The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-09-19

held by Mormons as being OF equal
, divinity with Christ
II Will take up the last of these
misrepresentation first, and, mark
you, do not charge yicioueness. The
words were honeyed and In kindly
reference, and ! Will meet courteous
language with the equal Of that dis
played In this reference, but we can
not allow misrepresentation, though
couched in the most courteous terms.
This statement that VIC hold
Joseph Smith as the equal of Christ
Is of early origin II 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 tho militia fnthered the
ntterance when he declared, Oh. that
! could invoke the spirit Of the great
unknown God for you. and that you
would no longer worship man
(Meanlng Joseph Sm!th)
Only a Man.
The profession made by Joseph
Smith was set forth by himself while
still imprisoned. A lady visiting the
prison asked the commander which
of these men (the prlsoners) do these
people worship as jesus Christ? Jo-
seph Smith wa pointed ont to her
and she asked him II ne professed to
be the Lord and Savior.
] profess to be only n man., he
replied, and the representative sent
by Jesus Christ to preucn the gospel
This Is the only claim ever made
by Smith or ever made for him. as
man authorized by the Lord to speak
In His name, as hundreds Of other
prophets have been sent forth to
preach the gospel
Great as We believe the prophet.
Joseph Smith, to have been, and he
was great, his spirit of quick intelli-
eence had been trained by the word
OF God. 1t was given to him TO bring
the words of tho gospel 10 The chill
dren OF men. and 10 expound IL TO
them Divine authority was given him
to give effect to those truths.
'All this we claim for him. but az
between him and the Christ. az the
mountains rise above the foothills. so
does the Christ rise above all men,
and to Him do we pay our divine hon
or. l am surprised that any man
could write down n Misrepresentation
as to our attitude on this question.
We are making record on this ques-
tion, so bear with me while / put into
this record these facts as against the
Misrepresentation.
Turn to the Book of Mormon The
preface explains why the book was
written. Here In the preface, writ
ten by Joseph Smith himself. is this
declaration: Jesus Is the Christ and
the eternal God to all nations Jesus
himself says: All power has been
given unto me In heaven and on earth
Go. therefore. and teach all nations
BY Grace Above.
Man cannot, Of himself. be saved
His cooperation is essential to his
salvation and he must conform to the
laws of God for salvation, yet 1t comes
out In the last analysis that It is by
grace alone that we are saved after
all that we can do. Take our for
mula OF baptism. and In whose name
are VIC baptised for the remission of
sin? In the namo of the Father. the
Son and the Holy Ghost, but the com.
mission TO confer baptism comes from
tht Nhilcl, anu III the ul
the baptized from the watery grave is
the resurrection OF Christ symbolized
i do not wish to display an AFRO
CANT spirit when I say that Mormon
Ism is the best faith on earth. but in
the matter of salvation or the divinity
OF Christ / must say thai we outetrip
the world in the broadness of the ap-
plicatIon of Christ's law. There is
but one-third Of the worlds popula-
ton nominally Christian, after 1000
years of the teaching of the word
of God What is going TO become Of
the other two-thirds2 In some OF
the Christian creeds we are told that
this great stream OF unsaved men
perish without hope of redemption
Our law tells us that this is not true,
and that those who die without faith
do not die without hope. We are
told that the heather races do not
suffer to be perished eternally be-
cause OF their lack of knowledge OF
the law OF Cod"
others Suffer.
After depicting the misery of suf-
fering here on earth in atonement
for sins committed, Mir. Roberts held.
according to the law of the physical
world. that not only do we suffer for
our own sins here. but these trans
gressions cause others sufferings, He
cited the suffering of the parent for
the shortcomings of the child, as an
instance.
But" he continued. ''if you want
to know the depth and helghth OF
Christ's suffering for the atonemeut
of the world, follow him to Gethae-
name. II you would know the length
and height of Gods suffering, il Is
manifest In His suffering at the sacri-
fee of His son for the sins of the
world And He requires that We ac.
cent, in our faith. this wonderful man