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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-02-23

this obvious reason. give prominence
to the fact that the Christians, who
were also bitterly hated by Rome, were
the followers Of a Jewish Prophet To
gain his purpose he naturally had TO ig-
more as much as possible the existence
Of the Nazarene and His disciples. and
this he did studlously Ie could. how
ever mention IN passing that such
man as Jesus had lived, and that He
was put TO death at the lnstlgatlon OF
the chief men Of the Jews, for that
would De a proof Of the loyalty Of the
Jews 20 the Romans-the very point Jo-
sephus sought to establish as far as
possible. after what had taken place
during the rebellion In which Jerusalem
was destroyed. Everything considered,
It is more likely that the disputed pass.
ge was penned by Josephus. and am
pllhcd by copyist, than that It was
entirely forged
interpretations are not unfrequent In
ancient writings. They are found, as
critics have proved even In the New
Testament And It Is not necessary to
suppose that they always are the work
Of dishonest scrIbes A copylst would
at times make his own note on the mar
gin Of a manuscript which he copied
as foot notes now are made at the bot.
tom Of printed pages Another copyist
IN copying this manuscript might in
corporate the notes in the text itself
without knowing perhaps whether the
original author or q later scribe had
first written them. In this way many
interpretations have found their way in
to the texts, and It Is at times difficult,
at this day, to determine what Is gen
ulne ara what Is spurious, That Fuse
bus, however was an INSCRIPTIONS
forger Of ecclesiastical history Is not
proved That he was mistaken in many
things may be true, but as a rule he
is sustained by later impartial inyestl-
cation.
hN bl1HNA'u lilAto W pbHfplub nave
been thoroughly studied by the worlds
ablest scholarship. because contempor-
airy testimony, outside OF the New Tes-
lament, about the Savior, Is rare. The
opponents Of Christianity are reluctant
to adn'lt this direct reference to His
birth and death. and Its friends are
equally reluctant to reject 1t, 1t Is GER
tainly not material for the historical
basis OF Christianity, for the writings
Of Paul, and the Gospels cannot be sue.
cessfully challenged as historical docu-
ments, But It Is nevertheless of some
importance And the truth is, no doubt,
to be found in the explanation that
Josephus originally wrote a brief allu-
sion to the death of Jesus, as brought
about by the Jews, and that Christian
copylst enlarged what he had written,
perhaps in e marginal note which later
found its way into the text.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-02-23
RECENT PUBLICATIONS

The leading article In McClure's Mag
azlne for March Is character study of
Edward the Seventh, written by George
W. Smalley, the American correspond
ent of the London Times, and illustrat-
ed by collection of photographs. Life
Portraits Of Queen Victoria Is another
feature. The series Is made up OF re-
productions from photographs and
paintings. They cover the life OF the
queen from infancy TO old age, and are
accompanied by descriptive text, Theo-
dore Roosevelt, vice president elect OF
the United States, contributes an article
entitled, Reform Through Social
Work" "Disbandlng the Union Army"
Is the title Of an article by Ida NJ. Tar
bell This describes the extraordinary
feat accomplished by the Federal gov
eminent at the close Of the Civil War,
when, without any disaster, a million
soldiers were returned to quiet pursuits,
Among the contents OF the magazine
are What We Know About Mars" by
Edward s. Holden "Billy's fearless
Woe" a story written and Illustrated
by Frederic Remington; 1.-THE Law Of
Life" an Alaskan story, by Jack Lon
don: Dan Mccarthy" story Of the
New York Police, by J. Lincoln Stef-
fens, and an Instalment OF Kim" by
Rudyard Kipllng,-The S. $, Mcclure
Co., New York.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-02-23
ABOUT LENT.

