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Show 8: THE DESERET NEWS. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER f. 1- - 1934. Church Department A! Missionary - Experience . I Fr an Pass One) in to hold. our meeting 4 - our cohoolhouse. Not only that, but he saddled his horse and called on every (Continued ' - . , . family In this neighborhood and ot every 'housewife to promise im that they would not give you food or lodging. He also visited the men who were working the poll tax and spent the noon hour with them." "He told ua all about the wickedness of the Mormon people in , Utah and what your object is in coming out here. - You are noth-- , ing but Wolves in sheeps clothing and afa out here toto induce our women and girls leave their homes to go to Utah, where and they will Mbe made, wives ormon men. " slaves of " . Meet MtaWer ' When the postmaster bad finish- d his hannaae, my companion naked him where hia minister lived. Sea that little house sitting back from the road." replied the postmaster. pointing to n house about n quarter of a mils away. "That la where ha Uvea." - "Coma fin, Brother Hiekenloop-or.- " said my companion, and we'll , find nut what la the matter with the minister, ' We started out toward hla house as fast as wa could walk, for It was getting late.. On entering the minister's gale, he came rushing out of hla house and began 'moget off hia place. tioning for ua towaa I stopped and ready to turn hack, hut my companion continued, . .' on.-- so I followed. Oet off my place! Oct off place! shouted the minister, swinging hla arms and at the same time toward ua. Upon reaching running ua he waa white ' with rage, hly naked him . what tha companion waa ) , matter "Oet off thy place, you Bends! X don't want to have anything to do with you. X would rather have a man with amaltpox or leprosy on nlace than you devils. Get off!" nrWentould see that It would do no good to try to talk with tho man. so we left without further eon- t , vernation. ! Offer prayer ' By this time It waa getting 'dark and was starting In to rain. Tha situation looked very serious to me. for 1 recalled, that the postmaster had'sald there were no temlllea for miles around that the minister had not visited. We started out to arek house a place, however, but passed after house, neither of ua" feeling . c, Apostles of The New Dispensation Continued From Page Two) hla "closing prayers" will kaep memory green forever. "While traveling upon hla early ministers mtss'on debating with who ever of all denomination, seemed to single him out for laid tha discussion, ha at laast greatly foundation, or hla wonderfully strengthened It. of which became a retentive memory, marvel to hla associate, and of Incalculable .benefit to himself. He In speaking of this period of hla life often said: "The Methodists followed me vp so closely that I had to learn what the Bible said, where read: to find It. an exactly how It would to noqutra thUT knowledge I read overa veree. ponder upon It, and sometime forgetting a Inword, Ihe would have to- look again book, but neve gave It up until a X could repeat It perfectly thl day way or two after learning Its lu X found my memory, . becoming I whatever attribute strong, and in that respect to the have attained habit I then adopted of stickingIt to a subject until 1 had learned so that It would stay learned, more than to any natural endowment." In After several years f activity 8C George temple,, and building thetrustee-ln-trufor the aervlng as was attacked by a severe he Church, cold which settled In hla lungs, and through complications 1. which later set In, ha diad Sept. Aa a final tribute, . President T naver aald! Brigham Young know him to neglect or overdo In-a duty! he waa g man of sterling tegrity. a cabinet of history, and aiwayg true to h'e friend." W. N. N. vo , I ' - , t ! ' -- st , lift. t ftroplaee. We stood before it and dried our clothing as best we could. Our host excused himself and went into the kitchen. After a short time he returned and began again to queatlon ue. "Gentlemen, now that you are comfortable, T want you to tell me tho truth. Who sent you here?" asaured Again my companion him that this wag the first house we bad tnqured at. 'Jus. what makes you think that someone sent us here," he Inquired, "and why are you so anxious to know?" "Well." replied our host, the other day a bunch if ua m-- o were working a poll tax on the road and the local minister spent the noop hour with ua. Luring that time he told the most outrageous of stories about tha wlckedneas your people that had ever been thought of. And then befo-- e he left, he obtained the promise of every man there, except myself. that they would not take you men Into their homes and give you entertainment. I would not give him promise to not take you In: an T told him that whlla I tad never been to Salt Lake ICty. I had been In Ogden. .Utah. I stopped there while making a business trip to ar as As and Oregon. Washington I could see, the Mormons whom I met while In Ogden were ns fine a people as t had ever met: and for that reason I would not give the minister my promise. "He also called on my w'fc snd ohtained her promise to not stake you In. I had quite a hard time convincing her that It would be all right to take' you In, She le now In the kitchen