| Show I I r 1 11 CIS I ITI TI ru Jie GAIt lt Lake I It ItY May tay U lJ INt 1901 INtI I 5 ortal of rC the In n in fl i 11 4 tItled l for toi the sabbath 1 you wy any I wm 1 In the hi In difficult to IC un unIt j tort ort to tu too I L It H lII to be ba an o e the faIth fait h the lh lId and the dominant nut Hut In hi I j iIII ot of dod there ther l 1 JI no I N V there ther li Ii I nothing further frOm fr m the I tu tt u t tie te or ot fact then than this I i 11 li h IL It f t In lt It II very ver VerI wording word III IIII I of mete I t aIS u s UK lH character a I ti l I a e It f I I well and highly dlf tUf tUfI I f philosophy which rUI r r ru 1 an tin to 10 com 1 rn I t 1111 It 1 philosophically phi Iua l and ana andt t J Ii I thi alb In Iii I til t t and 1 fl p j t i M to 10 UI dominant If I 1 am UK II h U It The rhe Then j I 1 real rea b bel bt i s n It II and ortho do JUt ui lii U li II at ai orthodox Ih f I t ty tl Is I i thi thoI th it II t Joe does II lei not no I tev e 1 4 nit nui such a II thIng a II a NatI Klat anti ami Im jf p i i Ml i iti in I 1 a n revIa t I ti lIn n III In a 0 of i if t II l independent I f tile the natural i 11 4 which make up 1 r th Ih sum autu total of ot th thi un It In I i hot hat hn t th revelation u kIi ni t must mum mumin I tie h I a dynamic and anil one that l I lc III Ii i c nf 11 of or ac ae acI I II ty nod imd ted thrown h and andin in the natural lav which vitally touch j I th tb i developing d and antI ever Im Imm i I m I n In fig of ot it nan man I Ion I t bo be anterior to or independent of or I nature but It In h nature In nil all It con conceivable conI I J ble notions and a reaction which 1 constitutes ll the sum aum anti and of oC 1 i revelation This Thiu we Wt formed Jews Jewa 4 believe to 10 have been lIeen the very ery g genius of at the Mosaic philosophy which In Its var various varl Rt l l ious political jJ ethical and 1118 anticipated the evolution I ay aty thought of oC today In teaching leahing that r the tha relation of ot man to 10 the power act active actIve V ive lye In nature must be lie one olle of or lIal ItaI and andI I substantive Intimacy W WI V are l t tO t orthodox in anti and Christianity tl II I o we believe both of them to be beI I founded upon an un on onI I I natural of Ir f the Ih BIble 2 i They rhO consider It to be IH 1 a 11 sporadic mys niya mysterious I i and fixed revelation while we only sec lice in It a 0 inert link In that 1 uni evolution In which the human mind bus h hh been differentiating and adapting Ida to a n hotter botler clearer and anti more ac accurate accurate curate comprehension of ot the eternal and ahil never neer changing We Wo In flint also upon an absolute and all per pervading peri i WIding presence of ot the element elemont of oC Intel Intelligence l i In III the Divine jj believe that there ther van can be no permanent ti clement element of ot In com corn commands cornI comI I I mands but that from their very ery er na 1111 nature naI I t ture tUr they thoy thu mint tIm find n 1 i chord th lb the web of human Intelligence You will I believe b now easily see why wh we reformed Jews Tewa do 31 not lint hesitate to de SHIrt from a It mode of oC procedure pointed out by b Moses Mones and try tl to realize the 4 E name aarne truth In U It WilY way e milted to the theil il experience of ot our time It Is Ia not be because b cause of ot a desire for tor 1 compromise which would Ju ll stump 1 t us U an ns Intellectual and spiritual row cow cown eo 1 lI n ds but because we sec Bee In these thee very I jJ exigencies a 1 continuation of ot that reve revelatory 1 4 process which conveys to the i I growing anti and Improving mint mind of man mall mana a better and for Cor the time more suitable 1 l method to attain to 10 n fl knowledge and an jj i realization of or religious truth W We Ve do donot donot not try tr to t the time l law w of or Goo aud o l m but seek seck a better and more suitable l j method of or hiving up to It tim element i of ot lt prevent In III the of ot a Sabbath day dl cannot an not en Buffer by l merely mer h changing the th lay day on m