Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-02-18


that In the year 1898, the late Apostle
Parloy y Pratt prophcEltd as follows;
within ten years from now the peo-
pie Of this country who are not Nor
mono win be entirely subdued by the
Latter-doy Saints, or swept from the
face Of the earth, and II this predIc-
ton falls, then You may know that the
Book OF Mormon is not true
Farley p Pratt never made such a
prediction nor can It be found IN any
of bis writings, dlscourses or other ut
terances. II was manufactured "out
of whole cloth by pretended Chris
tlan preacher 10 bolster up his dstor-
lions Of the faith Of the Latter.day
Saints. II Is the same with many other
things that are set forth az coming
from the Elders Of this Church they
are invented by men 'who preach for
hire and divine for money and who
find their craft In danger through the
FORMULATION Of the simple principles
Of the Gospel as restored to earth By
revelation In these latter days, That
Gospel although II Is contrary TO the
theories Of modern scctarles, IL not
touched upon by them In their opposi
lion 10 the Latter-day Saints, but IN
stead, garbed excerpts from dscourses
Of long ago, and fabricated predictions
that we're never made by an Elder In
the Church, are held up as Mormon
doctrines to prejudice mankind and pre-
vent the reception Of the truth
We refer to these tricks Of the pro-
fessona preachers trade because Of
their recent revival and the use that Is
being made OF them In many parts Of
this and other countries. The Church
Of Jesus Christ OF Latter-day Saints
has an authorized form Of doctrine,
which IL presented TO the world by us
ordained opponents They are open to
criticism and discussion. but should
not be subjected to misrepresentation
When a Mormon" missionary pro-
claims that baptism, after faith and
repentance Is required In the name Of
Jesus Christ for the remission Of sins,
and that the Holy Ghost Is given to the
baptized believer by the laying on Of
hands Of authorized ministers, ana the
gifts Of the Spirit can be enjoyed to-
day the same as In past ages, what
answer to that simple doctrine is to be
found IN the assertion, that Brigham
Young once said the Church had gath
cred IN some Of the greatest and
smoothest liars, shrewdesi gamblers
and meanest devils on the face OF the
earth? Yet that Is the kind Of logic
used by learned dlylnes when confront
ed with the testimony Of the Elders
that God has opened new dispen-
satlon and revealed Himself once more
TO man ON earth2
We advise the Elders In their mis-
sIonary work to pay no attention TO the
rakIng up Of old ISLANDERS the republic
cation OF pretended quotations from
past discoursea the purported words
and acts OF men long since dead, and
all the rest Of the diversions by which
modern eectarlan ministers attempt to
throw dust In the eyes Of the people
and mud In the faces Of our mIssIonar.
los, There are differences enough be-
tween the tenets Of our faith and the
theories OF modern Chrlstendom on
which TO dispute, II that Is desired
without raking up questions that have
no bearing upon the issues now before
the world
II the principles we proclaim are un-
true, let them be 80 demonstrated by
the scriptures which all the scots In
Chrlstendom declare to be their guide
We are willing to abide the conse-
quences What this, that or the other
man has said or done is not the Ques-
ton. Is the Gospel proclaimed by the
Latter-day Saints true or false, taking
the Bible as the standard? That is
question worthy the attention Of all re-
llgious people Let the preachers meet
It fairly, or cease TO fight against that
which they vii not obey themselves
and are angered to see others accept