preparing something for you to eat." It wasn't long before his . good wife Invletd us to sit down to a very nice meal which we illd juntlce to. ' It fell to my- - lot that night on and tn the to offer thanks, retiring I depeet humility of my heart In Heaven for mv Father nrajped Ills guiding care and protection over ua. , tion. Saints and prophets Of 'all ages solemnly aver that there is a sptr- K. like tbs fragrance of a rose a that spirit of llgui, life and Joy radiates from the presence of God; and that when ths human heart la pure this divine spirit Inspires th soul with the unspeakable delight of being in absolute harmony with the God of goodness, beauty and t truth. If. we cannot deny the inspiration of rose why should wq doubt the Inspiration of the Spirit! of Truth? At the beginning of the nineteenth century the Christian world was divided Into three Schools rematter of 1 attaining garding the in religion. Onq group adcertainty hered to the doctrine of i Infallibilith ty The second group accepted Idea of the tntaUtbillty of the Bible. And the third group held that reason la the court of final appeal in matters of doctrine and practice. If you should ask a member of th first grdup how you! can know religion for sure whafria truWHn he will tell you-jf- b ask tha priest. If you should WHtst member of the second grouts tne same question he will tell J yod to consult the Bible. And iff yob J propound ho your question to tkgrattonalist will tell you that your- 1- reason is safe the only guide. Or In other words one school follows an Infallible mas, the second follows an Infallible book, and the third follows the Infallible reason, What te most nemarkable about these gauges of truth Is the fac that none of them Includes the divine Master's principle of not Inerrancy In religion. Jcaug didInfalleave with hla followers an lible human teacher. Ho did not beto them an Infallible hook. queath Nor did lie teach that the reason Is the final Judge of what Is truth. He left with his peopls the Infallible spirit of truth. Mack bis significant words: Howbelt when the spirit of truth Is come he shall guide you Into all truth r ence?" Then he adds: , .. .. v ' (Continued from Pace Four.) can be find any excuse In bis . measures i for the mystic which has taken poeaession thought of the mind and: dominated tha Tet who does not prise thee moments that reveal to ua the poetry of exist- been,-no- - -- mpl that there waa any use of asking for entertainment. By the time we the outskirts of the little , reached town. It waa thundering and lightening and raining very bsrd.My companion stopped and speaking slowly, said: "Eider Hlckenlooper. the prop- -. er thing for us to do la to lay thia , matter before the Lord." We then knelt down, and my companion offered a most wonderful prayer. In it he outlined how , wo had been called by the Lord's servants to perform his work, and la the performance of our duties how wo had been caught la the storm. He pleaded with the Lord . to direct us where to go to obtain food and the night's lodging. Upon our to my feet, arising companion turned 'to me. "Have you any Impressions on where to go?" he asked. , None." I replied. "If you have any, let's follow thorn." "See, that road." aald my companion, pointing Just opposite to where we had knell to a little road which neither of us had noticed .before. "That la the ona for ua to follow " Branching off from tho main one, the smaller road led up and over a hill. Following It wo soon came to the brow of a hill where - wo could see not very far away a house with lights bright and cheer-ftil gleaming through It windows. "There Is wher we- - stay tonight. aald my companion, pointing to the lighted house. Upon approaching closer we eould make out tho outlines of a largo white house, and the lights from tnalde piercing through the rain and darkness warmed and cheered our .hearts. Upon rearh- -' ing tha house my ' companion knocked nt tho door, and a gentle- man answered. My companion started to explain who we were. "Oh! Tou needn't spend your time telling me; I know who you are." said the gentleman. "Tell me, though, who sent you here?" "No one, my comreplied panion. "This la the first place we have called tonight." "Oh yea." said the other In a doubtful and tone. "That will do to questioning tell someone who doesn't know better. Is this the first house you have .called at?" ha asked, turning to me. I assured him that It was. "Well, welt minute," he aald as he turned and went into the house. After what seemed ten or fifteen minutes, he returned, apd said, "Come In. gentleman." On entering the house we found a biasing back log- - fire in an open - We cannot argue that because natural mysticism la universally admitted in some degree therefore religious mysticism must necessarily be admitted: but objections to lose tbelr force religious mysticism be turned If they can - equally against natural mysticism," j The rare experiences of the mystics are closely related to inand revelation. Some of spiration tho world's greatest poets and finest souls have been mystics. We would not want to deny their cherished Intimate contact with tho unseen world. Why then should we look with disdain upon inspirai- tion? Tbc Only Source t To deny Inspiration la to deny tho only source of actual knowlSoma edge of spiritual .things. years .ago I had some correspondence with a learned Canadian. A part of our exchange of letters had to do with thia question of certainty regarding rollgloua truth. "How do you know," my friend asked In one of hla letters, "that any book of tho Bible Is Inspired? In my reply 1 remarked, "Suppose we tarn the tables. How do you know that these books are Inspired? If you answer aocordtn to your creed you will e ay that you know that these' books aro Inspired because the church has told you so. But how do I know that what the church tella you Is true? It you follow your creed you will say that you know what the church says Is true because the church Is infallible. But how do you knoif that your church Is Infallible? Again If you adhere to your creed you will say that you know that your church Is Infallible because the Btblo aaya so. Manifestly this set of questions and answers Just taks ua around a circle without making us certain of A any-thing- ." to My friend did not answer this argument. attempt Manifestly no answer. To say give he Bible Is Inspired because sn InfalUlie so church says amounts to saying that the Bible la Inspired because the Bible says no. After reminding my friend of this fact X remarked. "But I must answer your question. How do I know that anv book of the Bible la inspired'" I answer I that know In the only way you can know anything about Inspiration. I know by Inspiration We know the pure delight of esthetic pleasure only through actual appreciation n( thesubllme. And wa know what Is Inspiration only by Dr. Joatah Royace. for ' inspiration. a number of veara professor of history and philosophy at Harvard, gives ua a very apt Illustration of this simple truth In his "Sources A draws a of Religious Insight. check on his hank In favor of B. In a way the check Is a revelation to the hank f As will. How does the banker recognise Ih check as a revelation of the will of A? By Aa signature, of course. But th signature was actually, first revealed to the banker by A. who signed It In the presence of the banker Or In other words, the banker knows an actual revelation . from A bythat the check Is a genu- Ine revelation of A'a will. the late em- tr. Ci. Stanley Hall,asserts Ir.ent' psychologist that "The-- ' supreme ertterion of truth In the realm of fyuman experience, ae dMInrrulahetf from physical science. Is that it rings true to the individual aouK" This "ringing true to the Individual soul" la a kind of could " he thst-t- , Inspiration. A Test All of us have on many a radiant morning walked Into a flower garden. when tha hearts of tha rones were breaking under ths klsaes of the aunllght; and when we came near the flowers we were awakened to esthetic delight by an unseen - tho something tjiat radiates from souls of tho roses. We call It- fraIs grance. Rut what fragrance. We do not know? No ona knows. The scientist, with all his marvelous Instruments i technology boa never caught th fragrance of a rose In his test tube and analysed It and determined Its chemical constituent And yet we know as certainly as we know anything that the fragrance of the rose ministers to our by a sort of Inspira purest - Spiritual laboratory for The divine Master see up hi disciples a spiritual laboratory, the laboratory of prayer, worship and communion. In this divine labfuiiti oratory souls are purified by and exalted and brought Into acwith tual fellowship theSpIrit of Truth. And by the ipsplratjoir-of- -' paints leSrp to know God lit the sanre Way that a child khowJ-filmother. learns to The toddling child teams to know hi mother through, her cooher ing words of comfort alnd are soothing lullabys, into wl-- ii woven the life and spirit of her love. It waa this simple! snd yet profound truth that led, Paul to say that we know thing of man by the spirit of man which Is in him; and we know the things of God by the Spirit of Clodl With the restoration od the gospel In our day came a divine re- -' afitrmntton of the promise 6f tbs gift of this precious trutih revealing and Inspiring spirit. The conversion and Induction ipto, ths church or the late LoreSxo Snow furnishes a most Interesting example of the Illuminating power of this-spirit this enlightening spirit. in a simple autobiographical President Snow (tells us that after he waa baptised Into the qhurch he sought In earnest prayer for a dlvino testimony of the truth: and that while! he prayed the Spirit of God completely sketch. enveloped him and filled. him from and head to foot' with light (life . glol-yAll unspeakable Joy and darkness left him; and he felt the presence of 'refulgent "light and j knowledge." InWhy should we doubt (his Hundned of testimony? spiring thousands of devout members of the church most solemnly testify that the Spirit of Truth has given them mage than human geitplnty of God's power and goodness. Tho testimonies lot this imperishable host of witnesses la the enduring and of x strength spiritual glory 'J the church of god. were I do not know how sunh wrought from duat j By Cosmic, powers eternal liwirl. But when I look up and Sincerely i trust. My soul finds rest In llfl'i mad- i denlng whirl, ' mcamra time's inending I cannot v i vr y ' I guano Its dlxsy sweep o'er' star and sod. But when his spirit in n y heart hqlds away I can feel the gheart Of flint ever-bent- ii ' |
