Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-25

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iu,ure when the greater, rum " oya
VIII % unlvefsniy popu,ar me psop'ss
OF bod have always bern eont.a,.ss
nav. r,cmihsv yeen .ppo ~
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re pade infcw.m 70 Tvs nposuss W
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his own: but because ye are not OF tho
world, but ! have chosen YOU eut 81
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TRUTH NbNNhS uNfoi Sh"".
Chrlstian,tv wa. unpopuiar In the
tim. os Chtist. and In the days OF His
Apostles. Cbris,ianlty has been I'M
nopuiar ever since, Perhaps that
remark may be questioned by
ihos. who call TO mind tho
fact that n very comfortable proportion
Of the human family profess 10 be fol-
lowers or christ, Hut Christianity Of
the true ktnd-thc Christianity that
christ Taught, the Christianity that Ills
Apostles practiced, the Christianity
that was offered "a a eaviug grace 10
Inc worId-thrt has eyer been unpopu-
lar The so.cailed Christianity Of the
last fifteen centuriea may have been
growing in worldly favor, hut, Judged
By that standard, Christ himself was
a very poor Christian. 1 shall not b.
disappointed. therefore N for many
years 10 come we md that the people
Of tjod are peculiar. that they are sep-
arated from the world. and that the
command stilI Ia In force, Come out OF
her, my people" The wiokSdncsa of
the world Is appalling. and one must
aubatltute for that worldly rplrit "A bet
ter one In he would truly serve hts God.
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SCifoLAisS INVESTIGATING THE
TRUTH.
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we nnNe reason 20 DC ,nahsIui ,n.,
populhtlty u hot always 70 pc tcncu
upon as criterion o. proprcty, MOI
ohy Was Shrlst Hansnea, not only
Mcrc TVS Apostles ueh"uhcei, put w.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT IN ,he nnf'm OF ruin
nave ever pcch "npopui"r. me rp,In
o. mattyrdom mas b.en IN them. anu
.nc spit.n OF muiuer ms taseu ags,nst
them. the work OF ood !. spreading.
ahu WIN continue 70 spread nut De
n.Nc mat LOT rohk uihe 10 come W.
,nursh VIII DC iens cstcnueu thah w.
Mnhuom, anu usreiote therr VIII DC y
anuno,ion pe,wc.h those VINO are IN
ruin ,hc people ot ood. ana thc wofln;
~, thls Mork VIII DEMAND grehter anu
nvater ,cc"sn'uoh, hhd VIII receive ".
J. ms a,r.,dy challenged me attention
~ .ne uihSihs Noriu' Gnu 70 mihu
iheiachs IN connection win opposiuon
uhht mas ohansch IN itn nature anu
pnasns o, psrtrcuuon mat nave been
M.sreu ~ no Longer considered Ut
| ,eIIy pad 70 inyesusnte TINS much ma
nshen people heIs. nor 70 sack TO aseer-
yam me uuth Or the iallacy
o. w" uocuines tnught ny shls church.
" ns- oeeh my pleasure anu priNh.gr
10 thc recent past. IN Response 60 IN
II
usnN.n huutensvs upon tnc seachihxs oi
,hi~ tnureh w sons OF IN, large ana
lhnueh'iai universities OF this country.
| anu w .lhet inhuehuhi ciIeleS aorvau'
nave Zen ru.pr.ru =" nhI NAV -
sIeat ehahxc hau peen wrouxht' anu
| mat schooifn"h ana coiiegefnen now
d.m u proper 70 investigate. 70 some
extent ~ least. the claims made ny this
| neutrality-suspicious. church
Let ~. wv. you specinc example
The b"ok 81 mormon, wh'eh " teSaru-
| "a oS thc people on IN" outside. WI"
nay. no, insee'ss ,s Ior shennscNes'
| ~ tue sum ,o'Ai OF th~ srtptufes teeoS-
nlscd oy ms chureh-the mormon
lnhl-, as " In deri~vely ana impfon-
| cry cahed-ls now elnimins anu re-
ceivins attention at the hand- or htera-
ny men and rholarn ~, lew
months aso. " the CITY OF Edinnufsh'
het'neh Win mueh ihtefest 70 a dis.
cussion AMONG certain professors "
NE great university there, ooneernlns
me book OF MORMON some 81 shosr
VINO had looked into y hsd found Tor
themselves tine Inconsistency OF many
OF inc raise statefncnts that mao Dtcfl
mad. as 70 It's coming for,h.-notably
IN" spauidlnG story, winch had dir'
proved l,self unit" them.
Perhaps ] may De permitted TO give
anothcr instance. hAd the honor oil
addressing large audience IN coniec'
uoh WIN the unworthy OF torneii soins
Tine os" by request .nd invitation
hnd b'ch asked y" speak upon the stor,
OF Mormonisin, ana or necessity th'
iook OF Mormon received some ntien'
ton IN the course OF my remarks Ths
ineetihg was presided over oy Professor
Morce Cot Tyief. one OF we ieadlnt
authorities IN contemporary American
history AZ the ciosc or the addres'
no arose 20 speak. lie called the at
tenuon or tho distinsnished auuicnc'
70 the thct mat th.y wst. men uvin<
within Few miles OF IN. place
~ which tho plates from which th'
BOOK ~ mormon n.ts p~en 'rahsiNe,
ar" haid 70 nav" bren round anu
speaking WIN care anu celebration, ~
oppressed himself 10 this enccti W.
nave notably failed W our cnorts =
properly solve the problems or Am.ri
can history, and the chief reason 10 una
note Of certain essential factors. anon
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