Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-07-26


lates TO the denial Of present revelation
and its necessity. But the writer at.
tempts TO explain what revelation Is
from a scientific standpoint, which he
does in the following language;
1T Is the formula Of a complex In
telectual process-the cumulative abil
ity Of the ever-growing and expand
ins mind TO crap the finer relations
between things, and 10 transmute ex
perlences Of past error into effective
means whereby immediate truths coud
more easily he acquired II Is not IN
dlcative Of a sporadic descent OF Coo
10 man, but Of an eyolutlonal and
methodical ascent OF man to God"
According TO this definition, there ii
no need Of present revelation, in the
sense IN which that term is generally
understood and as II Is used In the Old
and New Testaments Indeed, II 1t ID
correct, there never was any such rev.
eatlon as that declared in those sacred
writings
But judging by statements made In
the Bible and attested by many Wit
nesses revelation was not the mere
formula OF a complex intellectual
process" 1t was communication from
the divine mind to human mind
selected as its recipient, by which
truths were made known, command
ments were given, duties were imposed
and authority was bestowed, not by
any development Of individual thought
or experience In a human being but by
actual communication from a personal
God. !
lfthls Is not true. then the whole BIZ
bic story OF revelation from on high Is
a fairy tale. a fraud. an imposition. an
infamous lie. so with the revelations
OF the New Testament on this so
called Scientific" theory, neither God
in person nor angels In His name ever
spoke to n human being. The Mosaic
code was not made known by personal
communication between God and Moses,
but was the formula Of complex In
telectual process"ln the mind OF Moses
which he imposed upon Israel and upon
all future generations as a divine law,
given direct from Him who is Eternal
All the so-called INSPIRED" utter
ances Of the Hebrew prophets were
mere expressions Of "evOlutional and
methodIca ascent" evidences of the
ability Of the speakers and writers Ito
transmute experiences OF past error
into effective means whereby immedi-
ate truths could more easily be acquir-
ed" The visions OF Isaiah, Jeremiah and
Ezekiel in which they declared God
spake to them and gave them mes
sages to deliver to their nation, were
fabrlcatlons TO deceive people into the
belief that the Complex intellectual
process In the minds Of those men,
was indeed the voice of the Eternal
God. In other words, all the prophets
and seers and reyelators Of antiquity
were impudent imposters. And this
wonderful definition of the term reye-
latlon is given by one who claims to
be Rabbi, teacher in Israeli
This explanation Of the term reyela-
ton is not scientific II is not phil
illogical, II Is merely fanclful and
skeptical. The development Of the
mind Of man, and revelation. whether
from God or some other source, are es-
sentially different. One Is internal
growth, the other is external commun-
cation. When teacher discoses some-
thing to a pupil that was previously
unknown to the latter, II may be term
ed revelation. This, however, Is differ
ent from an 'eyolutional and method
ical ascent" OF the scholars mind. So |
when God, either in person or by a
heavenly messenger. or by the power OF |
the Holy Ghost speaks TO human be- |
ing, that is revelation and not mere
embodiment OF the human
mind. Revelation aids in intellectual
and spiritual advancement, in the put
ting away OF old errors and grasping
new truths, but, as the word itself sig
nifles, It is something communicated,
not. self-eyolyed.
The religion OF the Bible whether II
be viewed under the Mosaic or the
Christian dlspensation, was religion OF
divine revelation, something actually |
from God to man. Some
times by His own voice, at others by |
he ministration OF angels, and again
by the power OF the Holy Ghost which |
was as real a manifestation 10 the
prophets who wrote and spoke under It's
Inspiration, as Is the light Of the sun
when II shines from the heavens upon
hat part OF the globe which Is turned
owards It. Any other religion is not
Biblical.
Attempts to philosophize and theorize
'or the purpose OF explaining away the
simple facts Of Gods revelations as de-
Jared in holy writ, are atheistlcas in
heir influence and character The de-
nal OF the doctrine Of present reyela-
.lor is somewhat akin to IT, They both |
move In the same direction and have
/ similar result They provoke doubt |
IS to rast revelation and hinder people
rom seeking for present revelation.
They are in direct contradiction TO the
word Of God Himself, and signs Of the
spiritual darkness that has come upon
the world.
Revelation is not only a we'll attest
I'd fact of the past, but also OF the
present. God did speak to man in for
mer ages. He has spoken in the pres
emit dispensation. He does communicate |
his mind and win through His servants,
whom He has called and appointed for |
the purpose, today as Of yore, He man