Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-06-21
4 rRiENDLY CRITICISM.

Elsewhere IN iho "Nsva" o. found a
communication from Air Charles Ellis
boo roply 20 certain statements that have
appeared ln n little sheet entitled. Tho
K.usman. Mr. Eii.ss letter was declined
by that publication. whose editor ro'si-
biv hna reason To- assume that his side
of Che question l8 best served by the sup
preston of free discussion.
There aro. however. % frw points 90
tha communication that ae.m fo need %
passing comment Mr. Ellis assumes
that th. dogma III Inspiration was not
determined In favor 90 any Of the
writings fthr Sow Tortamcntl Tor H.v-
oral hundreds N years after the death
OF tho writer's" This is hardly core
rect The fact ls that In tho vcry carii-
ct ages the writings known 90 have
boon ponnod By the Inspired men were
received na the word of Cod The d.a.
curaIon that cnaued concerning q few
OF the New Testament books-lud
which docs not seem To- ba ended yet
was not for the purp0ar ~ determining
their inspiration hut their authorship
The question was not whether tho
Apostles were Inspired, hut wheih r
they had written some of ths books at
trihutrd 90 them.
Another statement. that 'JUauH never
established o. theology, or o. church," iH
coutradloiod. 10 seems Go ua. by his
tory. 10 Dr. true enough that there is
mn record showing in the minute dee
tails how the earliest church was or-
gnnIzod. or what were ths precise doe
trInps OF the earliest Christian th.olngy
but TINT does not urnvc that tho
Prophet of Nazareth was not thu
founder N theology or q church That
uH doctrines ana iiiH church were
d'ncrrnt Co that which later claimed
the distinction Of divine orig.n viii not
br denied
In this conn u may hc wen 90
state that the claim made Tor tho pas
cage ln which Jesus speaks about "the
forged. Or not woll supported II may Doe
forged. o. not wen supported u may De-
missing 10 some manuscripts, na many
on these exist only In a fnmcntsry
condition. but that does not prove that
O. ls forged Tho prcpondarance Of owl.
d0nce BE- tho other way
STR Ellls'H Inference Co. blood atone
mont ANA polygnmy may De- wen taken
from biz point NJ vlrw. n ~ necessary
Co ny. however. that Mom1nIsm has
nryur cuuu,onnnced che Kind of
"aiouomont" mentioned In any other
HouHH OF the word than that sanctioned
hy tho Scriptures and believed In by
Christians ganeal'y A. f1r a1 that
goes thOro was nothing o. outEr1w.
with rtgnrd 90 r'lvramy tho truth
.r. 1H Or wen known. that Murmon.am
haa never iuoulyltol % anywhere whore
90 WHH known That itH practice was
eHHIn.y 90 the laws OF tho country.
MHmuuIHm was preached Zoo Great
britain. Doc Switzerland, ln Denmark
sVelrn Hui Norway fnr years, but
mover W.rr ths converts taught 90
break ihr luRH NJ choir native lands
o. waH. therefore. in FUN harmony with
tho spirit 90 M1monlHm ana iia
practices no over the world, aH roou oH
thr Supreme Court 81 IA, United
siaira declared that practice Illegal Ia
THIS country. % conform 60 tho law
Any other course would have boon in'
consistent with tho record NJ thf
Church which ls before ,hc world. W,
feet assured that Mr. Enls, ON second
thought win agree with us In this view
nf tho matter