Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-02-04
LEIGH.
The Times Demand Changes in the Bible.
Tho Present Religious Revolution It's
Cause and Effect.
Dangerous Growth Of the .Polygamous
Mormon Church.
81. Louis and Chicago Supplied With
Mormon Temples"
Morse's Passion Play'-Notes Inter
esting Miscellany.
The Times Demand Changes in the Bible.

CORRESPONDENCE
Chicago, January 30.--Perhaps no
subject IN commanding more general
attention now than the good old Book
OF Books. IL Is well to have some
thing occur once In a while TO turn
public attention to the Bible,
Tor the general public from
all signs Of the times
badly needs better knowncdge OF
the good teachings contained In this
book, Inspired or not, as II may he.
Truth IL divine attribute, and Is
Cody whether IL appears In the pen
titeuch, or In the writings Of the
NINETEENrH CENTURY.
The truths expounded nj the be-
ginning Of and before the Christian "
were inspired, are those uttered to-day
any less so? Is not truth to-day God y
truth, the same az II was ut the be-
ginning? But after all II matters not
40 much how we believe as how we
net, though OF course our actions are
largely controlled by our beliefs.
The Rev. Mr. Newton
of New York believes that
whatever IL good In the Bible should
be accepted, and whatever IN bad
should be rejected and he IN doing II
noble work. That there are positively
vicious passages In the Bible reflective
of the times In which they were writ
ten, no person who rerds fifteen min
utcs in fhc Old Testament can CON
scientiousIy deny.
The good In the Bible was inspired
IA Is the good IN everything, but
should we hold the Great Ruler, who
makes all things perfect, responsible
for the evil teachings In the book, by
regarding the whoic ~ inspired
Tod made the men who
..,' , -. ~, .to,'',1','
into nerf,cti3n
But one man. Jos,is Christ. has ever
attained unto nnyilinu like perfection
ard how can II he rensonalIe Ia axncci
nerfect work nj The hands of lmperfeel
beInpsp
The lnno1,noe and bold Asiatic 40
urcs empleyed In The acrlpt,irea nre IN
accord win. and after the manner and
times OF the prophcta. lawriycrs nnd
disciples hut I'm The clarified. nntI.s,,.
nerstitious IIyht of the nIneteenth cen.
furv there nre acrinturnI nnaanVea hv
IN. s,oro which IL would he binsnbc.
NOUS to deem inspired
As the good old Book stands to-day
manner or crimes ana hiisdcmchiiors
NJ hellisii as any In our criminal an.
mas.
Does dispclci IN the paa tl'at ~
taught, tnerepy reJecting the theory 81
piennry inspiration, need To Shade
ones Iaith ~ the good7 10 not Tue
very ihcohcisIheies ana centrum"
LIONS ol the scriptures most cnnc'i-
s,Ve'y prove 'hc ihipetiec' hahuiWork
OF man
Inc btple OF to-uay ~
UNFIT no READ.
Without freuuent omissions TO n
mixed audience n should therefore
bo thoroughly exnurvated I.enye
the passages of doubtful meaning and
lei those Of different creeds continue
To derive onposjte mpnulncs from the
same yerscs' Int for tne sake az bu-
mnnity and Tho rising and coming
generations In particular, east from
the Bibit everything that does not
elevate ana s'fehgthem
AZ the goes on rehsion advances
rom ,ne Valleys where ~ has long
peeh ciotneh III nists OF superstition,
Or nasro properly, our
CLEARER VISION,
and deener understandings euoble us
To npproach more nearly the
shining truths which Seem To- bo re-.
vraied Ia ,is only NJ fast as we nre
nbIe 10 co,,,nrehsnd
RrjiOion T. hecomIng nm avery ,lo,,
mantle of nnrity. beauty and strength
Instead az n rarn,ent IN Ia mn ~, and
ar yyjth tho SUNDAY s,,It Faith is liza
ineentive IN works hnt FIJI n iI,, po,vn,
only leads Ia works thch,vher nlana
A r.liolon comes NJ ho recoyni,od IN
Mn,,p Na,,,lr pnnma
and eeasea ~ In ,,,,r,,i, d ,I,ny 80
a,,,nt,on,I ann, md ,,,,,i,,i,.d S,t,i,
win Iin,ited works the ,vidar Viii ~
thrown the doors of salvation.
n Is now AMY a n"ostion or ,,mo
when the people of these limited States
will have 10 rnsort Ia l,erol, ,naas,,r,s
to stnmu o,.l IN. of ii,e Jnrke.t hints
IN thn races ri o,,r his,orw, ,hat ~
roi'"A",,
as pracliced and upheld by the Nor
mons. SO rank aud strong has this
fostering sin against God and man be.
come, that any ordinary means VIII
not suffice 10 abatc II.
Utah, the hot.bed Of Mormonism, Is
IN maine only member of the Union,
for It's management IL almost entirely
In the hands oi those who care not for
the laws OF our fair country, and who
openly DEFY and most shamcfully vio-
late them.
Can there be ~ violation of law more
consurable Than one which pros
titutes the sacred relations OF home9
Mormvnism mas not only grown 10 be y