Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-05-29

mtui, Us luictttl III yOut iettet rs Us
follow: Tnia passage occurs In
the lass book OF tho Bibe, In
tho last chapter OF that last
book, aud la the last veraes but two
In that last chapter; and therefore
any message purpostlnR to be reve-
lAtlon from God after these W Ords wore
written In the AIoctlyIse, Is to be re-
leotcd at once, because 1t 10 u violation
Of this supposed formal 81 sing up OF
u jd's complete revelation. Thus you
uspsse OF the revelations whicn God
gave to the world through Joeepn
smith. To TINS cavalier repy OF
yOuIs there are several anewere, esch
OF which Is sufficient to destroy your
premises.
FIrsl-It must be remembered that
the Apocalypse was not placed as the
las. book oil the Bible by the Apostle
John or any other OF the inspired
writer's OF this New Testament; NOR lie
IL the last box OF tile New Testament
COLLECTION that was wnteD. IL Is al
most the unanimous opinion OF Bibie
scholars that the Book OF Revelation
was written while tho Apostle John
was an exile on the islo OF Patmoa, ana
tuat no did not wTite nis book colled
"rue Gospel ntcOrJing to 81. Jonn,"
until after his return from PntmOs.
"lhe W ight Of evidences now tends 10
prove" spys Canon Farrar, speaking
OF the Book OF Revocation, "lhal IL lie
not the last bOuk 10 chronological OF
der; that 1t was written nearer the
beginning than the end OF ST. Johns
period OF apostolic activity amid the
churches OF Asia; that the last accents
OF revelations who fall upon our ears
are not those OF treatise which,
thou 10 II ends In such music, cOntains
40 many terrible visions OF blool aud
fire; but rather thOse OF the gospel
which tells US that tue 'Wofd was
made fe.h' and OF the epistie which
first formulated the mOss blessed truth
which was ever uttered to human
nearts-the truth that God Is love-"
This widely recognized Biblical
scholar, you win observe, places both
the gospel and the episiles OF 81. John
alter the Apocalypse in the order VI
their prouuctiOn; and In this tie but
voices tue opinion, so far as
know. OF all Bible scholar-
snip. IL therefore follows that II the
words In Revelation 22uu chapter,
18Th an / l9!h Verses, mean esiyOu Infer,
that no more revelation was TO be
gwen or written, tuen the Apostle
Junn himself because the violator OF
mis- own prohibition, for he wrote both
hie Gospel and his eplstles alter he
wrote the Apocalypse. You Ell, upon
re fl sclion, VIII nut, 1 am sure, insisI
upon such an TX gesis 0 tue word OF
God as to make the Apostle imscli u
violator OF his owu anu Gou's word.
Yet he does this IL your exegesis VT
right.
Second-The Apocalypse hal no
connection with the cher books OF thr
New Testament for many yeats ale.
Il was writleD; anu under the most
liberal construction the prohibit0ry
words you quite could only refer TO
the book OF Revelation alont-just the
lew pages that constitute thas BOOB,
anu not the whole Bibie OF which II
constituted no part--at the time 1t was
written. 1t must hsvs been Just the
| little pamphlet CALEB Revelation thai
| man was ,ofbiduen to add to, aud not
the "compieted vo ume OF God's reve.
ialions." As a matter Of iacI there lie
nothing In tue scriptufeD anywhere
| that go much US hints at God's volume
| OF revelation ever being completed and
| forever Closet.
| Thrill, you Will read the passage
again, ana with little more alleutiop,
you will zee that 1t Is only man that ID
| iorDiuueu 10 nuu anything 10 this PAL
ticulsr book OF Revelation, not GJd.
] The language is 81 any mhu shall adj
unto these lhings, Goa snail add unto
| MIN the plaques that are written in
this book" eIc, While thus forbids
| man aiding 10 this BOOK OF Revelation
1t nuwhere 1eals up the mouth of Gou.
lie is stiil FREQ 10 add revelation TO rove.a.
tion,a volume OF scrlptufe to volume,
uutli he overw helms men win the
evidence OF HIS exislence, good ess
anu power TO save. Allow me 10 pJini
out aaoIner sculpture very similar "
the one under consideration, and even
sometimes quoted In controversy with
us upon lnis very question:: "Y
shall not adu 50 tue wor4 which COM
mHnd you, aeitaer shall ye DIM nisu
sugnt from IT," (Deut. iv:2) Sup.
pose the same line OF reasoning shou ID
ue applied to this passage MS you BppIy
to the prohibition 10 aul 10, or dImin'
ish from, Ia the book OF Revelation?
One wonll then be unuer tue nscst.
slly OF rejecting the greater part oil the
Biule itself.
tniIk, air, you will now see how
unworthy your grounds are Tor az
summariiy rejecting the great work Il
which 1 call your attention. You
nave, however, become an unuon.
scicus witness 10 the truth OF that sam,
WORK. For In the BOOK Of MOrmon,
the history OF the ancient inhauiIznl
Ii this western hemisphere, IeveslsI
TO the world by Joseph Bmltb, tn,
Prophet, one OF the ancient Pfopheli
Represents the LORD as saying. "AnI
my worJs snail Miss i0rin unto tn,
enQs OF the eartn, fur a Standard uatt
my people, whicn are OF the house o
Israel. And because my word shsll his
forth, many OF tue Gsntiles snail cay
BiDltl Bibl,! we nave got "a Bible
anu there caunUl DO any more BIZ Q. ,
III Nspni, chapter 70: 2, $ j This, sir
useu 10 De very common cry and tn,
chief argumant-ii an argumenl 4
eau be cahe1-agaiDst tue messeg,
"MormonlsIs" has To ueliver t.
tue world. II has been little used o
late, however, bscsuse the Christian
ministry have learner what "A Urokel
Feed 1t IL; aud Almost ought 10 lee
grateful TO you for referring to- IT.
sipcs you have determined to rr
ject the message 10 which in my frs
letter called yvur attention-ss I
VIII give our young leop VINO az
not 30 well acquainted WITH thia ful
tlIlment oil the old Nel h4le Prophet
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