The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-11-21


Cssop church will attempt to re,
Adi;eh polvcsmy will seem absurd
~SHd1e 2 mere sham in these days of
j., writer is not a politician. uor is
.he terested in any sort OF collection
religious, political, or otherwise
bh NAV be the ambitions Of the
lean party interests him Just
personally. as tine aims of the
utionsry party of Russia. He IS
: lple, retired citizen, watching, IN
nal attitude. the maneuvers OF
nollosts of battle on either side
sling apart. self poised, disinteT-
nd mere recorder ard reporter
% vents, believing that no mama
fall into his plate in any event.
no other light will shines Tor am
that within, even though Joseph
nmitb should prove has right TO
Evsbin and seership by the con-
5n of half the earth. the sppro-
n ;on of Ali The machinerv Of gov.
yTent. and the literal fulfllmcnt OF
,en prophecies. should be suddenly
Vn,ted to make them
.vIther can he tolerate nor permit
l1uggestion OF prejudice and envy.
eijeves that the Mormon faith is
il processes to be-a revela-
from the Almighty, Omniscient
Bnt so he believes also of the
= nf Mobsmmed. end Of Dovle,
I the Holy Rollers. He IS no
n env;ons or wishes harm To one set
g&pes than to another Nor does
Measure one more than another,
~ he believes that all human be
VI must express themselves accord
pfo their respective planes Of de,
un ept. whether high or low. until
are sufficiently evolved and en-
tened to rise a step higher; inat
nsnon, lew, Mohammedan, Dowe!te,
-. Roller. or the highest expression
\ 40 Christian. are Of necessity COM
Al 10 express in their respectiTe
Y tbe various conceptions or intel'l-
: e and spirituality at which they
a a;med in the long path that
~fcbes from the first dawn of IN
-gence 10 the final self inflammation
he Christ.
lfaving thus set himself right IN
6rd 70 possible accusation ot SELF
grest or prejudice. 1t will he under
I'd that his observations are gwen
mix. and this introduction is made
2 hecause of the lifelong habit or
I Deseret News to decry every honest
enter as an apostate. preJudiced
tfer. etc.-we all know The termi-
ICY by heart:
one taking this stand of cold IN
renee and absolute tolerance YET
oT(inp something whereof he speaks.
his life has been lived In the
\ heart of Mormond ON from birth,
es not seem absurd 10 say that the
hon chiefs will attempt to re
-lish polygamy;. In the early
? les. when polygamy was re,
,Jhd hy the Government. men and
~ IN bowed to the inevitable in the
7 spirit rs that with which martyrs
to the stake in the fourteenth and
,rrnth centuries. Though Polyaamy
-. had been martyrdom, they
theless accepted il as q God-re-
ST3 cross, and in their souls re,
"'i the interference that prevented
'1iving their religion.
en- went into quiesc.enee mutterlne
oge. and prophesying time IN
e-1liyes, here and now, when their
MES" should "come "a naught.
NJ ne great CLAW Of ihe priesthood
be established with renewed
rth that could not be assalled. OF
and mutterings the writer
ear personal witness. They were
around him. and AT that time, not
w,p vet seen beyond his early train
Md being still young man. with
lvexperiencc and deeper thought.
h not himself taking active part
che was not personal sufferer, he
rsathized deeply with the resent
:. of his people and felt for their
and woes.
etat resoIute resentment has never
ulSed. 1t has been uurscd IN guarded
:. cons of fauaticism; its express
= has been as inaudible to the 'out-
1f' as the secret doctrines of the
BIthood meetings. Whenever man
oman has been suspected Of faIteT-
ain his faith III the infallihilitv of
prophet. he or she has also been
-ected of being a traitor. and has
been entrusted with hearing these
essions Of resentment and promise
M better things But sometimes
Asakes have been made, ebullitions
W become audible. as, perhaps, the
souraging remarks Of APOSTLE
rot in The now famous priesthood
ing. We who have been |uear
:. ,.thronc' know that these priest
Id meetings and secretly cherished
-llities and resolutions TO 'Frule and
lyrule' are not hatcbed-up fakes.
E.e mutteriugs arc again becoming
y cer. The "manly honesty of Jo-
nj F. Smith IN the Smoot iuvesti-
: has not been sufficiently COM
! 9ed by the powers that he TO make
niger seem necessary 10 maintain
Usual care against the hopes and
ID of the faithful Indeed. if all
= well with Senator Smoot, there
kbe no doubt that the night is we'll
uspent and the dawn is once more
lining 10 brighten in the east. wheD
pr,upshine of God s smile will once
ss permit his faithful children TO
|" the earth with his word TO the
ar-day prophets as the waters
. the sea.
. ~ 1t be understood that whatever
ppSais may mean TO The twenty.
tho arc tho wheel and the power
'ac d it-whcthcr they be self-dc-
IE, fanatics or willful, scheming
: rs-to the rank aud file OF the
" 'ul it is grim truth and erimmer
ID y Grim and stern, austerc aud un-
as the self.iuhictions of
fagellants Of the middle ages. Or
t. tny n pheasant primrose pa -