Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-06-29

sheer. The orthodox notion that the
bible supplies the place Of direct reve-
lation suited to the time and people to
whom II is given, Is a very poor make
shift for reply. Has God changed? Is
He unable 70 manifest Himself In these
latter days as In former times? Is the
dead letter Of old Scriptures, about the
meaning Of which its sef.apponted In
terpreters quarrel and divide the pro-
fessed believers In It into hundreds OF
dlscordant sects 10 be compared with
living oraces dlylnely inspired and
clothed with divine authority?
II Is auo that when people become
convinced that God is 'the same yes
teraay, today and forever" and are
willing to investigate, they are pretty
well prepared for the reception Of other
Mormon doctrines" OF course, II
there IS no belief IN the doctrine of
present revelation, there can be no
faith in system founded upon It. But
II does not follow, II the principle OF
continuous divine revelation be true,
that "Mormonism" Is Of divine origin,
II must be shown that God has actual
" revealed IT, and that 1t Is consonant
with His former communications ana
with known truths, in order q estab-
fish It In the minds OF rational inqulr-
ers.
The tenacity with which the deyoteos
Of this system cling to H. in spite Of
all opposition and persecution and ridl-
Guile. IS occasloned by the personal wit
ness they receive from above that 1t Ia
the work Of God. They are promised
this gift on obedience to It's first prin-
clples. and the fulalmont is testimony
that Is Ike Are in thor bones and that
overwhelms them with its light and
power baptizing them with the spirit
and filling them with the satisfaction
that comes Of mistaken conviction
The question, why should not the
Lord speak to a living prophet today
as He Is believed 70 have spoken to
prophets long since dead, remains un-
answered by modern Chrstendom' And
The testimony Of many thousands who
say they know that he does, stands un-
lmpeached as a matter Of fact, and UNI
agsalled as a question Of logic and of
common sense It Is an impregnable
position on both rational and theologl-
cal grounds
The converts in New York obtain
this witness from on high, In common
with an persons who, in the sincerity
OF their souls and the obedience Of their
hearts. accept the truth newly revealed
from heaven. The dead forms and dry
as-dust teachings Of effete and de-
cayed "Christendom' may well shake
their dry bones at the approach OF the
restored. living Church of the Re-
ieemer, But they show very little dis
erection, and less Christian character
In their Incorporate and impotent at
lacks on the Elders who, without pay
preach the pure gospel Of peace, and
the consistent and sincere people who
accept the truth in honest hearts, and
have az much right to embrace Nor
as any Of the conflicting
'reeds that distract mankind.
It Is evident that there are some Of
the sheep Of Israel in Greater New
York, or there would not be so much Of
a bowling among the wolves Let the
Elders in that mission take heart and
be encouraged In their labors. Let
them continue to SOW the good seed
1eglectIng no opportunity, and in due
season they shall reap II they faint
not. The opposition aroused is a sigh
which the wise win understand, and we
nay expect glad ti4lngs Of the spread
II the WORK In the Eastern States Mis-
lion