The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-06
MR.. HICKS GIVES THE REASON.

MR.. HICKS GIVES TIE REASON.
From pioneer who has had "A vast
experience IN Utah, and especially so
as member of the Mormon church for
many years, we have received the fol
lowing letter:
Editor Tho Tribune WAS somewhat
surprised at a report Of President y, NJ.
Lyman s sermon, which was In part pub
lished in your issue of today. Mr., Lyman
says, What renson God had for taking
from the earth this principle of plural
marriage ] am not prepared TO say Ii
YOU viii bo so kind To publish the in
formation ] shall be pleased TO inform
him why" II was because the United
states Government Is more powerful than
the Mormon god who gave the ''rcNeln-
lion on plural marriage. II was because
he Strobel bin was pending In Congress,
which. had II become law. would have dis.
franchiSed every Mormon in Utah. and
would have provided for commission TO
mako laws for the government of tho
Territory At quarterly conference
held in Payson some time ago. at which
Apostle Ueber j. Grant was presiding,
that astute church official got off n little
speech e 6s In WsaaTu EssaTa 70
that faithful Latter-day Saint, that true
servant Of God. that divineiy inspired
prophet. socr. and revelator, realizing
the threatening troubles Of the saints.
humbled himself hcfoer the Lord in fast
ing and PRAYER for three days and three
nights, and after weeping and much mn
portuning God gave His consent and
granted His servant permission TO issue
the manifesto
oh, the poor, weak Mormon god He
was not able to withstand the pres pressure tnre
United states Of America. That which
he at one time said was new ana eyer,
lasting" had TO give way and be recalled;
Poor Mormon god how ] do pity him.
Why Is 1t that people in this age of en-
ighennent are not able to see through
such transparent frauds? This Is as
President Lyman-why God should take
marriage GEORGE a. HICKS.
Spanish Fork. October 81. 1910.
David Whiimer, who was an admlrer
and a supporter of Joseph Smith, says
that the pretended prophet very often
received evil "rcvclations. - Mr.. Whit
mcr declares that in great many In
stances Joseph received answer to his
besecchings exactly in agreement with
his own state of mind, Concerning the
polvgamy revelation David Whltmer
moralizes as to the "proPhet Is state
of mind in these words: "lf his de
sircs arc in any way carnal he being
deceived, an answer VIII be revealed TO
him accordingly; and he will think it
is the revealed will of God. Satan re-
ycals his Will TO a man, mixed with
much truth and scripture in order to
an Angel Of Light" And a little fur
ther along in his pamphlet, and con-
tinuing upon the subject of polygamy,
Mr.. Whitmer (who. it must be rcmem-
bcrcd, was one Of the three 6rst wit
nesses to tho "divine authenticity Of
the Book of Mormou) says: "Brother
Joseph must have set up this idol III
his heart, or he would not have prayed
to the Lord to know wherein David
and Solomon were justified in polygamy,
when God says in the Book of Mormon
that they were NOT justified in it; that
it was abominablo before him" So
much for David Whitmer's s opinion as
to how polygamy came into existence.
But speaking concerning the inability
Of the Mormon god to cope with or OPP
pose men, as Mr.. Hicks suggests, that
has always been the case. So cowardly
was the Mormon god, and so impoteut
as against the power of man, that 10.
scph himself Gas confessed by his chief
followers in Utah today was only a
srIrreptitious polygamst in Nauvoo.
Although the pretended prophet was
supposed to have been fired with the
inspiration and the spirit of the Al
mighty, upon whose arm he could de-
pend as upon a bulwark of insurmouut-
able height and imprcgnable strength,
he was compelled by the law Of the
land TO play the low-down sneak in his
polygamous practices. While his lust
ovcrpowcrcd his little sense Of moral
obligation TO the community, il was
not of sufficient courage to face the
opposition of Christian dcccncy.
The fact is. that the "revelation OH
polygamy was born of the uncleanliness
and usefulness of Joseph Smith and his
close associates, aided and abctted by
the spirit of the devil that prompts all
such things. Therefore tho Lord has
nothing to rescind. The Almighty did
not give the commandment and the
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