Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-07-22


against Baihpuor. but no man knoweth
Of his sopulchrc unto this day.
DO YOU think God revealed thalg
am satisfied lie did not. The person
who revised these books added tia, by
way Of explanation. How do they
know no died, or how do they know
the Lord buii Il him? They simply
learned that Moses went cut OF the
miiet Of the people; they did not
know what became OF hin; 10 they
SUPP osed he died and that the Lord
buried him, because nobody else hal
done 20. Ono man knowoth of his
sepulchfe unto this day." No wonder;
because he did not have any sutulchte,
According TO what we have learned,
he wse treated the same "a Elijah Wa,
not taken up In u chariot Of lire Dor.
hap', but translated, quickeneu 10y the
power Of Coz, that he might remain AZ
witness Of tue Lord unto the last day.
lie appeared with Elijah to Jesus I'm
the mount OF tfansfigufatlOn, IL IL AZ
pointed unto ali men once ~ die; hut
some men have been translated, as "
was la the days Of Enoch, aud they
will like others pass through the great
change. just refer 10 this 10 chow
you that MOsts could not have written
that, although II IL recorded In one NJ
these books that were written hy
Moses-thc fifh book, called Deute.
fouOmy.
might quote number Of passages
from the Bible 30 chow there
are mistakes In IL. A. to the
Bible being all the word Of God,
why, we have the word OF the
devil there. The devil spoke to Eve
nd W. have his words. We have the
words Of an aBs, spoken 10 Balsam. We
have the words o. wicked men aud
women. We have words OF noiuspir.
alton at all, NJ well NJ worts TINT were
inspired OF God. II you will exaime
this matter closely for yourselves, you
will iind that what 1 am telling you Ia
thH nbBllu truth.
II Il no use Tor men 10 be- bound M
with uttoda " the crords are not true.
| believe In being bound by n creed IL
that creed n The word Of the Lord and
IN as true m the law OF mathematics.
IL In good TO have rulea andrcgulstions
aud fundamental principle, 10 which
We can apply A. n standard u truth,
ana TO which we can bring other
things TO test Thorn, 10 iind N they are
true. There are fundamental princi.
ples In all sciences; aud when any.
thing IL contradictory 10 those
fundamental principles, the scientist
knows II Il erroneous. So II should
be, and n, In true religion,
There are fundamental principles, anu
We can bring other truths 10 them, and
II they hnrmOnize with them, then
they are right; II they do not, then
there IL something wrong about them.
But the Billie Ia not such a standard.
Yet II is tue only standard that Chris.
teniom claims today. The only Stan
dard that the various seots have IL the
written word-the letter which killeth.
Books which they claim were written
by Inspiration, every word VI them the
word OF God, a. I have shown TO you,
contain the word OF the devil, the
word OF wicked men and women, the
word Of the serpent, hs we'll as some
apeculati0ns, some ideas that men had, ,
mud his Ories Of things that men wrote.
You take the book VI Chronicles and
tho book Of klngs, containing his.
turios OF the sauie things, anu they do
not exactly harmonic. That shows
that both books were not written by
inspiration OF God; perhaps neither Of
them was. But they are very valu.
able because We get flom them great
deal Of information.
The IatteT-dAy Saints were accused
Ia the beginning OF this Church Of
not believing In the Bible; but the
people who now compose the Church
of Jesus Christ Of Laltor.dRy Saints
were once perhaps us big Bible.
- IA ali
have learned little letter. The Bible
was brought 10 them by the EldeTs OF
this Church 10 prove tho truth OF the
doctrine which was preached TO them.
IL was not claimed that these doctrines
were taken out Of the Bible; II was
claimed that God had revealed them;
but they were referred TO the Bible 10
prove that these principles were true,
aud that they were thu same principles
that were believed In aud Obeyed by
the people OF old who were Chris
tiana. Therefore, the claim that the
people OF the Church did not believe
the Bible was not true. In latter times
II has been claimed that they bsieved
too much OF the Bible. That Ia what
Henry Wari Beecher said. Ho said.
at In u mistake to suppose that these
,a.-.mons out IN Utah are not Bible
beneven; they believe In Il like
thunder" That was his remark. The
fault that ne found was that we be-
liuved In II too much. We do believe
In the Bible. We believe that holy
men OF old wrote Ms they were moved
upon by the Holy Ghost. We believe
that what they wrote was scripture.
We believe that II h profitable for doe.
trine, for reproOf for correction, aud
for instruction In righteousness; and
We believe that these things are able 10
make people wise unto salvation
through faith which 10 In Christ Jesus,
Just as II was with Timothy.
Timothy could not be saved
by merely believing In the
Bible; but the scriptures which he had
when child bore witness OF the Mes
siah, pointed 10 the time when Christ
hhOulu CONT; ana because Of the wis
dom that he gained from them they
were able TO make him wise unto sal.
Walton through faith in Christ Jesus,
aud by his faith In Jesus Christ he
obtained knowledge Of what was
essential 10 salvation, ami by Obedi.
enou 10 that he could be- saved. But
he could not be- saved by tue dead
letter or by reading book. Some
people are so full Of ldOlatry about this
book that they think II they only read
the Bible with long face on a Sun.
day they are sure 10 be saved; anu II
they carry one, particularly n II Ii
gilt-edged, In a nice, clean white
pocket. 10 show their
reverence for II, they are In the way to