Show S SOME ME CONTRIBUTIONS OF MO MORMONISM MONISM TO MODERN RELIGIOUS THOUGHT A Lecture Delivered BY ELDER B H ROBERTS Oa 19 t Sun R Club Cu New York an Or of O POlI Mn and aud Vinen to Falter Modern Thought and ud Free Idea Ir Chairman aI III I n U opportunity or I ng ngOu the thC Of at tho Sun Ou permit mi to 10 con cone b In 1 e I th cub club 1 the nr t upon gr n th thO you ha have VII chol n for tOI r ton Wo We aro ut a tb o of I a da iaP In fl Ihs thIES Ihu t wi Will ho bo go t In Is achieve e ent not only In material Iut ut utIn In the ot or human mpa Ih tre tree dom Ind I knol know ot or no more thIs new Itty than Ihan tho lis lisIng mOI tor 1 IY Ing ng sun evidence or of your bron It t Is S nn that you hove have Invited he less or of NO Q unpopular r n ath nd as a t I to 10 II hi your our omu ot of those truths we regard as so 0 t so 50 necessary man mai to know Anti n of oC my for lu In west In New ew York and I and nd also on IY my oln I thank I ItO much of oC so o you ou Wih tO 10 thO o of tho th OS THE SUBJECT OF to 10 properly appreciate tho lIon tion that Mormonism has made to o thought thought It wI will to 10 a attention to the Ie 1 cal lon orthodox views Christan v nn lb th subject of at revelation In the tho larl early de 1 ade jes or Of the nineteenth con cn cnUT IUT UT ot of ron Oi 01 other subjects ad 21 their were legion 31 manY Of at them ad among them themon on the ot of the tho el or of their opinions was wa to thia ct While ul nil hut In nn an cle cleat Itt t s there wal wa almost almost I a revelation and au stream ot of al alIm In Im st unbroken of oC Ired men calC calleI to whom God In a variety of at wa ways 8 revealed G tate fao to face his hl friend b bIbe U a man might to the Ibe a ot of angels UY by bl words WOrda spoken b by to re In 1 LL certain or of mind hUe hile In cli these ways was God had to re ltd ni lt In past to th revelatIon hM had now entirely The Thc sa red volume ot of Scripture fU wa ted and IO God had spoken JI word ord 7 awful olo or of prophesy would no nomore nomore more b heard The world had ICCI I its prophet ThIs Imler limited the ot of God to the tho books booke or of the to the Old one end Now New I ment Are rt the tho book composing th I Old and aM Sew New n the tho nut or of divine authority In the world a queston In wilting tn 10 0 CamPbell during hil gren debate with nobert flobert Oll Owen on nty In 1829 Mr Ir Campbefl sM E emphatIcally yea e II in doing so 50 solie lie be voiced the views It of al alt ot II that time lIme and ot of orthodox Chris up to 10 this da day contravened 11 all thia by II new neI revelation ton from r cd to 10 Joseph 31 a early us tB oM b by proclaiming the nl tenca or of volume o of viz tho 10 B el Mormon Thil Lok book It gm tive 1 ft account ot of the hand the the theao q nt ancient on ao ge American DC ac c 1 or f the ot Of the men ad d whom God raised Ut up Wit them an account ot of the vcr er oral rl ministry or of Chrit them after Hs the and anel departure from rom I pr bo be called tim Iha ot of Scripture Te Tte or of occa lon Iro pro dude arguments In support tt ot the tho tea of thia claim the tho In ot of evidence In ot of It but lut I cannot refrain In In attention to 10 the thu tact fact Il that this of oC American ScrIp hI a real reality It If Of oC te the mot most Important facts tacks oC modern modem thUeL I It enlarges ons ones ft of the J lt e and mercy of oC God I It make I cler clear that lo lIe was It of the tho fare and nud palton ot n time tho tl tie to and races race o of men In the tho wes west eU n h hemisphere ml ns as cel aa mindful i alvalon ot of men In tho Iho ITo Ho ld lint H n e the relation ot of mon men to In hint 3 In mans earth rth nen mu thu Ihu moans ot of 11 t r manIto not f reveal all title tione to nt nien n lu iu tile tho eastern I ere erf and leave tho o of oC the watt tm fl Phero to 10 pell h In 1 t th truths hut but with In I no Ire made them 1 en In the thEl tern a In the thu world that they