The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-03-09
Silver On the JOsephites'
SALT LAKE CITY.
March S,h, 1881
Edtors HernLd.

Editors Herald:
he Inconsistency that is SO az
Faasnt in the church Of TIE Joseph
ties, wherein they AIN to be Nor
mons proper, and az the same tim
deny that the God OF Israel their Cox
Of course) ever did or ever will give
revelation to the human family II
any possible way not in hzrmonI
with former revelations. induces ms
to sIlgntly notice this Inconsistency
IN the hope that they will hereafter
plant themselves more firmly on the
subject or forever forego the idea o.
preaching original Mormonism.
doubt very much if young Joseph, OF
any one of mis- preachers, can sue
cesstully Controvert the idea that
Joseph Smith, the prophet, and bis
confreres in their time, did represent
the God of Israel, though perfect in
his sphere, as still progressive; and,
indeed, judging from the worli's past
progress, over which he has, ss we
suppose, and still does preside, that
this thenry of doctrine is tenable.
Though regarding God and his per-
lection, we will have to admit that
that wonderful theologian, the
Apostle Paul, found it very hard to
comprehend; for after contemplating
on the subject until the subject
Wearied him, he exclaimed, "RhO,
by SEARCHING, can find out God, and
who can find out the Almighty to
perfection p For argument sake,
we will suppose God is per-
feet intellectually, having acquired
all the knowledge possible to attain.
Bearing in mind that he Cody gives
Zine upon line, precept upon pre-
cept, here a little and there little"
and that he is careful to feed his
children on the kind of iood that
their mental stomachs can digest,
would il not be very unreasonable in
Us 10 harbor the thought, for even
moment, that in revealing his pre-
eepts from time to time, be does not
lake into consideration the mental
capacity of bis children or creatures.
Most certainly he does. This then
being the case. it can, with safety,
hardly be thought that revelation,
1recept or commandment given by
lim TO his creatures away back in |
be dark ages of the worlds history,
when it was much easier to say
Let there be light" than impart i'll |
would be exactly in harmony, or &C
ord, with a revelation, precept or
given in this advanced age
f the worlds progress. No. God
Ias, in the ages gone before. as Bibli.
al history proves, given revelation
D suit the circumstances and
onditions of his people; and the
if they are as well versed
4 Bible history as they pretend to be,
now it. Let them compare some of
be revelations of a Moses with the
sv5lations of Jesus Christ, said to
e the Son of God. Examples: Gan
ye for an eye; a tooth for TOOTH"
swear not at all, +" etc. If we we're
} assert that the regime of Moses
nd Christ were in ell respects alike,
e should be branded ignoramus.
low, we say, and that, TOP, fearlessly,
nat if God Z as or is giving revelations
l these days, or should, in the ages
ct to come, they are, and will be !
litable to the wants and conditions I,
the people. So that our dear ;
1sephite elders, if they continue to
ing 60 tenaciolsly to 1.-THE books"
lay one day find themselves in the
rOng "bCx," j SILVER.