large portion OF the so-caled Chris
tian world is now observing the season
known as Lent. The word is from the
Anglo Saxon 'lencten, ITO make long
a name suggested by the fact that the
season comes in the spring, when the
days begin to lengthen. Its origin dates
back to the early centuries Of our era,
and It was Instituted for the purpose
of giving believers In the Son Of God
ample time TO prepare for the proper
contemplation Of His sufferIngs, death,
and resurrection. 1t was dedicated as
a period Of the year particularly set
apart for fasting. prayer, alms-gylng,
abstinence from worldly pleasures. and
religious meditation. II Is still strictly
observed In the Roman church. and to
some extent in other churches, but Pro-
testants generally DO not regard II as
a divine institution, and, consequently
do not enforce its observance.
Religious systems generally have APP
pointed periods Of fasting and self
abnegatlon. The Mosaic dispensatlon
prescribed one great day OF fasting, on
which the people We're TO afillct their
souls" from evening to evening" This
day was associated with the great day
Of atonement. From this law the Ro-
man church, we presume obtained the
pattern Of the numerous fasts. The
Mohammedans, too, have their Rama
dan, the month in which the first part
Of the Koran is said TO have been re-
vealed 70 the Arabian prophet, and dur
ing this month all the faithful, whether
at home or abroad, are supposed to
abstain from food every day until af-
ter sunset
In the Church, as Is well known, the
first Sunday In every month has been
appointed as one OF fasting. while the
further observance OF this self denial Is
left to each individual as he or she
shall be directed by the Spirit, when
special spiritual, or even temporal bles-
sings are sought for This agrees per-
fectly with the teachings of the word OF
God upon that subject, both In ancient
and modern dispensatlons.
The great principle that underlles
fasting Is we'll expressed by the Prophet
Isaiah: rs not this the fast that
have chosen? TO loose the bands OF
wickeduess, to undo the heavy burdens,
and to let the oppressed go free, and
that sc break every yoke? Is It not to
deal thy bread to the hungry, and that
thou bring the poor that are cast out
TO thy home? When thou seest the
naked, that thou cover him; and that
thou hide not thyself from thine own
flesh2" This Is the divine doctrine Of
fasting. II is the object for which 1t IL
Instituted. II is not confined to days
and seasons, but extends throughout
the entire life OF a true follower Of
Jesus. Special obseryancos are valua-
BE. as they aid in the fostering Of this
spirit Of beneyolencc and unselhshness
but II days and seasons are substituted
for that spirit, they are merely empty
forms
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-02-23
ON RELIGIOUS TOPICS.
New York Churchman.

II a church is to express the Chris
tianity Of nation, If II Is to be a ma
tonal church, and at the same time a
Catholic church, 1t must have It's roots
firm In the past. 1t must be able to
appeal with confidence to antiquity,
but II must be able 10 give scope to
men who see truth from many sides. to
all who approach religion from what
ever direction with the conviction that
II Is a revelation of God In Christ
Though those who took part in this
Fulham) conference did not accept In
terms its suggestion Of common
standing ground, they did accept II In
spirit, each reservIng his own liberty,
none OF them untrue to cathollcity and
none Of them untrue TO reformation. It
is impossible. perhaps It Is not even de.
sirable that there should be entire ac-
cord in the metaphysical statement of
spiritual truth, In our finite readings
after the infinite It Is only in heaven
that II will be given us to see him as he
Is
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-02-23

The awful calamity detailed in our
dispatches from the Pacific coast, is one
Of the horrors Of the times and shows
the fallibility OF human beings, not
withstanding the training Of a profes-
sion and the experience Of practice.
The presence OF that unseen rock on
which the vessel foundered, surely must
have been known to the pilots of the
port to San Francisco, and the failure
to steer clear Of It was one OF those
errors which have the appearance of
fatality. We sympathize with the
friends of the lost and missing. and ad-
mire the heroism Of the gallant cap.
tain, who stayed with his vessel to the
last and went down with it to the
depths unilinchngly.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-02-23
New York Evangelist

