Show 11 IT sa 5 AN ESSAY ON RELIGION great for the youns men of utah A liberal greed editor the general end most P rief of the word reli gion IB faith in the being aad ol 01 god and u the ot his will to end the obligations of men to obey hia com it therefore comprehends the cloay embracing of pi atil laws for abs tbs of hia children be writer hrs no intention of enter ink into the in of the numer aaa synica sya ica of religion or turning over the of for the readers to gize upon the dark deeds that haye been enacted in the name of religion but bis effort shall be to inspire and strengthen the fabb already inculcated in the headla of devout believers the teachings of the lord and the principled revealed to man by him are full of abat parental loving characteristic BO manifested in a kind father towards his children and vet there is potency in every word of the law of le edition or the gospel of we does not depend upon the various bladed of reform though the ages for evid ence 0 its divinity nor is it important that the student of to day should rach his brain or consume time in the study of various through which the religions of the world have passed for life is too chort and of too much consequence to the individual the history ot the world m a general bonse the rise and fall oi nations and their laivo may ba eluded in the eludy of religion or the gospel first the student upon the right bacia and by the key of knowledge all principles pertaining to philosophy and religion will be unlocked and intelligence flow it ie a river to you man should have a true conception of god and then all chiq nocturnal ideal of old theories will all aa de tritus at the effort of reach the truth and man will find out god with greater ease and much more satisfaction the day has past when religion must be stuffed into men as ia the past duing du ing those momentous periods alen the most revolting conditions of religious enthusiasm pre and the terrors of the ii cuistion qui stion sent the boula of thousands into eternity a i roman procurator made a demand to kaow what is truth ane earne baa been propounded pounded oro many times since by very learned men but until the heavens were opened and a stream of revelation or ion was received by man from the fountain of truth it remained unanswered reverence Rele rence to the opinions of learned men an expressed during the dark days will illustrate the extent of their learning er claimed nothing can be known nothing can be certain aenes ie limited intellect is weak life is short declared it to ba for us to be tain even when we utter the linth Parme nicles aalde that the very constitution of man pr evena him from ascertaining absolute truth affirms that all philosophic il and religions reli eions systems anat be ablo because we have no criterion by which to teat them demo asserts 1 hat even bilings that are true aamot impart certainty to m even if the truth iu our possession he cannot be bertan of it in the agony of hia soul declares that we assert nothing no thinK no not even that ya assert nothing taught wa that con nevar be by reason A avowed 1 that he knew noting not eyen his own the greek philosophers came to the conclusion that in view of the conditions of the evidenced eviden cea of the lensea we cannot the truth from the false men yiew with astonishment the abject ignorance of enose times but what shall be said by way of comparison comp arieon to tho creeda of today who alaert that there is one only true and living bod without body parts or passions this fallacy la the only comparison which we beaire to draw between the ancient and modern creeda 0 say what ia truth a priceless gem that the riches of worlds can prodico pro duco jio bearch in the depths where it g it gerim lies or ascend in pursuit to the loftiest loft iest skies tig aa aim for the noblest desire truth is a knowledge of tiling fi they are ah they were and as they are to come all truth is independent in that sphere in which god has placed it to act for itself fi all also otherwise there ia no existence the loy of god ia intelligence or in other wn da light and arnth and this light and truth forsa keth that evil one the very embodiment of truth received a full neisa of truth now man was also in the beginning with god or the light of truth was not created or maile neither indeed can it be abia grana principle establishes a relationship between god and man ita elements are eternal spirit ia aleo eternal and when inseparably connected there ia a fullness cleateth clea veth anto intelligence wisdom receive th wisdom truth embra ceth truth virtue loveth vertna end lesht cleateth clea veth unto light let your ayea ba to the glora of god there la a principle of truth and philosophy deep down in this command of our lord the eye may properly be designated a camera carrying through ita retina t the brab pie turea thia photographing procesa haa actually been the deais used to detect murderers when other evidence ars just recently a man was arrested aa the murderer of a person on whose brain his bract ap paar edaa developed by the powerful microscope saints cars comprehend thal force and value to them la the development ot of that baying lei your eyes be single to the globy of god no age of the world or condition of society over contained a better eunity for young people to themselves them pelves in vacienca aci enca art religion and I 1 than at the preap nt and that toe in alio church of god if perchance par chance a a galilio or a brano in science should aniie is this aye he would not be prescribed ami tortured by an inquisition inqui stion the relic iou which ie founded on truth emanates from a god of truth and embraced embr aceB the science of theology astronomy beology and in fact the arts and sciences that pertain 10 the heavens and abo earth in their purity and that are aae ful to man and god expects man to become with ahem fot if a gains more knowledge on in telli geace in thia ufa through his diligence and obedience than another ha will have ao much the advantage in the world to coma when we oban any blessi oi god it is by obedience obe diance to that law upon which its predicated would obedience lo 10 agod without body parts or passions secure to the moat devout christian that ever lived a resurrected ted body if donld cease for a gaj beyond rise bounds of time and space they would not find it BO very to know god and jesua christ whom he hath sent which ia eternal life lar ann is not BO very far away it ia lime the world wore willing to accept bod as ha baand as he has been described by the prophet joaeph amith who baw him and hia son together and therefore ho coald not ba mistaken in the two perso nasea which establishes the law of descent the law of increase the connection that christ towards his father and god while chiist was upon the eath prophet said the father has a body of flesh and bones as tangible as marb the son also but the holy ghost baa not a body of aleah 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