equally with r or the might lind I aj i happily thoy should after him m mm 01 It was not further I TUTU rn them frame the tho nation anti iii ins f marts a or of thA tJ tor or nl aico lo wore t This 18 Ii Iut put II a I f on II by the wa not net an artI it ilI but I the tho hope that to ou n a tull futi In cr Iti f n ot oC this now new volume lulIo of oC oCi i In to the o lations t nl m thEl ha doctrine of O theM Holding thAt of II oo i no o lIeh thing res as 01 ian bit word wOId God till not bin in the tho acme onse that Con ho 0 polon also that reva f instead 11 t being rl to oric lo in on family ami one nation ow or one ona I iU all Is It In III 1 exIstent aes In n II varying 1 alt n 0 u the peaple It Im 18 the tho t American C ot of Scripture that to ali alj The III ord doth grant un 10 nations to ot of their own ow nation and Ion each iti III yea ca In all t that lt lie lIt thU they hey have l aua tl and again I com coin comI I ulue e that they thoy write For b h ICI I speak un l Jos ls shall peak tInt the tho bahl aim hall It Itt t unto the Write j Erlan reces s and they the it Y shall hall also nise peal ruto 1 hi OthOr ot of the Iho hou house J or of hey all eh t i have lell hod anil 1111 re It Unto Until write It and t I alII th hAy W all ot DC the h he a a Write It IL It will not C lIon Qi of but this Is I a 0 nobler con cnn 00 tiC In JI hanoi hand with If e to that reany which lit at so or COntravene Thill cd f Jon ion Is noble embracing View n worthy orthy of at The I Is AtO an narrow as 15 to bo be boOx Ox x mien Ie II limits hy 0 of hod Tho divine to r tue to hebrew Bobrow race lIro the tho vIe all t th i Is o brool that It t In I Crl J amon e ot of the tho If the e In cho h ag anti r t ita 1111 right eto on This Is nil all t i 1110 may hero here lY nn Mar or lion lena OM Itt In respect ot of revo Ito I I II Tt IMMINENCE I OF O GOD Ill I Ii p J In I U lt o ot I Announced the t tre i no ar rl many for tor If M In the which HIt r 4 ta in wt Int and i la t no n hing I t there I no eIther 11 o 0 t leer e lr clea Clear r from rom tho con o of t the ther r that b by this turn does not Inn groups of large or small un under II or the tho reign niHil or a aking a king but bul substances matter mattor unlit tinder I Ithe the domInion ot of law mUM ilK It if lie he hal had There is III no space In Ito tho which thre III if no or matter tinder the dominion or of law and thorn Is Ia no sub lub In which there fa t no space There cnn can bJ b no doubt hut but lint In Inthis inthis this ot of tIme exIs exIstence tence und end infinite c ten lolI o of paco mill Mormon prophet antIcipated the nol ot of our Let u Us this n a moment Whal I Ic ua and the sun Bun to In n a direct line 1 Wo We answer space That Is to tl say a extension to for I wo we no longer longor al au Ito Iho term space with Urn um much space between cc and the tUn The rho astronomers Ill say Auth Antl what La II on the tho other uther aido ot of the tho sun In n a direct line from us Space mull mil ot of miles of oC It Yell anti it IC you IU wove to multiply or of miles mile hy by you OU would not net then reach the curtains does doe not tim III 1 it direct line front us beyond the le suit Hun Xou ma may make your our measuring ot of what length you Oll mis IU well wellI I make ak It n a thousand millions ot of miles os Cs a 11 toot rule rulO hut but neIther by conceivable thought cnn can CU got get chora space does dOCH not continuo anti substance b an any you may lix Tile thought I Is end there thoro therefore fore Is this conceptIon or of the correla correlative tive existence ot of nod and set let down In thought ns na a truth The value ot of thIs doctrine all es affect ini modern thought ap appear pear when h n I call your attention to tl the that It God Into the tha world Is Into the tho Since hero Is cl eluo o that no ho call CIUI b be ThIs or of space and Hub toadies tIme the immInence of I Go God In III time Iho no now 1 amid Is utterly destructive ot of