The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-04

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Inent at that stimsl to return 10 Jerns,
.aleml three times In the year and do
the other things the Book Of Mormon
says they were doing; and further,
that the Book: Of Mormon which gives
everything else with such wearisome
and ;nauseating particularly with rep.
clifton after repetition, says not one
word about any one ever returning 10
Jerusalem three times or any other
number Of times In the year. And /
also pointed to the fact that God Is
not the author Of confusion, and there.
fore cannot be the author Of two con.
flicting laws or commands-one re.
Guiring every male Of the children Of
Israel to assemble at Jerusalem three
times In the year, and another direct.
Ing some OF the lsraelltes 10 HE them.
selves off to place or country from
which II would be impossible for them
to return three times In the year to
Jerusalem. And therefore, for these
reasons the Book OF Mormon Is as
false as book can well be. Did the
gentleman undertake to fix this NOR.
al defect I'm? | did not Impucn the
motives Of any Mormon adheren, Of
any Of the various branches, nor ques.
tIon their honesty, neither dill | bring
any charge against the morality of
Mormons as rule, Il matters not
what grounds there are for such A
charge. The real issue connot be hid
by raising side issues and the usual
cry OF persecution, nor by mounting ont
one or two points OF doubtful accur.
acy concerning the messenger of the
covenant and whom the Mormons
claim the angel Of Rev. NV G may
have been--John the Baptist or "AIo.
roni." II my allegation he true, then
1t was neither ! care not whom Won
claim "the messenger ,ha, shall 70
before my face" (Mal. III. n was 10
be, nor who the angel was Of Rev. XIV,
co that "lIew In the midst of the
heaven having eternal good tidings TO
proclaim unto them that dwell upon
the earth," II could not be any one
coming TO show Joe Smith or any one
else the location of plates" containing
a record of the life and works OF Is.
raelltes on this continent prior to The
coming of our Lord and the abrosa.
ton Of the law Of Moses. Until Mr..
Woodbury. or some one else shows
that II was possible for people TO have
returned 10 Jerusalem three times In
The year, and that they did do so year
after year for II is but 10 play the part
Of cutie fish and evade the issue
that IS vital to the Interpretation Of
every passage OF Scripture they use
in support of the Book Of Mormon, to
quote or refer to any scripture they
suppose supports their claim. It Is
folly to 60 around driving nails
through shingles, thus pretending 10
put roof on your building, when YOU
have no foundation and hence no build.
Ing. Go to work and bald your foun.
dalton, and then It will be time enough
to give us "By their fruits We shall
know them" or Gen. XLyIU 1920:
Gen. MIN. e9-9G, and Deat. NXXllE.
lS'lI. All these refer TO the blessing
pronounced upon Joseph, the son Of
Jacob. and have not the least refer.
ence-not the shadow Of; aashales6f
reference. TO the Book OF Mormon S0f
to anything that Is connected with
that low.down literary production and
pa'Pable fraud. Let us have some.
thing to prove that God could give a
law requiring the Jews, all TO assem-,
bic at Jerusalem three times In the
year, and then give command to
some OF them. the ones most highly
blessed. II MIR. Woodbury's application
of the above scriptures be correct, to
remove to a country where It would
be Impossible for them to obey the
very law that would make them the
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