Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-29
DrsrRrr EVENING NEWS SATURDAY DECEMBER 90 1900

he was a prophet they said they haC
| Moses for their prophet Jesus turned
ana said unto them. Had yo believed
Moses sc would hgye believed me. foI
| Moses wrote of me The fact Of The
matter was. they did not believe Moses
nor the scriptures from which they quot
cd. because had they believed them, az
they profegscd. they would have be-
.leved Jesus. IN another occasion they
said to Him that they We're the children
of Abraham. and bee replied III ye Were
Abraham's children, SO would do the
works OF Abraham, They thus cons
yic,ed themselves. and needed no ac-
guser.
People come to me and say they be-
Hove Zoo the Bible, and then
turn around ana condemn a prophet
DO you think you can convince me
that men who deny prophecy and pres-
cnt revelation believe the Scriptures
The very genius OF the Scriptures Is
revelation Take revelation out Of the
Bible and you may as wen give me
Jospphus or any other history Jesus
said. search the Scriptures, for I'm
them ye think ye have eternal life, and
they are they which testify of me- And
not word ~ the New Testament was
written when he recommended those
Scriptures 10 the pa pie TIE Sculptures
were simply the words Of the Father
out Of The mouths OF Ills servants and
n a man On the nineteenth century De-
wrought upon by the same power and
spirit that Indited the words Of Isaiah.
Malachi. job, Amos, Moses Abra-
ham, or Jacob I wonder if
that is not Scripture The
Prophet Amos said. surely the Lord
God VII. DO nothing but be revealeth
his secret unto hIs servants the prOpn-
ets.' Moses said. Would TO God that
an the Lords people We're prophets.
Paul understanding the condition ot
the Church, said, Therefore leaving the
principles OF the doctrine off Christ let
us go on TO perfection For we know
IN part, and we pr0phesy On part hut
when that which is perfect Is come,
then that which is Ia part shall be done
away II speaking iu tongues, inter-
probation Of tongues, revelation visions.
healing the sick. dsCernment Of spirits
holy dreams, etc, constituted with Paul
the first principles OF the Gospel, the
people had gone on 90 perfection ac-
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Christianity be today2 Why, instead Of
one prophet we would have q thousand
prophets!
TESTIMONY OF JESUS IS INsPIRA-
TON
Men come and tell me that the canon
OF scripture is full, and that the Lord
stopped talking TO people on the earth
nineteen hundred years ago, right In the
face OF the declaration OF their Lord
and Master ASK, and q shall De given
you seek. and ye shall ind knock, and
u shall be opened unto you" He also
said 70 His disciples just before lie WAS
delivered up. II have yet many things
TO say unto you, but ye can
not bear them now" People
tell me that these sayings were in
tended for the people only TO whom He
was talking If that be true. ] Won
der what We are doing with that Cos
pei and that Book. II these sayings
do not belong to us, we had better close
up the Bible. Peter said, mo prophecy
of the scripture Is Of any private inter-
probation, For prophecy came not in
Old time by the viii OF mani but holy
men Of God spake as they were moved
oy the Holy Ghost" What those good
men said under the influence OF the
Holy Ghost was scripture, ANA II man
is moved upon by the Holy Ghost In
NE nineteenth century. what he says
under It's influence Is scripture When
VIII the world understand this? Pa0-
pie answer me on that point and say
nat the nineteenth century IS fun Of
Of light and truth, because
we are living In an age OF a Christian
blaze. All right; then instead Of los.
ng prophets We ought 10 have them
But the fact Of the mat
er u.s. the world deny prophecy and rev
'lauon, and they will not have proph- |
rs. SO / cannot see thar they are max
ng much advancement as Christians |
Cor my own part / would rather have |
me live prophet than a hundred dead |
mes. But live prophet viii never /
ontradlct a dead one. Listen: but |
he Comforter. which Is the Holy Ghost |
whom the Father will send In my name. /
e shall teach you all things and bring /
VI things TO your remembrance. what /
oever | have said unto you.
And he viii show you things 20 come"
lark that language. II you will If the
eople have received the Holy Ghost. |
hen in the very nature OF the case they
ave become prophets. "for the testi-
lony OF Jesus is the spirit OF proph-
Cyl and Prophet Is a man who com.
lunicates the will OF God and tells
lings yet 10 come Socrates says that
wo contrary opinions cannot exist IN
he mind at the same time. a modern
ritter has said that there are only
we've men on the earth at a time who
pprecate Plato. Hang grapes high
nd people will soon call them sour.
FAITH DEVELOPED BY oPPosI-
TON.
Now, the people who accept that
.andard OF life given by our
az Jerusalem will be perse.
ltei reylied and rejected Of man.
scause, according 10 the Book. "He
nat viii live cody IN Christ Jesus shall
lfter persecution My heart reiolced
{ a statement that was made last sun
as from this stand. 20 the effect that
e should thank God FOR our enemies.
{ first thought that appears TO be
liher "a radical expression; but not So