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Show LECTURE ON HIGHER CRITICISM Elder Roberts Talks Before Vast Audience. Elder IJ. II. Roberts Bpoko to ono of tho largest audiences In tho Tab-ernaclo Tab-ernaclo last Sunday evening on the subject of "HIghor Criticism." Tho gentleman took up a scurrilous pamphlet pam-phlet from tho pon of a local cedes-last cedes-last and Bhowcd that tho pamphlet contained nothing but a tissue of falsehoods. His points of vital Inter-est Inter-est of tho Hook of Mormon as woll ns tho IJIblo were thoroughly gono Into. In-to. Tho speaker showed tho consist-oncy consist-oncy of tho Hook of Mormon nnd Its wonderful chronoldgy, nnd showed tho divinity of tho work of Joseph Smith. Mr. Roberts went Into detail on the matter nnd tho "higher criticism" and "technicalities" ns soon by tho supor-critics supor-critics of tho Hook of Mormon. Tho Republican, considering tho Intorcst taken In tho subject, will not go into detail on I tho matter, as tho ontlre lecture wl(l be published In theso columns as soon as tho Btenog. rapher can go through his notes. Wo shall npprifio our roadon in a day or two of tho oxact dato on which tho lecture will bo publlshod. |