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

, the immutable and eternal principles OF
| Heaven. and speaks a language which.
| when spoken in truth and virtue. sinks
| deep into the heart OF every honest man.
Its prccepts are invigorating. and in
every sense OF the word. tend TO dignity
and enno6le mans conceptions OF God
which Is heard amidst the roar or Artll'
lery. as well as I'm the silence or mid
night 1, speaks q LANGUAGE understood
by the incarcsrated spirit. s well he
who Is uufcttcred and free; yet TO those
who will not see il is dark. mysterious.
and secret as the grave.
We believe that all men. processing 10,
be ministers Of God, should keep steadily
In view the honor and glory OF God.
the salvation OF souls. and the ameliora~
ton Of mans condition and among their
cardinal virtues ought To be found those
Of faith, hope. virtue and charity; but
with Joseph Smith. and many other Of
fetal characters In The Church. they are
words without any meaning attached
worn as ornaments, exotics nurtured for
display: virtues which. throwing aside the
existence OF God, the. peace. happiness.
welfare. and good order Of society. re-
quire tha, they should be preserved pure.
immaculate and uncorroded.
We most solemuly and sincerely de-
clare. God this day being witness OF the
statements. that happy will 1t he. with
those who examine and scan Joseph
Smiths pretensions 10 righteousness; and
take counsel of human affairs. ard OF
not yield up TRANQUILITY n superiority TO
that man which the reasonablenes5 oi
try declare to be pernicious and dIaboli-
cal. We hope many items of doctrine, as
now taught some of which. however, are
taught secretly and denied openly, twhicn
we know positively is the cascl. and
others publicly. considerate men, VIII treat
with contempt: for We declare then
heretical and damnable In their lnhuence,
though they find many devotces- How
shall he who has drank Of the poisonous
draft teach virtue? In the stead there,
OF. when the criminal ought to pleaa
guilty TO the court, the court is Obliged
TO plead guilty to the criminal We ap-
peal to humanity and ask. what shall we
do? Shall we lie supinelv and suffer
ourselves TO be metamorphosed into
beasts by the Syren tongue We answer
that our country and our God require
that we should rectify the tree we have
as he Showed fruits meet Tor repentance
we stood ready 10 seize him by the hand
OF fellowship. and throw around MN the
mantle OF protection: for II Is the saliva
asCra ndizement.
Wo are earnestly seeking to explode
the vicious principles OF Joseph smith
and those who practice the same abom-
nations and whoredoms. which we verify
know are not accordant and consonant
with the principles OF Jesus Christ ana
with that end in view, with an eve single
10 the glory OF God. We have dared to-
gird on the armor. and with God al our
head. We most solemnly and sincerely
declare that the sword Of truth shall not
depart from the thigh, nor the huCkler
from the arm. until We can enjoy those
glorious privileges which natures Cod
and our country's laws have guaranteed
TO us-freedom OF speech. the liberty of
the press and the right TO worship God
as seemcth us good We are aware,
however. that we are hazarding every
earthly blessing, particularly property.
and probably life itself. In striking this
blow at tyranny and oppression; yet not
withstandlng. we most solemnly declare
that no man, or set OF mon combined.
shall with impunity. violate obligations
as sacred as many which have been Vio-
lated. unless reason: justice and virtue
have become ashamed and sought the
haunts OF the grave, though our lives be
the forfeiture.
Many of us have sought n reformation
in the Church without a public eNpos-
tion OF the enormities of crimes practiced
by IT'S leaders. thinking that If they
would hearken 10 counsel. and show fruit
meet for repentance. II would be as ac-