Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-09-12
THAT NEPIII MEIIING.

Rev. 8. T.. wisbRTd writing under
date OF Sept o, requesting the NEWS
TO publish some corrections Of report
Of the meo,ings Of Presbytonans re-
Gently held Mt Nsphi, says; ~ am
sure that your dealro to seo fair play
will grant ms the privilege Of being
heard" Accordingly tho NEWS OF
Sept. 10 con,ainei a Communication Of
Mr.. whhati with the desired "cor.
rections." II IL In full accord with the
broad principles OF Mormonism 10
treat even opponents with fairness and
impartiallty, although tho believers In
that eminsntly Christian religion have
not always experienced tho same
treatment nj the hands Of those who
differ from them. AZ 10 tho several
points 10 which Mr.. Wishntd calls at.
tentlon, that Is n matter between him
aud our correspondent at Nophi,
whose second letter will be found In
another column. We have every rea.
son TO believe that the correspondent
gave substantially correct report Of
tho meetings, Notwithstanding tech.
nioal inaccumcy or two Of but little
importance that may have found their
way among the statements made.
The subject would not have been
alluded to here bu, for one point made
by Mr.. Wishard, which may be regard.
ed as Of general interest TO the readers
Of the NEWS. our Nephi correspondent
stated that tho Presbyterian sreakers
astailed the Book Of Doctrine and Gov.
enAn,s. This Mr.. wishArd denies anu
offers the following explanation;
simply quoted nom that book In
proof Of the fact that tho Apostle who
wrote the Epistl0 tu tho iiohrewH, In tho
seventh chapter ~ theOpislle, cOntadicts
the statement In Doctrine aud Covenants
concerning tho Priesthood. While Soc
lion siils atirms that tho Anrunin
"PHosthOOd cOuunuoth and ahideth for
ever the Apostle says that priesthood
was changed" aud adds that "of noces.
zity u change also Of tho law wa. made.
The very law that Instituted that Priest
hood was Abrugatod. IL wa. 'disau.
nulled." and Chit, ~ ano hor tribo,
became the High Priest, thereby lcrmi.
mating tho Aarunic Priesthood. 10 was
shown that several othor doctrines were
contrary to tho Scriptures. That was all
thoro was In tho charge " "assailing'
tho sacred books OF our Mormon hear
ers.
That l., Mr.. wisharI dill not
"assniln the sacred volume referred 60;
he only politely told the people that It
contains doctrines contrary TO the New
reslame,t, leaving them to infer that
It IL the work OF an impostor, fraud
a talsehood. II that Is not an assault,
IA the nguTatlyo meaning OF thai
word, pray what Il ~ Ia reading the
severely criticized report from Nephi,
no one could very well receive thu
impression that the volume ",ssalled"
was literally torn u pieces or reduced
10 ashes or utherSlse tuhmitIe1 70
pnyticnl violence. The meaning Coz.
vcy cd was that Boo doctrines Wyfo tue
object u an attack exactly Of tho
nature which Me-. Wl-hArd both dc.
ults aud admits Ia ono para.
graph. Il Is precisely thD
same klLd OF attacks which
inuicls make upon the books Of tn,
Bible anJ which often are spoken %
"a "arnulis" upon that Divip,
volume, The correction" ga this boz
stance 81 least iR therefore, entirpll
uuol'lel for
This wlliappear more clearly who
itis considered that the passages II.
,erred TO do not In the least clntTadic
each other The suthor Of tho Epistl,
to tho Hebrews In the seventh cnapIu
dnwsa mastsrly comparison between
the Priesthood VI Melchisedyk and thai
VI Aaron, and argues that the confer