, 1877-08-25

chapter OF the Uospct according 10 st. John, IN
which Christ endeayors 70 eorntart Ills disciples,
tho ID verse: "ln my tnthcs's huuse are many
mansions; II II were not 20, would have told
The artt sentence Of bis sermon from this
rtlE MOST srurENpous ASSUMPTION
that eyer ltstencd to from any puint.brntor;
aD,t llaye hearh some propositions assu1ncd
from orthodox pulpits lately that we're quite as
"Tlls." eai1 he, "is an authoritative an
nouncencnt by tic Savior Of nlankill,f u whit
exists In the eternal world 'f-thlss fat sounst,-
"all the .ntahy mansions Of Which lie speaks
include this earth III It's renewed state u one.
and the reht are tic lnnuncrab!c planets o. the
universe. asnnf.-hcre naming a large number uf
tho planrts, for be II known he Ia ats astro1o-
mes VI M meat. .rsetcnstons,'-"tl' millions Of
housc.'n
Upon these vast premises, the bare announce
nacnt Of Hhleh causes the normal Intellect to
o. the Idea, he built up = ltseourar That Was
thoroughly logical, and, III tile corrtusisc hlall
nor In which hs proved l,is propositions, closely
!cselnblcA Norton'a method ut proving tho
tfst'%:sy tSs e:sy OF Ills claim to tho EmDsF0F'1'p Of
that Ac announced was: "Ths earth, when
reeurrectcd, restored, and Tcgcnerate,l, and
sesssd by tho .Lattcr-1,ay saints and thrr M oif-
spriug, Which will l,ccotnu 81 numerous that
they VIII hnse tn 70 to The other planets In or
der to find room. to expand and, when the
then liotl viii create other worlds 10 BE- con-
vcttc1 Into mansions for the celestial descend.
anta of tic Mormons.H
There was but ooe fault TO b. found with this
thnt was fauEt!css,-but IL was a iauIt that
uolle but scientific n,cn would think Of or point
out. md It consisted III tho. faet that
hp did not tell us BY .what means the young
wien this becomes too crowdcd, whether With
wings or In atr.boats; nor did he tnlorn! ~ how
their lungs arc to be adjusted To the diilvrcut
attnosphcrcs, and the no-atrnosphcrc ether
rSen GoDg from ans0p ts,n' to an'oa
teralIstic people In thcts theology, both here
aud In the hereafter, these criticisms on this
celebrated llscourtc would bo inperuncnt; hut
now, sin ONLY excepted; therefore, the mean. Of
transit from mansion to mansion, OF world to
world, aro Legitimate subjects Of inquiry.
1lcreln consists tho c!!ci fault Of tho great
hIs premise. 70 bo corrcct,-soaethIng that NO
Sye' Suss vetao S. Il Ss o,aao to tho Moon"
AMI, !"Twenty Thousand Leagues Under tho
ssae. 1sG ss4s st4e't III asss il Ss
but thou It was necessary Ia tho case Ut Verne,
BECAUSE he .wrote for those who arc more tn
1u'sitiyet who bayo q much fochlor Grip in be-
When speaking ri tho future OF Mornoufsm,
and tho glorious promises vullc!tsnfeu to tho
" LattcrDay Saints In this text, he did i with
the air Of one who cosse!Cnttons1y details tho
incidents Of q country with which
lie Is THOROUGHLY ACQUAINTED,
md have reason tu believe that q large major.
ity Of Ills hcarcrs took intellectual hold OF hia
Theological tctioos, ascontldcnt Of tho reality Of
g. e. 4 H' ,ns py sS 1sS1 o y COX i I S rS pSm
handles, or other implements OF toll, on the
morrow. No 1.yeat-oid buy crcr believed moro
thoroughly IN tho truth OF Robinson Crnsoo's
adventures than do tho Jority Of the Nor
lnons In Orson Fratt's Theological inventions
'uI ma ma }Srity i II mniSi have ne,,ulous dis
trict In their minds, inl,abtcss BY opiniona Of
. sort Of suspc1lau account of thlnRa MT yst
determined, many "f which tt,cy sec no lintnr-
dInto hope ot determining. But the Mormon
mind bus na halfway hcltess; Is ossuplss ~
dent. Truth, with i Mormon, does not depend
upon cydcnuc, s'lIt uInn tho hsmncss with
which lila faith grips d statement.
