Show BIBLE NOT CAST ASIDE BY CHURCH I J Joseph W McMurrin Corrects an Opinion Prevalent Among Ignorant Critics PROMISE OF SCRIPTURES REVELATIONS AUTHORIZED BY BYTHE BYTHE BYTHE THE WORD OF HOLY WRIT WRITA A brilliant discourse on the principles of Mormonism the Idea prevalent among many Ignorant per persons persons sons Eons that the followers of this church have supplanted the old Bible with a anew anew anew new one made up of their own teach teachings teachIngs teachIngs ings was delivered Sunday at the tab tabernacle tabernacle by Joseph W McMurrin one of the first seven presidents of the seven seventies seventies seventies ties John R Winder first counselor in m the first presidency called the meet meeting meeting ing mg to order and after the opening prayer frayer and anthems by the choir Pres President PresIdent President ident McMurrin delivered his sermon He opened by saying that it was Im Impossible Impossible impossible possible to benefit under und r the things of God unless we worship under his scrip scriptures scriptures scriptures tures and also pointed to the fact that the ordinary individual does not feel able of himself without the help and inspiration of the Lord to carry on his work through the earth all needing divine assistance As a people said the speaker we wc have been much misunderstood The Saints believe the Bible to tobe tobe tobe be the word of God so far as the word of God has been translated properly We Ye do not believe in the errors The Golden Bible There has grown up in the minds of many men the belief that we have dis dl displaced placed laced ed the old scriptures by a new one It is believed that we have a Bible written exclusively on the revelations revelation to the Joseph The Bible has been written through the revelations from our Heavenly Father and we do donot donot donot I not displace the good old Bible The Book of Mormon is referred to often as the golden Bible supposedly because It was translated from golden plates God selected the witnesses to testify as asto asto asto to the revelation revealed and it is an Important fact that to their dying day these witnesses remained faithful and true to the testimony given glyen in the opening open opening openIng ing of this book Whatever may be the opinion of men concerning that testimony their testimony has never been We Ye recommend this book to the thoughtful men and women of all lands because we know that It is the word wort of God We believe in another book in the th Book of Doctrine and Covenants given to tf the Prophet Joseph Smith We believe that the Lord must make known his will or his people will not know what his will is This book Is intended br or the guidance of the people at the present day dayMen dayMen dayMen Men sometimes appear to think that we are In conflict with the word of God when we testify concerning these things We believe in that portion of ol the revelation to the Prophet John which says If any man shall add unto these things God shall add unto him the plagues lagues that are written in this book And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy God shall take away his part rut r ut of the book of life and out of the holy hl it ity and from the things which are written In this took ook But there was nothing here to inti intimate Intimate intimate mate the voice of the Lord was closed forever that there was no further reve revelation revelation lation ration We have not added anything to 1 the thi revelation of John but the Lord has made a new revelation has written ne r ew volumes Bible Promises Revelations The Saints contend for forthe forthe the faith that was once delivered to the Saints and believe that our Heavenly Father stands ready to deliver revola tUn tI n when the pe are ready to re receive cm e the revelation The scriptures say Ask and it shall be given you seek and ye yo shall find kno knok k and it shall be opened unto you jou au This is the teaching of Mormon Mormonism Mormonism ism When after the healing of the lame lameman lameman lameman man who had asked alms of the apos apostles apostles apostles the people looked on the apostles as Imposters Impostors Peter said unto them Be It known unto you all ali and to all the people of Israel that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth whom ye yo crucified whom God raised from the dead even by him doth this man stand here hera before you ou whole Neither Is there salvation in any other for there is none other name un under under under der heaven given among men whereby ue We must bs be saved There is no salvation without him no more salvation in the name of Jo Joseph Joseph seph Smith than there is in the name of P Peter PItEr or John or any of the other apos apostles apostles apostles They operate under the same ai aJ a i but they all bow the knee to Jesus Christ Although this is irs the only church inthe In Inthe the he world which bears the name of the Savior the Church of ot Jesus Christ Christof of Saints we are often otton charged with having some other re redeemer redeemer redeemer deemer This Is not true as we all know He Is the only one to whom we bow the knee But In addition to hav hay having havIng haying ing faith In the Savior of the world we believe that we must yield obedience to his doctrines and teachings There was no uncertain sound In the ther r testimony of the apostles in olden times and I trust there Is no uncertain uncertain uncertain tain sound in the testimony of his mis missionaries missionaries missionaries and workers throughout the earth today toda We Invite all peoples to prove Mor Mormonism monism whether it be of God or of man and we know that he who under undertakes undertakes undertakes takes this test with faith from his eyes shall be stricken the scales of darkness and he will know that Mor Mormonism Mormonism Mormonism monism Is 15 the gospel of Christ revealed anew |