Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-09-20


! ofthesetwo bcoksthat, to a though
full student, 1t is strong proof 10
: favor Of the authenticity OF both.
To illustrate this: We know tina
) every genuine history OF nation
; with which we are acquainted re
cords the building of citirs, tn,
! cultivation Of the soil, the lorna
ton Of armies aud navies. anC
, 50 on. Now, suppose a mar
writes wha; purports % be {
history Of q nation that
never built house, never plowed {
field, never bad a war, never wrotg
a book, in short, in the history Of
which never occurred one incident
common TO incidents IL the history
OF other nations OF this Garth. Would
net common sense compel US to
stamp such a work rs a mere fiction.
Would il be possible 10 mistake PA.
to's sketch Of an ideal state for 4
true history? We think not. That
the Book OF Mormon Is no fiction.
but an authentic record Of real, not
invented, incidents is supported by
the very fac; that It deals with mat
ter which in some respects Is similar
70 that with which the authors Of
the OH Testament deal.
1t may be true to some extent that
the Book Of Mormon presupposes
the Old Testament ami that the for
Der could hardly have been written
had not the latter been in existence
first. But this should not be
made a ground Of objection. The
New Testament also has grown out
VI the old Scriptures. Without the
existence OF the Old Testament the
New could never have been written,
or understood. All Gods works are
OF that nature. They depend on
each other, supplement and explain
each other AMI they must all be
taken together in order to be seen in
the fulness Of perfection. The
relation Of the Book Of Mormon to
the other Scriptures is no exception
TO this well known rule. Had there
been no Old Testament, there could
have been neither Book Of Mormon.
nor New Testament, ngr anything
else which constitutes the iispensa-
tons OF God.
The ether objection is thus
stated:
Another startling thought must
strike the s;udel: offhe Book Of Nor
mon, namely, tina. the book was re-
mariably familiar with terms never
to be found in the Old Testament. aud /
found for the frs. time in the New 1
Testament For instance. the Book Of /
Mormon spoke Of our Lord As Jesus
Christ as the only bsy0;:sn o, the /
Father, full OF grace and truth as
'ths Good Shepherd as tire Alpha /
and Omega as the Lamb % God As
the lie and light Of the world ap-
plying these terms 10 Him in connec-
ton with a record or prophecy Of n
date centuries prior 10 the advent in
Palestine. Two fIc.s ar5es.ed the at
ien;iOn- The one WAS that, although
The Old Testament Scriptures were ad-
the holy oracies Of God. thoy
contained no such reference to the
Lord Jesus"
Two facts are clelr from this OBJ
ection: First, that d.. Duncan
'verlOoks what the OH Testament
caches about our SAVIOR; second,
hat he forge.s tina. the Book Of
Mormon aspIblished in the English
onSue does not profess to be
ne original document, but
ecent translation given to n
'eolle familiar vita all the above
erms- This will reldily be ac-
eiei when We have proven that
very one of them IS derived direct
rom the earliest writers of the Old
testament those with which I.chi
'as familiar before he left jerusalem
D settleon this continent.
The name Jesus or rather Jesos is
IoihiDg but the Greek form Of tine
iehrcw Joshua or Joshua. The
ieaning of the word is ''Slvlor'' As
Explained by the angel: .srhou ,
halt call his name Jesus Tor Joshua
" he shall save his people, The
'risers OF she Book Of AI1rmon
iHst have been IS familiar with
his name and its meaning in
ne Hebrew as We are. For they
al a portion Of the old Scriptures. !
n speaking OF a coming savior,
iey would naturally apply to him
he name yeSiUa and the translator
.ouli as naturally render this wori
18th well known English equi- :
aicnt-Jesus.
The same remark applies TO the o
tie Of Jesus Christ. This is the a
seek tC2sTftosl rendering OF the ,.
.ehrew AaSiiach, a word which a
Is still been retained in the orien. a.
/ Transitions OF the New Tesla \,
ent- It's certain tina; the writers {"
the Book OF Mormon were 70
miliar with this term aud they III
u!d use it proPhetlcally Just as =,
iniei does when he says Dan. 9. hl
J. after three score and two OF
,eks shall Mashisch be cut off,, W
ither, aud many translators after ca
m, rendered this very passage: ne
Aiter threescore and two weeks %
al Christ he cut or" introducing 70
'ell known proper noun into their :.
Joseph Smith, We sup ba
sc, could do the same without be- III
justly censured as = fraud. sh
but II l. not impossible that some fro
N Of the word Ctrissos really oc- by
red on the plates Of the Book OF by
'smon. 1.-THE word, as has been loo
erted, Is derived from the sh'
sidean or Iniian C.ris. meaning inc
sun, it is very likely that Leii sue =,
~ It before he len Jerusalem.
it might have been handed -,
IN IS a title to the Savior, The ~,
] OF Righteousness az
The only begotten OF the Father, sca
N expression based directly on DIRE
Testament passages. One in unS
ice IS sufficient for Illustration: iior
-oush David God says to his risl
B; "Thol art my Son; this day for'
e | begotten thee.'' Cps. pull
Tine good Shepherd is a prom emu
at term Of the Old Testament. .hi'
%, in pronouncing his patriarch " ~.
.essing upon the head Of Joseph. s.,
a. 81