The New York herald., 1870-01-09
MIR. Harrison on "The Spirits of
Just Mon Made Perfect"
she PMcolUl Revolution Of Ideas in EGrmol'
dSnf-Thc Charge Of SpiitHaliSm aid So
taMc laflueacc in the New UniyCrsalian
Hystem Of SaIvatioa-fhe CrdT OF
Priesthood In The Heavenly kins-
d0m- The End Of PcSpotisia
ind the Dawn Of Liberty.

From al that have seen or heard however. tnis
telectual oattIe does not promise to W. very pow
erful or Dri liant one. Orson Pratt and George @.
Caonon-and may say Brigham Young himself,
although ne does not speak much nowadays--are
perhaps the most powerful pcn the Church can
bring forward 70 tho discussion OF any pending
question. In he present case Godbe and Harrison
sand almost aone as the champions OF the new
system oi universal salvation which they say trey
have been commissioned TO offer 10 the worc.
6oj0e h1s hitherto seldom appeared IN any other
yrse than that Of private gentleman. HARRISON has
daheled less In literature and has had con-
siderable experience IS q Mormon missionary. But
thc intellectual lights OF Utaa are, generally speak
Ing few and aim. Said q Mormon gentleman to me
the Other day, ave have really very few cultivated
Intellectual men among us-the talent Cf
tie territory may be said TO be here In
Salt LAKE Guy, and you know what thas
Bn The charge brought against those
tUo genuemen-or rather against Goabe-is that
success M business has led them away from their
devotion 10 the church 20 worship Mammon ana the
charac brou mt alanst taer revelations Is tat they
arc clearly ana unquesilonaDly dcusions OF the Devil
TN the oIcr hand Godoe nudesily points to hls
slant soicGde the welfare OF Ziou his ltbera
tributions 10 the church ana hrs practical bencvo-
lence TO the people, while Iot assert win an ear
hestacss and an evidcns grmuess Of conviction
winch wins the hearts OF many, that God would not
Mislead ard anxious seacners after truth,
thai every sentiment and tendency OF the new
system manesty good, and that therefore II could
not have come Of evil.
Mr. HARRISON, at The meeting In the Masonic Han,
gave glance at the general principle OF the system
ana deiended 1t as n whole against the sweeping
assertion ihat IL IS nothing more than o sophIs,ry
OF sagan. lie acknowledged mat 1t was a species OF
uoEs or influences must Of necessity be spiritual;
bot instead OF this oelng spirituasm OF the ordinary
tabse-iipping KIND 1t in word heavenly In
Epirauon. lie believed In the doctrine OF reve Ia
tons to suit tae tines-tnat God in ,hc whole his
tory or ms dispcnsatons TO humanity reveals only
just SO much Us they arc tt-ed to receive.
Renee he believed In the progression OF mankind;
mi he alluJed to'thc evidences OF history TO show
tbat the first inhabitants Of the ear.h were OF the
very lowest type using stone axes and the rudest
implements Tor various purposes; that the men OF
kl.nrod's era were only little higher In the pro-
Greasiyc scale, stl incapable OF receiving revcla-
tons OF the character that Jesus gave; that all
Europe was IN DarIarsm; that Germany ana
England were peoped by savagcs who used SKINS
fer covering delighted in their painted faces and
wnoops like the wlld Indian OF to-day, ana wor
shipped at Their DRUID affairs when Christ appeared
earth; that although the people in whose midst
he came were advanced to a certain poinL yet tne
principies he taught were more than thousand
Years ahead OF tue common Ideas OF his time, and
even Iii our owl age few act upon THAT simple pre-
cep, 30 unto others rs yoa would have others do
Uato yoa;' that since then ar.s and sciences and
lerature, with oratory and poetry music, architec
fure and all the comforts and convenienccs OF life,
Ead steadily advanced untll now science and lnven
zion had led on to that POINT where Gol IN JUS
fft N "A
40 10 Tie ngner principles OF light and truth, and
show Us The wolders Us well as The beauty har-
was Introducing US TO the spirits the dead ne
SAID snch WAS or necessity Inc case but that
beng brought Ito COMMUNION with the
OF the rst born the spirits Just en- matte
peiect- IL was through the lnAuence OF martyrs,
lelorinefs and great men wno had passed away that
Goa gad workeu tnrongn human agencies anu tne
race had been made 10 educate itsell. during this
coarse OF education we had seen no sign heard
o voice, but lie had WORKED 81 enIy tnrougn humaa
agencies for the elevation oi man klau ior to HIN
all are immortal ana all would follow end!essy suc
Pursuits as were best suited 10 tncIr III iney
apostles here they would be apostles hereafter
parsuing their hoy mission words wiInuuS end.
