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Show TIIEKEV.FORBUSIl DEFINES THE UNITARIAN POSITION ON THE INFALLIBILITY OF THE BIBLE. He Cannot riare K.todua and O.'her 1 oks of tho llllile Within the Pal of Ait-thentln Ait-thentln lli.tory but Hillnvea In the goripturra a W hole. The Reverend Foi bush addressed a good attendance of I'uitarians and per-foiistif per-foiistif liberal tendencies in religious thought at (he Salt Lake theater Sunday Sun-day morning. The following is a digest of his sermon: ser-mon: Mr. l'orbush took for his subject: "Tho Unitarian Idea of the Bible." lit) said that tho strict churchman regards the bible as infallible; the moderate churchman cousiders it divine, and the loud speaking disbeliever, a work of fiction emanating from designing priests. The two extremes are popular with the majority. It is easier to throw away than pick out and discriminate. Ingersol ou the ouo hand ami Taliiiage on the other give unqualified condemnation condem-nation and unlimited belief. Tho Unitarians Uni-tarians take a quiet aud medium path between thu two extremes. They do not believe tho bible infallible. It contains manifest errors. It is strange that the educated worltl can consider the legends of Kxodus as within tho pale of history. With thu growth of historic criticism tho infallible idea will be eveutually broken down. Its contradictions contra-dictions can never be reconciled. Great portions of it are of unknown date, and it is made up of fragments so old that all trace of their true origin is lost. The bible is of historic worth as material for history. It is the account, slowly accumulated for two thousand years, of the life of a people; a narration of the slow religious development of the Hebrew He-brew people; a growth from tribal creed to world religion, and as such a history it is of value to mankind. In closing his discourse Rev. Forlmsh said: "Every race has its seers and prophets, as tho"universal inspiration of the Almighty has given them understanding, under-standing, lint I lind nowhere in the world's sacred literature the sacred elements ele-ments of religious and ethical truth combined in so goodly proportions with so little alloy and stated so lovingly in the liner parts of the gospels. And there shines no single life so singularly attractive and with such uplifting power as that of Jesus. We must tiring all the scriptures, by whatever prophet uttered, iu whatever tongue spoken, must reverently listen for God's word breathing" through each, and must select which is wisest and rarest, what is most lofiy and inspiring to each, and combine all into one grand text of hope, faith, love and adoration; of dutv, morality and religion before the bibie of humauity will bo complete." |