the lie delL ot of nn mini God to 10 borrow u a phrase ot of John Irl Wino Who once oneo ed cd II a machine capable ot of run running flIng ning itself anil lien hen ot of It to see t It go In the tho lIht of Ir doctrine and the tho discoVerIes and ole de i ot of scIence which go go 50 0 far ral towards Its truth the tho I orthodox ot of this generation lUll may not sing with so much rapture os as did the orthodox Christians ot of a ego ogo the tho bounds 1 tf time and Look forward to that heavenly mince The Saints abade No 0 God exists In the tho world today ns as completely as a lit at any tIme lime past t and nud andIs I Is HivIng giving It form forni anti UI as HIm dIvine divino Tue Tho Mormon on of thIs Imminence of God iii tho Is stated In the toll following owing lie Ho Is In the sun Hun and the Iho light and the power powel thereof b I which It was made as Ho is b In Iii time moon and andis Is the light ot of tIme tho moon and time the pow power or er thereof b by which It vas made unade And the earth carth also airo and aniol the power thereof oven tim tho earth carth on which you YUU stand And the tho light whIch now nosy which you light Is through limit hn your eyes l whIch I Ic the tho manuo light that your our which light oth forth front the tho or of God to till 1111 the of Ir acu light which Is In all things which light to nil things which I Is tho law by which nil all things are arc governed oven the power ot of God Gad who upon Ills throne who Is In the tho ot of Is In iii the tho midst or of all timings the mire tho ho of God yea nine man Is the tho tabernacle ot of God evon temples Sow ow ot of course It 11 Is to tl IJ lie tinder stood here horo that when revelations ot of the tho cl b time tho abet nacle of nt God and Imd ot Ills being an II IL ii tilling the tho ImmensIty ot of pace neo in 18 not made to 10 Got us 58 an n as Hod the tho Father to Jesus Christ as a per her moon Hon but reference Is I to that spirit or Cr or power emanating from them and other divine divino personalities extending out Into and tho ho immensity ot of space As the tho light ot 01 the lie sun penetrates by Its rays o of space What Is really meant is IH the tho spiritual presence of at God through mill matter and space and light und and In the tho souls Bouls or of Those respecting the Iho inn ot of God Gael In time Iho world make mako cJ clear nr and amid ratIonal the Mornion claims o of ever eer one anti continuous Ion from God the tho subject oC at I a moment ao ago ItS as attn aleo tho they exhIbit how Irrational Is III the orthodox Christian theory ot of u a ot of revelation with the tho close or of the tho age TIlE THE UNIVERSE BI ING US PEn THE OF 01 IW Closely allIed to the tho Ct just jus Is the thc doctrine or of tho ho reign ot law lit iii time tho universe stated In the tho rove revo lation I la last t In th the following terms There are aro man many kingdom p and unto evel every kingdom Is gIven In II a law and unto every ver law there thero are bounds also alao antI conditions all al beings who abide no In iii those con are not justified Ant And again I 1 say unto you Ire Jie God bath Il ci law lat unto till nil things b by which they move In their lr times nit II their seasons and their courses Dro aro fixed even time tho course courso of at the tho and the oarth which tIme the anti alt thi th planets Behold nil all these Ire arc kingdoms and any man who bath i seen any or the tho or of these hath bath atoll lIeen God Goel moving In ills majesty and power Science rejoices reJoice In what she ho calls the tho reign of oC lai nM and rightly so but t I have nowhere seen the doctrine ot of the reign o cit law moro inure admirably or o stated In works than In this passage from a Mormon revelation Ann And moreover there it Is In this state ment ot or the doctrine an element lIy overlooked by scientists that while all existences are arl tinder the dominion ot of law hair It Js assert asserted ed ad that Unto every law there