Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-12-13

they have not misreprcscnted them
Wen. Misrepresentation ls too cour-
tcous % term Co apply to- their activl-
t,. The fact is that they are paid
for disseminating lies about the Saints,
and never were any more strenuous
efforts m1de to earn salary
I'm this very article. m which We
are told mat no one misrcrrescuts the
'Normous." the question is asked
.why has There boon such strons
aud firm orrarIaation of dlsloyol
priesthood ana the oppression of a de-
voted and Imposed upon rcoplce'
That IMPLIES that tho Iattcr-duy
Saints MS roou'e are so ignorant
as NOT to know orYreasion from Ilh-
ortv. thst they are .o devoted 90 slav-
,rv that "a supposed organization Of
, dislovaI priestboodn can lead Thorn
,toot ir .t,.,,,s ,e trytes chat know
pot ueir own strength And vet they
,re 500. .9r, ,ssYrol r,t risrepresent-
I'D r,f attached
Tho fact is that There is po dee, .ie
orr,pi,,ti.u 81, rb. church. no eNort
to co,,,poi ot.aior.s to amy man. The
saints are FREQ 90 take their own course
I'm everything as free beings. Thcy
are TAUGHT correct principles in order
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ora.r,,,,io, ,h. ,ss,t,n,s bo,o to
cyor,b,,,, II ia tho truth revealed
4, mis- ave ,be, desir. in render ipef-
soc,i,e 1vbcn ,bc, ass,u tbe bca1
80 she ,bur.b tbo, do sa d, tb. hon,
Of apulbuatinp tbc church. II the,
were Governed b,. ro,so, ,,,, ,,,Yld
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state trair r,r,,oso a., sl,,. .i,. amor,
herds thar the sheen ,,a,. t.. sc,ttar.d
But argument reaso, tr,,tb ara ,f ,,..
avail any NOR, tb.n i'm the coptro-
vcrsv between tho lsp,b and The hung
nv wolf
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We ars further informed b, tbc same
Infamous authority. chat President
Joseph r. Smith. when he states that
no man has ever been curtailed of his
liberty by the Church. contraGicts
Presidents Brigham Young. John Tay-
Tor and Wilford woodruff. and alleged
quotations from utterances ascribed to
them are given iu order 10 produce the
impression Of am attempt at proof
Il Is one Of the absurditIes Of the
controversy that the anti" Mormons'
claim 10 know what The Church doc
rines ana practices are, more accur-
ately than the "Mormous. do, and so,
when "a Mormon" says, ] believe the
kingdom Of God ON earth is a spiritual
kingdom. his opponents usually hasten
90 inform him that he does not believe
anything of the kind. when he says
be- is free agent, at liberty TO exercise
his Judgment in everything. his OPP
ponents again inform him that he Is a
slave, with shackels ON his limbs and
"a gag In his mouth. His opponents inn
plore him 20 rise against oppression,
ana when he truthfully says
he knows OF no oppression.
they forthwith proceed to enlighten
him; for, did not Brigham Young say
so ana 80, and did not Heber c. Kim
bail say this or that? And so It goes.
~ u III mar 'noNs VIZ" TINS "oSu'u anu
MORMON habll ihdt we are informed
that President Joseph r. smith contra
diets his mustrio,,s ursda.assors &,
"il'oe' an" 'nat ne must TURN I" the
Tribune for Information on what Brig
ham Young. John TAYLOR and Wuford
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"'''i "ii '""s"' anu pr"euoe"' 7" men
president smith says. No man has
ever been curtailed OF his liberty by the
cburcb " d., l,,o,,s .,,b.t n. Co., ~
SHOWS 'Aat everyone OF ms associates
us well as predecessors would make
tho same statement for the sfp,pI,. ran
,.,.
SUI '''''1 ~ N"0' an" "''h'"s 'l"'
can Doe quoted from any of them-lf not
quoted as "a certain potentate is said
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What Brigham Young was during his
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