The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-06
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and enlightenment, where her litera
ture has been freely distributed; vet
too frequently her claims have been ills.
allowed without investigation, and
Judgment has been pronounced without
n hearing. At the Columbian exposition
which celebrated the four hundrcdth
anniversary of the discovery of Amcrl-
ca, the religions of the world were rep
resented in great parliament, for the
purpose of showing I'm the most inn
pressive way what and how many inn
portant truths the various religions
mold and teach in common: to
set forth by those most competent to
speak, what are deemed the important
distinctive truths held and taught by
each religion; 10 inquire what
light each religion has afforded or
may afford to the other religions Of the
world To this gathering the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints,
though the most distlnctivcly American
church, was not invited, nevertheless
she sought opportunrty TO place side by
side with the creeds Of all the great his
toric faiths, q presentation of her prin-
ciples. and to voice TO mankind the
truths she deemed most important and
most helpful. This opportunity was de-
MED the church. except upon such
terms as were humiliatiug and sub
versive of the end sought-a wider pub
lication and more just consideration
Of her faith After such an experience,
and others of like kind, though OF vary
ing degree, we submit that ii i'll be
comes our accusers TO charge MS with
stunning enlightened investigation,
A Friend to Education.
It has been charged that "Mormon.
ism y is opposed TO education. The his
tory of the church and the precepts of
its leaders arc . sufficient answer TO
that accusation. Joseph Smith, the first
president Of the church, founded
schools, and attended them as n stu
dent. as did many of his followers un-
der his advice and influence Brigham
Young. who succeeded Joseph Smith.
emulated him as a founder and patron
of schools. and every subsequent presi
dent of the church, his associates, and
the people generally, have been equally
jealous in that cause. In the course of
their exodus from Illinois, our people
built log schoolhouses while halting
on the Missouri river, then the frontier
of the Nation, and after they had ira
versed thousand miles of wilderness,
and planted their infant colony in the
valley of the Great Salt Lake, school
houses were among the first buildings
they erected. Such has been the course
pursued in every Mormon colony. The
State of Utah. now dotted with free
schools. academies. colleges and uni
versitles, institutions which have given
her marked educational prominence,
furnishes indisputable evidence that
her people-mostly "Mormons are
friends aud promoters of education
To the Latter-day Saints, salvation it
self. under the atonement of Christ. is
n process of education. That knowl-
edge is Il means of eternal progress,
was taught by Joseph Smith:-It is
impossible for man to be saved in
ienorance.-A man is saved no faster
than he gets knowledge.-The glory
of God is Whatever
principles of intelligence we attain To
in this life, will rise with us in the
resurrection,-He who gains in this
life more knowledge than another, will
have so much the advantage in the
world TO come. These were aphorlsims
with the Prophet Joseph Smith.
Morality of Mormonism.
Neither is it true, as alleged, that
" Mormonism is destructive of the
sanctity If the marriage relation; on
the contrary. il regards the lawful
union of man and woman as the means
through which they may realize their
highest and holiest aspirations. To the
Latter-dsy Saints, marriage is not de