Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-08-22
wIsHARD's wANDERiNGs'


In one Of his efforts to misrepresent
the mormon" faith, Dr Wishard' ad-
dressing the Presbyterian teachers
said;
"They claim that II has four chier
puints namely, repentance talth pap-
ism and the laying on Of hands Tor the
gift OF the Holy Ghost. h.,
"our Mormon friends teach that
Cbrist died to save US from original SIN
whatever that may mean, and mat we
must atone for personal transgresslOn
nv repentance. faith, baptism ana re-
centlon of the Holy Ghost, the PAYNE
of tlthes and obeying the Priesthood
Everybody at all acquainted With the
I.atter.day Saints doctrine, knows that
this 10 a gross peryersion Of that whicn
is SCI forth in the oral and published
teachings of the Church Of Jesus Christ
Of Latter-day Saints. Here is the de-
c,aratlon contained in the Articles Oh
Faith:
eve believe that through the atone
rnent of Christ all mankind may De
snyed by obedience to the laws anu
ordinances OF the Gospel
eve believe that these ordinances
are. First, faith In the Lord jesus
christ. second. repentance, thlrd, pap
liam, by immersion for the remission OF
aims. fourth, laying on OF hands TOT the
Gin OF the Holy Ghost
There Is not anything in the reveal
lions Of God 10 this Church nor In the
authorized teachings Of It's Apostles ana
Elders. which justifes our reverend de-
famer in stating that we regard obedl-
once "a these Gospel requirements as an
oatonement for personal transgres-
sIons" A teacher Of teachers ought 10
be careful Of his premises before he pro-
ceeds 10 make an argument and jump
NJ conclusions. DR., Wishards pretend
od abatement OF our belief Is utterly
false and deceptive. That, however Is
nothing new in the utterances OF that
Presbyterian clergyman.
AS TO Original sim" We must en-
fess surprise at the real or pretended
Ignorance OF the learned preacher as
10 the meaning Of that term For
definition Of 1t we refer him TO article
nine OF the thlrty-nine Articles OF Ke-
llgIon 10 which all ministers OF the
church OF England have to subscribe
II is term with which every student
Of theology Is familiar II Is not by
any means original with the Latter-day
Saints. II Is explained In the article
10 which we refer, as "the fault and
corruption OF the nature Of every man
that naturally Is engendered OF the on
spring Of Adam" II Is referred to In
the Presbyterian Glass Book on the
Confession OF Faith as "the origin OF
ain in this world" and the Westminster
Confession says:
by this sin they Tour first parentsl
fell from their original righteousness
and communion with God, and so be
came dead In sin and wholly denied
in all the faculties and parts OF soul
and body"
"They being the root Of all mankind,
the guilt of this sin was imputed ana
the same death In sin and corrupted
nature conveyed 10 all their posterlti
descending from them by ordinary gem
Grafton"
"From this original corruption where
nv we are utterly lndlsposed, disabled,
and made opposite to all good ana
wholly inclined 20 all evil. do proceed
all actual transgressions."
For whatever that may mean" when
the term Original sin" IL used, We re-
fer DR.. wishard to his own published
creed, which a great many Presby-
terlans want to revise, but which
stands as authority today unchanged ia
any particular Would II not be Just
rs well, n the Utah Presbytery We're
to give the assembled teachers some In
structions In their own creed. instead
OF disappearing the beliefs OF other
churches2 II Dr, Wishard does not
know the meaning Of Original sim he
should study the Westminster Confess
sion OF Faith and the works OF recog-
nized theological authorities.
The Latter-day Saints believe that
Christ died to atone for Adams trans
erosion. that Is, FOR original SIM %
and that this atonement was without
any conditions. our first parents We're
alone guilty Of that sin We had moth.
ing 10 do with IL. We are not respon-
sible for H. Whatever effects may
have come upon their posterlty in con
sequence Of that transgresslon, man
kind In general cannot be justly ac.
cused OF the original act which intro
duced sin into the world Therefore
the Savior made complete and perfect
atonement for a. and an the descend.
ants OF Adam and Eve will be redeemed
from death, which Is the consequence
Of that original tansg'cssion. AS Ia
Adam all die, even So In Chris, shall all
be made alive" Death comes upon
all and all viii be resurrected from the
dead
Actual sin IS a term used TO denote
the personal sins Of individuals who
have come 10 the years Of accountable
ity. They are responsible for their
own doings They win be- Judged "ac-
cordlng 20 their works" Christ atoned
for those sins conditioned on obedience
10 His commandments. Acceptance Of
His atonement Is essential 10 salvation
from those sins, Tho conditions re
Quired, a. set forth In the l.atter-day
Saints Articles % Faith. ere a. 81,
have already stated, faith IN The Lord
Jesus Christ repentance. baptism foi
the remission Of sins, and The recep
ton OF the Holy Ghost by The layin,