Show OTTOO ro L LQ Q the tho tl anti Cove Coe 20 1 ii says that it Il wan as 1150 tt arll IM th coming ot of out our a Ha HaSIor JesUs ThIs wa 11 11 fi 1120 Iii etton Ti 3 It If says 1118 the Ibe hut h W Was H In the year of our 1834 could It be In Inthe inthe the yent tal 1110 It It WIll was tU then n 1830 1130 Yeats e ta the lit Of J t I In the News that If nOt MInH WO orf ars Suit Mt lit 11 the foregoing has been bean received from froma a correspondent In the south louth anti Is II nn an ot of t the o tendency to 10 t technical which l I tet In j asid I nl which leads to ble discussions We regard the tha In the Dot DoC DoCtrine trine atilt C d iq Id III i the I question all as relating merely to the tho cur current i tent rent not hot as tM ho I exact time of thir birth of o Jesus Christ nor jor Oil as settling anything s i to lu lbs cite number ot of oars that passed l ss d Inee that until the Church Will was 1 In the last lays and tot the last time It Is conceded b ot of the that th there re I Is Sn n tl In Inthe inthe the chronoloGY ot of bout about tour four dars the statements cited t tIn In iii the aho tire tho date Church un ni lI set t up 11 commandment ht of Cud aud ant and under the tho laws of the land according to the r of time All Ag given Iv Ivon on en In the cot notes It was J A D 1830 and on the fourth month and orid the tho of cf the month of thAt year The first fint part of of section 20 of tho ho Doctrine Mil and Is n a statement of nil as to setting letting up ot of the Church and of the Incidents leading Up tip to It also nho the t of tho Elders of oC the Church U RI to the Divine mission million or of tIm tho Prophet Joseph and inspiration ot of the tho ook of Mormon M Maee n see aee verse 16 The Tho of section 20 and 21 of the tho Doctrine and Covenant can ho be seen Ly reading them and ond It ItIs Itis Is that this was wan not to present It L chronologiCAl system or to correct the present data And the mention of th tho day and th month and year of the or if bt the tho hurch In both In instanceS stanceS Is simply Incidental ana takes the tho popularly received designations so that everybody l would understand the tho time ot of the tho event ent thus mentioned As stilted stated In another revelation S Speaking Unto you that you OU mAY nAturally un understand See 29 33 There Thel havo bavo been disputes In Inthe inthe the world over Ocr Just such minor In the tho nut But tit Ii nn and judicious commentators do lIot flOt thorn them as establishing any or ho be cause the subJect presented In which they are mentioned Is so no and ot of so va greater Import that the they need not bit be considered Such IncIdents are of according to popular acceptance and pot pol for the purpose of oC endorsing them as 1111 facts or teaching them as principles Je As to the D date of f the birth of at our Savior into Inlo the worM world there thero is II nothIng In the ox ex tant Even Evon tM the Book Dook of which is Ie written In III such luch great reut flee neu leaves the matter In doubt It ItI Itis I is not wise to n a chronological 41 theory upon an made lit hi tl to fIO popular data dat nor Is tt it II to lay tay too tM much stress on a wont or ort pl ril In scripture or orto orto to magnify It aboya Its sl simple Intent |