The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-25
EASILY TURNED BACK.


press we find the following very bnef
but extremely interesting local news
item:
Elder George F. Richards. o, the Quo
rum OF Apostles. made the trip 90 Nernal
70 attend conference but when he learned
the facts about the smallpox In Naples
DC thought u wise not 70 have the people
from all sections come together, and the
stake Presidency. even though at 4 late
date postponed tho conference
And in examining the seventeenth
chapter Of the gospel according 20
Saint Matthew, (yorse 2O) We find the
following as uttered by the Savior:
For verify / say unto YOU, II ye have
faith as a grain Of mustard seed, ye shall
say unto this mountain. Remove hence
and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
First, we desire TO call the Express
on the carpet. What is this new word
that il has coined, and what the ma
ture OF the new class into which IL
has dumped Elder George F. Richards
The "Quorum Of Apostles" indeed!
Has the Express concocted its word as
dcrivative of the pathological term
"apositia,' meaning ''loathing Of
foodin II so, Elder Richards viii in.
form the Vernal paper that his appe.
tite is doggone good, he thanks it,
But in view Of the action Of Apostle
Richards and the stake presidency
down at Vernal, we are impelled 20 n
few more thoughts IN behalf Of the
saints, and incidentally in reproval Of
Apostle Richards's evident lack Of
faith, even .'as grain of mustard
seed. Does he not know that II is pos
sible for - saints of the Most High - 10
speak in tongues, and 20 give the in
tcrpretation thereof Why, then, be
afraid of a little smallpox Has he
not heard testimonials innumerable that
the sick have been healed by the laying
on of hauds1 Wherefore this flight
from smallpox Does he not recall that
the elders have laid their hands upon
the sorely wounded and have actually
heard the broken bones knit under their
very hands and their prayers? What
is he, we should like TO know, 10 run
like scared iackrabbit because OF a
little measly smallpox
Verify the brethren have lost their
faith; their hands have lost their cum
ming, and their prayers their avail; and
their pretensc and power are not what
they are cracked up to be.
Speaking seriously, though, do not
the Mormon people see that they are
being imposed upon by their leaders
There is much pretense Of righteous
ness among them. without a semblance
Of its practice. They pretend TO be de
voted TO the law Of God, and yet con.
fess that they break it. They assume
to promote faith. but they do rot ex
ercise it. As further illustrating their
position, let us quote little more
scripture:
Thou shalt tread upon the Hon and ad-
der: the young Hon and the dragon shalt
thou tmmple under fcct.-PSalm NCi, l3
And these signs shall follow them that
believe; In my name they shall cast out
devils; they shall speak with new ton
Eucs:
They shall take up serpcnts. and II
they drink any deadly thing, Il shall
not hurt them. they shall lay hands or
the sick, and they shall rccover.-St
Mark, XVI, II. IS.
Apostle Richards has demonstrated
that the Mormon leaders do not live
up to the calling whereunto they pre-
tend TO have been called; that they dc
not believe in or practice the thing:
which Saint Mark declares shall pro
duce the "signs' described by him
No such "signs' arc ever seen in tn,
church, and especially among the lead
ers. We believe that there may bC
healings by faith among the people
because the people have faith. But tho
leaders have no faith, preferring the
cash in hand.
Can anyone imagine any of the early
the real-Apostlcs being turned bacl
| by such n causel
There is a great deal in this for III,
Mormon people 10 think over. Thei,
leaders are false TO their professions
false TO their people and false TO theil
God. Why tolerate the money changers
| in the temple?