Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-08-27
THE REPLY.

In Ma opening argument COR the
proposition that Morm1nlsm e. not
true Christianity, Rev John u. Nut
ting arrives ut the conclusion iha' che
basic revelation" 81 Tho religious Eya-
fcm under discussion l. untrue and
that she supcrs,ruciurc. consequently
fans wish q. II will. therefore. be- our
first duty 60 examine the reasoning by
which this conclusion u s1uRh. 80 be
cssahlirhod.
Tho Ecn,lcnan. o; VIII be nollcsi. re
Ties entirely on lnprnni evidence a. re-
yards the authenticity of TIE rsycla-
t'on h. review class % evidence
which. ~ applied O. the nlblc. has al
ready created school OF critics but
llgtle distant from the now almost 1o-
funct ratloBtlis,s 81 Germany. nut
what if especially noticeable IL that he
places his own cnnH'rur,l1n on the Ian.
guage u the revelation and then de.
in1lllhrf this construction. The revc-
lltlou Eaclt u untouched ana intact.
tie Flya' 1.-THE twu fundamental
httcmeuts are those: /. Thai m thr
citcda N an the Christian churches In
l.2p were an ablmlniil1n In Gods
aleht g. That the Numbers of chose
chuf hrH " o. an corrupt, being hypl-
crirls AMI teaching '1r doctrines the
clmm1ndm 1i1 90 men," This. h. ar
rutt, no sensible, w.il-lnfirmrd gentle
man N1ull Fly, ana certainly no. Gld.
l,lEl' she revelation rpr ssnilnr Him
tiue
II % neccr7afy here o. cail uit4nilBn
20 me Tact thli tho revelation foes mo-
represent ull the members ~ sha varl-
w churches aa corrupt or as hypl.
,.ls- " afaH .Nclu1iNcly riih whose
pt1'glaars," ami tho whole context
hp"a mat certain rrligilua teacher
who iuoh The comma niments " MN
instead OF thf word ~ che Lord. uie
mere hcli NJ 90 tho llgh,. To say th,t
tHtH NtNtlAlilus or any other arrafsif1
~ NE l-ai1er-day saints. den1uni.. 80
Kood ana homes, men and women as
enrlupt' or aa hypoorlteA IL 10 mis-.
Iense.eni enc matter our Lord Him.
~ denounced 'nll that aver came bs.
tlre me" a. "thluyss ana robh,rs !.
hut lie had reference 10 Just ihat ci,ss
~ people nr1k2n ~ In ghaar quut.tiens
from tht Pearl ~ Grsit Price.
me- w no" examine the passage n
niue cloror u says:
l. Al the sectH are wrong; That 4.
hete " not one. that has prrreryrd ~,
.tll' ruin without any error; All ara
N.ont M Hnrio uplut or another.
= All their cr,,dH arr an nbnmin,tto,
N GODS fighL Note that Il docs not M
hrm that everything In every ere.1 !.
an aponllnatlnn; nor was II ever - nm
l,rsiood by eNpontnta of Morinonisrn
IN the contrary, i.atter-day Saint ~.
iully AVIAN that thcfc ~ much tr,,'h
IN every creed, even In those 81 ~
u,hplHed pnEana; ftil the oxisieuce ~
numerous cr,Cds az variance with ons
another r. not tha work nf ths i,r1
whose Spirit leads 10 unity TIN mul'
ulllgily % crseda, therefore. " ar
nhumlnatlon In HIS alrht.
H. '"fhn' those professors arc AN c,,-
rupt" This IL qualified la the wen,s
mat follow, thus! 'rhoy draw nes,
70 me with their llps but their he1,,,
afe Tar from me; they teach FOR 49,
Urine the commander OF mon No.
ing form OF gollinegH, but they den,,
the power thereof" "'
Now, having fiatcd what IN. o.,
called haale revelation VI Mnrrnoni.,,,
ooHtalh.' We may cpnndcntly ask. Is IL
true or falsef What 81 he tertinonv 80
sne sacred SCRIPTURES and ~ The mem.
sclves3 'N'n-
For the pathetic truth Of tho o,.,
proposition, that all the scots are wrnn.
IN one direction or another. Nc fepss
leH1ly appeal 10 the conaclousnous -
every enlightened evangelical Chrlstt.n
Who u there among them thai Win IN.
mat his particular sect ls free frn,S
dootrlnal orrnr3 DO they not AM ndn,i,
mat they hhye chosen Their rrspectivs
denominations mot because they are IN.
fallible on points Of doctrine hui h.,
Gauss ihey can hnd nothing botierq /,
~ not "a iAet that Thousands ~ honest
amount of truth tho Chratinn ,eo,i,
posaesses IA distributed among nii ~
srots some having more and nitNs.
lsasf Ana what II that but IN od,,,,,
mat an are wrong In some partien,ans
IRON MI Nuttlng'a own reason1ra
this conclusion n lavnldahle 10 ,
record shows that there Is "essentis,,.
uni'I shn essentlh'' acripturailty a,