Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-06-11

ssxz.nizetlon on Saturday evening last.
N the subject OF Mormonlsm. The
peech was a careful presentation Of a
lde OF the question entirely unfamiliar
, the members and guests of the club
nd those who have returned from
ioston who heard the ADDRESS assert
nat II was well received and that
iuch favorable comment has followed
IS delivery.
The senator said:
1 truly appreciate the invitation
hioh has been extended TO me to be
resent tonight and address tho Thurs
ray Evening club upon the very inn
prtant. yet greatly misunderstood.
object OF Mornonism Within the
asst few years have received many
rsent INVITA- IONS T. address religious
tientinc. business, and othor assocla-
Ous upon this topic, but on account
4 the great pressure OF official duties
has been impossible FOR me 10 ac-
iapt any former invitation. / deem II
great privilege TO be able 70 appear
iIore this splendid body OF American
items this evening upon the press
l3g invitation OF Hon, Henry Howard,
gentleman whom ! have learned 10
pnor and respect.
.Siormonism from It's incipiency has
zen misrcpreseutcd. IS Udh rents
ave been villihcd, It's promulgators
I'VE been mObbed yet I'm spite o. TINS
1position IL mas advanced and pros
red. IL Is not my purpose, however
set forth what has been said In
dgment against the Mormon people
: am here tonisht 10 make PLAIN
(, atement Of some Of the fundamental
,.incipIcs of the Church OF Jesus
lrlst OF Latter-dny Saints. and TO tell
ipu what these principles VIII, IN my
i)inion. N accepted By mankind. do for
Nc world II would take a long time
j. explain all tho religious doctrines
ID beliefs Of the Mormon people. and
shall. therefore. have to content my
ir this evening In touching on few
them.
a MARKED INFLUENCE.
or all the new religions OF the nine
iunth century, not one has caused 20
UGH comment as That called Mormon
n. Its Influence and development
ere so marked and the work OF JOS
h Smith. it's founder. so marvelou'
lat an historical writer OF the time,
siah Quincy, few weeks atter
seph Smiths martyrdom wrote:
I
me future text book. for the use OF
nerations yet unborn. will contain n
estion something like this What
storical American Of the nineteenth
injury has cxcrtcd the most powerful
nuence upon the destinies OF MS
nntrymen? And u Is by no means
possible that the answer to that IN
rrogatory may thus be written
seph smith, the Mormon prophet.
IA tho reply. absurd as IL doubtless
rms To most men now living. may
p an obvious commonplace to their
scendants. History deals In sur
liges and paradoXes quite as start
10 a. this. Tho man who establishes
religion In this age OF free debate,
10 was and Is today accepted by hum
eds OF thousands as direct ennis
ny from the Most Hlgh--such a rare
man being IS not 10 he disposed or
pelting hts memory with unsavory
ID thets Fanatic, imposter, charla-
N he may have been; but these hard
INES furnish no solution to the prob
N he presents TO us. Fanatics ana
posters are living and dying every
s.. and their memory Is buried with
EN-: but 1.-THE wonderful influence
hfch this founder OF a religion exert
and stlll exerts throws him into re-
r before us. not rs n rogue to be
unlimited. hut az a phenomenon 10
explained"
MANY CHURCHES or TODAY.
Tor two thousand years Christianity
s been IN vogue among the occl-
ntai nations OF the world. For two
ousnnd years men have been trying
work out their destiny according to
+, best light within them. out of
+, 200 900 600 inhabitants OF the earth.
than one third even claim TO be
ristians. and OF that number a con-
terrible portion do not profess To be-
We In the divine mission Of Jesus
iist, while others deny tho Trinity
stead Of one Christian church pat
ned after the ono organized by the
vior. with It's gifts and blessings.
wcr and authority. organization and
,chings, there are today, hundreds OF
urches eNtant throughout the land,
claiming to be the church OF Jesus
rist. No wonder there is confusion.
> wonder thinking men become dis
uragcd and even disguised. No
,ndcr mankind f. losing faith In
Instantly. Faith rs n splendid thing
have. but without works IL Is dead
one who docs not know that God
90 and Jesus Is the christ Is secure
his adherence To the Church of
rist I am not here To criticize the
lElOilN VI NNbhNH W. f'A'''N Nt''sN
~ have been potent factor in the
eliectual development OF the race, In
serving the name ~ Jesus christ
4 In Keeping sacred the name OF God
ORGANIZATION OF CHURCH.
was this condition NJ religious UNI
4 and skepticism that caused Joseph
nth to seek knowledge from di-
te sources. and which finally result
To- f.g "a
urch The most complete account
the origin of Mormonism IL that
zen By Joseph Smith himself for Mr.
nm Wentworth, who was In lS42 pro-
etor of the Chicago Democrat. |
BITE from his narratives
1 was born In the town ~ sharon,
indsor county, Vermont, on the 23rd
December 1905. When two years
my parents removed 10 Palmyra,
" York, whore we resided about four
ars. and from thence we moved 60
I. town of Manchester MY father
5 farmer and taught me the ara
husbandry. When about fourteen
trs of age. / began To reflect upon
Importance of being prepared Tor
'uture state. and upon inquirng the
n Of salvation. / FOUND that there
: great clash OF religious seuti-
nj: IL 1 went 20 one society they
crrcd me to one plan. and another
another-each one pointing To his
n creed az the summum bonum OF
lection. Considering that all could
be right and that God could not
the author OF so much confusion, |
ermined t. investigate the subject
re- fully. believing II God really had
hurch II would not be split up into
lions. and ~ he taught one society
worship one way and To- administer
one set Of ordinances. he would not