The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-06-10
PASTORS ARE BITTERLY
ASSA|LED BY ROBERTS
Continues from Page I.

VII 0&G
! OF the principal theological works a, .h.
GhuTch and written by Apostle Orsor
Pratt. was repudiated by the church as
! long ago as 1855, declared the sneaker
ne SAID that several quotations had beer
? made in the review from this renudiated
Work and advanced the argument that
the church should be judged not bv the
opinions of one man. but by the hooL-s
tnat 1t acknowledged to be authentic
such as the Bible, the Book of Mormon
me Feari OF Great Price and the Doc
trlne and Covenants. Upon these works
ne said the MOrmons based their religion
Ihese ministers he said, make fen
quotations from The Seer, and only one
from the accredited sources" In regard
TO the theological publications of the
church he said:
Error Is Possible.
Much of this Eliminates our faith hut
much of it is likely to have error for
| winch the church will not stand We
| merely make the proper distinction he
/ tween those works which are accredited
| to live close to God, but when Won tate
INTO account human imperfectiOns if is
TOO much TO hope that men who are thus
with the father"
1t was then explained by Mr. Roper,s
that the religious works of the Christian
church had been carefully segregated from
great mass of undesirable doctrine and
these works would not abide by the works
OF those who had been declared out of
harmony with their religion.
IN reply to the assertion made by the |
ministers that the Mormon church holds |
ltselt out as the only church, the speak |
er said.
God and His Messengers.
You may not believe our claims. but /
you cannot say that We apply an unbib- |
heal test to salvation. The Prophet Jo- /
seph Smith was sent by God with a di- |
vine message. If that claim be true is
the test not altogether biblical? If man
F IaEs COOS messenger can he stand |
before God? Don't you claim something
Iof tne messenger who brought you your
gospel! Can a man reject your gospel
ana sun be secure in the favor of God?
as weak the water spilled upon the
ground which can never be gathered
again. | herald You as preachers of non
sense If this is your claim"
MormOnism," continued the sneaker
holds out hope of eternal life and sal
walton to all kinds of men. 1t is claimed
that the marriage ordinances of all Chris
tlan sects are violated by us Here we
are at last approaching solid ground
Mormonism does not deny the divine au-
thorlty in churches of the world. They
tan churches. We proclaim this to be
the truth, but We do not wish to be Of
fensiVe in doing so. Mormonism is here
because of necessity. 1t came here be-
|
tacy of Gods truth among the so-calied
Christian churches.
referring to the doctrines of the Epis- |
copal church. he said: THE Episcopsl !
ehurch's representative in this ministerial
association should not complain because
n his church an accredited dissertation on
he 'Perils of Idolatry'' says expressly
hat all sects of Christians have betn +
living in abominabie idoltry for 800 | /
7ears. We don't say it any harder we c
ire not harder on him than he is on us +
md others 7
Marry for Eternity.
In regard to marriages Mr.. Roberts a
aid; You ministers of the Christian n
.ospel so-called. simply marry until Il
Y. Which is the best? Which is the ii
most acceptable I'm Gods sight? Il
The idea that the Mormon church | "
Universal apOstacy is absurd. We can o
rove our assertions that all other I;
are not dvinely inspired What ir
; the difference in this respect between q
ur faith and your faith? You say Christ a,
My can save and that only through &C
eptance of him can man have everlast-
lg life. After 1000 years of apostacv
hat is the sum total of your achieve -
rents? Only One-third of the people of a.
ne world assume your faith and are ~
Christians. The difference be- I y;
Heen your faith and ours is that the u
rOpOsition which you present to the d'
Ike to take your own medicine While III
our attitude proclams eternal perdi- OF
on. ours prOclaims the eternal and ever pc
sting gospel. al
al
Truth Still Remains. in
You say the Mormon church denies ns
lat the Christian church has represent ~
the religion of Christ for the past ~
lW years. Our attitude is that Will -
ere was an universal apOstacV 700 81
'ars ago and while the church of Chris- S4
as being destroyed by the church of 81
en-, yet fragments of the truth remained -
does not follow that because these IN
uths remained there was a divine or re-
IMITATION of Christ existing all this time slt
me thinkers will tell you. and will tell trS
u truly, that your boosted assertion We
at all the progress of the world has gu
en- because of the Christian religion go
ID its influence is untrue and that that int
og1 ess has not been made because of rec
ur church but despite of it" J
Mr.. Roberts then referred to the al an
cation made by the review of the min cot
ers' association that the church had ers
multiplicity Of Gods and that II jS wa
timed that Jesus had no father and to
at there was a father in heaven but ma
t mother. In his remarks concern AM
: this doctrinal point, Mr. Roberts was aOl
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