The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-15
AN APOSTOLIC VILIFIER.

So it seems that, according 10 the
Fillmore Progress Review, Elder Joseph
+ Smith, Jr, the imfantile apostle of
the Mormon church, has been telling the
saints In MilIard county that Salt Lake
is a city "wbcrc immortality is rampant
under wicked administration Let
us call the attention of Joseph F., .Jr.,
to the sub bioined matter.
| have not said anything about those
/ who do not belong 10 this church: am
| talking about those who are in this
| church. and am striving 10 impress II
| upon you that We have got TO go to work
and cleanse and purify the inside OF the
platter wo must remove these dead men g
| bones and rottenness that are as corrupt
| as hell. Do you believe that such things
exist? There is an example OF them
not ten feet from Brother PuIsiphers
left hand President Heber c.: kimball
| In old Salt Lake tabernacle. December
81. 1855: Journal OF Dscourses, volume
| !, page 140.
Go through our city and YOU Will find
some who are living In dirt and degrada-
ton. some who like dirt. who like TO
have Their COW in the house and their
chickens in The butterv; who like TO
have their pigs and children near enough
for them TO feed together; and their chill
dren are as naughty and Tilthy as they
can hc.-President Jededah NJ. Grant In
OF Discourses, volume T. page 1852.
You elders Of Israel will go into the
kanyoDs and curse and swcar-damn and
curse your oxen. and swear by Him who
created you ] am telling you the truth.
Yes. you will rip. and curse and swear.
as bad as any pirates ever did.-Prcsldent
Brigham Young In old Salt Lake taber-
courses. volume /, page 2l1.
There some men right in our midst
some of whom arc now sitting In this
assembly, who will gamble associate with
lewd women, frequent grog shops. get
drunk. use profanc language: and sit
with the wicked President ieher c.
kimball in old Salt Lake tabernacle, De-
cember u. 1856; Journal OF Discourses,
volume 4, page lSe
Go to all the auorums [of the church
Melchisedck priesthoodl in this city, and
you VIII find some OF their presidents
and officers as corrupt as the devil
This people are asleep: and | Will
do not pray. and II they do, three such
prayers would freeze hell over.
There arc many OF the seventies who arc
spiritually dead and damned. and so arc
dents OF quorums arc Ike pipe which
needs TO be burned out before il is I'll
10 be used. II is the same way with
many OF The high priests and others
President Jedediah Nj Grant in Seven
teenth ward sohoolhousc. Salt Lake. Oc
tober .. 1856; Journal of Discourscs, vol
unc 4. pages lSS and lS9.
Arc there men in our midst who will
court other mems wivcSI Yes. and will
take them right to the uncodly for them
to seduce. ana they Will take our daugh
lcrs and do the same. There
are women In this congregation who have
probably been seduced by elders. by high
priests and men In authority. What do
,I1r. ,iNl- i.alIA i.,.t
| am guilty Of the same sin and that
Brother Brigham and Brother Wells and
every other good man. is alike guilty
President Hcbcr G. Kimball in Old salt
Lake tabernacle. January IL, 1851; Jour
nal Of piscourses, volume T. pages IA and
IFS.
] have many time. in this stand dared
the world to produce as mean devils as
we can We can beat them at anything,
We have the greatest and smoothcst liars
In the world the cunninGest and most
adroit thieves. and any other shade OF
character that you can mention, We
can pick out elders in Israel right here
who can beat the world at gambling. who
can handle the cards cut and shuttle
them with the smartest rogue on the face
OF Gods footstoo, | can produce elders
here who can shave their smartest shay
ers, and take their money from them,
We can beat the world at any game. We
can beat them, because we have men
here that live in the light OF the Lord.
that have the holy priesthood. and hold
the keys OF the kingdom of God.-Presi
dent Brigham Young In old Salt Lake
tabernacle. November 3, 1856; Journal OF
Discourses. volume I. page a.
ION one occasion a public meeting was
called at the Social hall which was very
largely attended by the priesthood or
male members only, Brigham Young,
Heber, Jeddy. president Jedediah NJ.
Grant, and others addressed the elders
mcanest accusations and aspersons. Tho
confessions. as before observed. were
nuncIa tions. Brigham in his speech put
motion as follows, Al YOU who have
been guilty Of committing adultery. stand
up. To the surprise OF some, and the
chasrin OF the presidency, more than
three fourths stood on their feet OF
course. woman being present, the men
only answered for themselves-thc infer
ence could only he imagined about the
other EcX."-From the pen OF an eye
witness,
"a leading bishop in Salt Lake City re-
Gently stated TO the author that Brigham
was much appalled, at this sight as
was Macbeth when he behcld the woods
OF Birnam marching on TO Dunsinane, a
bishop arose and asked IL there were not
some misunderstanding among the breth-
rem concerning the question. He thought
that perhaps the elders understood Brig
hams inquiry to apply to their conduct
OF the devil and embraced Mormonism:
but upon Brigham's reiterating that II
was the adultery committed since they
had entered the church. the brethren to
a man still stood up.-From Rocky Noun
| tain Saints. by T. 3, II. StcnhoUse. pages
| 295 and 206.
| II will be observed that we use the
word Cold in referring to the taber-
naclc in which the sermons quoted from
were delivered. There is q reason for
this In their attempts to discredit
such quotations as given by The Trib-
une, the elders have pointed to the date
Of delivery, then produced proof that
tho present structure was not In exist
ence at the time. and then declared To
the investigator that the excerpta were
Tribune. manufactured lies. With their
usual hypocrisy, they would not state
that the old tabernacle, which preceded
the present building. was meant How