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

EN'f iNNNNN else can see. what ne has
not felt. IN impossible FOR anyone else
TO feel, and that what IL incomprohenai-
bic TO hts towering intellect, must be
perfectly idintic."
Christ did not say that palsy,
epilepsy, deafness. insanity and other
diseases were always caused by
dcNiH." II does not follow, because Ger.
tala notions were commonly enter
tanned IA the days Of Jesus Christ. that
he also believed In them. Hut that h.
nnd his Apostles recognized the exist
encc and power of evil spirits ~ corr
tainly true. and the testimony ~ the
New Testament wfitors goes TO show
that those spirits were rebukcd and
cast out ~ the people by Christ aud his
disclplcH IN humorous Instance. ingor-
rull 10 wrong IN stating that John faid
nothing about casting out devils"
John'a Book OF Revelation mentions
those beings repeatedly. aud 80 John
may he classcd with All the other New
Ientnuout wfitorB and with IcHua
christ Himself In inEcraoifa let Of the
'tniHtukCn,' Now. how does Mr.. ingcr-
Toll Know that diseases are never
Cuu1ed by dcyllsf How does he know
ihni devils never reside IN the bodies "
mem He does not condescend to toll
uh The evidence w lust az direct aud
complete and concluniyc that devils
rumrtiiuea cause disease. and some
timcr possess the bodies ~ men. ns that
dircaEC exists and nfilicts the bodies Of
men. individuals have been afflicted
by the presence within them of a pow
cr which causes agony unspeaknble.
aud onduWH with unnatural strength
the unfortunate victim 80 that dozen
strong men cannot hold one ordinarily
weak person. Under this Influence
sometimes such porfona have not only
rent their clothing. but torn their bodies
with u violence horrlfylng to behold.
aN q aaN = aa.N
IN the mime Of Jesus Christ. the in-
Thence causing these disorders has In.
simultaneously departed, leaving the
patient IN hiH right mind and healed Of
his lunrmltiea.
iuFeuoll classes those who are not
J perfectly satisfied that every word In
the New Testament about casting out
DEVILS iH utterly false" AZ unlntcillFcnt.
The class ~ very numerous. II includes
many Of the foremost thinkers ~ the
nineteenth century. They may not he
acquainted with the facts In relation TO
the casting out ~ devils IN the present
are. hut they believe what 20 stated
concerning those thinsr In The New
Testament. InHurHnll asks. "iH thofc
anything In the literature u the world
moro perfectly idiotio' than what the
New Testament contains on this sub.
iect7 The answer 49, Yes. u ~ 60 be
found In 'rhe Hest Argument Against
Christianity" by Robert q. ingcrsoll.
Mr.. ingcrsoil thus proceeds with his
hes, argument"
"can We hciicvc that christ raised the
dead a widow living la Main o. fnls
lowing her SON TO tho tomb. christ hulif
the funeral PROCESSION and Raises the
young man from the dead nnd gives him
back 10 the arms Of his mothgr tut.
hssfd Of as asain; No one iakea the giight.
ct intcres, In IN. men who rulurRed from
one who tells the story Maybe Mat
ihew, Mark and John never heard Il, or
90 10, housNe ,n9 - i,ii'a 70 ,e,,9rdi
from the dcid Matthew. Mark aud Luke
Hay nothing about a.
"inEnruH did not excite the least In
ttrcat. No ono asked him about the
other world No onr Inquired 81 him
about their dead friends
I'VE do not believe IN the miracles ~
Mohsmm,d. aud yet they are ~ We'll at
tested ~ thlr. We have no runfldNurc N
,he. miracles performed IS Joseph smith,
better"
"Can we believe that Christ raised the
dcadG" That depends upon the evil
dcnco presented and our Willingness 10
accept the evidence " sufficient Co con
vince. Mr. inrrfsoii. taking the ground
OF the dfsbclleVcr that huth thinrH are
impossible. cannot be moved from hts
position By any amount Of testimony.
no matter how conclusive II may be- To
the less nccptical. lie pronounces thu
evidence az 60 the miracles 90 NOLAN.
med na wcil uttrfted nv than ~ tho
raising ~ the dead by christ. lie fur,
thor admits that the evidence an TO the
miracles performed hy Joseph smith IL
Ear greater, Tar better than no 60 the
miracles OF Mohnmmcd or OF Christ.
Yet he declares. I'VE have no confidence
Ia the miracles performed hy Joseph
smith. Why notf u Joseph Smith per
formed miracles. why should we not
have confidence Ia thomf The same
question may be reasonably asked In
relation u the miracles % NOLAN
med" The trouble with Mr lngcrHoll
~ that no matter how we'll attentod
may be- the occurrence ~ something be-
yond his comprehension. he VIII ~.
ject II because u IN contrary 10 his
opinion OF what n possible There are
many living witncafcH 10 the manifeH-
tationn Of the power OF God through
Joseph Smith ana his followers, IN hal
ms the sick, opening thf eyes of the
blind. CAUSING the lame To walk. the
deaf to hear the dumb 10 speak, and
even IN the raising OF the apparently
dead 10 life. II IN not surprising that.
rejecting this living testimony borne By
Intelligent persons who gain nothing
by their evidence, Mt. lnRcrfoli should
also reject the testimony Of persons
who are dead. which has come down TO
US from the ufat Contury OF the Chris
tinn era lngcrsoll the lawyer never
gained case In court ON evidence as
strong, nh harmonious. as conclusive
and nH uumcruuHly attCHted as that now
IN existence aH 10 the miracles" per-
formed by Joseph Smith, the Prophet
of the nineteenth century. and HIS aH-
HuciAtcH and successors In the ministry.
Yet iugeraoll tho Hccptic, utterly re-
fuses TO accept this evidence, simply
because II 81 something that he does not
know. or claim To know, and which ne
does not understand.
The Same fallncy runs through this
alleged argument 'of Mt ingerHnlls
as that which has already been cNpoFed.
Tho fnct that Matthew, Mark and John
did not record the occurrence mon.
toned by Luke, u no evidence that they
never heard OF II or that they did not
believe H. Each of the writer's OF the
"GOspclH" ireniionH some things not
spoken ~ by the others. hut everyone
OF thpm tcatinca 10 the raininE % the
dead by Jesus OF Nazareth. Mr. inger-
soil u not a careful RAIDER ~ the New
Testament or he purposeiy Ignores
some very important parts Of u which
ought To BE- considered h connection
with the subject ON which he treats.
Matthew gives particular ~ the reHur-
citation by tAe Savior 81 a. young
whose father had faith in him !
Matt ix: $3.50, Mark ulfo t.atines 10
the raising from the dead al JaIrlla. /
dnuEhcr (hlnrk y, 22-f3, John.
a. Mr lngors0ll admita relates |