Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-07-28
THIS IS "MORMoNIsM."

'"rho place of authority IN religion
must be found not IN the Church alone,
or IN tho Bible alone, or iu human rea-
son alone but in all these instrument
ialitles in so far uH they serve as tho
media through which the divine Mind
communes with men and the divine VIII
announces TO mankind its behests and
its mandates. The authoritative thing
IN oil life Is tho vii OF the Giyer OF
all life. The Creator has n right TO
rule the creature Whatever there
fore, expresses the higher divine law TO
men r. authoritative 20 that extent II
any individual preacher speaks the
eternal truth OF things, he, too. thon
and there, as did Jesus IN Nazareth,
speaks with authority, though never
with such authority The mandatory
thing Is the truth. however Il IS OK
pressed to men. Pre-emlnent as con-
veyor OF this truth 20 men IS the Bible
yet properly interpreted that Bible does
not antagonize an intelligent disciplined
reason, nor a science that IL science.
Much OF what Is put forward under
the name OF science, philosophy and
reason is wholly tentative, and much Of
It is taken back few days or years
after the specious hypothesis are put
forth. What then. Is needed, always
and IN the fullest degree, is the gift N
Gods Holy Spirit. whose province ana
Joy Is to lead humble, docile minds m
20 all truth
We take the liberty Of copying this
paragraph from the New York OBJ
server an influential Presbyterian Jour
nal. with the remark that n the truths
there laid down were generally ac-
cepted by the Christian world, the
greatest obstacle 10 the acceptance OF
the Gospel OF Jesus, a. preached by
the Latter-day Saints. would no longer
exist. II has very generally been
maintained that the Bible Is the only
authority on questions Of faith and
practice. Reason used to be condemned
as something rebellious that had TO be
kept in chains, so as not to lead faith
astray And even science used 10 be
looked upon with suspicion. Theology
boldly declared al one time that the
Bible was intended 10 be the very last
medium Of revelation. and that Il closed
the avenue OF revelation. What is
written" became the end OF all con-
troversy, as n there could be no other
source OF truth than the written word,
When. therefore, the Prophet Joseph
came and declared that the heavens
had again been opened and that the
Almighty had spoken as Of old. he was
condemned by the entire theological
world. without hearing a. a charlatan
and an impostor. II was simply taken
for granted that no banked on tina
credUllty OF his fellowmen when he
told them that the Lord had spoken
90 him and commissioned him to de-
liver a message to the world And be-
cause he could not deny the revelations
he had had. but remained true to the
end. he was killed, as we're the prophets
Of old, for the very same reason. There
was no influential religious Journal at
that time that dared. or cared. 10 ex-
plain TO the people that "the place Of
authority In religion must be found not
IN e. the Bible alone. but IA
all these insirumentallties IN 30 far as
they serve as media through which tho
divine Mind conmunes with mco and
the divine Wil announces 20 mankind
lite behests and its mandates II Is
very long step forward from the
higoited position Of the religious leaders
Of half century ago 90 the admission
by the New York Observer that the
Bible Is not the only religious authorl-
~. but that Il is the province and 10y"
Of the Holy Spirit 20 lead humble, do
ellie minds into all truth" How could
the faith u the Latter-day Saints rola-
tive 20 the necessity OF continuous rcye-
lation be stated more positively? Nor
nonlsm' Is leavening the religious
world and influencing current thought
20 much greater extent than some
people are aware Of. or are willing 20
admit.
What IS needed IN our age in the mat
ter Of guidance from ayove Is what was
needed IN an other ages The children
need 70 hear the voice OF thc Father.
clearly. Enthusiastically. The sheep need
10 hear tho voice OF the good shep.
herd" now, rs formerly They need
food and protection daily They need
an infalllble guide. Science cannot
furnish the light that leads 90 ne etcr-
nal, II falls far short Of solving the
great mysteries ~ existence. u is
Uncertain in many % iis deductions ana
contradlcis at one time What IL al.
hrmed 81 another Written records
are far from inisllible rocep,a,ies OF
divine revelations. Language Is im-
perfect and chargeablo, apI transla-
lions and prescriptions are subject to
all the limitations Of the human mind
r. therefore the children of The AL.
mighty are 20 know the truth they
must have that Split Who leads into
all truth And where that spirit IT,
there are apostles and prophets and sl
the gifts and graces that we're given 10
ancient churches. Tor he Hoiy splrt
does not operate now lu a msnner dla-
metrioally opposite 70 that 90 which De
manifested Himsef lu me DAYS n Old
When these truths are admitted "Mor.
monism' VIII be better understood