Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-20
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t..iter.day Saints or "Mormons' DO
they prefer TO cali Ne. There are two
methods which they commonly use for
this purpose. one u TO pick out lsolat-
cd sentences from old sermons with
out giving the explanatory coniexii
the other l. tho quotation ~ such OK
cerpts from works that have never been
accepted a. authority by the church
ana clubbing them a. Mormon stand
ards"
NoN. % should he understood that the
only accepted published standards ~
faith and doctrine OF tho church OF
Jesus christ u Laitcr.dny HaintH. are
the Bible tking James iranrlation) the
n1ok ~ Mormon. the Doctrine and
Covenants aud the Pearl Of Great Price.
10 which may be added the Articles Of
Faith. brief epitomo furnished BY
Joseph Smith the Prophet other works
are the views of the writer's and arc
cdifylng. 20 far A. they are correct and
In harmony with those accepted stand
ards.
our religious opponents rarely quote
from those recognized authorities. but
search through the supplementary and
personal publications We have referred
10. for the purpose " catching ut a
passage. here and there. which suits
their purpose 81 misrepresentation.
For Instance. Presbyterian Or. who
IL one ~ the most active In the new
crusade. has had articles Published. In
which he charges that Joseph
smith taught "polythciam" aud
that brigham Young dld the
same The carefully selected
sentences and half sentences which he
gives 10 the public ARE not taken from
tho standards ~ our faith. They are
open TO discussion ~ the views ~ the
authors. II taken In their entirety. but
would have to BE- accepted by tho
church In order to be ranked with tho
standards.
What the gentleman has endeayorcd
10 frovc through public prints l. that
the Mormon" God Ia man. that lie
IL Adam. and that Their. arr many
other Gods who are objects of "Mor-
mon" worship. lie pfclcnds to quote
from Joseph Smith In support u bis
assertion. In the discourse 10 which
he alludcr, Joseph was giving a trans
latlon from the ii,.fcN Blblc. Quot
Ing the nfHt chapter OF oencrls. he
Haidi
u shall comment ON the worry nrs,
Hebrew word In the Bible. will make
a comment ON the very nf-t nsntcncc
~ tho history OF creation IN TIA bible
.beroshei! ! want 20 analyse the
everything else. 'fioah'-thr head.
'sheit' grammatical termination. when
the Inspired man wrote II. he did not
put the bath their. An old jew
without any authority added the word
he thought u too bad to talk about the
head II read flrrt, The head one OF
the uods brought forth the uods. That
~ the true meaning ~ the words
linufnu' signifies To bring forth. n
you do not believe II, you do not be-
Hove the learned man OF God. Learned
men eau learn you no more than what
I have told YOU. Thus the head gnd
brought forth tho doda In the Grand
council"
The discourse Ia founded on that
quotation. In the same sermon the
Prophet said
There II one God one Father. one
Jesus. one hope of our calling. one
baptism
The rev. Dr., did not quote that. Il
would not hnys suited his purpose. In
one sense u the terms there nro many
porpons who are called gods. In another
sense there In but one God. who l. "a.
preme' A. tho Apostle Paul puts ~
For though there be- that are called
gods, whether In heaven OF ON earth
ihr there be gods many and lords
many. Hut a. M there H. one Ood the
Father, 81 whom are all thiurH. and
We In Him, nnd one Lord Jesus christ
BY whom are all things and We hy
Him. Cor. VIII. Q. q.
In rcn'fcnce 10 the same idea Jesus
faii To the Plnrisces.
'fs II not written IN your law I said
80 are gudsf u he called them gods
10 whom the word ~ the Lord came.
ana tho scripture cannot be brnkcn.
ray No ~ liiin whom the Father hath
.nnctiiled and sent into the world thou
hlhHphemost because ! said I am tho
son " oodf'--John 4, ai.G
IN tho beginning Elohlm made the
heaven and tho earth" N not tho word
plurnlF Does Il not mean "thc godsi"
What In meant by Lot us mako man
ln our Image, after our likcncssg Why
were Adam and Eve told they would
become 49, the gods. knowing good from
cvili o. Il not because aa Paul said.
there De gods many and lords manyqr
hut they arr all one In the same sense
aa that declared By Jesus In lila prayer
Tor Ills dluclplcsi
That they MI may be- one az thou
Father art In me and I IN thee that thty
also may Dc one In u.s." John XVII, "a.
II o. written also
IN tho BEGINNING was the Word. ana
the Word was with God. aud the Word
WAS God, The same was IN tho begin.
Ming with God" John b. !, ?.
Again we read
For ihoro are three that bear record
m heaven the Father tho Word. nnd
thn Holy Ghost aud these three arc
one.-i John v, Z
Thus there uro at least three separate
and distinct persons called God. Three
Gods who are one because OF their per-
feet unity Of mind, purpose and action.
II that IN polytheism, then tho "Mur.
mons are polythclata. It Is Bible
polytholsm, In which they believe n
the Father, the Son ana tho Holy Ghost
ana mot fltraa luIiyIuttnI farnnuuIIft.-