| Show riess les facts and comparisons BY J 1 M 8 books known as the sacred tares claim as is well known to divine origin and to have divine arlev ity and all christians accept laim blaim as beyond controversy y ruth uth it is sometimes expressed in i wt pr lona foris and the books are salo said yIn that is holy men as they were moved upon by the f ghost i latter day saints claim this also e book of mormon the book of ne and covenants and the pearl at t price they claim that they bioly spirit cirit who cio in the words 0 of le fattey ett fit tey animated the bib bible gh and through originated all sacred books and that they all right sto be heard as asad Gods ge to say we are met by the as ion n that in the bible some flers ers in style or composition or in lat emente might be excused be beit lt has come down to us through iba channels tint but in the latter rd of god no mistakes of any e allowable rev lamb the erd ess of this statement ought to parent a bot to everybody and it if we V what inspiration means what it ailts in the writers of the bible and emch of human agency it em ein wi we will find no difficulty in ac D dg aalthe all the books before eadmer a S equally inspired DIFFERENT THEORIES bug the ancient he athens ano and to arge ge extent among the jews idea ea waft held that while lepien men were wt the divine influence 11 volun action tion was suspended man oper per tas a kind of telegraph apparatus alvine wine spirit being the electric ele ciric improbable theory has also been licau ted d by some ChrisI christian tion divines ve taught that the bible was ted d word tor for word as we have the 16 in the original origin languages abat ich have maintained mat only the truths were given by rt ration tion while the arga arguments ments and thoas were of human origin B again have said that those parts bible ible that are obviously good ine but not the rest 16 most st rational theory ii fist probably we sanctioned by dr dodd and others this theory sea acs different kinds of iu in on the first antl highest pro tr the revelation of things previously ly known to the sacred ls l s the second the tty ty ot the writers against error in ting doctrines and cacti with they were already acquainted the e third conferring divine au 1 by y the ap approbation of inspired f on n parts 0 oi writings originally deposed sed without inspiration FACTS der to be ab able ae to appreciate the va v merits of these different aies es the bullo following wing facts must be va n and considered ired writers had sometimes to gently search out the facts they a about out mcd good to me also having dill followed out or searched out every efrom from the very first to write unto thee th ee tiler er most excellent ia 3 ett betimes mes inspired writers express me thoughts in different words i comparison see the following tail as they were raa eating jesus took and ble it an and A brake leand ga gave 0 the elisci disciples and ud I 1 said j d take eat this is r body dy 11 matt att i 26 e has this passage thus he be took bread and gave thanks an and d t and gave unto them saying sayin this ody which is given tor for you t this is do Mm in brance rance of me luke 19 1920 20 K alord rd jesus took bread blead and when tie iven u thanks he brake it and said I 1 d fat this is my body which is ark broken 1 this do in remembrance of me 4 aa i we three accounts one j all I 1 given give n i iri different diffident language bples a of this kind are numerous the difference of 0 language lissome is some 80 great that considerable bilm es out of it this is notably case e with he narratives of the lection tion of our lord inies s toe the inspired writers ex much eh differences difference sas as can for only from their differ different eft points apts or education or scopes instance cpr r band d traces the genealogy of our mir 4 through joseph to abraham Q writes tor for a gentile gengle and div gives e the bogy agy ogy through mary up to adam ad of the human race and the stead genealogies logies are very difficult to anclle r sometimes the inspired alters aiters quote uninspired aa authors thors of 0 themselves tiem themselves selves even a prophet of va jr own said the Cret lans ians are always JP edw 1 beasts slow bell bellies ies tit 1 12 dipti quotation paul is said to have ab from the greek poet ertme jy the works of whom still remain 1 ew fragments jl lastly the inspired writers of c ete irom from each other this point ticul arly worthy of el our notice s e are more than two hundred bona Bon ons 8 from the old testament hun n the new but not more than V evenly of these aree agree exactly hebrew text many of these S tins da are made from the greek i known as septuagint and ine very errors of this translation have sometimes been preserved by the inspired writers the following is an instance their line is goia gone out through all the earth and their words to the end of the world in them hath he set a tabernacle tut the sun aun Ps 4 abbis by david about aw t garv F 0 ry of god as seen sead in the heavenly bodies paul quotes thus applying it to the tha preachers of the gosp j Their sound went wenc out into all the earth and their words unto the ends of the world rom x 18 in the old testament ament account of jo adventure we flud find that the loril lord had pre prepared I 1 red a great rest fisli to swallow low up 10 jonah IN arpe ajon av 1 17 this great at fist t the IV greek translators have rendered a wb whale ale not knowing that whales are not found in the mediterranean i terran eart sea and that no nd species of whale now known could possibly po sibly have bave swallowed a man the rabe translation is evidently erron erroneous dous and yet it has bas found its way into the new testament see matthew xii 40 solomon in his Prove proverbs ibs says surely he peor neth the scorn ors ers but he gi veth grace unto tho the lowly I 1 brov 4 st 34 this passage the septuagint renders god resi the proud but grace