The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-06-10

III III own and we have right To our ov,,
IF YOU cannot convince rs of our "a,
which you have not" thnnderef
sns speaker. keep away You sboi,Is
, nse convinced Us that our principles wer.
untTue You did not do this. biit mus,
needs fly TO the pfejudices Of tbs ,lnrid
s exsclte the masses and induce Congress- nv
,.ue OF PETITIONS TO enact these injmica1
to nersnn Icn were put on the statute books
10 persecute and destroy u.s.
win a pause in which. he seemed to
sdther new life and a new entbusiasno
III nis subject. the defender of the Nor
Lame and Weak.
III you have not convinced us of the
Lncorrectness OF our principles il is he
Sause OF the lameness of your logic and
the weakness of your arguments N'iU
MT Roberts then read from the review
81 me ministers of the address issued by
0no N.ortnon church in which the state
H nieit thatln 1892 there were only s97 fam
lIIes living in polygamy was announced
ne ministers endeavored to prove that
because the figures were given only for
ST. ST. tH It must nave been an increase
1t is difficult problem to meet" said
.ne speaker 1T is difficult for some of
us 10 determine our duty in the mat
ser put through God most of
the brethren have for no diffjcuItv in
determining their oblis ions and so the
MANIFESTO has by our enemies been made
DOlNRamOfS
as Wen as new marriages. Yet in view of
these hard conditions men have deter
mined the moral obligations which they
must be under. Then Mr. Roberts told
OF MS own belief as already stated and
now he was determined TO stand by his
wives. -
Stands by Covenants.
All real men will applaud the utter
alces made by Joseph F. Smith before |
the court which sentenced him for polyg- |
. tot
was a real man and not a mere image
or man and that he was bound to stand /
by the covenants which he made years /
ago with the good and true women whom
ne loves and cherishes."
Following this came severe denuncia-
tion OF the ministers of other creeds than
that held by the leaders of the saints.
Kid Glove Course.
''The ministry is a genteeI profession"
ne said. The father and mother decide
that the boy shall be a minister All his
early training is in that direction The
parents believe that ii is a cultured pro-
fession and that through it their son
will gain admittance to the best society
W hen he is ready he is sent to a theOlogi-
car school 1t is sort of a kid glove
course of study. He learns little about
men and affairs. but studies theology. The
arts and sciences and belle lettres When
ne finishes he knows less about the world
than any other class of men, He shines
most at pink teas He is not prenared
TO meet the broad questions which con-
'front.' humanity. The problems which {
confront the Latter-day Saints are prob
lens Tor statesmen with good red blood
and American brains and common sense /
to consider and not for such weaklings. | t
All ministers of other faiths are really 1
without sex; they are neither men nor i
women and have no adequate conception y
Of the divine covenants"
Mr.. Roberts then referred to the per q
secutions" suffered by the followers of
q Faf in he ~
and Illinois and declared that these were
really not prosecutions and that although s
The saints were driven out of these re- Q
ylons, their homes burned and their loved d
5nes slain, nevertheless they were not I
and that the word persecution n
$ not good enough for such happenings
To Defend Faith. u
Il wish to convert the pulpit into a ?
Drum in which we propose to defend our :
attn. No prOprieties will be violated be- II
ause which the truth is to be defended =
nd injustice exposed a temple is the y
lace in which to do it, =
The address of the church of Christ To Il
he world, of course, we knew would meet y
With adverse criticism and this has been ~
inally formulated in the shape of an al n
eyed review of our faith by the local -
Ministerial association. Nearly all faiths -
re represented there. Let us suppose ~
ur attackers be present for this partic- NJ
lar purpose, and let il be understood that -
D their argument. 10
The first charge made is TO the effect "
nat the doctrine of the church is not pro-
laimed as fully elsewhere as in Utah
is claimed that the address obscures ~,
luch that is necessary to an intelligent "
ldgment of the belief The document 81
uotes from many church works I want Il.
ask them on what books and utter III
noes they rely for their larger and fuller 90
reclamation of the principles of Nor W.
onism.' III
Give Doctrine to World. tr
Mr.. Roberts then went on to saw that 6
any of the works quoted were published -
England and I'm different parts of the III
nited States and therefore that the he
inisters could not sustain their asser- an
on that the church was endeavoring to mr.
aintain its doctrines under a busheI'' W
I'd not give them 10 the world. =
'All our publications which are OuOtA6 les
g sent broadcast over the world" Mr. isf
oberts declared, land we deny that we
each one set of doctrines at home and ola
lother to the world. This argument is IN
'th shallow and untrue" no
The Seer" heretofore considered one ins