Ilus those heavenly beings VINO had conc TO Godbc
aGo himself came IN tneir capacuy as teachers or
aposties-Peer he apostle James me apostle, John
tic apostle HeOer Y. Kiinbaii tie apostle, Joseph
Smlh the apostle Jesus tine Great Apostle. and as
Residents oI the oIner world tney had come down to
tns on the same mission as they had VIM ivng Oh
eartn. 1hey talked, explained tue science oi Tile
AS far es the human mad was capable OF c0mprc.
hGndng u, allowed tacnseives 70 be questioned over
ana over again, uaI there was unaliy evoyel sys-
Rem OF grand and harmOaious principles winch had
not Deen hitherto reveaad TO tue word, ginpiy be-
cause IN Jhe progress oil the ages mankind hau not
progressed 50 tar as to make system suited 10
tnen 5tate. Although G0dDe anu nILlSeif had
heard Inc voices and 5oen the Light anu felt the
heavenly inruencss, they mad seen no persons Tor
tne saine reason tDat brigham lonng could not sea
aIgeAc beings because tney were not seers; put
they mad tde promise that Ia due time that qualify
would be conferred. IL was Lot taD.e Lurn!ng table
tipping or p,ancnette; out whereyera "a man hears
the voice oI an angel or has holy dream that as
SpTlua!ism, but VI the highest klnd Upon tiis
principle Joseph Smlta was u medium, bat ne was
Sesoyahs medium. The difference was noe the
manner OF communicating, nor IN the ciaracLer-
isic5 or the man VINO was III .dc Lne medium out In
tue nature OF the influence oehind the veil Just as
n trumpet e. uld be used TO communicate sound ny
q good man q Dad man man Lhe medium
1or coWmanicatin. good or BAG Spiritual inluences.
Inc test as 10 whether good or bad sprlts were
Speaking was the nature Of The COMMUNICATIONS and
anhpences themselves. In the present case they
were convinced that The ioJucnces were good by
the ioitJ principles they unio.0ed tO the mind, by
ehe beauty ara goodness or every stnti-
Ment onnolncsl anu Dy the superior lisnS
they were aoIe To bnng ufon every sub
Sect upol which they touched 1t was said
that Joseph smith mad received certain tests by
which he could detect the goou srLs from me pad.
il was no matter how Joseph aunh had tested |
spirlts-wbat Kegs he may aavc uscu lncre was |
only one lest after all, ard that was the QUALITY of
their communications. Elder Woodrun Ia ms last |
sermon had sad tnat everything that was good was
Vi Cod MI Harrison was Wiililg 20 accept that |
yelations had been proven 10 Oe gooiby tae COM
,aunicagon oi facts whch c cared ~ mysteries, |
made crooked paulEays sIarit made complicated
questions slnpe. and BY tnelr Loiy sentiments 1
Nh!cn were calculated 10 make Iaen better than |
they ever ha been by their poWeTtD p oducc sDrit
oil gentienesS aud lave among all Inaukinu. Iais
vas the great test ol Cars5's aIyiQLF. The writings
oi Iiato and ASocrates a0a tue orarlons u Demos
shenes and CAccio or the wisdom any or Ihe
eneents did npt compare IN she4r sveetacs5 anu |
baiiowea beauty VITA the sayings OF Jesus. AZ !
Nappseon Bonaparte bad saiu. 'Nne2 l read tho
Nrllngs ofeny AtGr nlGli on earth leei am a
level VITA other men; but when tonca His sen
tlinents / feel 7 an AZ little child 81 the feet
VI master" The principles OF ihls new
e\iversaiian systam would con- Qieteiy satisfy the
u&nd and the GeaI& They mamie st,tions or
III [ht&annepce oi tne Noy Ghost-f0r the Holy Gnost
q t,N spnic Of intstAsence. one great Il lHarence
Setwe<n Ihs system and ordinary spiriualism con.
Isted IN the fact that tfts recognizes pr estnood
Gogt OF Ve communications made manifest by sbe
,plyiruah Nn which Is Known ~ the world were from
,asons " W nad but recently lett the earth. OF had
ct naseeI So tns hi yher spheres espe 1ally the
eics 1al; aux corscquenuy they were not ac-
us; need With We grana system for the government
4 manKtnd whD VII ~ ksGWn - srose IL fhc higher
rneIcs as zoe VrIes hooi. 1he word priesthood
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