The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-04-20
Silver Again.
SALT LAKE CITY, april IS, 1880.
Editors Herald:

SALT LAKE City, April 10, 1901
Editors Herald:
1 think that some of the Josephitss
here are a little afraid that l shall
lead Brother Luff away from their
order. Well, if he has embraced q
false faith, I mean faith not IN con-
sonauce with the revealed will OF
heaven, and verify believe he has,
if what have alr5ady or may here
after cay or write should produce SUCH
an effect, it would give me some
pleasure to know that one soul through
my time and thought had been made
@iser aud better, though the Joseph
ties should be deprived OF an earnest
and faithful worker. My oommuni-
cation to you of the 18th inst as /
learn, has had the effect Of stirring
the hitherto still waters OF the afore-
said order, and now l suppose We
must look for some public notice TO
be taken OF some Things | have said
over my signature. This course,
grant, will be much more msnly and
indeed more Christianlike than
kind of spasmodic laugh, thst hereto.
fore they have been won't to indulge
in at my expense. l sincerely trust
that they will criticise most severely
anything l might have said not con-
sonant with truth and fairness.
take it rather hard, though l shed no
tears over the matter, that those who
should be my brothers and sisters, and
as a consequence have kindred
affection for me, should be |
found so naughty as to call me crazy,
ETC., after taking the pains nave
done to correct some of their errors. |
To say the least. it is very unbecom-
ing on their part; and most heartily |
hope, for their own credit, that such
conduct will not be repeated. Why |
they should take exception TO the |
view took of Pc. xix, z, am entirely |
at a loss to know. True, l did not |
consult marginal readings on the sub
ject, because in doing so in times past
l have found that such readings have |
had, as l have thought, no particular
bearing upon the subject. I would |
not. however. have it understood that l |
wish to cast any undue reflections |
on our learned commentators. Such |
certainly, on matters OF divinity,
should know much better than an
unlearned person like myself. I'll
they do not, their many years of
study on theological question ors sub
ject have availed them but little.
But what l wish to arrive at is this:
That in the study OF the sacred scrip
lures l much prefer if. 1 may be al
lowed the expression, to Rnalyzs words
and sentences going before and fol-
lowing after the matter or words am
considering. l may be wrong, but 1
will leave it to inspiralional
men and women whether or not
in doing so [ am not more apt to catch
the spirit and true meaning of the
speaker or writer. Perhaps JOB, the
man OF much afliction, knew some
thing of this inhalation when he said:
"There is a spirit in man, and the
inspiration of tie Almighty giveth
him understanding" 1 did intend
to notice the context Of Palm xix,
Z. bat | will leave this for others to
90 more competent than myself;
and content me by simply ad-
ding that, in the future, il
Brother Luf and bis colleagues
in taxing text will depend more
upon the inspiration Of the Almighty
and less upon the avowed purpose of
Intentionally attacking some doctrine
or supposed doctrine of the Utah
church, they will not emily accom-
plish more good, but be very likely to
come nearer to the truth. They
should remember that they claim to
be called of God as was Aaron.
]. SILVER.