The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-10-03

circulated about him by the Latter Day Saints, from
which it will appear to the thoughtful that he is
being prosecuted account of his religion, some
thing that wrong from the standpoint of the saints
besides being unconstitutional He relates his ex-
perences
Upon arriving home stated my case before some
of the church authorities telling them that had had
vision and received the golden plates from
angel The reports Immediately went out that [ was
insane, deluded possessed, or under autohypnotc
suggestion The examiners who were sent by the
church to examine not able to decide def
nltely which of the four it At any rate the
four reports circulated and some believed one
and some another: tried to tell many the truth of
the matter, but those who had formed these ideas
would not listen and insisted that there was some
thing the matter, else l would not have disgraced
myself and parents by coming home.
The public will be constrained to believe that the
saints are repudiating their theory of salvation
and turning down the promise of their original
prophet that the second edition of the plates would
soon be forthcoming.
If they believe any of Joseph Smiths teachings,
they cannot put aside part Their bible, the pro-
duct of the first instament of plates, is admitted to
be incomplete lacking in the supplementary nforma-
ton that to be supplied as soon as they were
able to stand the whole truth.
The grandson of Brigham Young, who claims also
to be the grandson of Lorenzo Snow in the domestic
mix-up of the plural realm, ought to be person
of apostolic instincts, if there is anything in blood
In the ARTICLES of Faith" one of the books ac-
cepted by the Mormon church as an exponent of its
principal doctrines is found (pages 323,324) this
solemn warming which the saints would do we'll to
pay attention to:
In view of the demonstrated facts that revelation
between God and man has been and is charact-
eristc of the church of Christ it is reasonable to
await with confident expectation the coming of other
messages from heaven, even unto the end of mans
probation earth. What shadow of
justification pretense of consistency can man claim
veal himself and his will in these days as he assured
ly did in former times? In every department of hui
man knowledge and activity, in everything for which
man arrogates to himself glory he prdes himself
in the possibilities of enlargement and growth yet
in the divine science of theology, he holds that pro-
gress is impossible and advancement forbidden
Against such heresy and blasphemous denial of the
divine prerogatives and power, God has proclaimed
his edct in words of terrible import: "Woe be unto
him that shall say, have received the word of
Cod and we need no more of the word of God for
have enough "Deny not the spirit of revelation
nor the spirit of prophecy, for unto him that
denieth these things"
If President Smith and the apostles with whom he
associates can spare little time from their VOLT
ton of the laws of God and man in the harems of
their concubnes they might consider these fearful
warnings. The young Mr.. Young may yet be able
to beat them at their game of inspiring the null
ttude