Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-06-26

kuOWn the lvis hNiiWuftt, Nhlcn At
able to make thee wiso unto salvation
through faith which i'iu Christ Jesus,
GAN Scripture Is given By iuspira.
tlou Of God, aui Is profitable for
doctrine, for reproot for correction,
for instruction In righteousness"
He prefaced his discourse by ox.
pressing his pleasure that 20 large a
congregation was pfevnt on the day
set apart for rest aud the worship OF
God, notwithstanding the many ~.
ducoments offered by way Of worldly
pleasure.
The speaker referred to the suspon.
sion Of eminent preachers from
the minletry for teaching that
the Bible 10 not In every
chapter aud verso the very word Of
God. He considered that their sus.
pension was proper, seeing that they
nat agreed solemnly 10 support @nd
promulgate the creei " their church.
Il they could not DO W consistently
they ought to leave that church, and
10 where they could advocate what
they believed, unless they could COZ.
vert the church to their views and
persuade ii to receive Ia creed.
But the speaker held that the
Bihle, which II collection VI
books translated from the Hebrew
and the Greek, does not claim Tor itsuli
what orthodoxy claims tor II. rnu
scriptures which Timothy had when
% child were not the Bible 40 We have
IL. The new Testament was net then
written. Macy VI the writings Of the
ancient prophets spoken NJ In the book
we have not, but rim1tby might
have them. And The scriptures were
only ntl 10 mahohim Wise unto saliva.
ton 'thrOugh Jath Which t. N Chr.G
Jesus -
Alltcripiuru IL no, given by inspira.
ton. Hut all tun lturo given by IT,
spirntiou IL profitable. That !. the
proper rendering. Tho word u, itili.
ciz'd iu the text, is an Interpolation Of
the trantiaiors aud makes nonsense OF
the passage.
Tho Ll,t,r.dRy Saints believed In
the Bib anu showed their faitu By
their works. Bu, they were not
given 10 Biolillatfy nor did they close
their eyes e. the fact that the original
books of the Bible were not In rNis.
tenco and that some Of the histlfical
books INCLUDED IN the volume we're
evidently prepared according 30 the
best natural UNDERSTANDING and expeF.
fence Of tho writer's.
The speaker showed from many
quotations that u u NJ. "a bJoNi which
may be desiroyo (, but the living word
81 God thrJu 10 the living oracle. anu
by the Holy Ghost, us n prcstn guide,
tuat nreles'cntial. Christ b. "tue way,
the truth and sue lilc," not the ueuu
Letter which killcth. IL H. the spliit
which makolh alive aud guideth into
all truth.
Dependence upon the collection
Of books which does not con.
tain Rl tho writings Of the
prophets was shown 10 be- the cause OF
iuuoh religious disgeusion aud the Tor.
NATION OF 81 CTS That mi ny profound
Biblical scholars vino were Bible
wofshippcrs hAI not u practical IN ia
Ia the Bible they s1 exalted was
proven by quotations which they &C..
Jecied a. part ~ the Christian creed.
The restoration OF the g0tpul aud the
authority TO preach h with the Holy
Ghost nnd IL accompanying glfts was
uwclt upOn anu the speaker bore em-
itNht' ANNNAAANhN w ANN NNhAh " AANNHN
things and eXhOrted all present 10 give
heed TO them. lie gave the Bible due
or at AS the most valuable book In
exitiunce, and for all that IL claimed
ior II by its writer, showed the cor.
TobOratiOu u H. doctrines tn the Book
Of Mormon and Doctrine aud Cove.
nanis, hut urged the greater impoit.
anco Of the Spirit by which the
prophets spoken " In those boz he were
inspired, which Ia tree 30 all who
repent, are baptized for the remission
Cf sins and receive the imposition VI
authorized hands by which 1t Is im-
parted.
The discourse was supported by
numerous citations from the Old and
New TealameHts an was listened to
attenlively by "a very large c0ngrega.
lion.
The choir sang the anthem, "The
gathered Saihts.N
Benedietion by Elder Claudius V.
Spencer.