| Show BELIEFS OF THE WORLD BELIEFS of the world is the attea am volume published by guy gay brothers co new york which la Is worthy the attention of whole christendom unlike nearly all works character it is reliable and the different creeds of modern wies tunes are given as they are I 1 it t I 1 very very unfair to treat any religion solely from the standpoint of its opponents no one can properly I 1 tudy catholicism from the presentation 9 tation of its principles by a protestant nor can protestantism be justy justly j judged a ed from the criticisms of a the bias which naturally influx influences e nees every strong part izan or devotee renders his statements of a a system different to his own to some extent at least unreliable the actual acpal belief of all sects parties and I 1 societies ought to be viewed as iati stated by their authorized exponents X arguments as to the correctness i or good effects to of any creed are a different di doggo ere erea wing both sides of any question 9 should hould be examined by I 1 iw 0 desire to arrive at correct conclusions but the doctrines do brines trines ordinances tenets nets and claims claims of each es 0 h society cannot cannot be fairly under 1 1 1 if atoo stood or fudged on the colored representations p r pee I 1 fl eions of af an adversary this is ii particularly ic 11 u barly the case in reference I 1 it 1 to r m 0 cism 11 it has evoked so BO much and such bitter hostility that thai it is entirely unsafe to take the explanations of any of its diamen for a guide common justice would sy say if you want to knew what mormonism is first let the mormons cormons Mor mons state it themselves then if you want to hear bear its enemies see that they attack its real principles and not be led away by assaults upon something Bom ething foreign to mormonism the book to which we now call attention has been prepared with a view to a fair representation of ofa all the modern religions from the standpoint of their recognized ex strange to say mor monism is made no exception to this rule tiie the historian of the applied to for a succinct of the history tenets discipline and practices of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints gain ts and his response is given in the book as furnished but embellished with a number of engravings the ancient faiths now surviving in asia are also als presented and numerous illustrations are interspersed sper sed the volume contains six hundred and forty eight pages and eighty six pages are added contain ing biographical sketches and portraits of the modern religious reformers we have given the work this extended notice because the publishers have acted in good faith and judging from the part devoted to the faith and history of the church ol of jesus christ of latter day saints the whole work is reliable and there fore of great value to the student of history and the religious progress of the world |
