Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-06

The following article II reproduced.
from the Improvement Era. and was
originally delivered by the author In
an address before the faculty and stu
dents OF the brigham Young Academy
at Provo. Utah.
rank OF the small army Of profcased
eceptics ana scorncrs. Possessed OF
considerable ability. having u smooth
tonguc.n jolly countenance, frank man
ners and an abundant vocabulary. cap
able OF charming his hearers. OF carry.
ms with him people who are Influenced
more by sound than by sense. OF puz-
1ling those who do not agree with his
sentiments. he succeeds In stirring up
the hostility OF Christian teachers and
IL believers In the Jewish Scriptures.
aud also In leading nstray men and wo-
men who would rather doubt or deny
the existence OF Deity than bow tn
obedience to divine commands. Hts
copious streams Of orntory run smooth.
~ along. sometimes In poetic channels.
adorned with brilliant and pleasing
flowers OF speech. Mt others In rivuiets
81 unctuous humor. anon In torrents OF
vigorous invcctiyc. and then In waves
Of acrid. II not biarphemoua assault
upon religion and the Deity. He poses
NJ the valiant champion OF agnorticlam.
and II accepted 10y n multitude Of shall
low thinkers as a triumphant icono-
clast. That he has succeeded In break
ing down and trampling under foot
rome Of the great rhams which false
religion has set up as idols for mankind
10 worship or TO fear. there II little
doubt. Hut that he has disprovcd any
Of the fundamental principles OF real
Christianity can be cmphatlcally and
safely denied. II II n lack Of under.
standing OF what N really Christian
that causes the admirers Of Ingcrroll
20 think he has demolished the Chris
ilan creed.
Some time ago an article from his pen
was published In "a prominent New
York paper, entitled. THE Best ArHu-
mcnt Ever Advanced Against Chris
tlanity." II has since been copied. With
the sumo heading. In q number OF pub.
lie journals In different parts OF the
country. II In for that reason that the
present writer refers TO u. with desire
that Its failncicr may be exposed and
the poverty Of that which " styled
THE Hest Argument may be npprc-
cintcd. II viii. therefore. be here pre-
scented. paragraph by paragraph. In
full. with comments interpreted. In
gcrroll commences by saying.
I'VE now know tina, We do not know
who wro,a III. four Gospels, Were the
authors Of these four Gospels innpircdf
III they were inspired then the four Dos
pelH must be true, N they are true.
thsy must nrrco. The four Gospels do
not aEree. Matthew. Mark aud Luke knew
nothing Of the ntoncmcnt. nothing OF
salvation by faith. They know only the
gospel ~ good deeds, OF charity. They
teach that II We forgive others God viii
forgive u. with this the Gospel Of John
does not agree. In that gospel We arr
;aurht that We must believe on the l.qr.i
Jesus Christ. that We must he born AGAIN
ihat we mist drink the blood and eat tho
resh Of Christ. In this Gospel ". nnd
Inc dorttins &c the otonemsnt, and thht
place. This GOSPEL " utterly at variance
with the other three, II the other lhrcc
are true tho GoHpel Of John II false,
NJ the Gospel 1T John was written BY an
inspired man. tho writer's ~ the other
three were unnrpircd. From this there