are ocr i bounds timid That is In II 1101 say is 18 subject 10 u Inv la ThIs Thill Idea lie tho ILle henry thom tho author of I tut ll Law In the tue SpIrIt cal declared to be Ode onu or of the most striking or of U Ono Omie ot of the striking tIC cit recent science Is III that Ihal even laws I III VI their mits luw ot of above work Hut But henry soul this In the Iho pro proclaimIng claimIng the Moraine ot of tInt tho UnIversal reign rehm or of law was 60 o years etore tn In nl as to ii now 1101 clement In iii time tho of oC Iho tim al reign ot of law Science Helene lii her hor PrInciples demands the lie Iho ot of special Iii till lie affairs or of time the world at 1 chit mi tho tie fit of This Thill attItude o of however howeler arIses tram toni time the er Cr colt mint mn elea roughly speaking oro nie rt mc Uti nc contrary to laW or special in III ot of natural hw This ho not thum right vies or of thoo of oC divine divino tho Scrip tures urea Tho They nine not e eints to I law a but tho ho ur of higher lauve to 10 11 cun lIy by which time tho net nat natural ural order ot of timings seem to he to rl versed III rI to the tho t principle It IC the tho mariner of oC yours ego 1110 hen the lie wind all his canvass spread and the tho accent currents current In favor hal suddenly conic upon ono or Of our OUI ocean run fling directly time time tho ocean currents withOut Ut tine the help or at 1111 sails lit an yet greater linen IllAn f a sailing IMel with both hoth amid ond O ocean ln cum In liar her favor h he have declared tine II ci nun event to natural lilli lillinn nn nil event In or of nil all forces But Is It 1401 be Wa 0 ot of days know b We oe know knol ho event Is produced by tim tho or of forces In Iii the service ot of mall fluent unknown to our fellow moon of nt years ago ant In It there Is nothing contrary to but hut to PrOduce It natural law are strictly to tn throughout So In relation to the Iho miracles 8 or of Scripture they mum the tho lip ot of s u limIt ern the tow law minor laurmo 1118 known tn to u Ut laws ot of nature oC o se 0 speak so much amid Ii mc little Thus though the reign ot of la law w R 51 In tt a manner ss liS not to 10 exclude the Possibility or of Gods In the world on 01 to discredit the utility Or ot of prayer A thought that will be worth time tho while o of both science cInco nail orthodox to IVON Till AO AND SCOPE Oli MANS To the ot of to this sUbject It will he bt necessary to tl call to tl tue views upon It In iii the tho early do elUdes or of time thc century be toro fore the tho advent of It nitty bo difficult to generalize In one view till Umu Ideas ot of upon this subject hut but the tho following will ivill cover thu Iho ideas MenH 1111 will I ho as fair to 10 or or of th that t And for tor matter of that t to orthodox Chris thins ot of today For Por lumen In the future In Christian thought ci 01 tIne ot at Which 1 speak J al there but one arms ot of two states anti ann lIl or amid Ind heaven amid helt he be it Il Were regarded respectively as a condition amid I a 1118 IL ci state II a Place ot of glory rest acid jO Thin Tho glory thc joy oro I Hell cos n a state slate pia place co ot of misery an amid not time least ot of was to 10 ho hc the most frightful torture the lie wit It ot of man Ihl this stiffer r In ing wits Willi to Ito bo u en ns as to 10 Its arid without us to Its severity rime might caine did and time might go bat bul thIs 1111 diminished went on forever It if onto gained h heavert lI even Iven b by ever eser 10 o email n a I marln lie he ent entered rd upon n ii complete possession or of all Its jO equally wIth the tho angels and tint holiest or If he missed even Icy hy ever so narrow a 11 margIn Inc he was wag doomed to everlasting torment equally with the tho ot of nice lien and and vilest of oC levils and there was wall no deliver for him Nor Is the climax or it orthIs thIs nL absurd ity and Ion reached yet ot tor or It still remains to say MY that these terrible |