Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-09-26

be an explanation OF the Christian reIi-
gion. At present we viii only make
a few references TO tract No. /. II is
an endeayor to reply to the Articles OF
Faith OF the Church Of Jesus Christ
Of Latter-day Saints" and consists
chiefly Of assertions, with garbled ex-
tracts from Mormon" works 80 select
ed as to give color Of support to those
assertions. For instance. the author
states as Mormon" doctrine; 'Sin
Necessity" This Is followed by isolat-
ed extracts from the writings OF Nor
mon" authors, showing the place which
is occupied In the divine economy by
the fall OF our first parents and its re-
suits, Another instance Is this: "The
Atonement Does Not Save Souls"
This is followed by similarly selected
parts Of sentences which, II given In
their entirety would show that no one
could be saved without the atonement
Of Christ, but that obedience TO His
Gospel is an essential condition to that
salvation. Ono more statement IL. "sel-
walton by Faith Evil" The quotations
which follow show that the Idea Of sal
walton by faith ALONE is that which Is
denounced as wrong, but that without
faith there can be no salvation. These
examples will show the tenor OF the
whole misleading and doubled dealing ef-
fort, put forth TO deceive the public.
AS specimens OF his pretended eta
lions from Mormon" authorities we
quote the following:
"A prophecy spoken In 1898: Within
ten years from now the people OF this
country who are not "Mormons" will
be entirely subdued by the Latter-day
Saints, or swept from the face OF the
earth, and If this prediction fails you
may know that the Book OF Mormon Ia
not true-Apostle p. r. Pratt"
"Some Mormon Revelation From
the Devil: Jos. Smith said In 1899, speak
ing by revelation OF his own revela-
tIons. Some revelations are OF God,
some revelations are Of man, and some
revelations are Of the devil"
The first Of these assertions is a com
ple,e, wicked and stupid fabrication.
Farley +. Pratt never uttered such a
prediction or anything like It. The
maligner of the dead does not pretend
to give any authority for his pretended
quotations, by reference to any book
or person or anything else TO substan-
tate his falsehood. The second state
ment Ia absurd on its face. Is II at all
likely that the Prophet Joseph Smith
would state to anybody, that some OF
the revelations he received were from
man and others from the devil? The
remark attributed to him Is correct In
itself. There are pretended revelations.
and have been nearly ever since the
world began, which were either from
man or from the devil, but neither JOS
eph Smith, nor any other Prophet Of
God ever proclaimed that the reyela-
tions he received were from an evil
source. The writer Of the pamphlet has
purposely and wilfully lied, in stating
that Joseph Smith in making that
statement referred to "his own revela-
tons"
We do moi care 10 follow this per-
verter's pamphlet any further at pres
ent, 80 as to burden the columns Of the
Deseret News with his tergiversatlons.
Anyone versed In the doctrines OF the
Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints viii perceive at glance the pur-
pose OF the author, and the devilIsh
cunning with which he has picked
out little bits from the writings and
speeches OF Mormon" Elders In such
q way as 20 distort their full signin-
cation. II ia said that half truth Is
a whole lle,r and this Is emlnently APP
pllcable to the admixture OF truth and
falsehood, half sentences and part para
graphs, which the sheep-wagon prose-
lyter Is palming upon the public as an
exploitation of Mormon" doctrine. Je-
sus warned the world In this wise:
Beware OF them that come unto you
In sleeps clothing, but inwardly are
ravenlng wolves" We add Beware
Of them that come unto you in sheep
wagons, with mock plety seeking your
hospitality and circulating false and