The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-09-19
Replies to Statements Made by
Minister Relative to the
Mormon Teachings.
EXPoUNDS THE DOCTRINES
Declares Preacher Misinformed Rel
alive to Mormon Belief Re-
gsrding Christ.

made by n divine OF another religious
organization az a recent state confer
ence Of his church in Utah. The min
lister In question Is man Of wife
reputation. but according TO Mr.. Rob
erts. a man whom he IS pleased TO
believe. Is misi1fOrmed.
In explaining the belief and faith
OF tho Latter-day Saints" said Mr..
Roberts. II will use the words Of
Peter when ne was arraigned before
the Jews and required to explain the
miracle Of the lame man. that
through faith In Jesus Christ the
miracle was wrought
The Lattcr-day saints proclaim as
their creed. 50 far as they may be
said 10 have one. belief in the Bible
and the word OF God, and accept this
declaration as true.
"Mormonism Is no new gospel. but
is the good old gospel come again.
This was preached by Paul and Peter
and Jesus Christ This we Latter
day Saints are preaching. We in
tuCir footsteps. wish Co tread. We
Latter-day Saints make no pretenti0ns
ur preaching "a new gospel
In the publication Of the proceed
inEs Of a great religious conferences
held IN our state. we are charged with
holding to other names than the name
Of the Nazarene and other sources OF
salvation than Jesus Christ.
The Foundation
1T is not well 10 let these misrep-
reservations pass unnoticed and un-
coutradicted. The name Of Jesus is
the fundamental Of the faith which we
hold and Of the faith OF our fathers.
and which We are teaching our chill
dren. 10 is the foundation upon which
We wish to build our faith.
II believe the statement Of the min
lister was made with good intent ard
was not designed 20 De vicious. and I
believe 10 was made through misun-
derstandlnE. II 1 can set him right
i believe he will regard Il as favor.
There are three distinct misrepre-
sensations Of our faith in the refer
cnCcs mentioned. and Il is not well
that they should go uncontradicted-
The first Of these is that Mormons
do not own Jesus Christ as the sole
savior or men: second. that the Nor
mon vocabulary IS ill adapted 20 the
Christ as the sole SAVIOR Of men. and
Third. that others besides Christ are
held by Mormons as being Of equal
divinity with Christ
II viii take up the last OF these
nisrcprcscntations first. and. mark
you. I do not charge viciousness. The
words we're honeyed and in kindly
reference. and I will meet courteous
language with the equal OF that dis
played I'm this reference. but we can
not allow Misrepresentation. though
couchcd In the most courteous terms.
This statement that we hold
Joseph Smith as the equal Of Christ
IS Of early origin. IL had its origin
when the Mormon band was surround
ed by the militia Of Missouri. and
Joseph Smith. with many Of his fol-
lowers thrown into prison. The COM
mandcr OF the militia fathercd the
uttcrance when ne declared. oh. that
i could invoke the spirit Of the great
unknown God for you. and that YOU
would no longer worship a man.
(McaninE Joseph SMITH
Only n Man.
The profession made By Joseph
Smith was set forth by himself while
still imprisoned. A lady visiting the
prison asked the commander which
or these men cine prisoners) do these
people worship as Jesus Christi Jo-
seph Smith was pointed out Co her.
and she asked him n he professed 20
be the Lord and Savior.
"T profess 20 be only a man. ne
replied. and the representative sent
by Jesus Christ 20 preach the gospel
This is the only claim ever made
By smith or ever made for him. as a
man authorized by the Lord 10 speak
I'm His name. as hundreds Of other
prophets have been sent forth %
preach the gospel
Great as we believe the prophet
Joseph smith. 20 have been. and he
was great his spirit Of quick intelli-
rcncc had been trained by the word
Of God. It was given 90 him % brine
the words 81 the Eo~Del 20 the children
Of men. and 10 cNpound II TO them
Divine authority was given him q
give effect TO those truths.
"Au this we claim for him, but as
between him and the Christ. as the
mountains rise above the foothills. 50
does the Christ rise above all men
and 10 Him do we pay our divine
honor 7 am surprised that any mar
could write down n misrepresentation
a. 90 our attitude on this question
We are making a record OF. this ques-
ton. so bear with mo while T put into
this record these facts as against tho
Misrepresentation
Turn to the Book Of Mormon. The
preface explains why the book wa,
written. Here IN the preface writ.
ten by Joseph smith himself. Is this
declaration: Jesus o. the Christ and
the eternal God 90 all nations Jesu,
himself says. All power has beer
given unto me in heaven and on earth
Go. therefore. and teach all nations.
BY Grace Above.
Man cannot or himself. be saved
His cooperation is essential 10 hi,
salvation and he must conform 20 the
laws 81 God for salvation. yet Il come,
out an the last analysis that 70 is by
grace alone that we are saved. after
an that we can do. Take our for.
mula 81 baptism. and I'm whose name
are we baptized for the remission oi
sin2 In The name Of the Father. IN,
Son and the Holy Ghost. but the com.
tn, Christ. and IN the resurrection o
the baptized from the watery grave q
the resurrection or Christ symbolized
Il do not wish 10 display an AFRO
CANT spirit when I say that Mormon
Ism r. the best faith on earth. but n
the matter Of salvation or the divinit,
Of Christ. I must say that we outstriI
-. ..-c-fT ~ the h~oa noes 81 the ~