Show 1 J Silver on the Josephites SALT LAKE CITY MaID 81 > 1SS ° Editors Herald he inconsistency that is so ap fa wut in the church of the Joseph ite wherein they c aim to be Mormon Mor-mon proper and at tbe same tme deny that the Goof Israel tbtir God of course ever did or ever will give a revelation to tbe Human faintly in any possible way not in hrmony with former reveiatoas induces met me-t notice tba inconsistency in the hope that they will hereafter plant themselves more firmly on the subject or forever forego the idea of preaching original Mormonism I doubt vary much if young Joseph or any ace of his preachers can successfully suc-cessfully controvert the idea that Joseph Smith the prophet and his confreres in their time did represent the God of Israel though perfect in his sphere as etill progressive and indeed judging from the woilJs past progress over which he has as we suppose and still does preside that this theory of doctrine is tenable Ihoucb regarding God and his perfection per-fection we will have to admt that that wonderful theologian the Apostle Paul found it very hard to comprehend for after contemplating on tbe subject until the subject wearied him he exclaimed Who by searching can find out God and who can find out the Almighty to perfection 1 For argument sake however we will suppose God is perfect per-fect intellectually having acquired all the knowledge possible to attain Bearing in mind that he God gives line upon line precept upon precept pre-cept here a little and there a little and that he is careful to feed his children en the kind of food that their mental stomachs can digest would it not be very unreasonable in us to harbor the thought for even a moment that in revealing his precepts pre-cepts from time to time ho does not take into consideration the mental capacity of his children or creatures Most certainly ho does This then being the case it can with safety hardly be thought that a revelation precept or commandment given by him to his creatures away back in the dark ages of the worlds history when it was much easier to say Let there be light than impart it would be exactly in Harmony or accord ac-cord with a reveatiou precept or command given in this advanced age of the worlds progress No God I ba in the ages gone before as Bib I i cal history proves given revelation to suit the circumstances and 1 conditions of bis people and the Josephit2p i they are as well versed in Bible history as they pretend to be know i Let them compare some of the revelations of a Moses with tho revelations of a Jesus Christ said to be the Son of God Examples An eye for an eye a tooth for a tooth swear not at all eta I we were to assert that the regime of Moses and Christ were in all respect alike 11 respect alke we should be branded ignoramus Now we say and that too fearlessly that i God ceo or is giving revelations in these days or should in the ages yet to come they are and will be suitable to the wants and conditions of tho people So that our dear Josephit8 elders i they continue to cling eo tenaciously to the books may one day find tnemsclves in the wrong box J SILVER |