Somebody complains that this mater
lal age Is incapable Of vision: that poe
try or philosophy is now impossible.
We have sometimes wondered what So
crates would have made Of the tele.
phone, or Homer Of the modern battle
ship or a Broadway trolley-car. II you
put Milton into Mr., Chamberlain's Of
fee. or gave John Calvin into command
Of the New York Aldermen, Il Is quite
likely they would cut smaller figure
and find new proportions as well as new
conditions, But for all that, philosophy
IL a verify and poetry IS stlll a vision.
And when n Presbyterian goes TO Ia
menting the decay OF vision and recalls
the great seers Of past age he should
remember that not one Of the poets and
philosophers he so sincerely regrets
cherished our confession n faith.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-02-23
NOT A "CoRRECTloN."

We have received letter from Or.
S. r. Wishard, well known by reputa-
tlon to most Of the people Of Utah as
pronounced anti Mormon" Of the
sensational and not over particular
type. We print the first paragraph Of
the letter below and omit the portions
which are impudent and abusive, He
says:
my attention has been recently
called to an article In your paper In
which you quote me as saying that 1f
either (politcaD party hopes for sue
cess, II has to nominate Mormon for
no other stands chance for election
Let me do myself the pleasure Of cor
recting that statement, and OF asking
you to publish the correction as widely
as you have published the statement"
The ARTICLE" to which Mr. Wishard
refers, was simply reproduction of a
report OF his remarks published In other
papers. II Will be observed that he
offers nothing In refutation Of that re-
port Of his foolish attack. We must say
that we have more confidence in the
published reports than in his bare as
sertion, which scarcely amounts to a
denial. It harmonlzes with other OF
his utterances In different places, and
he merely says IN reference to H. Let
me do myself the pleasure Of correcting
that statement" He does not correct
It, but takes an opportunity to gnash
his teeth at the Deseret News which
is in no way responsible for the report
OF his ti-"Mormon' and senile public
utterances II he desires "correc-
ton" published as widely az the report
Of his speech, he had better make a
real correction" and send II TO the
papers which are responsible for the
arfoipuI rannpt
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-02-23

ton for It's suppression the saloon
smashers are Justified in their crusade
with all It's scenes Of violence and des-
truction.
II may not be q rule without e1cep-
tion that cause Of any kind IL to be
judged by It's effects Yet It may be re-
garded as true in general, and appllca-
bic in the present instance, What are
the results Of the smashing campaign
in Kansas? Demolition Of valuable
property, mot saying anything about
intoxlcants) disturbance Of the peace
defiance Of official authority moboc-
racy, tumult ana murder. What else?
Attention has been forcibly directed 10
the violation OF law by liquor vendors,
and the apathy Of the police authorl-
ties in relation 20 IT, But II does not
appear that anybody has been con-
verted from the liquor habit or that
any permanent cessation Of the liquor
traffic has beeu secured.
one principle that should obtain IN
general practice seems to be lost sight
Of, by the supporters Of the Nation
movement That Is, the suppression OF
lawessness belongs to the law, and
does not doyolve upon private mai
yidnals, no matter what may be their
views or convictions There Is a right
way to proceed against wrong. AS er-
ror Is not 70 be overcome by more
error, darkness by greater darkness
evil by Increased evil, so defiance
OF law is not TO be put down or pun
ished by lawless force The law Is am
pie for It's own vlndlcatlon Even II II
lags from the supneness or failure OF
It's officers. IL IS not to be executed by
private persons according 10 their pc
culiar notions. There Is still a legal
method Of procedure against the OIL
cials who do not perform their sworn
duty. The law must be administered
by the officers Of the law, and the null
tltude must not take It into their own
hands.
The influence attending the disgrace
full and anarchlstic scenes In Kansas,
is evil in the extreme It tends to
mob rule; TO deride and revile
the constituted authorities; to justify
Of private property by prl-
vate vengeance; to stir up lawless
strife and the use OF deadly weapons
to substitute brute force for reason and
light. II bears the spirit Of rampant
and should be opposed by |
every lover OF his country and defender
of law and order The liquor traffic
cannot be suppressed by such improper
and there Is no temperance
in such Incorporate and unlawful pro-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-02-23

