Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-10-15


Lord" which Ia repeated BY Christ Loo
Mark ~. 90 And IN ! Cor. 3. 4 the
Bible again denies tho Mormon doc.
trino a. directly as language can do 10.
saying that There " NONE OTHER
GOD BUT ONE" These differences
emectuaily dispose NJ the FIRST eight
doctrines above. The 9Th and 7th are
also fatty contradictod ~ God himself
In John 4; %. where he says Ia oil
many words that GOD ~ a SPIRIT"
not flesh and bones. and BY COR q.
%. which tells 90 that "ncsh and blood
cannot inherit the Kingdom uf God"
or heaven. That God ia not sinner.
IA evident from Dout a1l T. ~ GOD of
truth and without lnlqulty. Just and
right o. be-. and from hundreds OF other
passage. That Csd n trinity In|
unity. with the Holy Spirit NJ much
gud na the Father. ln plainly taught in
also Isaiah. tho whole i0th chapter.
! am well aware " nli the passage
used aa supporting the Mormon Views
and were there space would gladly
take them up sFrlatim. Hut suffice lt
now 10 say that thcrc la hot single
one ~ the whole that can possibly be
made 90 toHol any such doctrine by
nny fair methods N Interpretation. and
that the methods by which they are
made 90 bear such meaning would
twist any mans writings Into the very
opposite % what they really Say. and
mus; BE- ruled out
THE CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE
STATED.
The Christian doctrine OF God. which
has been held by an branches % the
Church 90 christ Tor 1900 years. ia very
ddorgnI Z, % stated in various word
lngs, but f1r our purpose perhaps the
beat ID fhlHs
/. There & only one God. iie ~ pure
spirit, withOu, physical nature wlth-
uui bcglnrinr or end. OvcryWh o. pres.
cni az once, unChanErahic, irnuli0 In
wisdom. power. holiness. love ana
truth. and lio ahhoru rin. lie created
the world, and constantly uph1lds ana
governs 70 and 40 creatures according
Go His holy will ari wisdom.
3. God o. trinity. On some way
which we cannot fuzzy grasp, lhu nlble
teaches that the one God o. also 90
Tfiune uhree-uurl being. consisting OF
the Father. the Son. and ii1y Spirit
each equally God. Thla does not mean
three separate individuals.
O. God the Father Is characterized ~
under No I. above.
4. God The Son is Jesus Christ, who
n called spiritually the only bcEoitcu
SON." by whom tho Father created tho
world. Having taken upon himself
temporarily a human body, he lived ana
died upon thin earth Tor our saliva
ilun. was raised again, and aHccnd0d
= again u spirit Into heaven, o. the New
Testament only relates. IT, ~ truly
0od ~ dcscribtd under No. I. ahd was
a. truly man also.
9. God tho Holy Spirit u equally
! God a. described under 4. II u lie
who works IN tho soul % man 20 con.
Wet OF Hln. and then 10 rcgcncratc and
ranctlfy; and without llls work all
| would be- los, In sln ctcrually. lie also
II pure spirit and can be- bestowed
! upon man By God only. IN answer 20
true prayer and genuine need; and
lie Will be- % borrowed in every case
who're these conditions are present.
How Infinitely superior b. this 90 the
I other doctrlne' Tile nrHt Or ln no Item
I rational. Ia none Biblical. ana altogeth-
| heather Ideas ~ the gods which they
woruhippfi Through an the ngra
since Moses. ~ nCrce battle has been
waEcd 10 each succeeding generation
| between these oppoHlug ideas The
/ Mormon doctrine " the survival of the
| uufttcHt, 20 a limited degree aud In a
| limited ufca-roVlVtd by tho evil aECn-
I cy which always seeks 90 deceive and
/ destroy, The other o. tho one which
| has always been victorious IN every
| battle, from that OF Egypt down ana
! d that upon which every Righteous
l government every uplifting social or
/ der. every movement against ain, the
! two only true religions aud churches.
/ the trucat characters, ana the banners
I OF civilization and human prugrcaa,
have always been planted firmly. Al
| others are drceptllnn llke broken
reeds 10 lean uponi this has always
stood every test, and VIII continue 70
| do 10. u alone can possibly be held.
according TO The positIu commands
" God. Tor the very nrsi of the Com
mandments absolutely f0rblds US 20
have more then one Cod even IN
/ thought. Thou shalt have none other
/ Gods before met" This absolutely for
bids all the above ana similar ideas OF
| God ever dreamed 90 on the face of The
earth, and makes any and all ~ them
| 10 be simply idohiryl aud the adNo-
cacy of them hlaaphemyl
This may seem severe Language. Hut
I n there IL anything on earth whleh
/ merits severe words u u such funda-
| mental sin against God ana the whole
human race as teaching those id0la-
trous IDEAS Of Guil 10 N time that
some one cried out 20 warn thls people,
/ ana II may as well be- the writer as
any one else, perhaps. (See Ezck.
q; II - 81 The utter awfuluess
/ OF such doctrines rs these q almoBt
past comprehension IN an axe Of sup
| posed enlIghtmentl These words are
I not written In anger but IN grlovcd In
! diEnatlon and Hlrrowful love Tor tho
souls Of mon who are thus being de-
! cclyod.
Lot me close with somewhat OF tho
| Word OF God about this very Kind OF
/ doctrine, which was quite as well
/ known 90 the Children u Israel as 10
| MormOnH Of today In lcxol. $500 God
| anyai "lic that Hncrlticeth unto any
I Rod save unto the Lord only, he shall
be utterly destroyed" Ana IN Deut. ~.
/ He says, again: III there arise among
/ you prophet, or a dreamer of dreams.
| ana glveth thee sign or wonder, and
/ tho algn or wonder come TO pass. whore
] OF he apnke unto thee, saying. Let us 70
/ after oihrr gods. which thou hast MOI
I known, ana Tot az serve them; thou
| shalt not hearken unto the words oil
/ that prophet, or that dreamer of
/ dreams, for tho Lord your God proveth
/ you. 90 know whether ye love the Lord
I your ODD with an your heart and Win
I AN your slul,..,.And that prophet or
] that dreamer " dreams, shall be- nut Ia
death. because he hath spoken 10 turn
/ you away from the Lord your q al
| which brought you out OF the land of
I Egypt" Qkcad tho rest m the chapter
nlso) This shows how God looks upon
I cutcgments 20 the worship of fiise
/ gods; ana the same la as true OF mon
| tRl ld0latry as ~ physical " also shows
} that IN an ages OF tho world false mir
/ acles and false prupheslos-Of Classes
! remarkably similar % those ~ Mormon
l lsm-hnvc been used By Satan for tbo
purpose OF decelylng the people ab,,it
/ tlnd and religious things. Here h f,aa
| for very solemn thought by every NO.
] mon. II IA question which every nh,
| must settle between himself ana maj