Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-05-06

though they may have been at the
head OF ficurishing nations, kingdoms
and countries. To speak Of this subject
In its true light would bo 10 mention
that knowledge that comes from
above. which is one OF
the most diiiicul, doctrines Of the Cos
pei for the world 10 understand. lite
difficulty lies In oompfehending the
fact that oil knowledge comes from
dod, anu that when It has been re-
veslcd, ali men have not believed II TO
DO revelation st the time. The truth
Ia corrobofaIed rs far back rs the days
OF Adam. When tue Offering Of
Aboi was accepted OF the Lord,
that knowledge was communicates
by revelation, through which
Abel received power from God. Cain
knew the Lori aud believed In his
father Adams scripture, or revelation,
but thinking one revelation was sutii.
Client he became offended, disDelieved
AMI ultimately committed murder.
Noah was given power to prepare
and save himself and family from the
destruction OF the Hood, through his
knowledge OF revelation Of what was
TO take place upon the earth. But the
inhabitants In the NoachiAu disponea.
ton scotfed nj the great PROPHETS
revelations. They did not deny that
Adam was the fret man, made In the
image OF God, that Enoch walked and
talked with Col and wps translated TO
heaven without tasting death, yet they
could not see the necessity Tor new
revelation. Said they, "We believe rs
our fathers did, but away with new
revelations" The Lord took them at
their word and the Hood swepl both
revelation and the people away.
How was II with Abraham? When
this Prophet, whose seed said the Lord
should be rs numerous NJ the sands on
the seashoEe, made the announcement
that God had appeared 10 him In the
plains Of Aiamfe, that he had seen
angels and had partaken Of food anu
drink with them, he was laughed at,
and his religion thrown aside, because
he had received new revelations. The
revelations Of Adam, Enoch anu Noah,
no one doubted. Enoch's pillar anu
living monument OF his faith and
works, Noah, with his ark resting on
Mount Ararat, and the majesty OF the
10 tlme, were witnesses that the old
revelations were true. But what
proof had they OF tho divinity OF
Abraham's mission? They had many
evidences but rejected all OF them and
drove the great Patriarch from his
country and kindred TO become n pill.
grim In n strange land.
When Moses appeared fresh from the
presence OF God, with new revelations
and calculations. and tested tne folly
aud wiukedness Of corrupt court aud
people by destroying them through
tue powor OF God, with plaques aud
miracles, the inhabitants opposed him
as Cain did Abel. The wise meu
sought his life because they could not
bear information direct from heaven.
The cunning priests OF Egypt. "a well
IA those OF the land OF Canaan, Were
living witnesses Off power he dis.
played, yet the same spirit II fanati.
cism, hypocrisy, and unbellef took
possession Of them that seizsd the ante.
diluvians-and the Egg, .ians were
sunk, like lead, In the Red Sea.
Thisspirlt Of unbelioi In the necessity
OF rovelation--line upon line, precept
upon precepi, here 4 little and there
little-can bo traced with great effect
Ia the history OF the children OF Israel
PRIOR to the appearance OF the Messiah;
Tor the records show that no sooner did
they begin 10 be- pulled up with self
suiliciency than they honored the old
revelations In word, or profession, ana
stoned the Prophets that came with
new ones. When the Savior came Ia
the iiesh this same principle that has
been traced from age TO age was mos,
signally manifest among tue jews.
Boosting of the old revelations,
they made long prayers for
n pretense, and crossed sea and land
10 make proselytes; yet when new
revelation was introduced by toe
Savior they called IL blasphemy and