unto the humble i and this rather father f free ree translation is quoted by the apostle james chap 4 0 6 upon this subject TR TH horne remarks 46 although the sacred authors of the new testament have in many instances quo quoted ted from the He brewyet hebrew yet it ue equally qually certain that chev have very frequently aly made their citations from the greek greck version 1 usually denominated the septuagint even eve a where this translation from rom the hebrew is inoc 41 d curate curat e bu but where the errors are of alefi suan a nature as not noto to weaken the proofs for which I 1 they were alleg alleged ed 11 ca A caien u consideration of these facts makes it apparent thit that men writ writing 1119 under tile the divine impulse are ace by no means passive instruments on the contrary their faculties their knowledge ed e their abilities are all employed by ibe divine spirit for the instruction of mankind mankin tt and the results are as varied as the human channels through which the divine spirit flows are different from each ot other her As in nature the same life div giving ng power produces different kinds kind s of fruit in ia different trees so the same spirit ing through the different instrumentalities tali ties brings forth a variety owing to the differences existing in ia these instruments the poetical gifts of david we tile excellent wisdom of solomon the logic and elo q bof of paul the sublime tj john and I 1 mak may add acid the pow er mind of th prophet joseph josephell Jose all a liwally bally fit for the operations of the spirit and all those meu men of god have stamped the irown individuality upon the messages they irey deli delivered vereA although tiley they were influenced by the sam spirit V A com rAMsoN ja if this fact is once understood a think many objections to the revelations given in these latter days will be answered the ivil writers and the translator of the book vf of mormon claim no other ether kind of inspiration aaion than that which is claimed ed for or the writers of the aible we e have bave written the record according to our knowledge 1 I make a record record in the langu language afi of m my v father X which cans consists of the learning earning of t the e jews I 1 this is the very clear statement of the writers of the book of mormon and the following awu statement 14 temen of the lord to oliver cowig cowdery e ry shoys shows plainly that the translation transition was not a kindol kind oj machinery work behold you yon have not understood you have supposed that I 1 would give it unto you ivica buon you took no thought save it was to ask me but behold I 1 say unto yo you u th eliat 4 you must tudy it oeun your own mind then you must ask me if it be right bt and if it is right I 1 will cause that osom shall burn within you therefore you shall feel that ilip ims right 11 book of domand covsey Cov Sec 9 7 av 1 I t Adi admitting hitting then to oe be the operation of the divine spirit through r human agen agencies cles we find a satisfactory explanation of every difficulty connected with the subject we find eternal truths conveyed to us in human lange language age sweet honey in the lions body without a right understanding of this twofold nature of the word hordof of god do not see how any revelation can ever be accepted either in luthe lu in the boots book ot of mormon for the difficulties are the same in both ASIGE ORAN ORAM aedo HED toas how iff ow to sow the seed ian and d care tor for the plants LEVAN juab co september 22 1888 editor deseret news in A 9 late issue of the NEWS is an inquiry about osage orange tor for hedge I 1 wi will I 1 grife a little of id my experience in 14 that regard I 1 plant in the spring 9 about abo iv the middle of og may ane TW seed mus must be separated before sowing 0 open a trench with a gen tilled led ground not maliu red and andson bow sow cover about one and a half inches keep the ground moist till the plants have got a good start keep weeds off the ground round next spring dig the plants u up and trim them take off one third of the roots and two thirds of the top and plant out where the he hedge e is wanted eight inches apart bout about the first of august they should be trimmed again to about twelve inches high and not be irrigated after august as the wood must be matured to stand the frost during the winter next year I 1 would trim about dle die of july to about J 18 inches high and 12 to 15 inches wide in the latter part of august trim again to about 20 00 to 24 inches wide and about IS inches wide if that thai is continued two years more the fen cewill then be about two feet six inches wide and from three feet six inches to four feet high and strong enough to turn any kind of stock after the ditth year I 1 would not irrigate in summer but give it one watering either late lafe in the fall after growth has ceased or early in the spring let the water run two or three days trim twice every year I 1 have got gat 22 rods nine mine years old and I 1 consi consider it a profitable as well as an ornamental fence in any town or city but the hedge must be trimmed every year I 1 have found but two persons opposed to such d hedge one planted one and neglected neglect e d to train it the other party ran his face against some of the branches of the hedge that protruded out on the sidewalk and he is dreadfully opposed to osage 11 orange hedges the following fol lowin is from a botanical work osage orange A native from texas but has been generally introduced over the coun country from its extensive employment as a b hedge edge p plant I 1 ant the best way to e seed for planting is to soak it in a running creek until it commences sprouting then plantlike plant like any other seed another way tp to sprout it is by putting it in a vessel and covering it daily with warm water until the sprouts conic come out we prefer the first method proper time to sow is in april or may yours respectfully N 11 C L |
