The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-05

II. +. Boyd. late OF Paris, Idaho
ksI at the recent Presbyterian teachers
<entlon at American Fork Utah" anc
yVfh enumerates some sixteen points oil
mon doctrine from which the ''proph-
M md the body Of the church are APP
unity recedlng or discardlng.
far Boyds premises are clearly and
~ stated. and the thought appears to
h = the gen ntleman much comfort In that
b fe Is real progress in the advancement
n Mormon belief from % blood atone
y ~ TO -t16} the certain method of de-
Ing the presence OF evil spirits" In
I<a1 tabernacles."
tjso. Mr. Boyd no doubt discovered the
~ Iity with which the Mormon "proph-
~ lie ir their efforts TO fool the Cen
|,h." and that he is well informed on
VI Unparalleled hypocrisy Of the mani
k ke,o' surrendering polygamy, on the
RlIemptfble deception involved In the
} mon "division on political lines In
7i u. and on the seeming change OF front
n the manufacture OF whisky by the
p mon ''prophets' TO the bogus hysteria
M Hpostle Hebcr j Grant Nephi Morris
y others OF the spiritual lights of Nor
iAism on the question OF statewide
1ibition IN Utah.
lViso, the fact that the church Repub-
u party OF Utah. which exists by
grace OF God" and is controlled by
i .sph F. Smith. the prophet, and is
4. SS.&rvised by that INSPIRED" apostolic c.
FLlCHl DDSS krO"n dS tNeet SIslbul
Is down position in the United
|H&es senate. also by the grace OF God
= >e Mormon god. Adam, sold out the
tnlbition movement In Utah TO the
myers and whisky merchants OF Os-
and Salt Lake for the sum OF SIP.
,eer and whisky-1oving prophets and
-r'saints Of the Most High" And that
a word OF protest against that uh-
~ alliance was heard from the
g7pphet" Joseph F. nor from any OF MS MS
he henchmen-the apostles and nigh
h rom the numerous evidences" OF re-
y n which Mr.. Boyd points out In inc
mon propaganda: he proved ina.
Re Is reason for congratuiation-l a :
Mormon church l hope that l may
pardoned for pointing. out a funda- :
11faI doctrine or belief. OF the Nor
religion that absolutely .precluGes
y change or Advancement OF Mormon
Kicked out of the Mormon church be.
se took the polygamy MANIFESTO
h. the "diyision on political lines TOO
N ousy, and because publicly OBJ,
L ed TO the falsehoods. deception. and
! 1bphets' Joseph F. Smith, Francis. NJ,
nan, Reed Smoot and others before
Icon1mittee on privileges and elections
Washington when those same proph-
II were anchorine an agent OF the Mor-
I'm god-Adam-in the United states
|, jg of an authority on the subject OF
y 6ges, advancement and reform in the
SIMON doctrine. faith and practice.
be very existence Of the Mormon
kc-fch Is based on revelation from Goa
'he founder OF Mormonism and to his
4essors. The doctrine that Adam is
|htfather and our God. and the only
Y with whom we have 10 do, is a
NIc and vital belief of Mormons. From
Err Viewpoint the doctrine Is from God
y 1 that he is perfect and therefore ,un-
1sngeable, and that the Adam god dog
is as eternal in It's duration as is
ovah himself.
|r'he Morrnons are also lrrevocably we'd
r, 10 the belief that the original 'proph-
E. : Of Mormondom was the direct and
earth. and that all the other .proph.7,
aar even "What-the- hell dol care,
a Smoot. are prophets seers and
-elators" OF the individual who. in the
den of Eden, cowardly pointed his
FER at Eve and charged her with be-
p wholly responsible for their mutual
and whose contemplate example has
n the defense OF every pusillanimous
4riine from that day 10 the present
n "Prophetic Absolution.
VERY devout Mormon believes (and II
N,do not believe the entire religious
l inula revealed by the prophets he Is
| rapostate' and II he continue to pose
4 8 Mormon and fails TO make pro-
N K against the evils of the system, he
n Bervile coward and arrant hypocrite)
w following quotations form the first
l., latest prophets.
sod made Aaron to be the mouthpiece
he children Of Israel. and he will make
to be God TO YOU in his stead. and
telders to be mouth for me; and II
fdon't like 1t you must lump It
|stsermon by Joseph Smith, the ''proph-
2 In Deseret News, July 10. 1851
The fact of the matter is, when a
"a says you can direct me spiritually
llnot Temporarily he lies In the pres
/ OF God: that is, II he has got in
i1gence enough TO know what he Is
ta Ing about See Deseret News, May
0been the dogma OF infalllbillty
Ind nciated by Joseph Smith, Jr. and
!. ldIctum OF self claimed absolute au-
T. tty by Joseph F. Smith. II, during
e than half century. there has beer
Change in the basic doctrine OF the
iIIbility OF the Mormon prophets
/ ground is there for hope that there
nphr ever will be, any change In any
Me minor doctrines OF Mormonism?
Aere Is throbbing In the brain of every
HInt Mormon fanatic today the doc
fI enunciated by Brigham Young II
N WOO. sixty seven years ago. and which
hI mbraced in the following; The frs
tH eiple OF our cause and work Is Il
Wtrstand that there is prophet II
Sehurch. and that he is at the head o
church OF Christ on earth WhC
Id Joseph Smith 10 he a prophet? Die
people or God? God. and not the peo
[called MIN. Had the people gath
tfogether and appointed one OF thei
--ber to be "A prophet, he would have
accountable 10 the people. but. in
|W uch as he was called OF God, apC
by the people. he Is accountable I,
hs. (Only and not to any man oi
Ilu h. The twelve apostles are account
TO tho prophet and not TO the churcl
.f1e course they pursue. and we hav
1ed to go and do as the prophet tell
Sec MillenIal Star dlverpool. Eng
GJal). Vol. 81. Page TAI,
III etd given the belief that Joseph Snit'
la prophet the logic Of Brigham
spg Irresistible,
&i Blood Atonement.
- the early fifties Brigham Youn
red: "If any miserable scoundrei
-, cut their throats.' and "all III
[psN le said Amen!' They had slmpl
h armed to go and do as the prophet tol
NJ Grant was second coun
Ito Brigham during the blood tone
tfrenzy OF the middle flftics and
AIted with the following choice selec
|8&Ifrom the blood and thunder sermon
K hose early days when the prophets
~ ~ bulldozing the federal officials, an
United States judges froI
ierritory because they were attempt
fyN saints who were practising polyg