The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-04-17

Dict on the Joseph Smith translation.
In the second place, they state that
even If the TRANSACTIONS were SHOWN
to be inaccurate, the main structure
of Mormonism would stand.
Brigham H. Roberts, one of The
leading Mormon scholars declares in
The Deseret Evening News that when
he compares the contradictory views
of Bishop Spalding's scientific asso-
ciates he is reminded of the passage
in Hamlet"
Hamlet-Do you see yonder cloud
that's almost the shape of camel?
Polonlous-By the mass, and tits
like a camel, indeed.
Hamlet-Methink it is like a wea.
sci.
Polonious-It is backed like wea.
sci.
Hamlet-Or like whale?
Polonious-Very like a whale.
Hamlet-Then | will come to my
mother bye and bye.
Mr.. Roberts says that he does not
pretend to be an Egyptian scholar,
but that when he reads the comments
OF learned man that the nawk of
Horus' should have human head
he feels like adding: Eyes, or the
head of an ass; then it could be made
to mean something else than what
these other learned men describe it
as meaning"
He makes this further reference to
the disputed picture of the attempted
sacrifice Of Abraham:
Judging from the plate itself, IL
l were on the jury, should vote with
Breasted, for surely the whole scene
Is too animated for the ambalming
OF the dead. The main figure on the
bedstead-like altar with both hands
raised In protest, and one foot UP ia
evidently not ready for the supposed
embalming process that Petrle and
Peters think is under way. 1t should
be observed, too, that the figure to be
'embalmed is clothed and presumably
in his right mind, judging from the
expression Of the open and rather
intelligent expression of the eye. II
Is more like book of the living than
OF the dead; more like resistance to
an assassin, as Joseph Smith depicts
1t, an attempt to offer the Patriarch
Abraham as sacrifice to false gods
than either an emblaming scene or
resurrection.
The Deseret Evening News draws
distinction between THE Book of
Mormon" and The Book of Abra.
ham," intimating that the first came
to Joseph Smith "miraculously by the
direct operation Of the spirit of God"
while the correct understanding of
The Book Of Abraham" was given
also by the power of the Spirit of
God, but through the usual channel
OF research and as a reward for faith
ful investigation and labor. The Lat
ter-day Saints, asserts DR.. Frederick
j. Pack, Deseret Professor OF Geol.
ogy in the University Of Utah do not
claim that Joseph Smith was abso-
lutely infallible. II. Dr.. spalding's
argument be accepted as complete
and final, continues DR.. Pack, what
does 1t show? He replies.
1T gives an illustration of ONE
case in which Joseph Smith was
wrong. 1t shows that he was not
infallible, h condition long held by
the Latter-day Ssints. He was mortal
and his followers knew it. They as.
serted, however, that his strength
very greatly predominated to be one
in which Joseph Smith was mistaken,
the Latterday Saints want to know
it, and Furthermore they will assis
in investigating 1t. They have not
thought OF this particular instance
as being mistake, but If final inves.
tgation so proves it they can accept
the conclusion without In any way