The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-10-08
PRESIDENT JOSEPH F. SMITH
OPENS SEMI-ANNUAL CONFERENCE

! art was known and practiced.
Reference was made TO the probes.
les in both the Old and the Now
Testaments, which harmonic AMI
which have been fulfilled as being
evidenced of the divinity of tie
writings in the Scriptures. The
prophesies Of Jesuu have been ful.
tLed to a remarkable precision.
President Lund said, Even prophes-
les which were made under what
seemed the most impossible circun-
stances. When Jesus sat on the
Mount of Olives h was moved to pre-
salem, and said that not one stone
Of the temple should be left upC
another. The city was powerful and
| proud, and it seemed there WAS 10
chance of that prophesy being full
/ filed 1t was fulfilled, howevs' and
lot one stone of the temple was left
n its place, and not one stone upyn
another.
The prophesies in the Bible winch
have been fulfilled prove that this
hook contains the word of Col the
speaker continued. He referred to
the article OF faith of the Latter-day
Saints which reads, I'VE believe the
Bile to be the word of God, as far
as it is translated correctly" and OK
planned that this does not mean 'hDt
the Latter-day Saints accept part Ct
the Bible and reject the other, as is
often supposed, but that it is mere.
L. the natural feeling to doubt the
absolute correctness of the wock CT
the men who have translated The
Bible from the original into modern
languages. There are so many
persons, he said, OF the Scriptur -
cnd they differ so frequently aud so
essentially, that IL would be impos.
sible to accept them as containing
the exact word of God. AS evii ,rcc
OF the serious errors which lave
Crept into the different TRANSACTIONS
the speaker mentioned that IN the
English version where reference is
made to the creation, 1t states that
the earth was without form and
void, which is in accordance with
modern theories and teachings of
science and philosophy. In the Swe-
dish version 1t states emphatically
that the earth was created out of
nothing. 1t would be inconsistent,
the speaker insisted as accept both
TRANSACTIONS, and he asked who should
decide which enc. If either, to take
literally. One professor has stated
President Lund said, that in 149 ver-
ses of the English version he found
252 errors, and another student of
the Bible claims to have found 40
material mistakes in the gospel of
Saint Matthew.
Under these circumstances, Prest.
Lund asserted, it is no more than
what might and should be expected
of the Latter-day Saints, or any 9th
er people, to profess to believe the
Scriptures only in so far as they are
translated correctly. If the original
manuscripts We're at hand, and were
they in question instead Of the trans
lations, then the article of faith
would read 1--WE believe the Bible
from lid to lid, contains the word OF
God"
God has permitted the Bible to
come down to the present time, the
speaker added, in such shape, how
ever, that 1t can still be understood.
In mentioning the many mistakes
said to have been found in the Bible
Prest Lund said that he personally
did not know just what were ard
what were not mistakes. He did not
look for mistakes he said, but in his
argument about them was merely up
holding the belief OF the Church ani
the statement which qualities literal
belief in the btle.
After Pres. Lund's address tho
ol cir sang, Guide us, o, Thou Great
Jehovah" Prest Bon e. Rich of the
Eastern States mission offered the
benediction and the conferen e was
adjourned until p. m.
WATERMELON WEIGHING