The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-07-01

his Office or appointment by Him
not one of them has received revela-
tions or laws from Hin-not one of
| tcem has received any communication
| whatsoever from the rightful sover-
eign, the great King. Their author
ity is all assumed-it originated In man
Iheir laws are not from the great
Lawgiver, but the production of their
| own false governments. Their very
| foundations were laid in rebellion, and
| the whole superstructurc, from first TO
| iast. is a heterogeneous mass OF dis
cordant clements. In direct opposition
TO the Kingdom of God which is the
only true government which should
DC recognized on earth or in heaven.
The Kingdom of God is a theocracy.
And as 1t Is the only form OF govern
ment which Will redeem and save man
kind, 1t is necessary that every soul
| should be rightly and thoroughly in
| structed in regard to It's nature and
general characteristics.
The Almighty has decreed to rend
| ana break In pieces all earthly govern
| mentss to cast down thrones. to turn
and overturn, and break up the nations
to send forth his messengers and make
way for the establishment of the
everlasting kingdom to which all
Others must yield, or be prostratcd-
| never more to rise, Awake, then, oh
| We nations, for with YOU the Lord hath
| controversy! His kingdom is now for
the last time organized upon the earth
| All nations are invited to become citi-
zens-it is the only government OF
| safety or refuge upon all the earth.
1t hath its seat In the everlasting
mountains CUtah)-its dreadful majes-
| " shall strike terror to the hearts Of
| Kings in the day of His power
The Apostle Farley P. Pratt is quite
| as specific. thus.
This priesthood, including that of
the &aronic, holds the keys of revela-
| tion OF the oracles of God to man upon
the earth; the power and right to give
| laws and commandments to indiyid-
| uals, churches, rulers. nations and the
| world, 10 appoint ordain and esta blish
| constitutions and kingdoms, to appoint
| kings, presidents. governors or Judges
and to ordain or anoint them to their
several holy calling1- Clso TO instruct
| warn or reproye them by the word of
| the Lord" c'Key to Theology" p. 70)
In consonance with the above, the
| following stanZa may be suggestive:
Thrones shall totter. Babel fall,
Satan reign no more al all;
Saints 9hall gain the victory,
Truth prevail ore land and sea;
Gentle tyrants sink 10 hell
Nows the day OF Israel, (Hymnal)
And as a fitting climax to il all. In
sert the oath of vengeance admins
tered In the endowment ceremony, and
by which all who receive the cndow
ments bind themselves and their pos
terlty to endless hostility against the
Nation
You and each of you covenant and
promise that you viii pray, and never
cease TO pray. Almighty God to avensc
| the blood Of the prophets. and cspe-
cially that OF Joseph and Hyrum
Smith. upon this nation. and that you
Will teach the same unto your cn1-
dren and your chlldrens children unto
the fourth generation"
The priesthood over which you
preside teaches that polygamy Is The
true mode OF marriage, an essential ,tr-
tiCle of religion, necessary to salvation,
and wanting which Christianity ,s
without foundation. You thus repudiate
the manifesto, relnstitute the cult Of
your early predecessors. and pronounce
against the Supreme Court OF the
United States. which has ruled that
polysamy is unlawful.
In Verlflcation / quote from the Com-
pendulum. third edition, issued In 1898,
eight years after the manifesto, thus:
IF the plural marriage be unlawful,
then is the whole plan of salvation
-
and the ontire fabric OF Christianity
without foundation" page 1851
Many elders of the Latter-day
Saints have been commanded, as was
Abraham, TO enter into plural marriage
and disobediencc becomes transgres-
sion. Hence II involves religious
principle. and becomes a matter OF con-
science" page 1922
'TbeSe DoSitioDS assumed and taughi
by you. as head OF the Mormon church,
are very grave. In them you sit In
judgment on mankind and pronounce
against Christianity, civil government.
and The monogamic home. calling all
who differ from you enemies of the
truth. / believe you are mistaken, and
your whole assumption a tissue OF er-
ror, and hence have a proposition TO
maxi which l trust may appeal TO you
and meet with your cordial assent.
L propose, in the name of the Presby-
terry OF Utah, and In behalf of the Pres
byter!an church, and in defense OF Cr-
ganizcd Christianity, the Civil State,
and the monogamiC home, to meet you
in public debate. you 10 affirm and 1 10
deny
/. That the Mormon is the only true
and living church upon the face Of the
whole cartn, as allegcd IN tns lorcgO-
ing statement
q That the church over which You
preside is the kingdom OF God" and
"the only legal government that can
exist In any part of the universe" all
others being In rebellion against the
kingdom OF God and under Gods ban,
and illegal and unauthorized,
g. That "if plural marriage be un-
lawful, then is the whole plan of sal
vation. through the house OF Israel.
failure, and the entire fabric of Chris
tlanlty without foundation"
hope. sir. that you may find IT con-
yenient 10 arrange 10 engage In this
discussion, either In your own person,
or in conjunction with your two coun-
cilors YOU or all three of you,
l propose that a committee OF seven
men be appointed TO arrange all details
of this debate. including the time, place.
and Judges; this committee to consist
Of three appointed by you and three
appointed by us. these six to select the