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Show THE LATTER-DAY SEER. Editor Leader-It is not generally understood by the scientists of this age that the land of America is the alpha and omega of this globe. The first great light made his appearance on Adam-on-diamon; the last blazed forth over the green hills of Vermont. Foremost among the greatest of the age, stands the Seer of the Green Mountains; a light among the sons of men, but not of them. A mystic, in the true sense of the word, and a mystic of the very loftiest order. To him the great surging waves of so called civilization were but darkness. From the depths of his great heart, he sent the light to a barren world that would not understand or receive it. He has dropped the veils of bygone worlds, that once blazed with pristine splendor. It is a very noticeable fact that even among the most learned of the age, but few positive opinions exist concerning the actuality and substantiality of the living God. They accept the notion generally, but have not, as a body, any very clear conception of what He is or where He dwells. During the first fifteen years of the Seer's mission, there was a great deal of inquiry and speculation concerning the Book of Mormon; but it gradually died out, and men seemed to have lost sight of the very points that ought to have claimed most of their attention. This Seer claimed to have the best law on the globe; but the claim is derided by all learned churches of the world, for it is commonly asked the elders, "If your system is so perfect and superior to all others, why is it that a higher and purer tone of morals and religion does not exist?" Now I do not pretend to universal wisdom, nor to be able to render a just verdict in the case; but it seems to me that no system, in its infancy, can be expected to exhibit as great perfections as the like, ripened by time. The mission of the Seer, in my judgement, has hitherto been that of an eye glass, enabling all men to see Gods truth more clearly. Your friend indeed, J. McCarthy. Smithfield, Aug. 6th, 1880. |