MORMON CHURCH IN POLITICS.
By Editor
THE Christian Work of October 14 says: "Now, however, it appears that the Mormon Church is again in politics, and is determined to control everything in the State of Utah. At the semi-annual conference held in Salt Lake City last week, President Wilford Woodruff announced his triune office as 'prophet, seer, and revelator,' and this is what he said:— " 'The day has come when the mouths of Wilford Woodruff, George Q. Cannon, Joseph F. Smith, and the twelve apostles, should not be closed. God almighty requires you to unite in your temple work and unite in your politics. You should unite to elect your city council and also all your State officials. You must put aside your democracy and republicanism and as Latter-day Saints unite, and you will not be taxed to death.' " But why should the religious papers who are advocating "Christian Citizenship," and Sunday laws, and endeavoring to unite the "church vote" on these things, find fault with the Mormons? Of course the Mormon Church is in politics. It has never been out. And many in the press and pulpit of the Protestant churches justify the Utah régime.