The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-05
IMPOSSIBLE TO CHANGE
Il THI CENTRAL VlLlAENY

, of blood atonemenL and quoted Hebrews
lx. 20. and X, 2e. and Matthew Nil, 81
| to prove that there are sins Tor which
the blood of the. Savior did not. nor
cannot. atone and that. in order to be
saved. the sinner against the Holy
cut from ear to ear and hts blood
spilled upon the ground as a smoHing
Incense TO the Almighty" And TO para
phrase sentence OF prophet" Joseph
F. Smith: "a man might Just as well re
ject any other doctrine OF the churcn
as that OF blood atonement when
| speaking OF the rejection OF polygamy by
some OF the saints.
Obedience Absolute.
And the Mormon prophets" their
hired historians and other liars, are here
by challenged on the positive charge that
as enumerated In the extract from BriS,
ham Young's sermon iust quoted. and
from the sermons OF the first and latest
prophets and the teaching and prac-
tice OF blood atonemenI comprised the
direct and vital force that encouraged
those priest controlled fanatics and
slaves OF southern Utah TO murder. under
a flag of truce 100 men. women and chill
dren at the Mountain Meadows in Sep
tember, 1857.
The pretended abandonment. in 1890
greatest hoax OF all time and which
was played on the people OF the United
states with the express purpose OF Sc
curing statehood for Utah, and then. by
their present acts, TO tell the people OF
this nation to "go straight to hades' so
far as the practice OF polygamy is CON
''yoost to fool the Yentiles." as a good
Scandinavian sister interpreted the
manifesto"
Knowing, as l do. the unspeakable hy-
pocrisy OF the Mormon prophets" and
the childlike sincerity OF deyour Nor
mons. mons. l am free to affirm that il 1t were
tul system of the face of the earth, and
thus release the thousands OF honest.
priest ridden Mormons from the superstl-
ton that is blighting their lives, and
from the grip of the detestable, blood
sucking prophets" who choking the
financial lie out OF the saints by their
ncessant appeal. for more tithing and
donations with which to build up their
allen kingdom OF Cod
Methods of Relief.
And there are but two avenues Of at
tack, One is to arouse public opinion
to ,he necessity OF amending the consti-
tution by making polygamy a federal
punishment for that detestable crime IN
the hands Of the federal government. as
i was before Utah became a state. And
In the same amendment disfranchlSe
every. man and woman who believes in
the rlshtfulness OF polygamy, II II were
constitutional thirty years ago. 1t is con-
stitutional now. The other point of at
u
about the Mormon religion to the people
of the world and thus cut off the supply
OF ignoramuses who are being gathered
seph Smith the prophet"
/ am well aware that the above sug
gestlons are drastic. but so is hanging
spired" howl about the suggestions be-
ing the result Of the ''bitterness that ac-
companies apostasy" freely confess
the charge OF bitterness toward the
hat m rlo irq
and outs Of the system-of the unparal-
eled hypocrisy OF such parodies on man
hood as Joseph F, Smith: Reed Snloot ct
al; who pose before an Innocent and con,
revelators." and then for a considera-
ton like seating the unspeakable Smoot
they have never received revelation:
but could do so ''the same as any good
Methodist II they only lived" so that the
Lord would not be ashamed to speak to
them. Apostates' have felt the dead
ening. binding influence of the despotic
Mormon priesthood and are the natural
heirs -at-law OF the mental condition that
comes with the knowledge OF having been
the victims Of self-constituted vice
gerents of God and OF lives that are
hlled with regrets, and the sense of hav-
OF counterfets and tithing hold-ups
Impossible Of Change.
An intimate acquaintance with the true
inwardness of Mormonism Will convince
any one of the lmpossibiity of the
leopard changing his spots. the rattle
snake his skin and fangs, and the i'm
possibility Of Mormons receding from any
doctrine or practice taught by those
whom they believe were. or are. the
spolSesmen of God. and his agents spirit
ual and temporal. on the earth. II moth
Ing else, the MormOns are sincere and
consistent in their faith.
Given the unrestraincd license enjoyed
by the Mormon prophets" from 1897 to
1851. when General p. e. Connor and his
small army encamDed at the mouth of
Red Butte canyon. and sighted their guns
on the residences OF the rebel pro
phets." and the blood atonement OF
"apostates" Ike William r. Parrish and
| his son Bcason. at Sprinevllle; the mur-
der OF William Hatton at Fillmore be-
his handsome wife: the castration Of
| Tom Lewis at Mant because Bishop
Warren Snow coveted the girl with whom
] Lewis was keeping company: the blood
ntoDing Of Rosmos Anderson by Bishop
| klingcnsmith and other fanatics at Cedar
| City. because Kllngensmlth wanted TO aid
! the buxom steDdaughtcr of Anderson tn
/ his harem. and which Anderson. himself,
wanted to do: and the murder of scores
Of Gentiles like the Aiken party OF six
at Pennington, and the slaughter OF the
victims at the Mountain Meadows would
| 20 merrly on. JOSIAH +. GIBBS.
Marysvale, Utah, Sept. q