The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-26
Rev. DR.. Huntington Performs
Autopsy on Book of Mormon
and Alleged Prophet.
DECLARES TEACHINGS ARE
in CONFLICT WITH BIBLE
Asserts That Devil Was Author
of PurpOrted Creed; Priest
hood Is False.

The Rev. Sllas G. Huntington, pastor
ripped the cover off the Book OF Mormon
and chewed up the Doctrine and Cove
nants at a well attended meeting in the
gospel tent In Postoffice place Monday
night. Mr.. Huntington declared that tho
author OF the Book OF Mormon was the
devil and that it is a forgery Of quite
every principle Of truth.
Mi Huntington said it was absurd to
say that the '.angcl" Moroni appeared to
Joseph Smith, for men do not become
angels, he said, and Moronl was the son
Of Mormon Angels were created long
before the world, he said.
The speaker said that when the Book of
Mormon did not agree with the Bible,
which IL does not in many essentials, the
Bible must be so interpreted as TO make
it conform to the Book of Mormon, ac-
cording to the Mormon theory. There
fore, the Book OF Mormon being the
product OF Joseph Smith and the Bible
being the Word Of Jesus Christ. the Nor
mon church places Joseph Smith above
Jesus Christ,
Mr.. Huntington declared that the power
of revelation Is not given to men who
do not keep the commandments, and he
Went on TO show wherein Joseph Smith
WAS many times q tranSEreSSor OF the
commandments. This, he said he could
prove by the writings OF Brigham II.
Roberts, who justified the Mormon OBJ
servance of Sunday as the, sabbath day
by declaring that Joseph Smith had re-
ceived y revelation that II was all right
to make the switch.
Witnesses Not to Be Credited.
The pastor said that the testimony OF
Cowdery, Whitmer and Harris as to the
receipt OF the revelations from the
angels by Joseph Smith was worthless
He touched particularly on the worthless
ness OF the testimony OF Whitmcr, for that
astute gentleman had brought charges
seph Smith, and If his word were TO be
accepted rs to the divinity OF the rcvela-
tions. then II must be accepted also as to
the bad character OF the prophet" Jo-
seph Smith.
Touching the orders OF the priesthood.
Mr.. Huntington said that there Is no
longer an Aaronic priesthood, and con-
scquently none could be held; and as the
Melchesedck priesthood is held only in
heaven the claims OF the Melchesedeks III
the Mormon church are absurd. To prove
this Mr.; Huntington quoted the Bible TO
prove that the Lord decreed that the
priesthood could be held only by men OF
the tribe OF Levi and of the family OF
Aaron; that the men so holding the priest
apprentices must be 80 years old. Jesus
could not hold this priesthood because He
was not of the tribe of Levi or OF the
family of Aaron, but of the tribe of Judah
and OF the family OF David.
Prophet Smiths Origin.
The speaker said he had asked n Nor
mon young man who said he held the
Aaronic priesthood a man OF not more
than IS years, OF what tribe Joseph Smith
was He could not tell.
The speaker said 1t Is ridiculous to as
sert that Joseph Smith held either the
Aaronic prizes thood (Which ceased with the
CROSSE or the Mechesedel priesthood
which is ordered only in heaven.
These and many other questions Mr..
Huntington touched up, always maintain
ing that the Book OF Mormon is fallacious,
that the alleged priesthood of Joseph
Smith was a forgery; that the story Of
the golden plates and the urim and thum-
min Is Il fraud
The speaker said that all in the world
that is necessary 10 overthrow this false
doctrine in Utah is educa ton.