Arkansas intelligencer., 1844-01-27

poPuloT puiOSopnys cAcCullS0 power, or law defV-
ing mobocracy, to destroy me.
If, then, the hand Of God in all things that
have accomplished towards the salvation Of pr;es,
ridden generation, in the short space of twelve
years, through the holiness of the plan of preach
ing the gospel and the holiness of the measure If
declaring repentance npd baptism for the remis.
sion OF sins; and a reception of the holy Ghost bv
the laying on Of hands-ngreeably to the author.
ty of the priesthood, and the still more bold meas.
ure Of from Cad firaA.eh
the Comforter, as promised, and by which means n
holy men, from ancient times until now, have spo-
ken and revealed the will of God to men, with The
consequent success of the gathering of the saints,
throws any "charm over my being, and spoints
it demonstrates tho fact that truth is mighty and
iciH prerail;" and that one man empowered from
jehovah, has more influence with tine chdrenof the
kingdom, than eight hundred millions lead by the
precepts 81 men! God exalts the humble and aha.
Sos the naughty.
But let me assure you, in the name of Jesus
who spake as man never spake, that tho .boldness
of the plans and measures as YOU term tbem
but which should be denominated the righteous.
ness OF the cause, the truth Of the system and the
power Of God, which $50 far has borne me and
the church Tin which glory in having tho priv.
Iese of being member) successfully through the
O'" va ~ Pio'Si' 'oi'ys 'SHoIauCe, InallCc, Der
secution, falsehood, sacerdotal wrath, ncwspaper
satire, pamphlet l,bels, and the combined iuilu.
ence of the powers of earth and hell, say these
powers Of ri gtcousncss and truth, are not the de-
crees and rules of an ambitious and aspiring MINI
rod, Phnroah, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, Alexander. Ma.
homef, Buonaparte, or other great sounding heroes
that dazzled forth with trail of pomp and cir
cums!ances, for little season, like comet, and
then disappeared, leaving wide waste where sucl,
an ex'stance once was with only name! Nor
we're the glorious results of SHAT you term .bo!d
ness OF plans and Measures with tho attendant
success" matured by the ser.aggrandizinp wis.
dom Of The priests of Baai; the Scrb,.s and pbar.
asees of the Jews; Popes and bishops of Cbristen.
dom, or pagans of Juggernaut nor we're thew ex.
tended by the divisions and subdivisions of Lu
Their, Calvin, n Wesley or even a Campbell
supported by galaxy of clergymen and churh.
men, OF whatever name nature, bound aDart
by cast Iron creeds, and fastened to set stakes bv
chain cable opinions, .-i4Aout rereiation; no, are
they the lions Of the land, or levia,hans of sea.
to fatten the fancy Of the in fidel. But thew are
as the stone cut out Of the mountain without hands
and will become a great mountain and fill the
whole earth.
Were an Egyptian would cxclaim,
(fah-oh-eh Finish -oa-dosh- Flos-ees Fos-issis;j
a Hebrew, Greek, ----;
a Roman, Domnus resit me; a German,-
-; Portugee, Senior Jesu Christie e hber-
dade; Frenchman, Dieu defend lie droit. But
as am, give god the glory, and say in the beau.
tiful figure Of the poet
Could with ink the ocean fill;
Was the whole earth Of parchment made;
And every single stick a quill;
And every man T. scribe by trade;
To write the love If God above
Would drain the ocean dry,
Nor could the whnle, upon a scroll,
BE spread from shy to sky.
1t seems that your n,ind is of such "phlcso-
phcal and mathematical cast that the divinity of
Moses makes no impression upon you, and that
will not be offended when you say you rate me
higher as legislator than you do Moses. because
you have me present with you, for examination
that Moses derives his chief authority from pre-.
scrp,ion and the lapse of time you cannot how
ever say, but we arc both right. it being out OF
the power Of man to prove us wrong. 1t is no
problem, and can therefore get no
solution"
Now, sir, to cut the matter short, and not daily
with your learned ideas, for fashions sake, you
have here given your opinion, without reserve,
that revelation, the knowledge of God, prophetic
vision, the truth of eternity, cannot be solved as
q mathematical problem.
The first question then is, what is a mathcmat-
ical proSlem!-and the natural answer is,
statement, proposition, or question that can be
solved ascertained, unfoded, or demonstrated by
knowledge, facts or figures for "mathematical"
is an adjective, derived from--[grl meaning.
in English learning, or knowledge. "ProbIem ~
is derived from probleme, French, or problema,
Latin, Italian or Spanish, and in each language
means question or proposition, whether true or
false. ''Solve" is derived from the Latin verb
solro, to explain or answer. One thing more -
in order to prove the works proceed, it is ne
cessary to have witnesses, two or three of whose
testimonies, according to the laws or rules Of God
and man, are sufficient to establish any one point
Now for the questions. How much is one and
one2 Two. How much is one from two? One.
Very we'll one question problem is solved
by figures. Now let me ask one for facts. Was
there ever such place on earth as Egypt! &C.
ography says yes, ancient history says yes, and
the bible says yes. So three witnesses have so'v-
ed tina, question. Again:--Lived there ever
such man as Moses in Egypt The same wit
nesses reply certainly. And pas he a prophet?-
me same witnesses, or part, have left on re-
cord that Moses predicted in Leviticus that If Is.
Iraei broke tho covenant they had made, the Lord
would scatter them among the nations until the
land enjoyed her Sabba.hs; and subsequently,
t1ese witnesses have testified Of ther captivity in
Babylon and other places, in fulfilment. But to
mako assurance doubly sure, Moses prays that the
ground might open and swallow up Korah and his