Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-08-13
ARE THE WORLDS INHABITED

WHO, IN feghru 70 the cOnultlOnh cklh
ing in other worlds than our own.
Mars inhabited7 That IL one Of III
questions propoundUd. The asiror
omers who conilnc themselves TO IN
actual developments Of science do M
pretend to answer this query. Their
are Others, however, who mingle DE
auctions with discoveries and spccu
lative philosophy with scientific know
ledge, and they decide the question
with more or less dogmatic confidence
We do not think that pure tcicnc'
has furnished any dcnni,e solution 1,
this Interesting problem. We are o
the opinion that for very long time Il
will fail TO do 90. There may como 4
time when communication shAll be
opened up from world to world, aud
that which can now only beleatned by
revelation viii b. established by Oh
scrvatlon and experience.
To "a great many protested scientists
the mention OF revelation, that u,
Divine revelation a. n reality, only
provokss n smile or Jeer. But then
such persons are not all there IL o.
intelligent humanity, and there ate
thinking individuals, disposed too 10
investigate before accepting Anything,
who have abiding faith IN the actual
ity Of Divine communication to man.
In reference TO the question, Are
other worlds than this Inhabited? the
Latter.day Saints have something de-
finite for their guide. In n vision
given to Joseph Smith and Sidney
Rigdon, Feb. 10Th, isa2, they saw the
Son of God and beheld his glory; they
were told to testify OF his existence
and "that u Him and through Him
the worlds arg and were created, and
the inhabitants thereof are begotten
sons and daughters unto God"
In the "Peari Of Great Price" are
many illusions TO this Important sub.
ject and much information may DO Oh.
talned from II concerning the governing
planets and the purpose Of their crea.
ton. this earth being designated ~
containing greater welcomes than
any other OF Gods creations. All
these references nro corroborative OF
the doctrine that God created the
worlds ss habltations for His children,
that they are IN different stages Of pro.
aud that the earth contains
hut one branch OF the great family Of
the Universal Father.
In the Ssth section OF the Doctrine
and Covenants much more Ia revealed
concerning the "Kingdoms" which
God has established and tho intelligen-
cies within them, and 10 parable II IN
shown that all these worlds, In their
time and season, II they abide tho law
of their creation, viii be gladdened
with the presence and glory OF their
Maker.
These communications are OF value
10 those who receive them NJ Divine;
10 others they may seem worthless. But
ut any rate they are reasonable and
can be supported by rational reflection
are knovn ami ndm,,,.d H. nr,.s
sonable to suppose that this little earth,
anon all tho myriads OF the countless
worlds that move In space subject to
similar laws, IL alone the abode OF In.
lelligent, progresaive beings.
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