Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-06-29
MORMONISM
A MESSAGE OF TRUTH
Address Delivered Before the Ensign Stake Conference. the
Tabernacle, Salt Lake City Sunday Afternoon,
june 20, 1907
BY ELDER JAMES E. TALMAGE.

Is opening for presentation OF the
doctrines OF this Church to those whose
minds have been pi opared for them.
In many great universities of this coun-
try and of Europe / have had personal
experience OF pretty close cross-exam-
NATION showing me that those who
were questioning me had studied the
subject very thoroughly. ! met GER
tam university professors In Great
Britain who We're far better acquainted
with the Book OF Mormon than are
many Of those who claim to be members
of our Church. and these professors
we're able TO ask me some very peril
rent questions, Based upon the conclu-
sions 10 which they had come that the
Book of Mormon proved itself to be a
compilation and not the work of any
individual or any body Of men working
In collnsion. The canona OF literary
criticism told the story and the varl-
Gus misrepresentation that had been
made were of themselves disproved to
the thinking mind. You have heard the
testimony declared many times from
this stand and from ether pulpits in the
Church to the effect that the persecu-
ton of this people would result In good
God forbid that We should forget that
persecution so rs to need the lesson a
second time; likewise may He forbid
that we shall rest our testimony on that
past have accomplished the effect de-
creed The opposition that we now
nave to meet and will have
10 meet win he Of "a differ
emit. kind, The world is progressing
as has been said, ana throughout all
the decades and ages, (lo paraphrase
the words VI one of our great poets:)
one unceaslng purpose runs, and the
thosghts Of man are widened by the
passage of the SUNS The world to-
day is not pleased with the clamor
maintained by a few IN denouncng this
people IN n way that is half a century
behind the times even among profess
sonal prosecutors. We are not suffer
ing from this persecution,
FAITH IN THE NATION.
| have confidence and faith in INV
country, in my nation. In the officers of
my nation, in the institutions of my
nation, In it's inspired Constitution. /
have faith In the press OF the nation.
Though | know that there are black
sheep IN every fold, have not lost my
liking for thu white ones, and they
greatly predominant. ! was travelling
Win friend not long ago across one
OF our own deserts. We saw some
Hooks Of sheep. and he put to me a
somewhat puszling question. He said,
can you tell me why there are some
black sheep IN the nocksY" I answered,
Because not all OF them are born
white We'll that Is good reason"
said he; but the shepherds need the
black ones there, because, they are so
few II Is easy " count them, and IL
the owners know there is one black to
every hundred whites, they know they
haven't lost many white ones If the
black ones IN full number are still
there. There are some very black
newspapers. and there is some very
black printers ink, which, however,
may be preferable to the red. | have
faith in the institutions of my country,
her business institutions, IN her press.
and in her pulpit, for there are MANY