| Show THIS IS MORMONISM I I I Tho Thu of tit authority In fn sell an ant t I stud must b found not IW In the Church alone or In to tho Iho Hible along alone or In Iii human rw tea tear r son lIOn on alone but Jut In III nil these there In eo IJO far nn us they nerve M as tho rho media through which Ui the Mind with men wid the Hit divine Will r announces to mankind Its eta behests 1 and anda a C its lla H mandated The authoritative thing thinK in hI all nil life lito Is 11 will of the Giver ot of nil all life lICe Tho The Creator r tor has n R right to fuJo tho creature Whatever thero there therefore J fore tore expresses PM 1110 higher divine law to tomen men mat Is 18 authoritative o to 10 that extent It If any Individual preacher the th thI i eternal truth of ot things he too loo then Ihn and there na 1111 n did 1111 Jesus In Nazareth i i P with Ith authority though never with such euch authority The mandatory 1 thing Is la tho truth It Is la ex expressed pressed to men mono Preeminent Ire eminent M NI a IOn con conveyor j nOr of ot this truth troth to men Is le the I yet ye et properly Interpreted Int that Bible does doe do lint nn an oli l i reason on nor Dor a that U II science Much tuch of or what Is le put forward t under tho name of ot science MI nce philosophy ophY And std reason is II wholly holl tentative and much of It Is fa t taken back ft n I few tew days or year 1 after the Ipe hypotheses are aN put forth fOr h What then IB la needed always r and In tho tha fullest degree In la the gift Itt nt of Gods Gode Holy Spirit whoso hoo province MX and l lI joy jO b I to lend lead humble docile In Into Into Into I to nil all truth We tYe take Jako the liberty of ot copying I till this paragraph from the New York Fork ork Ob Observer Observer server an Influential Presbyterian Jour Journal Journal i nal with the remark that If It the truths there laid down were generally no ni 0 by b the tM Christian world or Id the greatest obstacle to the Iho acceptance of tho the Gospel of Jesus as es pre by hy bythe hythe byttlo the LaUerdA Sainte would l no longer exist It ha has hall very el generally been maintained that the DIble Is the only authority on questions of ot faith and practice Reason ur used d to bo ho condemned as III something rebellious rebellion that bet had to be kept In chains chain eo 80 as ns not to le lead INid d faith astray And even evon science used to be looked 1 upon with suspicion Theology boldly declared d lar d nt It one time that the tho was IU Intended to be bc the very last lut medium of ot revelation ron and that It closed tho the avenue of revelation What Is II III I written breams became the end of or all con cnn controversy l as IS It If there could rould be b no other source Murce of truth than th n the written word 1 When therefore the Prophet Joseph Josephe I I came and declared that the Ihl heavens p e hAd Mil again been opened open end and that the Almighty had spoken as AI ot of old he watt was condemned by b the entire en re theological world without a hearing tut M a n charlatan rind and an impostor It was wan pimply taken ken for tor granted that ho he banked on the th credulity of his when he hee told them that the LorIS Lord had spoken to him and d him to de do deliver doliver liver a n e to tho world orid And be because because cause he could ouid not deny Ien the revelations he h had Ilal had but true to the Ibe end Ind he was killed as liS zero were cro the prophets of old for tor the very el same ime me reason r llon There was no Influential religious journal at that time that dared or eared cored to ex ox explain exo o plain 11 II III to the people that the place pl e of ot authority in n religion must be found not notto In to the Bible atone alone a Ion 1 but In int InI t I all 1111 three these Instrumentalities In so 0 far AS at ASther they ther save at u media through which the divine divino Mind with me Nt and tho the Will announces a to mankind 1 Ii behests and aud lie Its U maMat c It II U Ua iia a 8 very ery r tag long 1011 step forward t n fr frem m the rho th hlo tuition of th tile the laden leders I of halt half a century a ago alO o to the UI a ton by 11 the th X New w York Observer Ob vet that the Bible It is not the only author j i ty h but t UM tM t It U Is the tb and JId Joy ot of Holy lathy Spirit to lend deem humble haWe do doI I clio Into all truth How could euW r the ho of ut the F Saints r la lalive 1 live tho to the of continuous me rev rl i be bt stated wore more i aloe Mor lorIs V t MM m Is le livening leavening 1 the Us U religious Odd and 4 current thought to a aa much creator than tome some tomei Ue It i role Mt kit aware lIfe oC ot of w or are are an to toi i admit What U is I needed In e in tb mat matI I 1 ter St f t f tl mm shat te lo what u aa a af I f needed I hi in ml au U other ages age The Hdm n nL t L 10 n peed d to hear hr th tb the voice of 0 f the rather Father t i J The sheep Ib need t i te to hear the UN of rot the th pr grad l Sh hep hepherd f herd lierd pow MW w M as formerly They The nM need I 1 food had and dally II They hey n newt d Mt ail I i f guide 4 mene Id cannot furnish U tM light that lead to life lit IU Mer iter Merl yeah 1111 l It rasa raM tar fur short Mort of at n solving Mif the ther great r t Ift of Itt it ti Is III I in III of its III and l at t tut ua Wit um Item t hat kat It M at af ati f filmed t i tinned at nit morde l lIi Ii are arc tar far from freM ram infallible Met receptor tIN Urle lee of divine i la Is im imand I l and han H bit A tone and In MI art are r sublet ul J t I t I Il r rj l j Ml all the limitations of the Ibe Ih 1 mud mild lid J i It If the f r the AJ u uI I i are to know knew th the truth they the mist h hari e that tbt Spirit who nho ho ind lead Into Irto aM ail truth And AM whir where WIt e that I U i there th re Are r and aM and il 11 the gifts U and anI grave that III acre r given n to for tot the nt 11 11 It i itI t does tI not Mt operas now in hi It a mi n nt r Ilk AL ALC C O te t I that In h II He Her HeI H HI I r t d Him In the days IT I of md nil nl I When nhea tR these th truths tM are flue Mur monism V be ter or a l d |
