Show Silver Again SALT LAKE CITY April IS 1880 Editors Herald I think that some of the Josephitas I shall here are a little afraid that lead Brother Lull away from their order Well if be hai embraced a false faith I mean a faith not in consonance con-sonance with the revealed will of heaven and I verily believe he hae if what I have alraady or may hereafter here-after say or write should produce such an etlect it would give me some pleasure to know that oneuoul through I my time and thought had been made wiser and better though tho Joseph itee should be deprived of an earnest and faithful worker My communication communi-cation to you of the 12th inst J as I learn has had the effect of stirring the hitherto still waters of the afore aid order and now I suppose we must look for some public notice toe to-e taken of tome tilings I have fad over my signature This course I grant will be much more manly and indeed more Ghristianhke than a kind of spasmodic laugh that heretofore I hereto-fore they have been wont to indulge in at my expense I sincerely trust that they will criticise most severely ny thing I might have said not consonant con-sonant with truth and fairness I take it rather hard though I shed no tears over the matter that those who should bo my brothers and sisters and as a consequence have a kindred affection for me should be found so naughty as to call me crazy etc after taking the pains I have done to correct Borne of their error To say the least it is very unbecoming unbecom-ing on their part and I most heartily hope for their own credit that such conduct will not be repeated Why tbey should tale exception to the view I took of Pa xix 71 am entirely at a loss to know True I did not consult marginal readings on tho subject sub-ject because in doing eo in times past I have found that such readings have bad aa I have thought no particular bearing upon the subject I would nothoweverhava it understood that I wish to cast any undue reflections on our learned commentators Such certainly on matters of divinity should know much better than an unlearned person like myself If they do not their many years of study on theological question ors subject sub-ject have availed them but little But what I wish to arrive at is this That in the study pI the sacred scriptures scrip-tures I much prefer if I may be allowed al-lowed the expression to analyze words and sentences going before and following fol-lowing after the malts or words I am considering I may be wrong but I will leave it to inspirational men hud women whether or not in doing EO I am not more apttocatch the spirit and true meaning of the speaker or writer Perhaps Job the man of much affliction knew something some-thing of this inhalation when he said There is a spirit in man and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth him understanding I did intend to notice the context of Psalm sis 7 but I will leave this for others to do more competent than myself and content me by simply adding ad-ding that in the future if Brother Luff and his colleagues in taking a text will depend more upon the inspiration of the Almighty and leea upon the avowed purpose of intentionally attacking some doctrine or supposed doctrine of the Utah church they will not only accomplish accom-plish more good but be very likely to comp nearer to the truth They should remember that they claim to ba called of God as was Aaron J SILVER A |