The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-18
For Ministers to Consider

Under. the above heading the official
organ Of the Mormon church defames
'ChrIstian ministers Of Utah and 9th
ers interested in religious work. be-
canse "of their alliance with anti"
Mormons. meaning the American
| party. 1t intimatcs that the ranks of
this party ''wcre largely filed up by
an element that ought to be abhorrent
I to those who heed the Scriptural iniunc-
ton against forming unholy alliances. -
Ministers and their friends are
spoken of as being "in political ALI
ance with the keepers Of dens Of in
lqulty.' and "ministers and dive keep.
ers. standing shoulder to shoulder. -
Neither morals nor the sanctIty Of
the American principles of government
that separate church and state, are of
any concern to them
For diabollcul misrepresentation and
malicious craftiness in charging the
Christian ministry and people with the
very sins and crimes Of the Mormon
| hierarchy the emission is worthy of it's
source. To none but blind adherents
OF Mormonism Will ii carry any weight,
1t is well known that this city under
Mormon rule was ''wide open" III the
| broadest sense Of that term; no Nor
mon priest of any degree or caliber
made any, attempt to stem the tide Of
iniqulty, but since the tide has been
| lifted up his voice III the city council
for the taxing of vice for revenue. 1t
is fact, 10 the credit of the Christian
ministers, that they led the crusade in
closing the Sunday saloon under, and
with the cooperation, of an American
mayor, which they were unable TO do
with Il Mormon saint as mayor. If
that is an "unholy alliance" let us
have more such.
After the revolving testimony of Jo-
seph II, Smith, president of the Nor
mon church, in the Smoot case, in
which he testified that he was living in
polygamy contrary to the laws Of
God and man." and that the Gentle
people condoned his crimes; there was
spontaneous gathering Of Gentle men
and women who repudiated the insin-
uation that they condoncd the immoral
practices and the "unholy alliances
of Joseph +. Smith and his polygamous
cohorts. These are they who "largely
filled up the ranks of the American
party If any Christian minister al
lied himself with them he honored his
calling and his God. If he did not
ally himself with these people he allied
himself, directly or indirectly, with the
organization that teaches and prac~
tees polygamy; that buys and sells in
toXicating liquors; that has been flag
rant and persistent violater of the
Christian Sabbath; that has IN full fell
lowshlp high priest and patriarch
WHO rents property for immoral prac~
tices; that works tithing graft on its
people largely for commercial aggran-
dIzement; that unites church and state
through its political administration;
that enthralls its members in supersti-
tious bondage; that has changed the
word of God into lie; and that bias
phemes the Almighty Father and His
Son, Jesus Christ, declaring that they
are polygamists.
In our opinion. there is more honor
and integrity IN the common everyday
sinner who makes no pretension to
goodness. than there is in the sancti.
monious, law breaking hypocrite who
would cover his crimes by perverting
Scripture or so~caled revelation; and
there is also some hope of his moral
and spiritual redemption, In making
alliances these are things for all good
people. as well as ''for ministers TO
consider" - Intermountain Christian
Advocate.