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

~ Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Salt Lake City, Utah:
sir-The organization over
~ YOU preside. whose official head
"a and which recognizes you as
rs. seer. and revelator," calling
q 'a,be mouth-piece of God" as
sss q position before the world of
,,r.ous Importance
s,e,,mes 10 be the only true and
~ church upon the face of the
Y.,a earth" Doctrine and Cove
section 1900 1t also claims to
sne kingdom of God on earth," an
.,,u,ion established by divine author
and which is TO perpetuate Itself
.sr widening power until. Ike Dam
J. .,one It shall fill the.whole earth.
<'dner,uore, It sets up d social insti-
~, tor which il claims divine sane
~ called celestial or plural mar
-. which Is most revolutionary. ana
.s,,,ous to the cultured taste of man
IA pleading thus in its behalf;
N plural marriage be unlawful. then
\ ne whole plan OF salvation, through
"a. house Of Israel. a failure and tho
.,,,s fabric OF Christianity without
,-,datlon." Compendium, p. 1851
v,hose assumptions are true and can
!. rade good, 1t is of the highest i'm
|-,ncs that they should be known.
man may be set right as to pre-
4, error and false churches and spur
=, .coyernmenIs and defective mar
-. forms may be repudlated. while
~ theocratic Institution Is given Its
I,sttul place, and aided in is ambi-
y 10 secure universal empire and pui-
b The race.
ne recent public disclosures In the
I ,-,ot case have brought to light three
<,siacant facts, which may be stated
his order. and be verified from
S,Snv publications and writer's of
,cur church, viz.
IN The Mormon priesthood oveI
|rSkh YOU preside teaches that the
4 |cs5st,an church as a whole and in all
/ I, asnominational branches is not, IN
n, the real church of Christ, but is
.,stzte from Him, man-made insti-
-,,ion. without standing before God.
s,xfIture of authority. a corrupt body,
. Eying the form of godliness, but deny
n The power thereof, which has Satan
. 4 rs head instead OF Christ. on this
,lrt Joseph Smith thus explains the
,D:l!son OF your church:
NY object In going TO inquire or
4. Lord. was to know which OF all the
t cas vas right, that l might know
rksch 10 Join. No sooner, therefore,
III get possession of myself. so as to
ksble 10 speak, thai l asked the per-
IMAGES who stood above me In the
.gst. which of all the sects was right
. lIsr at this time IL had never entered
|5tp my heart that all were wrongJ,
IT Il which / should join. L was an.
reed that l must join none of them,
/ n they were all wrong. and the per.
/ e1age who addressed me said that all
/ bell cresds were an aoomination In
y sight: that those professors werc
II corrupt. They draw near to me with
ker lips, but their hearts are far
|tpn me, they teach for doctrine the
|tGnandments of man, having a form,
3 godliness, but they deny the power
EsreoL' (.'The Pearl OF Great Price,"
|kM)
MS teaching also Is dramauzed in
/ ;ef temple ritual, and enacted in the
e15Tment ceremony several times
1rt week In your four temples. All
AsfEons taking the endowments" arc
1Es taught TO hold the Christian
asseh and It's ministry In high con-
;EaT, as In your ceremony Satan IL
1zaented as the chief minister. the
. \,
= 7rouoting the destruction of the
ne In vcrifcation of this the fol-
ssirg Is quoted from the temple rit-
~ as recently published:
lsdfer as Head OF the Christian
Church, and Employer Of the Min
sty to Lead People Astray.
leyl-I hear you; what do you want?
zan-Who are you7
Hfu-l am the god OF this world.
Aissn-Who made you tho god OF this
pss!l-I made myself What ls 1t you
Seam-I waF calling on Father,
EnEOb, | sec; you want religion [
- haye come preachers sent down here
F.ssntly.
!Enter preachcr)
NJ me congregation here.
llNon- are you preacher
fzrson-YeS
\. preSMl.Eyer Sl-Eyer been TO college and studied
etad lansuages2
rsson,Why, certainly No man can
,'n.ca rTncea The gospel unless he has been TO
bhsse ne and studied the dead languages.
rsnr-u you VIII preach 10 this con-
'rsfnSuen, sfn and convert them, mind you,
~. sa give you-let me see-four thousand
EnsaTs year.
he best ! can
IL psrson then opens a hymn-book and
Ixsnd = ,a,h 4 hhymn, while the devil prances
Isr. Sltn a complaccnt air. After the
snnrg The parson turns 10 Adam and
"a, you believe IN that Great
~ Who dwells beyond the bounds OF
~. a space, and sits on the top of a
~ Al, ,hhrone; who is 80 great that he
.aa nh inc universe, vet is 40 small that
ean dwell In your heart; whose center
|r7xhs5sSs mere and whose circumference Is
a-No: do not believe a word of
|JsfS-l JsSavf AM very sorry for YOU. But
kto,ppIIoy you believe In hell. that great
|biasionas plt. which is full of Are and
1tl .rS INTO which the wicked are
"a Va, sao where they are ever burning
1 ids' never consumed
b you do not, and I am sorry
ps
4 DsS-HHeliol What is going on here?
A htr-WWgs are making religion.
DeyI Snat are you making II out OF?
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