pa
a deluded people. Let me
the material part of the pret
lation of polygamy as Civ
authority of Brigham Youn
Verify thus saith the Lon
servant Joseph: Bel
am the Lord thy God.
fore prepare thy heart to n
obey the instructions which 4
10 give unto you. for all thoes
this law revealed unto them
the same, for; behold, l revcl
n new and everlasting coven
we abide not that covenant.
damned: for no one can rejecl
nant and be permitted to eni
glory; - and as pertaf
new and everlasting coyena
Instituted for the fullness Of
and he that recelVath q fulln
must and shall abide the law
be damned, saith the Lord 7
again, as pertaining TO the
priesthood. If any man espoul
and desire 10 espouse anothe
first give her consent. and II
the second. and they are VI
have vowed TO no other man
justified. He can not comm
for they are given unto him.
not commit adultery with tha
longeth 10 him and to none e
he have ten virgins given ~
this law he can not commit ~
they belong unto him and ara
TO him; therefore is he Justihe'
Thus did Brigham Yount
associates attempt TO explail
tify practice revolving in Z
of public decency. subversl'
home, and destructive of the
dations of society. Thus weY!
unholy hands what Brigham
pleased to call the found
"Zion, - upon which it wa
to erect 'the kingdom Q
earth. - But o doctrine 80
needed something more the'
supported testimony of Brlgo
to insure it's reception and s
dence, in view of the fact I
no warrant in the Book Of ~
was specially condemned IN
of Doctrines and Covenani
IN it is declared Zone man al
one wife and one woman bu|
band. - To give this creed
blance of authority and ins'
manency as an article OF
Mormon faith. the doetrine
gamy was eXpunged and
from the book of "Doctrine
nauts' and the doctrine q
inserted in its stead, where
retained as a cardinal prinr1'
Utah Mormon faith. In this
the practice of polygamy Insu!
the Territory Of Utah and 20
encouraged by the leader OF
Domination of Hierarchy =
The subsequent history OF
munity is too familiar 70 y
tended review. From the
took possession of the TerrltoI
the domination of this MOT
rarchy in eivil as well as go
ligious affairs has been aus
supreme, anl there was tnen
ted and carried on for forty "
nival Of crime in this TERM
ampled in the history OF
State. The armies of the up!'
were forbidden to come Win !
ders; Federal Judges and etns
ment officials 3ere driven . Iroa
ritory; the statutes of the ~ On !,
spurned and trAmpled on; W =
of the law insulted and deneo
noso ran r;ot and there was y