The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-05-02
rlr. BOyd's Summing Up.


of the builders of the Mormon creed have been an
alyzed, asks for space for final word for the sum
ming up of the arguments of his previous articles
and in this he says:
Finally: Still more of the have been doctrine
of Mormonism could be mentioned, but it is Tin
necessary Why give more time to proposition
which has already been demonstrated for ever
reasonable person? Mormonsm is not "the ever
lasting gospel" therefore, this foundation fea
ture of its claim has failed it is not the gospel at all
1t is in fact insult to the Lord to attribute tc
him the authorship of Mormonsm; an insult which
intelligent, upright human being would Ger
tainly resent. No wonder, therefore, that those
who had the management Of the Congress of Re-
ligions during the worlds fair at Chicago in 1898
refused to recognize Mormon delegates as mem
bers of that body They had good grounds for
the objection, that "Mormonism is not properly a
religion; it is only political scheme" Gas nearly
the writer can recall the language)
AS belief of the truth is naturally and in fact
the condition of salvation, SO that 'erring from
the truth is identical with turning from the way
of safety John vi 1929; II Ihessaonians H. 49, and
James V, 1920, it is mistaken courtesy of the
worst kind to countenance Mormonism by breadth
of teaching to which the word of God is utterly
opposed. The way to heaven is ''strait mormon
that of straight both in the Book of Mormon and
in their so-called translation of the Bible although
it is in with broad instead of with crooked
and way" (Matthew vii, 49,, and properly
SO, of Business and professional men are
strait in their instructions to those who serve
them. No good physician, for example, would per-
init nurse to take liberties with his medicines In
other words, all such requirements are "srat and
narrow in the of being definite instead of gen
erdL 1t even Mormons seeking information
regarding any other way than the way to heaven,
they would insist upon the "straitness and narrow
ness" to which they object in this case What is
the explanation? 1t can only be because they do
not wish to change their course and therefore de-
sire instructions in religious matters which are gen
eral enough to make repentance seem unnecessary
AS is evident from the facts brought to notice in
this article and is also evident from the fact that
Mormons have changed the common witnesses to
Gods goodness to all (Acts xiv 10 into so-called
testimonies" regarding their goodness Gin spite
Of the most conclusive evidences to the contrary,
the kindest words which can possibly be sounded
N Mormon the most earnest exhortations
% repentance. These exhortations may be too late
or those who have defianty contradicted the Holy
Spirits teachings in the Bible There is probably
10 more certain and offensive way of Speaking
against the Holy Ghost" Matthew xii 31-32) than
o distort his teachings and to say that the opposite
true. whatsoever speaketh against (and this
leary includes the act of cOnradcting as the ety.
1ology of the word-contra- dico-shows) the HOLY
lhost, it shall not be forgiven him. neither in this
1orld, neither in the world to come" The Holy
host has been spoken against in teaching that
here many Gods psalm 964-5; Isaiah 43 10
1; 44:6S; 1875 46 80 Mark IL 1884, and I Cor
lthians S:4-6), that HE" (Adam) SIS our Father
nd our God, and the only God with whom we have
do" brigham Young, in Journal of Discourses
OIL 1, page 500, and, while emitting all reference