Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-10-04
CONCERNING REVELATION.
A Few Pertinent Thoughts Prom =,
Able penl

nave read what has bee said
pro and con of late touching mi.
Topic and ask permission 70 ' .a,,
something about 1t as a di,;n,,',
esIed party. 's'n'er
rue controversy has grown out NJ
President woodufl's recent ...,,a -, ~
Hesto," and the assumption n ~.
critics II that he sholiid baye i. !. ,',i
Instead a revelation, Tb,, a
The anti-MormOn wri,ersand taI,a,'
insist that the declaration sbonId
nave come from God instead ~
from Mr.. Woodruff. Let u, sec
where this leads,
IL God can be dictated To and
compelled 10 furnish revelations 10
suit the requirements OF any n..rs
sons WHO desire 10 hack their
schemes with divine authority, he
ceases to lie GOd and becomes the
tool, 20 &c sreEk, OF designing men.
IL nov, these men who insist that
President Woodruff should have de-
manded "a revelation instead Of Is.
Issuing his own manifesto arr
homes; In their position, they
either have q most degrading
conception Of God, or they TO not
bslieys IN God. That is, they are
atheists in either case, degraiing
conception Of God being equivalent
to disbelief in God. Now, as the
men who are fighting the "Mor-
mons" are, as a rule, protesting
christians, il follows that their pro-
iessious are only sham and that.
as a matterof fact they DO not be-
lieve in either God or the I,oss.- /
hility OF revelation Such icing
the case, their claim that Presi- |
dent Woodruff should have Oh
tanned a revelation is only bonn /
Dastlc protense. Fer, not believ- /
ing IN God, they believe Il would /
be impossible 10 obtain n rev
elation, and consequently, they 1
oeileNe that the only commuui-
cation possible from tire head Of the
Church 10 thu Church must emanate
nom the President. Thus their
CRITICISMS are seen 10 Ice only the
harping OF hsrpies. Believing that
the President Of the Church IL the
highest authority that eau speak for
and 70 the Church, they demand a
from God, in whom
they do not believe.
This is a sOrrr exhibition Tor
Christians IN MAZE, and elbows only
= rhs. extent. the evil Of hypocrisy
has honeyeomsed the Christian
But should President Woodruf's
rites Insist that they DO believe in
joi, in the only true Cod, as their
,lsim has been % long, then they
must coucede that revelation can
'nly come, not when man wills. brt I
rhen and hos God wills. such ,
cling the case, they must admit, II I .
hey are honest in their claims,
hat in the absence OF revelation.
President WoodTuti;s manifesto j. ,
vi that they have any right 10 ask. D
That gentlemanis critics insist that :
he did not say what hs meant. aud
lid no; mean what he said. IL is
'ertain theF w0nld saS The iainc Of
that might come rom I
The only true GOd'' in whom they 1
'rO!ess 10 believe, If IL did convey :
irecisely what they want. That is /
D say, they assume that IL God does / I
lot take the prevalent hatred and q
igOtry manifested towards the =
iormOu lsople IS the basis Of any .
sYelaiicn he might make 10 tire
a7defe Of The Mormon Church, they O
rOuld undoubtedly denounce Him l
: II hired Mormon liar. - trait a
- anu a sneak IL God should a
peak believe He would demand n n
essation Of 'he persecution AMI op- 1,
aession that have been forced a
pom the Mormon. people.
He should speak h.
eve lie Uc;,ld says Your oct
y against this people is lying aud
DOmi nation; ! cannot receive it,"
DE should speak believe He
Ould say: Cease your oppres-
ons: My freedom is for ALL Yet
such n revelation should lie given; -
only an angel brought u and pro- =
aimed u in our midst, il would lie =;
snouhced by the anti" MOrmons'' =
~ as President Woodrufi's mluI- y
sto has been. =
The anti-"MOrnlOns'' are gov -
net, not by judgment, tut 10y !,
= nWu#H HNHar.afnr.. Hnar.HE =
e not reliable. So far rs they at !,
mpt 70 aIgue the issue, they Go not :.
Cd % slate the truth, but to create =,
OF truth in what i not =
ue. Wiifcrl Woodruff Is an old u
an. His long life is known 4,
men. He has never been y
iarged with crime. lie has
en- 4 good citizen. He has T
lie confidence and respect of many
Of people who are a.
'Od A. iiis critics. IL l.. 20 say the il
ast most unjust n charge such 4
an with frLuu, as is covertiy done. .
be lIT Il the world is supposed 20
nsldeF a man Innocent until he is a.
oven guilty. The manly c0urse / s
ou;i lie 10 accept President Wood
Ms mlnifestO rs true and sincere
1til il Is proven something else. n
Or my own part, see i'm Il n .'re-e-
ton" That il, / believe every "a
nth, every act Of justice, every
'Od for humanity is the coming OF
81, the presence and activity Of
ID among men. To my mind |
resident Woodruff has done much
Issuing this manifesto. IL he D,
Is not done all, the way TO get n
ore Is not 10 denounce him as a Ia
aud for what he has done, but 10 v
IL the rising day and instead Of II,
uniting the clouds Of bigotry and n
tie acrcss x, welcome It's coming
~ help ~ make Is noohtijr one Of
Itness. CHARLES Ellis. iii