Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-08

from the doctrine OF the Jews2 II a
Jew Is unfit TO legislate for us be-
! cause he believes that he or his remote
descendants will be removed To Pail
estine can we safely open the house
| or commons to fifth monarchy man,
| who expects that. before this genera
\ ton shall Dasse away all the Ring
| dorns OF the earth viii be swallowed
| Up In one divine empire?
Does n jew engage less eagerly than
| a Christian IN any competition which
the law leaves open to him Is ne
less active and regular In his business
| than his neighhnrs2 Does he furnish
his house meanly because he is a pill
grim ami sojournar In the land? Does
the expectation of being restored to
the couT try of his fathers make him
insensible 10 the fluctuations OF the
stock exchange? Does he. in arrang
Ing his private affairs. ever take into
the account the chance OF his rnigrat-
ing to PALESTINE # not, why are we
to suppose that feelings which never
influence his dealings as a merchant,
or his dispositions as u tesIator VIII
acquire boundleSs influence over him
as soon as he becomes a magistrate or
a legislator? ?"
The Essaylst's reasoning here may.
be fittlngly closed with another sem
tence
gro charge men with practical CON-
sequences which they themselves deny,
Is dtsingenuous in controversy, it Is
atrocious In government
ON this same head and In the inves-
LEGATION Lad upon the questions here
rsldereG before the United States
committee on privileges and elections,
the late Senator George F. HOar said
before that committee. of which he
was a member,
1--WE Fave no right to deal, In de-
terminine MIR Shoots case. with any
article of religi Gus faith of his, and
suppose further--nuw ! speak only
for myself-that I have no right TO
inlpute to him what | think may be
the logical deduction from his beliefs
but which he himself does not accept,
He is not Obliged to be Judged by
my logic as to what is the result OF
his creed. That Is the great source
of all religious persecution and tSran-
ny in this world
We claim the exemption hero admit
ted to be Just. viz the mputatlon OF
logical deductions from our beliefs
which we ourselves do not accept; the
charge made of practical con sequences
of our faith which we deny, and we
do most ennphatically deny that our
faith In universal, divine empire to
come weakens In amy gree the renu-
fneness of our allegiance to our counr
try. How or by what means the dlr
Vine Kingdom will be established We
may not know any more IMAM otiler
Christians who pray as well as We
-Thy kingdom come Thy VIII be Gone
i'm earth as In heaven" but meantime
IL adds somewhat to the force 81 our
allegiance and loyalty TO our country
over and above the allegiance OF other
men when IT is remembered thal, "u'
LOYALTY to the powers that be ~ a
comma nIlment OF God to us, until the
coming Of the divine kingGom-untll
M ~ yuflan RIGHT III ig 10 reign.
TertulIlan eco A. d. On sole right of
the Church to interpret Scripture.
Quoted with approval by DIR. Mllner IN
''The End OF Religious Controversy,
"Heretcs are not 10 be allowed TO APP
neal to Scripture, since they have no
claim to ii. Hence il is proper 10 adj
dress them as follows Who are vou9
Whence do YOU come? What business
have YOU strangers with my property
By what right, Marcion, tone OF tine
heretics against whom Tertuilian was
contending)-By what right are you.
Tarcinn fellne my trees, by what au-
thority are you Valentine tanother
horetic) turning the course OF my
streams2 Under what pretense are you
Appeles removing my land marks4 me
estate is mine. | have the ancleht. the
prior possession of H. have the u
tie deeds delivered to me- py tne oI tso
inaI proprietors, | am the heir OF the
apostles; they have made their VIII "
nv favor while they disinheriIed and
cast you Off, as strangers and ehefl.ss-
DR.. Miner quoting with approval ~
Vincent OF Iserlns Swho honrlshed at tle
end OF the Fifth century a; % on the
question as TO how the children on the
Church were to use the Scriptures so as
to discern truth from falsehood quotes
tho father as saying .
THEY ARE TO INTERPRET THE.
DIVINE TEXT ACCORDING TO THE
TRADITION OF THE CATHoLlC
CHURCH
pr. Miner himself in his controversy
with Professionals CIs0l-2D says
'sI have reminded you, That no pro-
phecy Of Scripture is Of private Inter
probation; and have proved 10 you
that the whole right to Scripture be-
longs 10 the church. she has preserved
mem. she vouehes for them, and she
alone. by confronting the several pas
sages with each other and with tradi-
tfon authOrltatively explains them.
Hence II is impossible that the real
sense OF Scripture should ever De
against her and her dostrine' and
obiectian which you can draw from any
passage In it by this short reply; The
Church understands the passage dli-
ferentiy from you; therefore you mis-
take its meaning
LETTER X END. r, CONT
we stand. declared the speaker upon
the principles enunoiated by these great
minds Our beliefs do nor IN any way
onset our allegiance to the United
States. -
sister Della Daynes Hin sang the
soprano solo Jerusalem,
ELDER JOSEPH w. McMURRIN,
or the same quorum was the next
speaker. He spoke IN substance as
follows; We have not m any way been
deIuded In giving the Church OF Christ
our allegiance. 1 could not discover the
truth OF Mormonlsm through my par
onts alone although they were menu
beers of the Church long before ! was
born, and sought by every means To
transmit to me their knowledge OF the
Gospel, I believed in the representa-
lions they made OF the Church, yer /
could learn that Mormoniam is the
mower or God unto salvation only 10y
revelation from heaven. There Is
feeling on the part OF the young pcO'
nle 10 hesitate 10 say that tley know
MprmonIsm TO be true till every doubt
has been swep; away from ihelr minds
This Is the strength OF the Church