cipally by the net results as indicated
by mere numbers of additions? Are
preachers afraid to say what they be-
lieve lest some of their hearers or some
unconditional dignitaries take Of
ence? Is an honest minister. who makes
the religious life practical and genuine,
almost, II not actually, certain of hav-
ing his salary reduced and of being
tried for heresy? Does the caste spirit
dominate the churches? Are missionary
gifts seldom genuine and loving? These
questions answer themselves, for any
one whose acquaintance with Christian
churches is wide and intimate. This
minister's wife could support every one
Of her statements by reference to this
or that minister or church, But she
has left. however unwlttingly the Inn
preston that the evils alluded TO are
general, II not universal, and are char
acteristic and dominant,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-02-23

II now the question arises. Should We
make our creed longer or shorter? we
must meet It by first anS~erlng the
question What doctrln~ should enter
into the regular teaching OF our office
bearers? But how again are We to an
swer this question? BY what test are
we to determine what scriptural doc.
trines ought to have place in the official
teaching Of our church, Nnd what
should be omitted? Is there any doc.
trne taught in the Bible which should
not find a place In our creed' Such
questionngs as these look toward a
lengthenlng OF our creed until II be-
comes an outline Of all inspired doc
tVlne
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-02-23

The loss OF the steamer Rio de Jan
GIRO Is most heart-rending affair.
Many Of the passengers were returning
to the land OF their BIRTH and that
land was but a mile or two distant and
their hopes were at the highest, The
matter Of responsibility for the terrible
catastrophe concerns the public far less
than the great gloomy pail that 1t
exists. The company to which the boat
belonged seems to have been very I'M
fortunate In the loss Of vessels.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-02-23
LAW AND LIQUoR.sELLING,

The rlotous disturbances In Kansas
seem to present two sides TO the pub
Inc. as Is usual on almost every CUES.
ton Of fact or principle. Most people
condemn the course Of the turbulent
agitators, led by Mrs Nation, regard
ing 1t as lawless, unjustlnable and pro-
motive Of much more harm than good.
o'hers take the ground that as Kansas
is prohibition state. and the busi-
ness OF liquor selling is unlawful and
public nuisance, seeing that the Of
heers Of the law DO not take any &C.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-02-23
New York IndenAndent.

Marriage Is the foundation OF society;
Il should be the NJ foundation for the
best society We know Such society re-
qures the best development Of woman
as well as NJ man. II makes neither A
tyrant and neither n slave. but each
the helpful mate and adviser ~ the
other In such society as the Christian
religion has developed, with education
and culture the right and the achieve
ment ~ the woman as well as OF the
man should be recognized.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-02-23

Pat Grove offers to give himself up If
guaranteed against lynchlng. The
Omaha officials. as for that matter the
officials Of Nebraska, should be able to
grant his request, II he is innocent he
should have the benefit Of that fact. II
he Is guilty. he will be in the hands of
the officers and they will have every
opportunity to prove It, Give the Grove
a chance to prove that he is not 50
black as he is painted.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-02-23

In deciding to abandon saloon smash
ing TO take journalism. Mrs. Nation
makes a very great mistake. AS a
saloon smasher the eyes Of the whole
nation were upon her. AS a Journal
lst she viii be lost sight of entirely
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-02-23
The Boston congreratlonalIst.

