The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-01

more than two thousand corrections
which appear in the later editions OF the
changed teachings as to how the illNerate
prophet translated that work. The
early teaching. and the one which must.
parable prophet himself, was that the
Lord did the translating In a way which
did not permit of mistakes: but when a
ed the corrections OF mistakes which
more intelligent Mormon leaders had
made in later editions. the great Mormon
that he had not told the truth on the
subject, and B. n Roberts had 10 sub
Ssna Sssitnte t. theory for what ,. had h formerly
BILE people. this condition OF things would
have been fatal to all Mormon claims;
but long practice in believing the Impos-
sible had worked wonders in this respect
he who would one time carry the OK,
must every day shoulder the calf"
"a In general: the teachings of Jo-
so severely handled by advocates Of
the truth, as they have been enlightened
by the spirit. that their successors as
| prophets seers, and revelators" evt-
IDENTITY hesitate TO exercise their gifts.
| When on the witness stand in the Reed
Smoot investigation at Washington. d.
church SO completely dlsclaimcd prophetic
honors. as regarded anything actually do
Ing along that line, that he felt Obliged
to explain his denial when he returned
to Utah, and 10 attribute the modesty
of his Washington claims to the ex-
treme stress Of circumstances in which
he found himself He. OF course. repre-
sented TO his Utah hearers that he was
then telling the truth. But when truth
telling telling i5o Is admitted Omitted to be matter Of
must be considered in order to deter
mine the particular time when truthful
ness a has right Of way
these days who unnecessarily draw at
tention TO the teachings OF Joseph Smith
and az oI5 Brigham ,ats Young that When E1och
the city of Enoch along with him. and
that the hole in the earth, which resulted
o of iRPe en Of + Mesco per
seph Smiths part of this important in
formation is found in the fourteenth
latlon Of the Bible, which has already
been referred to. Great Is modern reve-
lation. a Jealous Mormon speaker In
ham Young declare himself upon this
subject. Scientists will please improve
the opportunity to extend the bounds
; OF their researches
number of changes reported which were
announced. permission Is asked to In
lous teaching OF "Postle" Farley P Pratt.
in The Key to Theology. on methods
J He informs the world that people who
are possessed may be known partly by a
peculiar smell which is in Consequence
Of such possession. He does not tell the
! Intensity of the smell in proportion to
the number and wickedness of the spirits
2 but. II the smell OF one spirit OF ordinary
; rank in devlltry produces a smell which
; IS decidedly noticeable. It is easy to
imagine that the smell OF legion of such
5 SPIRITS would be positively stifling. But
Apostle Parley Pratt does not describe
this important odor with sufficient clear
ness 10 guard spirit hunters against mis-
2 takes. Such hunters might. for example
imagine that they had located a larg'
5 herd of demons. when more accurate IN.
? formation would attribute the whole ef
( feet TO bad cologne. Perhaps Mormons
should be credited with shrewdness in
: being too wary OF such dangers to at.
tempt much In the way OF rounding vi
r ] evn spirits.