| Show t I t The Utah convention of or It j teachers appear to have been assem assembled m bled ehI IlY f ter r the OM of oC attack In Ing the faith of ot the he miner than to elucidate the Iho doctrines LL of or the te Presbyterian cree All MI people have tile right to e the of or and If It possible poi lWe to iIi show iho that they are N Incorrect The only effectual way Vay however hoer to that end so fiO desirable to sectarian Inters Is 18 l to 10 the principles of oC I fairly and before proceeding to thur th tt This Is II I not nott nota a t to bo bp fully tull expected of ot the of or cur QUI faith but bUI It Is 18 l plen 10 o Me ee that i i thou thole Is II some porno approach to 10 this course on OIL tho part of ot the gentlemen nho 1 tio ho In ln Intend I I tend teM to capture our children It they 1 cannot convert conert us Ul J J The rending reading ot ol fl lect l portion h ani t a tho of ot Mormon authors nirl aw an 1 I authorities han hall tha on tho surface of ot n a tar fair attempt at criticism Hut But when whoa It U b 1 reen ren fe n other por portions rorI I which h would throw greater Hunt Hunton f I on n the subject aro Ignored t or avoided i it It looks look moro like cunning than candor candorI I Alao AIo AI o to attribute to the Prophet Joseph Josoph Smith ns tie alleged divine revolution revelation thu es from froll lectures delivered by hy i i ithe per person on without ouch nuch a n claim dons doos il I l i j not net savor fIor of ot a sincere purpose or hon lion honest honI I est e 1 Investigation j lite Iha I he principal subject before tho the on Monday was wai the Mormon doctrine concerning the tho Holy Ghost Tho Thu speaker read rend a n i ii as from froll the tho Doctrine and Covenant I says Knitter othor l has hM n a body bOlly nf ot and hones bones as tangible us mans mansi i S the Son Bon she also but the tha Holy Oho i has hns j not nol a body hody of oC and bones but Is in n a of oC Spirit Ho lie then lien quoted I from the tho Lectures I on Faith I which shichI I were Vero delivered 11 at t nn an early date llato In the tho Church by Bidney y but hut which S the tho I attributed to the tho Prophet ph Smith Hut he lie made no refer reference NC r dice ence to those parts luts of oC the Doctrine and c Covenants In which the subject of ot tho the 1 essence the th power and Si of ot tho the Holy Spirit set forth by II rove rev revelation I elation mure more completely For Instance St 8 Had and 93 3 L One point presented by several of ot the theS S ne of ot the time Mormon faith which i t Is very cry Is that they thy re reo reverse reverse verse thC the statement made by Mor Mormon MorI I I I r I rI mon mun and In the he revelations to 10 time the Church und instead of ot saying We Ve man inan It I In the tho form Conn and Image of or lod Joll they tho put It In this thu way The Tho Mormons believe that Is made malle like lIko man mn In tho ho quotation wo vo have given Biven from coin the Doctrine and Cove Covenants Covenants Covenants nants It states that the tie Father I ther has n a nb body b dy of at flesh and boms bonis as tangible as ns mil minis II 8 0 Hut But our Presbyterian make flake It appear to state that God Clod Is hI a n person of 01 t uncle like a man Thus Instead In oi o 0 presenting man ns nil a n cc coi cey y of time the form to Im and personality of ot God Cod they time tho convoy convey the tha Impression slon that no wo reduce Hod O ll to be b the Hie Image of ot a man Objection was wae made to some Fleas used us lllY by Mormon writers In ret ref reference to the tho Holy Spirit In the tho ICoY Key to Theology the author speaks s ellk of oC thai lint spirit in comparison with and andI I with spiritual also uses UI the pronoun It of ot He lie Hut But th thi author did not say that the tho Holy 1101 Spirit Is electricity and the term torm was wan used by b him him simply by b way of ot corn com comparison parison ills His critic crillI sin simm singled 1 out but Ignored the explanation given 1111 by b the writer as asfor for tor Instance In these there passages paes from that work werk An g 1 the mind milid pastes passee IIII the boundaries ot of f time the and enters upon tho time of the lit more rno refined and subtle U It Itself associated A with itt certain In In Il to cur ur grues Iro I organs but clear cler clearly clerI ly Ir I