Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-22

on1 go Dipeuer Lund mas referred to,
%u tolu MN that his name should he
nao Tor good and evil among an mon
ooSepn announced this to the world as
poS, ana II has been fulfilled, There
- hstred of the name, Joseph Smith.
1siio,lg the wicked. in nearly all parts
III M ene world, and can testify to II.
because l have felt It; 1 have
Ha.p. i. nave found men protesting the
christian religion who would yillifv
M anu sarole the statements made in SER
ihons' IN tho hope of creating prejudice
AGAINST the Latter-day Saints. The
tePutauon OF the Latter-day Saints is
Ddu, because of falsehoods told about
., r.eih, ana the reputation of the Savior
was SO bad that he was nailed to the
cross Yet the teachings of the Savior
are above reproach. and the teachings
ol Joseph Smith arc also above re-
prUach. Nothing but good results from
lollowlng the teachings of the Savior,
Ilo a inc Same is true OF those of the
Prophet Joseph
DIVIDEND OF GOOD WORKS.
l received a letter a short time ago
from gentleman who wrote little
book entitled. "The Power of Truth"
of which l have distributed q number
OF copies among my friends, and he
says. From what l know OF your
church believe it is doing live, prac-
WIN ipi lDG pSllGII1tnt Ol llu-
manity, and that moro than many of
tho churches. your creed is transformed
into living. IT is not q theory of life or
lip service, but of a simple, sincere
Iaith. manifested In work No religion
Is worth anything unless it yields divi-
dends. dividends of finer individual
lives"
There is no religion that has yielded
greater dividends of finer Individual
lives than this religion, established
through the instrumentality of the
Prophet Joseph Smith / know many
men and women who have been care
less; who have been indifferent; who
have failed to live righteous and up
right lives; yet who, when they have re-
celved the testimony of the divinity of
this work, have increased in righteous
ness. and in all that goes to make up
q noble man or a noble woman. This
gospel has inspired them to so live, and
I thank God for it. Now, by their
fruits ye shall know them" and the
fruits of Mormonism are good.
FRUITS OF MORMONIsM.
Reverend Daniel S. Tuttle. who once
resided here as n minister of the EpiS-
copal church, says that for honesty
for sobriety. for industry and for in
tcgrlty the Latter-day Saints are the
equal of other people, and there are
many who bear testimony that the
Datter-day Saints are superior in these
matters
hold in my hand little pamphlet
written by Col. r. NJ. Bryce Thomas
London, England. He IS a retired col
onel from the British army, and has
written, MY Reasons for Leaving the
Church OF England and Joining the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day
Saints" He came here as a stranger
a traveller going around the world. and
he said he found a law abiding people,
people who loved each other; people
who took care of their poor better than
| any other people he had ever met He
| found here those who were not of our
| church who testified to him that we
were industrious and sober, and God
| fearing, and he discovered here the
| finest church choir that he had ever
| listened to in his life, and what he
| found in this community made such an
| impression upon him that he bought
our books, and when he returned to
London, he read and studied them, and
| finally received the testimony of the
| divinity of the work in which we as
= Latter-day Saints are engaged. and
embraced it, Speaking of the Book of
| Mormon. he says;
IF more evidence is necessary to
| show that the Book of Mormon is OF
| divine origin. one has only to read It's
account of the destruction and burial
| of old cities. and to compare these
with the great discoveries made on the
continent OF America by travellers and
antiquarlanS. that have excited the
| curiosity and wonder of the world
These discoveries I need scarcely add
were made long after the Book of Nor
mon had been translated and published
to the world, and relate to the destroyed
cities spoken of therein. There can
I consider, be no doubt whatever that
the Book of Mormon Is equally as much
Of divine origin as is the Bible, and
believe that all unprejudiced minds
after careful study of 1t. will readily
arrive at the same conclusion. Doe.
any one suppose for "A moment that ar
individual. not divincly inspired, couli
possibly sit down and write the Ole
and New Testaments exactly as they
are, in fun harmony with each other
and dealing so minutely, as they do
with all matters necessary for the sal
walton. justification. and sanctihcatior
OF mankind? Neither is it possible
for an uninspired person. however good
earnest. and God-fearing such persor
may be, to write such book as Tho
Book of Mormon I bear this testimon,
that that book came from God Gus
as know that the Bible did). and that
in this last dispcnsation of time he ha
committed to the Prophet Joseph Smitl
the pure gospel. as it once had beei
delivered to the saints, In the priml
tive church. and that Christ's kingdom
the same kingdom as that of whicl
Daniel wrote has been set up upo
the earth for the last time"
| n NOT rpa1IDO fh
statement of an enthusiast. / am read
l.ing to you a statement of a hard
headed man of tho world. man VIII
lived to be retired as a colonel fror
the British army: a man who ha
travelled around the world, a ma
who is not easily deceived: IL maj
who read the gospel of Jesus Christ a
contained In the Book OF Mormon
as contained in the Doctrine an
Covenants, He read tho New Witnes
For God and othor works, and n
came to the deliberate conclusion tha
this Gospel Is true. He embraced /
: and has lived it from that day TO tn
r present. and every month for years q
regularly as the day comes around, tn
| I,ondons conference receives
[ | check from this man for his tithinl
also a donation to help take caro-
; the moor in the London conferenc
c | Nyhy. the one law of tthing alone
= had il not come by the Inspiration Q
= God to the Prophet Joseph Smltl
9 would destroy the church. 1t has bee
: said, and 1 believe that IL is tru'
I that the terdercst part of a mans an;
h tonv "a his pocket: and 1 am sure 1
: imnoster would institute the law
: tithinq and hope for success. Th
I saints have responded to this la
d coming from the Lord and God hi