Show T I I r t News W on d tb Ir t Jo J m l 10 o ua under the rte r e h or lit Jena of lAt Les lAtI I f 1 r c r n Its It n lIto to WI was Trot 1 It h x been for tM tt b f c ory 11 that hu has I sued and wilt WI L 1 I the II I qa FOU l of that the ther r I h 11 d voted h t th I ex 0 I In that mo moU Jt It hn II take i an 11 tint III ern part arl In 11 tt f it h I r nfl 0 of f th hul both b bc cJ c la lt lel and th i f air J f by leading EI EIt t l I tI s till therefore ref or r to one oat of tb cg c g 1 Y I I nut dint change ehan IU tot I y ij th h have keen lien In t r jim m mI I F y v I r f ago nio the Bible wu wore wor r t 1 h vat majority of pro prof f u area na and ad belief In III III it itc c ration atlon from ltd lid to lid lidd lidd d upon as tIa No Noa J a t the sayings o of lb the prophet I td III sad the utter I 1 the Apostles ot of the UIe New w con conr r I to be the tb very words word 0 of God GodL L t historical and Ind aI I 1 t II 1 portions were wre regarded la ID th r The v a u In th r d volume because hay took r tonal view Iw 0 of the books boob It contain u It tto to fir far u It t a I IJ ud and rec u II the word won f all 11 that lie e hat revealed u II well al a melds of that book I 4 01 11 that lie Ile does now DOW reveal v tit ta the expectation that U He It wll t reveal wal many ny things c the 0 of God and aDd andt t I of mankind Way all I r c nI a slog the authenticity of the thel l I ell ol of tb the New verlona of ot ti tl r have boost beta I with each r tt a to the authority of dUrrent I I Miles and the fact that tbt Use the Book Bone looks does not contain the of God is II acknowledged by 7 many F 0 of ton while the ther I Ir r wt of further b I be ber r to Impress Impre tilt the minds oft of t m men and Ind wom women Uty My years ea ago It 11 wu deemed de of denunciation to doubt tile It doctrine of oC Us the Trinity tough of a aIT aes IT es and nd contrary to corn com fI sense tt It w was upon a ar r f to tb the ClaT faith wee placed outside the tbt ther r It is ot of far or III it of the Godhead and its of the distinct and ft rib agNal of sack Divine Iles their unity bel being that of per perot pera ot a harmony ot of purpose pu p and although there II much m et It opinion on this important sub lOb t t It It Is treated more pt patiently and and of the N II not to in It to enforced fo to the faith of a il eu of ef people deny It and 1114 though in from one extreme to allot r Ire are aret t liable to tI the anathemas which then have han followed them on their patu from rom the creed my years ap ago tIM the Idea that tbt revels revel Rad witt wI h aM st of It Jolla John tile the Isle IlIe Ot 01 WU Win almost glory entertained Alto Also that the hot of the by the or fan a p Cure church o sd entirely tat t ta Ant sad a all U dai al to toe e 4 t er future WIN wen WINd wend d e were wert co tor lor I to their i Today to hi be divine dIviDe spiritual community I Iona mat of 01 hinds are sty M i sr Of man mankind a i kind Mamy of tb a see some of them others but a feud Yet their reception by the multitude a revolution in the public mind and A virtual of the poul billt of the truth of the e doctrines of d revelation and the present of at all n the spirit spiritual ual gift spoken of IN II ancient ye yeses ago alO the e sprinkling of In lute Int In the name Dam of the Trinity m properly cUd called baptism WU was deemed es to their salvation The Th horri bl hie Id ides that Infant wets were lost to en n g a extent mt met the thebe be heresy with the that Little children were wert redeemed from Oa the of the world through Christs atonement mad therefore need Pd Id no 00 That It w was t u I u an ordinance for the Uti remission ot of otInce since Ince pd mad that no DO child could sin be before fore fo tile the s of 1 before God GocI Today though I Is a re custom followed to s II large de der tree r PUll lUll that form Is II not DOt viewed except It by ut nectars as It used to 10 be Nor do parents shudder at th the thought of the eternal doom of a bit Without Ute the of that rite yeah ago help War u ua a place pIlOt or of literal a fr and brimstone wh where lost a soul that tbt Is II all an who do donot tot not gs to haven welter In n torment without cessation for tor ev ever and ever hopeless with no chance of UCla from their agonies and wild despair Mormonism pro proclaimed ro claimed Ute the eternal mercy u as well u Justice of the tbt AllFather explained the In holy hol writ con call the punishment ot of the wicked and declared the dull I redemption ot of all the tbs ot of men ma except a VI very few that cannot and wW not reform form when they 11 have PAid the uttermost In of m lust jut penally Today tile the harp and nd spoke rind roaring furnace with homed Imps Impe and victims to mal wrath are regarded by tb the majority of religious PI u m but realities and th of the damned oed u meat mente ii tb the multi of the tf of I the other ex x trem creme u reached ched and 4 in many pulpits een blO Itself u denied white while In others Ile Ir II out of PUtt lofty pan ago 10 tb the fate fat of all man JUn