The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-01
Change of Mormon Attitude towards Christian Teachings
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at remote distances from the so-called
Zion" Clearly Mormon missionaries do
not believe their own warnings.
8. Patriarchal blessings. and the pre-
tence OF giving glimpses into. II not de-
termining a favorable future, are evil
IDENTITY losing caste The signs OF the
tellers have virtually lost their job. and
consequently their remunerations. when
gospel influences set at liberty those that
are bound. such deceptions have 10 seek
new fields OF operation.
Z. higher Idea OF God Is evidently
developi,ng Joseph taught that h, God is
elaborated In the couplet: ''As man now
Is. so God once was; as God now Is, so
man VIII be" Brigham Young taught
and the only God with whom we have
to do" But now tho old Presbyterian
hymn. one verse OF which reads;
Before the world in order stood OF
earth received its frame.
From everlasting thou art God; to end
less the same.
has been given a place in the Latter
day Saint Psalmody. As that verse Is
a paraphrase OF the ninetieth psalm. IL
| is. OF course, sound teaching.
come in n the latter part Of 1890 is, OF
course, no longer fostered The teach
ing no doubt helped to keep alive. with
out taxing the ingenuity of Mormon
time passed without the prediction hay-
| Ing been fulfilled, those who were sc
willing to be deceived could readily be
made to believe that the Lord had found
that the world was still too wicked for
such an honor. However. the ruInor was
met that the appearance had been grant
ed TO a favored few in the Mormon lem
pie In Salt Lake City. But even Nor
| mons do not seem to attach much I'M
portance to the story.
O. a pledge, prepared by the. leaders
bers of the Mormon church, has beer
given to the world that the practice OF
polygamy, on the part OF Mormons woulo
| be discontinued, This was the mani
festo OF 1890 When the United States
government asked for the meaning OF this
! pledge. WiHord Woodruff. Lorenzo Snow
promised the entire abandonment of the
practice OF polygamy. While the promise
was not kept, yet II Is something whicf
can still be presented In the light OF ar al
obligation 10 such as have the remain!
| of a conscience
10. Not much. II anything is said II
these days about ability to speak II
tongues. Even where there are not NOR
serious questions suggested regarding tn
claims OF Mormonism. this ability Is efi
IDENTIFY regarded as lost endowment
Ii has been discovered that there Is NJ
royal road even TO this branch Of learn
ing.
H. Going on missions, without purs'
or scrip" Is in some cases. .openely ad
mitted to be contrary to the actual facu
In the case In some regions such {
claim would render the missionary liabl
to the charge of vagrancy. 1t was ap
parent therefore, that the Mormon go
would have to modify the requirements
and permit the Mormon missionar.
henceforth to tell the truth about havlnt
the proceeds of a farewell dance in hi
pocket as we'll as that he was expect
ing 10 receive rcmittances from home a
his necessities might require,
10. Joseph Smiths so-called transla
ton OF the Bible Is not considered suffl
ciently edifyine for the Brigham
branch OF the Mormon church AS this is
by all odds, the largest OF the numerou
divisions into which the Mormon hous
mas seen III 90 sGparaee az uurilS rs ntie
lation is severe blow at prophet
claims.
49, The necessity of accounting n