The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-06

faints. ,recovers. and refuses. The Pro
phet damhs her II she rejects. She
thinks OF the great sacrifice. and OF the
many thousand miles she has Travelled
over sea and land that she might save
her soul from pending ruin. and replies.
Gods Will be done not mine. The
Prophet and his devotees in this way
arc sratiftcd. The next step TO avoid
public exposition from the common course
OF things. they are sent away for a time.
until all Is we'll: after which they return
as from a long visit. Those whom no
power or influence could seduce. except
that which is welded by some individual
feisning 10 be God must realize
the remarks Of an able writer when he
says, If Nomans feelings are turned
look for consola,ion2" Her lot is 10 be
woocd and won, her heart is like some
fortress that has been captured sacked.
abandoned. and left desolate. With her.
great charm of existence is at an end
she neglects all the cheerful exercises OF
Ne winch gladden. the spirits. quicken
INC pulses. and send the tide OF life in
ncalthiu currents through the veins. Her
resi- is broken. The sweet refreshment
OF sleep is poisoned by melancholy
dreams; dry sorrow drinks her blood.
until her enfeebled frame sinks under the
SnEhtes' external Injury. Look for her
aiter-a little while. and you find Trend
ship weeping over her untlmely grave:
anu wondering that one who but so re-
Gently glowcd with all the radiance OF
ledith aud beauty. should be so speedily
=
You Will be told OF some wintry chill, OF
some casual indsposltion that laid her
Tow. But no one knows of the mental
malady that previously sapped her
strength. and made her so easy prey to
the spoller. She Is like come tender
tree, INC pride and beauty of the grove
SiEpSSeiuI SoiSa az h,,, In It's form. bright in lis
hcart; we find il withered when 1t should
be most luXurlant. We see II dropping
Its branches to the earth and shedding
CT aud Iel,1
away. ~ falls in the stiffness OF The for
esq ana as we muse over the beautiful
rum, we strive in vain TO recollect the
biaSj or thunder-bolt that could have
smitten II with decay But no one knows
the cause except the foul fiend who per-
peirated the diabolicaI deed
Our hearts have mourned and bIed at
the Nrctched and miserable condition of
females in this place; many orphans have
been the victims OF misery and wretch
edness. through the influence that has
ol religion and afterwards. In conse-
quence of that jealous disposition which
predominates over the minds of some
fs,harIooe naTe oeen g turned upon wild world.
friends and fortune, and robbed of that
which nothing but death can restore
Men soIace themselves by saying the
tacts Slumber In the dark caverns OF
and the dark deeds or foul fiends shall
be exposed from the house tops A de-
parted spirit, once the resident OF St
Louis. shall vet cry loud for vengeance
1t is neutrality-suspicious. impossible-to
describe the wretchcdness of females in
this place, without wounding the feel,
inSs OF the benevolent. or shocking the
delicacy OF the refined; but the truth
can never be applied. unless the disease
is known The sympathy. ever anxious
to relieve, cannot be felt before the
"a n not -rII II
adequate efficiency, till It Is made to see
the pollution and guilt of men, now
buried in the death shades of heathen-
iSm.-ShalI we then. however painful
the sight, shrink from the contemplation
OF their real state? We answer, we will
not. If permitted to live. As we have
OF men We are determined to- explode,
1t is not that we have any private feel
ngs 10 crafty or any private piuue
to settle. that has induced us TO be thus
plain, for We can respect and love the
criminal, If there is any hope of reforma-
tion; but there is a point beyond which
forbearance ceases 10 be virtue.
The next important item which pre-
attempt at Political power and influence
which we verify believe TO. be prepos-
terous and absurd. We believe it is
inconsistent, and not in accordance with
the Christian religion. We do no, be- be-
lieve that God ever raised up a Prophet
to Chrisuanize world by political
schemes and intrigue; 1t is no, the way
lever; but, on the contrary, by preach
ing truth in its own native simplicity.
and in its own original purity. un
adorned with anything except its own
indigenous beauties. Joseph may plead
he has been injured. abused. and his
petitions treated with contempt by the
general government and that he only
acter that viii warrant him redress OF
grievances; but we care not-the faith
ful followers of Jesus must bear in this
age as we'll as Christ and the Apostles
did anciently. although a. frowning
world may have crushed him to the
dust; although Implying friends may
great comforter in affliction. may have
burst forth and fled from his troubled
bosom; yet. In Jesus there is balsam
for every wound wound. and and cordial TO
Among the many items Of false doc
trine that arc taught the Church. is the
doctrine of many Gods. one OF the most
direful in its effects that has charac-
terzed the world for many centuries.
We know not what 10 call il other than
for 1t is most unquestion-
irreverent manner.-It is contended that
there are iunumerable Gods as much
above the God that presides over this
universe. as he is above US. and if he
subjected he. with all his creatures. will !
be cast down as was Lucifer; thus hold
ing forth doctrine which is efteCtualIy !
calculated TO sap the very foundation of
our faith; and now. o Lord! shall we
sit s,ill and be silent. while thy name
is thus blasphemcd, and thine honor |
power and glory brought into disrepute? |
See Isaiah 80. 40 44. SIS: 45. s.
81 %: and Book OF Covenants. page 20 |
and 20.
In the dark ages of Popery when 1
superstition and tyranny held /
sway over the empire Of rea-
SON there was some semblance of JUS
tce in the ipquisi;orial deliberations
which. however. might have been dictat-
ed by prudence. or the fear OF conse,
but are no longer forced /
10 appeal TO those states that are now
situated under the influence OF Popery
for examples OF injustice. cruelty and
can appeal to the acts OF !
The inquisitorial department. organized IN
Nauvoo. by Joseph and his accomplices.
for specimens OF injustice OF the most
pernlcious and diabolical character that
ever stained the pages OF the historian
II was in Rome. and about the tweftn
century. when Pope Innocent Ill, or
dered Father Dominic to excite the Cath
olir nrIncee and people to eXtirpate hcret-