The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-01-22
MINISTER'S LABORS
ARE NOT HONEST
This Is Conclusion Arrived at
by Apostle Hyrum NJ.
Smith.
BITTER INYECTIVE
AT TABERNACLE SUNDAY
Young Apostle Makes Another
Attack on Those Engaged
in Holy Calling.

Apostle Hyrum NJ. Smith embraced the
opportunity presented him at the services
in the Tabernacle Sunday afternoon. held
in connection with the quarterly confer
ercc OF the Liberty Stake. TO deliver
another TRADE against the Christian min
istry. Several weeks ago Apostle Smith
INDUCED In a fierce invective against
these who are engaged in the holy call
ing OF teaching the word of God through
out the land, and yesterday he charged
them with the propagation OF rake ooc-
own personal gain and OF Scorning the
truth and prosecuting those who teach
IT so that they might continue TO earn
livelihood.
"Our Enemies" His Text.
"Our Enemies" was the text he chose
for his arraignment In the course OF ms
harangue, which was comparatively
brief he said How is it and why IS IT
we have enemies? III the doctrines as eX-
planned today are true and II we nave
the same spirit in our hearts as mani
tested. why is IL that we have enemies
Why IS It that there are men in the
world who stand up and with all tho
power in their soul, both by pen and
word of mouth, seek to destroy that pco-
plo who believe in such glorious doc
tTincs es we have heard today? Yet 1t Is
concluded that they desire to remain
enemies. that all such do not want the
truth, that they prefer darkness to light
They are those of whom the Savior said:
Their deeds were evlI' From the inCep-
ton OF the church we have had enemies.
From the time Joseph Smith had his rev.
clation we have had enemies and they are
of the devil
Lying for Personal Gain.
THE liar who wiltully lies. who lies for
his own benefit. and most liars do that,
they do 1t because they think by lying
they shall gain something for themselves.
The moment the lie Is discovered you
don't usually find the spirit of love In
instead of love, there is born In that
heart hate and cnmlty, and they arc
ready almost to take the life OF the man
who discovers the falsehood and shows
IL to be a falsehood, The thief, the en-
bozzler. the man who holds up his tcl-
low man on the street and at the point
of revolver robs him of his possessions,
the burglar, these people do these things
Tor gain and when discovered the spirit
that comes into the heart against the
discoyerer Is tho spirit OF malignant
hatred and he VIII commit crime after
crime in order to cover up the sin and
shut the mouth of the discoverer OF that
sin. That is tho same spirit you find
enemies of the Church of the Latter-day
Saints"
Wicked Craftsmen.
Continuing, the apostle said. Joseph
Smith shed the light on the false and
9DOInlDaDle uoClTlIeS OF lil' Ilbutlll
churches and on the craftsmen who by
tens OF thousands have made their living
by teaching these doctrines, and Ike the
others they have a hatred toward the
discoVcrer OF their wickedness. Why do
they not accept the truth instead OF
hanging on 10 error and looking upon
the man who has the truth as an
enemy? Many OF them cry out Why are
the Mormon elders allowed 10 preach in
our mldst2 Because their craft is In
danger and they must not be allowed to
preach. No by this craft do they get
their living and II anything put II In
danger their whole souls are convulScd
with hatred and their sole desire is TO
darken the light They indulge in fake
doctrines for gain.
Should Go to Honest Labor.
"Mormonlsm has shown that the doc
trines are false and some OF them have
been adopted and the confession OF faith
has been changed. Infant damnation. be-
lief alone. death-bed repentance. baptism,
tranSubStanUatiOn, Il material hell with
eternal torment and many others have
been shown in their Observation-Disclosures.
destroying the truth, And for this rca-
son do we have enemies. When we had
shown the truth our enemies turned
around and said let us crush them But
they must accept the truth, even though
it does destroy their craft. and they have
TO go TO honest labor TO earn a living"
Large Congregation Present.
A large congregation was present. and
Apostle Smiths denunciution created
considerable stir. The other speakers
were Elders Arnold Ii, Schulthess and
Phillip S. Mnycock Some special music
was rendered.