The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-14
Utah Could Have Adopted PrOhi-
bitiOn Any Time Church
Saw Fit.
SO DECLARES MINISTER
IN AN ELOQUENT SERMON
Rev. l.. S. BOwerman breaches
Able Discourse on "The
AnaniaS Club"

That there has not bccn a time in the
past Two years when the state Of Utah
| could not have been enrolled In the list
OF prohibition states II the heads of the
Mormon church had so desired, was de-
claved In a. strong and eloquent sermon
Sunday morning by the Rev, Louis S.
BoWerman. pastor of the Emmanuel Bap
tisL church The subject of the Rev.
Mr.. Bowcrmans sermon was The Ana
| nias Club and for his text he took
Acts 20, lc: And one, Ananias, a devout
| man. according TO the law, came TO me
and standing by me said Brother Saul.
receive thy sight" Referring TO the
practice OF polygamy In the Mormon
church. The speaker declared that the
peoplH wait not for the accommodation
for two for this revolving crime, but of
from 200 to 1000.
In his introduction TO the sermon, DR.,
Iiowerman called attention 10 the phrase
that had in the past few years become
vass,' said the speaker, men scemd
overly busy in suggesting names for the
club. No Ecc or Initiation was required
Why Is II that people always. In the use
OF the word 'Ananias' think OF the char
actor in Acts 5 instead OF Acts ~ The
dark deed Of the one seems more easily
OF the others This is however. the
tendency in life. and needs To be remem-
bcrcd.
Sin Against God.
The sin In the case OF Ananias
Sna cs snDhTa Sns qSt nSeug erf bat in is "a bad
enough; hut in pretending. to be
what what they were not. and and to O., do 10
sin was not so much against man as
il was against Cod. could not help
think of this phase OF the matter as
listened the other night to Roberts's ad.
Apostle Smoot. From Roberts's point of
View. do not wonder that he defined the
position OF the senator apostle 10 be las
false as hell
Personally. am Stale wide and
nation wide believer in prohibition, In
the light of the. conference two years
ago and recent events in our state, the
query very naturally comcs--Just where
shall we put the governing body Of the
Mormon church? Some of The Democrats
can very quickly answer the query. I
have heard some OF them express them
selves forcihly on the matter All of US
know perfectly well that there has not
been time during the past two years
but that Utah could have been enrolled
in the. list of prohibition states, II the
first fifteen in the church had really so
desired.
Polyganly at the Back.
Back Of this douhle-dealiug and max
ing it possible. is the double dealing re-
garding polygamy. There Is no need or
use in crying for peace so long as the
Mormon church defends this as n pru-
ciple given OF Cod The sins against
the Sabbath and the home God docs not
| overlook and pass by. and all the trou-
blcs of the Mormon people are due to
polyCamy.
The Christian world is mol especially
interested in any Adam God theory, or
the form OF church administration, or
the peculiar notions regarding the king
dom on earth but the Christian world
Is Interested In the teachings OF Christ
and the integrity of the home. We walt
not for the communication of two, but
of two hundred TO two thousand.
Ananlas Acts Nine.
''It Is good 10 dwell upon the Ananias
of Acts 9. The fdevout man. the man
of prayer and of good report among all
the Jews OF Damascus. The disciple of
John the Baptist and OF Jesus The mar
that would comfort the soul and open
blind eyes Paul would always have the
utmost love for this man in coming to
him as lie did and saying, Brother Panl,
receive thy sight
'"The world is full OF its sin and its
| sorrow. Men are blinded by their preju-
dlces and superstitions. The god OF this
world hath blinded the minds of men.
Jesus bids his disciples bear the word OF
life and give the message Of light Re
ccive thy sight is the consolation the
sent messenger brings To the stricken
soul Ever Is it true that In thy light
we shall see light.