The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-11-30
A MORMON TALKS.
Elder Whitaker, From Salt Lake
city, Defends His Greed.
MORMON Bible SUPPLEMENTS
And Does Not supercede the Bible,
BE Claims q says Zion win be
Built on the American Continent,
and that Christ WIN Personally
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Talk on Subject Of Interest.

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Talk on Subject Of Interest.
Elder John NJ. whitaker, Of the
Church of Mormon, or Latter Day
Saints, who is here to deliver lecture
next Sunday afternoon, talked to an,
Intelllgencer man last night.
In answer to the question, why are
your people called 'Mormons, Elder
whitaker said: IN the spring of 1880
the Book OF Mormon was published. 1t
is an abridgement Of larger records by
the historian Mormon after whom the
book Is named. He lived many centur-
les ago and for believing that book to
be true we are called MOrmons This
record gives an account Of prehistoric
America from 800 years B. c. TO $40
years A. D., detailing in great plain
ness the rise, civilization, religion. and
conditions OF the people once existing
on this continent, OF their decline and
decay, and of which the buried cities
now being unearthed bear silent wit
ness. and the American Indian but the
remnant"
rs this not the Golden Bible written
by Spaulding?"
"NO, sir; Mr.. Spaulding's manuscript
IS now in the Oberlin college; 1t has
nothing In common with Book Of Nor
mon, not sentence, not an Incident,
not one historical truth. Indeed. the
Book OF Mormon was published In 1880,
while the Spaulding manuscript never
left the hands Of the Spaulding family
until 1894. The Book OF Mormon sup
plements, not supercedes. the Bible.
The Book OF Mormon was translated
from gold plates by the prophet, JOS
eph Smith through the gift and power
OF God, and Is one Of the most remark
able historical. dOctrinal and scientific
books ever published, and 1t bears the
stamp of genuineness and divinity on
every page"
why do you cali yourselves Latter
Day Saints?"
"Because we claim that God has es-
tablished again His church by direct
revelation: that 1t diners in no essen
tIal from that established by Christ and
His apostles and whose followers are
called Former Day Saints; we, in the
Latter Days, are believers In and are
followers OF that some gospel and liv-
Ing in latter times, are called Latter
Day Saints"
gospel: was 1t not already on the
earth?"
I'm the Bible we are taught that the
gospel was to be destroyed from the
earth; that there was to be an apos-
tury. and that in the last days 1t
should be restored to the earth. We
believe that In fulaIlmeRt OF scripture
that God called and empowered Joseph
Smith, and through him restored the
same laws and ordinances. gifts and
blessings; the same organization. and
we to-day enjoy the manifestations
and blessings that former day saints
enjoyed We believe that revelation is
the essential life and light to guide into
NIL truth. We believe also that the
gospel is for every soul, not only the
living, but that every person will hear
1t and may accept or reject It here or
hereafter That there is redemption
beyond the grave"
what Is your Creed?"
~ may say that the following Is q
brief summary of what the MormonS
believe: We believe In God. the Eternal
Father, In His Son. Jesus Christ, and in
the Holy Ghost. That men will be
punished for their own Sins and not for
Adams transgressions: that through
the atonemcnt OF Christ, all mankind
may be saved, by obedience TO the laws
and ordinances of the gospel; that the
first principles and ordinances OF the
gospel are: First, faith In the Lord
Jesus Christ: second repentance: third,
baptism by immersion for the remis-
sion OF sins; fourth, laying on of hands
for the gift OF the Holy Ghost. We
believe that man must be called OF
God. by prophecy, and by the laying
on OF hands," by those who are in au-
thority to preach the gospel and adj
minister til the ordinances thereof. We
believe in the same organization that
existed in the primitive church-name
", apostles, prophets, pastors. teachers,
eVnngelists, etc. In the gift OF tongues.
prophecy, revelation, visions. healing,
Interpretation Of tongues, etc, We be-
lleve the Bible to be the Word Of God,
as far as II Is translated correctly; we
also believe the Book OF Mormon to be
the word of God. We believe all that
God has revealed: all that He does now
reveal and that He VIII yet reveal
many great and important things per-
tanning to the Kingdom Of God. We
believe in the literal gathering OF Israel
and In the restoration Of the Ten
Tribes: that Zion will be built upon this
Cthe Americana continent; that Christ
will reign personally upon the earth.
and that the earth viii be renewed and
receive its paradisIcal glory. We claim
the privilege OF worshIppIng Almighty
God according to the dictates of our
conscience. and allow all men the same
privilege. let them worship how, where,
or what they may. We believe in be-
ing subject to kings, presidents, rulers
and magistrates. in obeyIng. honoring,
and sustaining the law. In being hon
est, true. chaste. benevolent. virtuous,
and In doing good to all men; indeed,
milton OF Paul, 1--WE believe all things;
we hope all things We have endured
many things. and hope to be able to
endure all things. II there is anything
virtuous. lovely, or OF good report or
praiseworthy, we seek after these
thIngsN