The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-05
MORMON SYSTEM
SCORED BY PASTOR
Not Making Good. Declares P.,
". 7. Brown, in Flo. "'''
quent Lecture.
CHURCH INTERFERENCE
g REBUKED BY SpRarpD
Tactics Of Mormon Leaders ,,
feet Upon Their Religion W
He Ayers.

Tho Significance of The F,o,; i
was the subject of tho Ieetuys I t'.
the Social Science club at i,s wv '
weekly meeting Thursday nigh, - 4 ~
Unitarian church by the Rev w 's q
Brown. After ihc reading of tbo W. l.
n general discussion followed psNi
Brown said in part; ' W.
For one thing, ! believe this c,.,n.
does mean that the maioyl,,. ''scc;s
people OF thiS city thlul5 thcy bSv.W ".
dant reason Tor believing thai fbA Aan.c ,;.c
mon church. through It's leader .aF
forcs lD politics. Until I have twH'f'
ter evidence TO the contrary ,bon N-
possess. shall have to believe Ih., Ms
IS The case. -And II | do believe ,s-,a s,sa
~ IL ii IS fact-thcn II proycs III ~
some Of thcs" same leaders 49,. va
claim u have revelations from Iu ~. St,
arc liars. for they vchcmcntiv DO wa 3,
charge OF interfering In polItice W
the leaders Of q large church dr., g'
proved liars Is mighty scrIoI. 'II IN
m"nt Of III" religion ihcr nro[c."u "ui'!
does not, 10 r." sure. reilcci nno. j, u
honesty or morality of the ranI; vS svS -
But II does damn the church jusi h, =
Another thing which mak.s ".
licve That the Mormon church WV,
tcrfcred in politics In this state snT j.
arises from the nature nf thar rcIi.I 2V
system, II is inevitable that ,bc w. Ws
mon church will make its inllunnc, y.
i'll poliCIcs trom tho very n,tnrc - 'sl ~
organization and the principles or ~
which govern it. '~'
Church in Politics.
But 1T IS \ matter of rocord ,5,, !,
president OF the Mormon church b1s !.
serted the authority OF tho hIrS ~, 9
hood o; that church, and oye-vios
knows that authority and discipline a.
fundamental parts Of that churcT.
GanIZation. The result is perlcc;v y
parcnt TO an unprecedented person ~.
syStcm ui things anywhere crca,c, ~,
fosters the feeling Of dependence m h.
part OF The mass Of the pconlo zSo
c"pt 1t. What the Mormon churcl, pe:,
and what almost the whole Ch,t,I..
church In In" world needs. is 10 b. es,
plet"ly dcmorrati2cd Indeed lha,
what is going 60 happen. '''
IL may seem Ike hostile criticism y
powerful religious body for inc 10 a.
that the Mormon systcui discouracss h.
dom Of thought and action. but ~.
| am right in saying So
But the point ! wish especially 10 r,t
in this connection tonight rs ths, n,
Mormon system, IL may so cal Il. La
h','h q i"llhl' w u certain sensf
Is plain matter of histnry-sud tho m,
majority Of the people here know I; Ia /
truc-that this city did not SHOW he
in harmony with The spirit OF the ar
under Mormon rule Good Mornons 5r /
not. FOR the needs of modem civ. \
efficient persons FOR municipal sdsr.
istration as are the men who have :.
b"cn fashioned by That system. or a
who have outSrUWn or loft the systc.
II "A l,.,
not by members Of the Mormon chr,s
IL is perfectly evident that IL is hll.,,i
by large portion Of tho people 0. rs
clty-a decisive majority. And Ina, I
itself. Is significant. To NJ mind, n
Mormon system has not made good, al
Is not making good. and that Is o., 4
the important lessons Of this cletll5- }