tied lid was Iud Axed pt t death th After that tbt It i iwu wu rag b Vp tip to heaven If one I In Christ down to hell hili If he be hedl dl ltd pit lIe The lb Jew JIW I the he of all 11 rao races the vast of who through aD any the die of birth or r lack Iek of opportunity or lid did not Dot Iam of oJ Jesus or tilled tailed of faith In Him HIla S Ch Christ perished for ever eer n Thus wu was to gain the victor sad nd the lor to but a fw few in 10 out of the myriad of Mormonism the ministry of Christ after Ills cruel AstoR Anton to the spirits in 10 prison ui and the of th the captives eves them lust bound the powe Ower of 01 a toW soul or spirit to be 1 hive repent ant and and therefore th the P o t ill III redemption through 1 to tM the Gospel not re In the Ie loth U was by the world and held up to ti violent of even ortho dot dOl mistletoe Is fa so 10 a a to ad d mat the probability of for th beat heathen and aDd othe others who had no opportunity to learn of Christ The sub subJect Jert I is agitated In tb the churches am and u and though the old hard d doctrine Is still atilt maintained b bl blone tome one la In theory a mo more liberal tion of the plan of redemption is I pre vm and aDd mercy r r I is exalted above tilt once aDI nr eel notion of oC eternal and nd van n rift year ago the tenets of election and reprobation tion w wits unquestioned In sad churches eL It wu was talc tak takeD en eD for granted that before the Uon of the world the tore ordained a certain number Dumber ot of mn men and ande augele b be e n flit sleet ellot and aDd that an all the rest t of Uis 11 creatures young youn sad and old of all races sects and 4 conditions condition w were doomed to ills Hili wrath tb and nd mien misery In the torments torment or of ken hell That Christ toned atoned only for tor tM the alga of the sleet to and that thew few tew chosen out oat of the rubbish ot of nature tu were to tobe tobe be saved td not because of any nr rood good acts acta of their own and ad tb the loot wen wre to be doomed not lIot beraUlt of oC any they tb bad done but bat all 11 wan ft And before the they were born Bo 80 that po no matter mthr how bow good fOOd a person might be It if ha be wu wan ROt not of the at elect leet leethe he would be eternally damned dau and arall no matter nutter boW wicked 4 another might lIht be If he w amo the shot elect th the blood of Christ would 11 away all ail has guilt and lie be would shin In the glory 10 of God Even the election lett of intents w was part of thin thil tra and II 1111 In the Confession of II showed that while certain person were wrt predestined to tm tin positions on earth In church churek In inMate tate Mate In wr was la in peace In various for tor tb the progress l ot of mankind rod Ind the be of oC divine pur pue p sea throughout the ages arid nd amone th the raced ud sod WI were born into the he world orld at the time and aad under u the cir clr yet 11 ion was fret free to aU all without distine lion span their acceptance of oC the Gospel of Christ when It should be presented to them That Tbt mu man u II a hire fIM agent to with tb 1 st c to or reject truth and 11 is II there roe fON a responsible bI heist and nd will cons con be Judged for III his Individual art and wit wll recites r l the reward or pun which divine divins eternal UI tic Lice tempered with me mercy rhall In each ass That the he blood of Jeans Christ ham from ate all who willingly obey JIll His Impel For or this the Saints were opposed ad often persecuted and cut Cal out Ot n II evil Ii the theory that the ether Ir created millions of life for or the purpose ot of them Into lato tor le III by the tbt crt groat lb muse museI I of Though It till t Ins iu Iii till n creeds or of tome some ot of the church It Il la II not believed I except Ity br a f few dOli dogmatists mati who refute to bend to the tore of modern sent I went ment A Brat m nd ha hili been made for the of t th the eU en eUtI tI tiro creed that emb cites th the awful raUn pel I even many of the mOlt moat prominent exponents of sew openly repudiate It and denounce It a a libel upon Deily Delt This change Is I notable and a sign In 0 of the pro of religious thought Fifty year ears ago 0 the tb J Idea bout about wu was that It U II a perpetual repetition ot of a religious Sabbath That the redeemed their time In sacred lUred singing on harps and bowing before befort the eternal raal That tb they are Immaterial rt being with nothing substantial in th their and Dd nothing material to In their existence or enjoyments Mormonism taught that haven heava would be d the earth after its purll mhd renewal that the redeemed west lit be Immortal t m dI du engaged In various in ID an n advanced and ad of society families to their or order order der exercising IU all their pow powers spirit oat aal and physical In a refined and d ever ver state tte of and aDd happiness This was wa ridiculed and Dd erected n materialistic ras and 4 unscripturaL To Today the lae Ides of bY haven II rapidly fading from the thoughtful mind The truth le la IJ pad dawning upon the ui world worl that