We have read with regre, the Con-
fesslons Of Minister'S Wife In the
February Atlantic Is Il accurate TO
portray ministers and peoples I'm mad
search for dollars" as depending upon
church fairs, concerts etc. 10 raise
money. especially for benevolences7 Are
ministers and churches estimated prin.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-02-23

Il seems that Field Marshal Count
Won Wadersee did not start on his ex-
petition as contemplated This appears
10 be clearly case where second
thought is hest thought
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-02-23

Rev Charles NJ sheldon, author Of
In His Steps, has been writing upon
the servant girl problem 1t is need
less to say that he has not solved II
any more than he has squared the cir
q,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-02-23

Congressman Mann Of Chicago favors
repeating the countervalllng duty on
foreign sugars It might be just as
we'll, IA the duty appears to be UNI
awaiting.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-02-23

In an exchange Marion Harland gives
a recipe for making claret punch. For
"claret' the Jefr.es' OF F,tzslmmon's
punch" o. best.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-02-23

Hon. ed, H. Anderson for Surveyor
General Of Utah is an excellent appoint
ment and WIN give very great satisfac-
tion throughout the state.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-02-23

and now g! Is said that the sewing
silk houses are TO combine Such a
combination would come pretty near
being "yclyet"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-02-23

In Chicago II Is proposed to build
more schools for crippes That would
be useless In our own city. for al
ready our schools are crippled for
money.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-02-23

Speaking Of checks to higher educa-
tlon. what's the matter with Harvard?
During the last week she has received
about a million IN checks.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-02-23

4 thCatcr trust has been formed, It
Is plain that It's purpose is to play"
the public.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-02-23

The state Of negotiations in China
rc,ms T. be state Of innocuous desue-
nin.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-02-23

Tic Senate has been called In extra
session for March T. 1t Is the usual
custom when new administration Is
lnaugurated and Is merely for the pur.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-03-20
Letter to |. o. Andrews,
Morris vile, Vt.

Dear Sir: Rockland, Maine, is a
seacoast town: hard place for paint.
About seventeen years ago, Farrand,
Spear 4 Co., Rockland, began with
Devoe. Their first sale was to paint
the harrington residence, we'll known
there.
Mr.. Farrand says the house ap-
pears, from the start, to be well
painted now, and has never been re-
painted.
We should like to know more def
nitely about job of paint that has
lasted seventeen years on a seaside
house. 1t is the longest time we have
had a report on.
Lead and oil lasts three years-a
first-rate job-and nobody says it
lasts longer. We are content to say
that Devoe lead and zinc lasts twice
as long but we know of houses innu.
merable, on which our paint has ex.
'oeeded six years.
Yours truly,
20 +. W. DEvoE & Co.
p. S. Geo. W. Doty sells our paint
in your section.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-03-20
Work of Cattle Commission.

The state cattle commissioners
have been doing a large amount of
work within the past few months and
the per cent. of tuberculosis found
has been larger than ever before. The
increase is due no doubt to the fact
that most of the work has been done
in herds where there never has been
an inspection before. Since Deem
Der l about 5000 head ofcattle have
been subjected to the test and of this
number six per cent. have been
slaughtered. The greatest average
previous to this time was four per
cent.
The commissioners are receiving re-
quests constantly from farmers to
test herds and nearly all animals con-
demned are subjected to the test at
the request of the owners. 1t is in
tended to increase the work of the
commission and it is expected that
many more herds of the state will be
visited within a short time. The
opposition against the commission
that existed at first is rapidly disap-
pearing and their work is consequent.
ly easier than formerly.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-03-20
Farmers Meetinos Closed.

The farmers meetings, which have
been conducted throughout the state
during the past few weeks under the
auspices of the state board ofagricul-
ture, have closed for this season.
There have been thirty.seven meet
ings held and the attendance has
been large in every case-larger per-
haps than in previous years. Every
year the farmers show more interest
in the gatherings and as they are
scattered throughout every part Of
the state, become easily accessible to
any who wish to attend.
The topics discussed this year en-
braced every feature of the work
which Vermont farmers take up anG
the speakers we're men we'll Informed
upon the various subjects. The most
notable speaker was j. 81. Brigham
assistant secretary of agriculture
who was in the state for two weeks
The agriculture experiment station
furnished excellent speakers and the
system of questioning at the close o
an address gave the farmers in at
tendance an opportunity to inquire in
to any phase of the work and express
their own opinions. 1t is hoped thai
the meetings will be continued mex
wear.