The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-06
Individual Responsibility One of the
First Beliefs.

We believe that salvation is for no Sc
lect few, but that all men may be saved
through obedience to the laws and or
. dinanceS OF the gospel.
We affirm that to administer in the or
dinanCes Of the gospel. authority must be
given of God; and that this authority
Is the pewer OF the holy priesthood.
We affirm that through the mtuistra-
tion Of immortal personaEeS, the holy
priesthood has been conferred upon men
IN the present age. and that under this
divine authority the Church Of Christ
he's been organized.
We proclaim the objects Of this organ
iEation TO he the preaching of the gospel
in ali the world. the gathering Of seat
tered Israel and the preparation of a
people for the coming of the Lord.
''Mormonism' seeks it's converts among
all classes and conditions Of society. and
those who accept IL are among the best
men and women of the nations from
which they Come-honeSt. industrious.
VIrtuous and reVerent IN their com
munity life they are peaceabic. law
abiding and exemplary. Their instincts.
traditions and training are opposed 10 vice
and crime. The religion they have en-
hraced. the church Of which they are
members. condemns every form of evil
and their lives, with few exceptions. are
expOnerts of Righteousness. Many Of the
early prOselytes to our faith were de-
scendants of the Pilgrims and Puritans.
Joseph Smith. Brigham Young and other
leaders among the Latter-day Saints
traced their lineage 10 the FOUNDERS ana
first defenders of the nation. Joseph
Smith was a native of Vermont and by
vocation a farmer. All trades and pro-
fessions we're drawn upon for the mem
bership OF the church In England lis
first foreign mission field. il was main
" the middle and working classes that
responded to the gospel message. All
over the world il has been the same
our converts have been men and women
Of character, intelligence, and integrity.
T-bkra ;S rnfhinE in .'NT0rfNnniSna'' To at
tract the selfish or the vile.
The effort to diffeTentiate the Nor
NOR priesthood and the Mormon peo-
rie. by allowing that the latter are
good. honest. though misguided folk,
while alleging that their leaders are the
decentralization of all that is bad, is
most futile one. The great majority OF
the male members OF the church hold the
priesthood. and though constituting the
official body Of the church, they are
portjon of the people. Priesthood and
PEOPLE are inseparable and. indicated
or condemned, stand together
Does Not Rely Upon DuplieIty and
Deceit.
The charge that the church relies upon
dupHcity in the propagation of her doc
fffnes ana shuns enlightened irvestiga
tien, is contrary TO reason and fact De
ceit and fraud in the perpetustion OF any
religion must end in failure. A system
OF religion. ethics. or philosophy 10 at
tract and hold the attention Of men. must
be sincere in doctrine and honest in pro-
paeanda That the church employs de-
ceptive methods; that she has one doc
tine for the priesthood and another Tor
the people: that she teaches one set Of
principles to her members in Zion, and
another 10 the worlds not true. En-
1iehtened Investigation Is the very means
through which the church hopes 10 pro-
mote belief in her principles. and extend