The confidence which other uicn reposc III
their &c,lAra, or iu The reaultt ut Which tl,oy nr
rlyu after careful uso vi right tca.on, amounts
to nothing cull,iatr.l With the blind tarncstllcaa
OF conYtcitull with which Orson rratt holds to
tho phantasn.agoria Ut Ills diseased imagination;
WALTZ TUG lnDEH AhtuHHultE lilCUf}CS euR-
ceru,ng tho inyIetblc world, and the far.off fu~
turo ok :iurtlanlan,, tho mora ardently they arc
welcomed BY thu poople as
Verify AND TRUTH.
When ho calls upon them to believe state
1ncnt without otc particle Of pruof as to tha
truth Of said statement, thug Implicitly aesept
It as true, t0r the very c03cnt a1h tu thcEl sat-
istaStory reasop, that no lnan sau provt TINT It
Til. TIL LII Is taa stronghold Of argument with tho
Mor,nons, ana aliku tho citadel OF splsttuallsta.
Whnn enforcing their revelations from tic fn-
Visible world, however unreasonable oE tmpr0'-
able, they buddy thailcnge you 10 believe, Tor
no other reuson than becauae you cannot prvps
that they aru ihlse.
II Osson Pratt wore to assert that tho "blx
trees " VI California were the result VI suucre
naturAl aTeucy supeFaduc4 to the ordinary laws
Of growth, ana promulgated III. bullet ~ y
volutnihuus utsvsiurse, thu burden 0i which
wQul,l bu u l,ruyu that God hal sent Ills Angel
Gabriel anuully Il, those fureats, charged with
trrrs, and 40 !ncscas.ig ihc tiuw Of sap, which
hns resulted III pr4Aiuring those g1auts Of thu
vegetable klAstloln, and that all tl[s was duua
" uod ~ ssA thas Asfnon's.a E1 + sra., , a',t
lor ,iuse ana Tor eternity: these People would
accept 1t u the confirmation VI the uusptl, and
defy the worA tu aissfupe 1t.
Fasalloxicul ~ IT. lnay sound, an boil to
ASSERT that urson Pratt Is
ruk rAopucr OF iKstpELl1T.
When nay tuhdellty use the term In the
scnso IN Which King Saul Wab an inttdcl after
turning h!s bark upon Gud anl tbs teachings Of
tho lnslifed Prophcs who had spnolnted him
kiuG oyeF I4Eael, and went 10 Consult quo who
had &prit oI tllvtuatlon.
! hayu hsar'l this saluc Apostle boastahAt. -
bis early lie, he was what Was termed m Ind
del; that Is, hs did not believe in Christianlty
u tau1h. ~ the Christian ChuEeh. by, Naeh
he heard the Gospel " taught by tbs Mormon
Prophet, Il appca!ed to him with convincing
power. When the grotcsque spirit OF divtna-
ttoa spoke to him through the gross, sensual.
sef-del1dsd impostor, Joseph Smith. then Il
was That hs shuok with fear, spa believed. -
Saul believed When csouchtnX 1t the grave III
bamuel. ALI modcsu revelations are tue result
Of grossness aud unsplsitua!ity. From being
| opp0sers Of GoA's Revealed Word AID tho ,,uri-
" of Chriat's teachings, certain gsoaa natusss--
so!Ae more, others lesa cultivaie Intellectually
-l2yS suddenly ncco1pc e1pouents u the wlll
Ok G9d, snl expert gcographers Ut the invisible
world. a. in the cusCs of SWeheHborg and Drson
Pratt. They who ars dissatisfied Will tbs u,sn-
ner ln wh!elt God has revealed HlmBeit in tho
Bible, and ass not willing 10 ac.upt tho reyrIa.
ssfcd to the spirit OF man, rach onu Tor
hltlself, In th3 sienra Of hs own heart, ~ hs 10
tttel 70 receive It for ht4 Rudanyu, claim that
1 {5tL1R IL M fkar tnll.