which It 1 18 Is to I be 11 observed O If It we WI TF 1 adopt the and view l w of isi tj it Is In for Cor un us to 10 wI ji I lie the tIme varying views of nf time the thel I l ts on many religion i h blim h present no It If we ve look looka 1 I a RH all sl A 1 natural and evolutionary m inary prore The nible DIble then Ihen In Ini i I i ad al c f t being leing a 1 fixed petrified r revelt t i r n t Itself to 10 any allt Krei i i L 1 iii sili ih the ia laws of lit nature n ture around II rou it uM cli a Q living literary ree 1 I 1 I f r tv hu a people attempted to 10 at atIf atIn cr In thi tho h hem which were fore re reil reo V il hI 1 in m th the very nature of ot their thell be f jI hg Hoping you rou win will be ix Ju Just t i ct if 4 e thin a place In your entwined cst III d t r f 1 pr tr and n you OU in 44 valuable r work I 1 remain truly Iy HItt it RABBI Loris 0 o 3 W Wi place to the foregoing time tilt H writer welter a and aDd ad the people whom be he ber r r lI may mar have bie an a opportunity 1 of or explaining their petition and senti sentiment 1 I merits ment In the article which It refers t tO 10 ao no attack wan Wall made upon pon either orthodox or 01 reformed Judaism It simply Imply n thu th opinion that time reform movement among the Ibe Hebrews wa ss difficult t to und unde and aNi that it Ita Zt appeared a to tl tn bP an effIt at lit I i r between the tb old Mosaic Morale ami UtI ed 1 i that of 0 modern religion care carefully lIU c fully weighing th the remarks made by b the thet h t i Rabbi Rabb we ore nr more titan than ver eser of ot th tim tt that t this U iii cot eort mi r 4 We taue Iese our nut to determIne that I for th i li i We ar at v e with th the flabbi In tn the tate tallo I t th that t a t th there the re can an be no permanent q Lt element ot of my tlc lra in rod oem com comFor I m n ru d For Irot r that hut very un m we w lo do not n that a mode moth of or i painted out oat by br Mow Moses in nn 1 departed d p I i q and at the he tame same tin the th truth 1 which he be enunciated can call b I be maintain I sad by a philosophy rh ii IH h vented to tv mu uli the th thua 1111 mul enN of fit moden rn Mine TI It 10 6 u us tha t rl h I n nIh n h mm TIn rn 11 ml I and att ff pM u In III Ih the t f called taUt in hv if f t l 11 lam Ism 1 a ac IX h 0 I ty by n t h until n 11 ni i I ide ill i ii nh n thaI m ui I a h I h hp In UK UI M n rj ci p td t id r I through th Ih g j Im H HI Hnot t it I r f II dip not n ot tha 31 th tim maii ow nn ns of ot I lIy imy to n It I r th Ih natt net lu lut t i 4 i willet eak ak up lilt cum lum tot lof or ot th Ua tiki On OB the contrary they bey tile I j r ar t 0 bt be lit n a oom tt ur 11 tt M At t aime Ume MUK they m tv m tt iK mm rn 11 thu nat re in tm ii lu Ita I at ah l v t God 0 Godl l Q Nl m ir MM IlIa H itt he rt 1 I h te U tI U aad N I I tatIan tl n i are embodied In III Uw the it I m I Dialogue wa was code The on ott tables table of ot tone stone by the time written of Otal Deity Delt with man literally and an God with Mows Mose MOil face to face te M U a N anan abed Moel nan man tb with his hll friend and seventy el of the tit Bl II t der derl of ot Israel went ent up liP Into Inlo the he mount and anI saw Paw the God of Israel These In III holy bolY writ w narrationS narration of ot facts or they are nr untrue and nd intended to deceive They Thoy are not to con convey of ot nor given a as or notion vey 1 tf The lime hEo account In the sacred cred writings II U understand It ft la a not cn 1 l v y tc tO or fd by ambiguous couched In lit labored and cloudy len sen It U Is a statement of ot some lome tung that In is I said uld to have hae O Th The I 1 enunciated and the com corn Imported were rl given ven of ot dud ID to man for tor hl bl his enlIghtenment and end and were weYe not merely ideas Ideal Ide evolved from tru the mind of Mo MOl Moses but the very sury Ir word on of ot Jehovah direct The revelation I from Clod GM through till Prophets whether hether by His Hla own with Mope MOUt Voice a RH r In by through to In chosen men or by the Inspiration of ot the tte Holy Hol ThoM In the