Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-08

This morning when the sun rose she
was over there (pOinting TO the east)
How In the name 0f God could the sun
get from that side Of the house over
to this pointing to the wes) unless II
moved?
Nov, Solomon was certainly o schol-
ar. DO you know he was the man who
said. 1.-THE sun arlseth and goeth down
and hQsteneth back TO the place she
moved from II Is nonsense 10 say
that the sun does not move. Every
man who ever read the Bible knows
the sun do move
He further fortified his position with
numerous references to the Scriptures.
His sermon was heard by a newspaper
man who happened to be In the church
1t was published in local paper. and
was instantly copied all over the coun-
try and later throughout Europe In
some foreign quarters It was taken Sc
riously, and many ludicrous discussions
resulted, Jaspers church was over
run with visitors from all over the
country and In response to requests he
preached his sermon over and over
again He was offered large sums to
travel over the country and preach Il,
but he refused TO leave Richmond, eN
cept for one brief lecture tour He
preached his sermon hundreds Of times,
and up to the time Of his death the
bare announcement that he would
preach from the old familiar text, "The
Lord is Man Of War" was sufficient
to MI the church TO overlooking
The strange notions Of this preacher
show sufficiently the necessity Of a cor
rect understanding OF the Scriptures.
To be able to read Is not all that Is
needed, Mr.. Jasper is described as an
honest, thoughtful and earnest man,
and his faith seemed so sublime that
the tendency to mirth in his heasrs
was suppressed. And yet he was 50 far
from a correct understanding Of the
word he read and quoted, as was the
Ethiopian before Philip had explained
to him the meaning Of that which en-
gagged his attention.
Paradoxical as the statement may
appear to some, It is nevertheless true,
that It Is quite possible to be mlsled
and to mislead others, by the reading
Of the Scriptures, If that reading is
without the correct Interpretation.
Probably in no other country than
this could a public speaker acquire
fame on such grounds In other coun-
tries, when an idea, or thought strikes
a person. he would first look round and
see whether any other person Of note
had entertained a similar idea, The
sensitiyeness to ridicule would prompt
this course. It would be question Of
authority Here however 1t is DIFF
ferent. The political equality is ex-
tended to every domain, as far as posi-
bic. Everyone Is his own authority
Even divine authority is being leveled
to the summit of human authority
or attempts TO level II are at least,
made. As a consequence a good many
ridiculous things are said in public or
printed. which in other countries would
not reach beyond the brain, or the prl-
vate circle Of friends. OF the one who
first conceived them. We do not know
but that this, on the whole, Is bene-
fetal. For It is under this perfect
freedom that truth itself has been pro-
claimed TO the world, as it could have
been in no other country, Truth has
nothing to fear in competition with
error. It will hold the field trium-
plant.