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Chicago and then l would ask the Lord to bless his
skill"
Fifth, "Sbeakiug in TongueS"-Ths claim is per-
haps given little prominence possible at present
Article of Faith No. 7, still reads: 1--WE believe in
the gift of tongues, prophecy, revelation visions,
healing, Interpretation of tongues, etc" But to
change the statement would be admission in the
open that "the everlasting gospel of Mormonism" is
not everlasting Therefore a choice has to be made
between honest, open repentance of the errors and
endurance of the modification of making claim of
abilities, which it is impossible to sustain. 1t may
be impossible to at once demonstrate that Mormon
speaker did not see the visions and receive the
1atons about which he happens to testify, but the
is different when such speaker is asked to translate
Old Testament Hebrew New Testament Greek.
Such annoying but reasonable requests tend to make
the Mormon speaker think seriously of going out of
business. No wonder, therefore, that little
possible is said in these days about the possession
of such wonderful gifts. 1t is sometime good policy
to be humble as Uriah Heep would say.
Sixth Missionaries "IViHout Purse or Scrip
In this case it is only pretense which has really
been abandoned Every Mormon knows that it
has long been the rule to have farewell dance for
the departing missionary, and that at least the net
receipts are for his expenses This is not according
to the instructions of Christ in any respect when
"Take nothing for your journey" G4uke tx, 81 was
very different from saying that you at liberty t.
take the proceeds of the farewell dance" Most
Mormon missionaries have probably taken a grip
in their hands and the evidences are that few u
any, of them knew in early days that they were thus
carrying that which they claimed to be without. Nor
did they seem to know that Christ afterwards with
drew this requirement, when he had sufficiently
shown that he able to provide for the needs of
those who preached the real gospel (Luke xxi,
$500, and that Paul wrote, do we not know that
they which minister about holy things live of the
things of the temple? and they which wait at the
altar are partakers with the altar? E0en hath tire
Lord ordained, that they 70Eich preach the gospel
should lie of the gospel" Corinthians tx, 13-14)
According to the statements of Mormons them
selves, it is the fact that people regarded as
Migrants in Chrstendom, who do not have money
with which to meet their necessary expenses ami
are therefore arrested that led their religious lead
ers to withdraw the prohibition and to permit mis-
sionaries to mostly bear their own expenses Thu,
as in the case of Blood Atonement it the So
called "wickedness of the nations which made it
necessary to abandon this teaching. 1t is new
idea that the Lords will adjust itself to MANS
and that He can only require what see fit to
permit
Seventh, The Second Coming of Christ in $780,
This ambiguous subjunctive mood teaching is as
follows: "|Joseph, my son, if thou Invest until thou
are eighty-ve years DID, thou shalt see the face If
the Son of Man therefore let this suffice, and trout
bic me no more on this matter. | was left thus.
without being able to decide whether this coming
referred to the beginning of the millennium or to
some previous appearing, or whether I should die
and thus see his face I believe the coming of the
Son of Man will not be sooner than that t!r'e'
Doctrine and Covenants, section 100, 15-17)
This revelation" is especially remarkable for the