seers eera and sages do 40 not preclude thet Ail Mi 11 pervading In the presence p of af the Intelligence divine mind finding a 1 chord In the web of human buman Intelli Intelligence Intelligence gence which h the speaks about They are entirely compatible They do donot donot donot not Involve an nn unhIstorical and arid un an unnatural natural understanding of the at as he hI but they the are exactly what the each e The doctrine of the Old Testament ai IU well weil ll ft a ti that of rt the New aw Testament la is I that Clod lve Ivel l trO J to oman man through nil flu chosen and also alao Sli rounds humanity with an allper INtI of or intelligence which hosts W to the truths trutha revealed through those tho and that there I r I chord charI between them The Idea l ea that thet revelation I is III simply a natural and evolutionary li is I In it direct opposition to all ull that ha Imea he been unfolded by b divine revelation In all Idl of the world It Jt U la tantamount to a denial of or the fact of at divine lI revelation tion It has the appearance e of ot what we called a B compromise e between an en ancient and modern philosophy but hut It la In reality a 1 repudiation of ot that which was wan understood ae Ii both In the and Antl the Christian an III It Is commonly com 1110 n nailed called ailed zate upon ll the absolute verity of at revelation rth lon In Its and antI com corn s nse That U is personal com coin communication of ot God Cod to man In th the pros pres present ent ell en age of the world Not ot merely an Rn evolution of or thought and nail sentiment fr jm advanced a human Intelligence but the personal II I I appearance end and an speech plech of ot the tile Almighty Ills Ilia Ill won word woN and huh will wilt to the tIle inhabitants inhabitant of oC the earth eaith Thi In is I lire kind of ot revelation vouchsafed to Moses Moe Mo of If old uld lint and to Joseph Smith In the latter days dal It 11 Is 18 not riot mystical or mythical neither II It It unnatural It li Iv easy daM ens to 10 be he compre comPto comprehended headed by the ordinary mind mint It Is either an absolute lute fact tact or a n positive fiction notion There Thero cnn anti be no com corn compromise promise about It It It Is IB a n truth of cm 01 It la Is laa ina a 11 He lie If It God Oo did not blot personally ap up appear year pear to Moses Iose the statements that been bean handed down from remolo times s to 10 the present age aHe mire lire false raIse and deceptive If It time the Fathom and tile the Son did not per appear to Joseph Joaeph Smith StImuli the tho story of or the occurrence is 18 a It humbug and anil a nare emmere We believe in inthe Inthe inthe the absolute truthfulness of or both hoth lIon W WI We also believe In the allper spirit of divine Intelligence by liy which the tile mind of ot man can lIn be lie I so to as Is to be able to determine i ithe the right from rom the wrong the true rue train from the false faiN and by i which humanity may maybe maybe be brought Into harmony with Deity Dell und and the of ot the evolution of ot thought may be conducted and amid an time the soul of ot milt man be b elevated until he lie shall be lit 01 fl for Cor that fiat with his hia Maker daker for tor which he II li We are perfectly willing that both orthodox and reformed Judaism shall shah have perfect freedom in the lion tion of the notion notions of ot their lending leading and that all alt sects and denominations nations and parties partie shell have full tull liberty lI of ot thought end and expression We claim the same me privilege anti and In exer rising clung It do ilo not wish to 10 be offensive or orto orto orto to be considered aa as attacking the time pea peo pie lIe or the views view from which we But It seems seem to 10 ua us a very nr simple 0 that revelation caIne came from rein God GodIn GodIn Godin In the manner claimed cia lined by h Mo es to 10 nn an ancient Israel and by Joseph Smith to modern Israel Irael or It did not come at atall atall atall all It H Is II a question of ot fact tact and riot not one o of mystIcal reasoning or profound p I |