to 10 our Intellect by h their I tangible o i and sWeet effects Time The purest most refined tl ted aDd subtle nf n if all sli these ant an the oat oni lean lessi or even n leCo by h the less lass informed among mankind Is III iI that called 1 the Italy Spirit This l I Ic the t gr IN wrest t controlling lag ing In element nf of If all alt other element It 11 Is to omnipresent by r awn of the of lit IU itS i and ami It all sli I timings things It Is I endowed with win VIII windom dom dam truth ruth love charity chant sad and t mercy in all sli their In 10 It U Is I the attributes of oC the eternal and iL It li is evident from these HI that the writer used time the terms ob el objected j t to In a II comparative sense acne nit It If It was as necessary we could quote tram from the of the Dolly to material i that would probably ably abl shock our out critic rUIt quite ns nl rudely rud as al a worl weir or fir two to In the Key KT to 1 to 10 have ban agitated Ills his lIo n rf A W We art ar rc reminded of ot the Ih saying MythS of ot th lie IsaIah lealah about those thaM peranna who make mak a man manan manan an offender for fr a word As to time the cerI won It Sit In III v to in int t the Ibe diffused spirit hi h ti iS tithe II the light and anti of ut all fh Vh fhI I thin third J In Ia th the tbt th Ih the H Un v ii the tl 11 i nas a as sent nt by b the Father slier After the oT o oI I the tbt Son on lo to sit lIt at HI lii right listed kand le lea I a aa a per Ir n J i T t r fi and the I pro pronoun noun IT J Is II u I i 1 w wn n if t f tIU Him IU V Wt to t the th u t i U Ii I I uS reference Is I mad to that omnipresent spiritual proceeding Irol from ruin the Eternal Father and aCId existent through boundless space which has u a 1 diversity ot of operations both In the tho spiritual ami tha physical spheres ami Is 18 the time light lIht which lightens lighten every overy moan man that comes Into the world OCR clod will give Us its H light ht und mini In an Increased degree to every overy soul lOul that sincerely seeks to Him for Cor It In faith The fhe spirit of oC man manIs Is an nn Individual AntI awl the pronoun lie or Sims She ait as the time ruse MH may he be IJ Is 18 proper nail and eo so O Is It except to the time learned mind of ot the hypercritical oh Joe or The rime nonentity described del l In the Prose Pros Confession of oC Faith ns as the Holy Spirit Is neither Him Himlie lie He nor Jt It Having no extension no dimensions no part parti Mae being neither here liars nor there nor anywhere In par occupying no ClO space whoso mode of oC mu must mut t ever non con continue In tinus to u us a profound mystery a as aM It all analOg It l I ii utterly useless to attempt any lay definition of oC this Incomprehensible thIrd part of ot that which has no parts part end and 1 11 not entitled to be lie referred to even evin U It II The Time gilt gift of ot the Holy Ghost which IB Is Imparted by the laying laytn on of oC hands by byone one oil having train from Clod to lo the time baptized repentant believer In III Christ ChristI ChristIs IB Is I an endowment of at that list Spirit In a It hither greater grealer and more glorious de dr degree deares ares gree than can cen be obtained by mortals mortal I through any other method By lIy this thU gift lCt mankind may approach to the Eternal mernal Father through HU Hit Son Slon Jesus JOIS Christ end and obtain manifestations m of ot truth and light and lory beyond hontI any aimy anything timing thing thin that lan can be reached without that heavenly gift girt It Is the time anoint anointIng anointIng Ing lag from above which tektiteS nit nil thing timings It U is that hint which was bestowed bellowed upon time tho Saints under uner the ministrations of ot the tile early earl Apo and whIch Is enjoyed through similar moons moans by my Jy tho the of ot the time dispensation dl pen It U Is a jr JI clous lou than titan any Iny earthly thins thing antI and nut the Ih testimony lImony tu which It IL of oC the tho Father and the Son and of ot the tho truths truth of oC the Gospel One pel restored In those these last Illel days cannot he be diverted or weakened or er In any way ay removed by bytho b bythe the tho casuistry of ot modern sectaries whole imojo paltry objections are arc but ns us the tho whist whistling t ling hug of ot time the wind ind |