the future state lIe will be I a social condition of at real men and M woo wo sire immortalised and haN Ing and Dd adapted to their advanced position and surroundings separated tram from till II thin thine that are evil and aDd degrading and d basking In the of the nit J Itt yore ago 10 tb the generally ed theory of the origin of tb the hook ot of Mormon WH was that a clergyman named Solomon Spaulding wrote a religious novel caned the Manuscript Found which b by some m insane not fully ex came Into the of Sidney Rigdon who conveyed It In same mysterious manner to ltd U youth Joseph Smith who fabricated It Into Ute the Hook Book of Murmon Munson and palmed Almed It up upon on the world n a divine revelation Testimony that could not be impeached WI was given Iven that SIdney knew nothing bout about tilt the Book of un till It was shown to him by Parley Pari P I Pratt many months after its publication lion tion Uso that Ut the alleged particulars concerning Th The Found bore no resemblance to those ot of the rowing forth of the Book of t Mormon onnon But the religious world accepted the story with all Its Lions tIon and absurdities and nd It Was wa adopt eel td by learned compilers of 0 has and nd historical volumes olum Today the Spaulding tory story use prop prone utterly shattered hud and Ind Without a pat par tide of oC support Th The Pound Found has 1111 been brought to light aft lon long concealment It Is II preserved In Inthe I Ithe the library of Oberlin College Collee Ohio 1 It bears bean no resemblance whatever to the th Book of Mormon That la I conceded by b bevery every person ellOn who has compared the ii two works and Ind experts esper have examined them both an nd have given their testimony that there ther I no liken likeness of any kind between betwee them and antiquarian lis have brought to light ruins and relict which give evidence 0 of the truth of th the historical portions ot of tre t Book of Mgr men IDOn and aid In placing placiD It lit In It Its I proper grope light before tb the world Prejudice l con It is II breaking down and I some religious ministers still repeat the th silly glory toJ of halt half a century ago aIO to t i account for tor II its origin tb the Book of Mor Kor Mormon I mon moa Ita stands today tody es a divine be believed In by br hundreds hundred o of I sad anti a marvel to the world years yra ago aco persecution ra regi d against the M Saints The Th had bad Sled fled before I its murderous attack and ad the fury tta ot of lid led by br all lou ministers lad Dd lunatics They ria hat had founded a commonwealth tn In the wilder oes where they could be tree to nor wor shop God according to the of oo their conscience unmolested by Chris Uon But broad abroad In man l placed pl tI hostility to their filth Was tn ex I In ruMan form nd and a Oi I i ind ton Uon w was still manifest to destroy then and nd their creed The They w were a small all i iCO CO community In tb the midst o of thew tb mourn moun tal taint and It WH was late Jt In the year r that tb the form of t extended to 10 them by br the nation OO I to take tak 1st the sent forth its missionaries to 10 foreign land and aad seVeral trel European nation for the fleet Ume heard beard the sound lOuDd ot of the everlasting Gospel restored to earth to tb the latter alLer dare clan Today Utah I Ii a State of oC tb the Union It Its Influence is I increasing Its valid II is III becoming cognised the world The Tb Church oc copies a strong trone position II at a po power with fiU an admired If feared fared by the groat systems that OPP oppose II It But Lb rUle rifle and aDd tb the cannon the torch and firebrand the dungeon and Ind the use no longer tilt the weapons used therewith t to tight tl the Mormon Church Charch More 10 civilised an and methods are re now MOW adopted and ani though re I u rids ph physical force I p not approved In the UIe world I le It k It not claimed d that tbt the great rat eba hangs In III religious I u thought that h have 1 akin puce during the past It halt hlf con II tarT ury hay have been brought bout about tb the preaching of Mormonism jut BUt It has 1 been a potent factor In the ot of these problems In religion tend Dd lay bat had Jaad its II effect upon Ulon sit 11 the Idaa tend IMI notion to which We i ha have referred tend lid want mar others which W we have bave not pace to mention There are many of people and not lIot a few re ministers who lIft opinions have bv be teen greatly tI chanted through the Ihl Ida race and of doo not bl be wiling to 1 ad 1111 tins They mar nit this tit but bat It le I a tact fact nevertheless h hand tad and ley DINt Deseret Nw w has baa don It Its part partIn In n the rood work I is the heavenly 1 which le II working In the world orld It will wl l leaven the ho tum t that which bleh It baa haa wrought t years Is p len n of oC Its future tutu It I I tb the of Almighty God It cannot by be It will M vall aU all And will stand f to rover For FOi It Its I In u H the pill I to God be b aU all th the glory Por It II prospects In the future w wr tender him thanksgiving and abd prat pral t |