Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-07-25
OUR ART OF FAITH
4 sheffield Clergyman Gives Lee
ture on Them.

ture on Them.
wiser John H. Horsley writing from
Sheffield, Eng, says
Elders William Moss and Henry bat
thoomew have disturbed the pastor
flock at Hillsborougn, Sheffield to sucn
an extent that the minister deetheu II
necessary to give a special lecture Oh
the subject OF ''Mormonism ana MOT
mon Tracts, from their own tracts
He made several announcements ana
selected Sunday evening tor tiiS
special lecture, and earnestly invited uh
to be present. our Elders took adVan-
tage OF the opportunity and met at the
church at the appointed TIME ne
pastor after reading his Blbie les-
son and commenting a few minutes
on the same, made several announce
ments, then read the first IL verses OF
the third chapter Of md Tlmothy aiso
the first nine verses OF the 4th chapler
and then stated that he had not taken
up the subject for the purpose OF swell
Ing his audience or to gam nolorlety
but as guardian of my flock l ieei IL
my duty 20 warn you against those VINO
are not teaching the word OF TOO
imagine | hear some one IN the audience
say, be lenlent and extend TO lhem an
the mercy you can but ! nave no
mercy for any who are preventing the
Gospel Of our blessed Savior lie theh
exhibited a leaflet containing our aru-
cles of faith and said we nave some
among us who are distributing such III
erature as this and are using muth
Scripture with II. They title themselves
l.atter-day Saints, while their true
name II "Mormons" but they do not
like the name Mormon and usurp the
other title.
They believe In Father, Son and Holy
Ghost, three separate personalities SO
do l. They believe men VIII be pun
ished for their own sins, and SO do |. !
most emphatically believe men VIII have
to suffer for their own personal trans
gressions.
After reading the third article, he
said. Here | draw the line, they believe
in works, | don't. Reaching the fourth,
he said. watch me tear this all TO
pieces" Why, they teach faith to be
the first principle, when the Bible ana
all the prophets teach repentance to be
the first. Did not John preach re-
pentance IN the wilderness? And after
he was beheaded, did not Christ preach
repentance? And when the people on
the day OF Pentecost asked Peter what
they shall do, he told them to re-
pent, / defy any one to find a passage
in the Bible To sustain doctrine that
faith comes before repentance. They
believe in baptism, so do J. They be-
lIeve that the Holy Ghost Is conferred
by the laying ON of hands by those IN
authority, but the Scriptures VIII not
bear them out in this .mncluslon How
did Christ confer It upo- His disciples2
Did he not come upon them as a mighty
rushing wind Ii is true some Of the
Apostles laid hands upon others for this
purpose, but this was only an old jew
ish custom they had introduced
Commenting upon the Fifth, he said,
they believe a man must be called OF
God and have hands laid upon them by
those In authority to preach the Gospel
BY this then your pastor Is not an al-
thorized minister, for ! never had hands
laid on me nor do want any y
preacher Is born not made. The Sixth
article was omitted In referring TO
the seventh he said he believed II we
would exercise sufficient faith the same
blessings that existed ancienuy would
be enjoyed today. On the Eighth he
said. they believe the Bible TO be the
word of God SO far as II is translated
correctly. ] infer from this they be-
lleve In the original but claim through
the weakness of man, errors have crept
In by translation. They also believe IN
the Book Of Mormon. and then 10 the
same old way as is prompted by It's au-
thor.
lie then directed his remarks TO the
subject of polygamy and said this pco-
pie believe IN this principle which Is
the worst feature of their belief II Is
contrary t0 the law OF God and man,
and destroys the sacredncss OF the fam
fly shrine.
The Elders think the pastor, when
first making his announcement thought
he had something he could handle but
upon close examination found our arti-
Giles so wen fortified with Scdptural
proof that the least comment upon
them the better: and IN referring to
most of them was very mild 0nly upon
such as would not suit the taste Of the
carna mind. did he dwell at any
length At the opening of the pastors
remarks he said these Elders do not
come upon our streets proclaiming their
gospel. nor dare they should they
viii be there We have held street
meetings within a stones throw of his
home and have had large and attentive
audiences. and the Elders see more in
terest taken in them and Zee, that
every kick is a boost