The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1907-12-21
PROSECUTING In Illinois.

Illinois and putting III good words here and there
for Senator Hopkins, defender of Senator Smoot
against orator at Louisville in that State
Rev. W. H. Boes, of Alma, Illinois, editor of {
publication called Uncle Sam, whose rose in a Nor
meeting, and said:
Il want to make few remarks | know some
thing about Mormonism l reared in nest Of
Mormons. l have been acquainted with the teach
ings of Mormonism from my youth up. | have trav-
eled through Utah, Idaho and other countries where
they strong. | thank the gentleman for his
courage and frankness." And some one cried out
here, "Drive them out of town. II say No Let
them have their right to free speech
81 in favor of every Mormon and Catholic
we'll Protestant having the right to free speech
Let us reason with these folks.
Nov, my friend you have unbosomed yourself,
will |. You have been frank, and so I will be
just frank l simply say to you that the church
of Jesus Christ has never been destroyed did
the great Martin Luther, Wesley, Roger Williams
Alexander Campbell ever admit it If they had
done SO, that would not have made it So
Jesus Christ said: Upon this rock will build
my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail
against it. (The Baptist and M. E. preachers at
this quotation cried amen" as did many others)
This one quotation from Jesus settles that point
The Mormon church is not the church of Christ
restored for the reason that it has never been de-
stroyed. The Mormon church is not the church of
Jesus Christ for the that Jesus Christ, says
Paul, is the head all things, even the body
of his church, and Joe Smith was the head of the
Mormon church till he was killed at Carthage and
several heads have been chosen since. There are
several reasons more that might be given but it
is not necessary to give more.
Joe Smith not true and divnely inspired
prophet of Jesus Christ He was an imposter and
a liar He wrought genuine miracles and he
showed no true signs of apostle or a prophet
All true prophets had the power direct from God
to perform miracles, and to prove that they were
sent from Cod
"The Mormon apostles are not the divineIy ap-
pointed successors of the apostles of Jesus Christ
because there is not word from the lips of Jesus
or one of the apostles, any writer of the New
Testament that the apostles of Jesus Christ were
to have successors They were to die and to sit
upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of
Israel Besides, whatever they bound on earth was
to be bound in heaven They were to have no
successors on earth. What they spoke was for all
time to come. The book of Mormon is not inspired
of God and sent to the nations of the earth, for
Paul said Though we, or an angel from heaven
preach any other gospel than that we have received
let him be accursed' or damned and this excludes
the book of Mormon, or any other so-caed reveal
ton. Your book of Mormon is a cheat fraud
pack of lies, as so-called revelations from God You
became enraged awhile ago when Brother Davis
md put few questions to you about the treason
able oath that Mormon apostles take You told us
hat if we wanted to know about that oath. all we
lad to do was to take up the debate in the Senate
If the United States in the Senator Reed Smooth
ase one of your apostles, whom millions of this
ountry wanted unseated
Nov, my dear sir, | want to say few things
bout that trial want TO tell VOL That that unc an