Show THEOLOGY IN BOX ELDEK ELDER par presbyterian esby teriAn teachers A offer doit HERALD the pre presbyterian a to y school teachers convention co n v c n t n for the three territories of utah idaho and wyoming convened here on last wednesday in our court house and arid have continued their sessions during the past throe days there are about 73 ministers and school teachers both ladies and 9 gentlemen ent lemen from various part parts of the abovementioned above mentioned territories they all appear to be refined scholars and in real earnest in the work in in which they are engaged the pro gramme of tho the past three d day ays sessions has consisted of pap papers ers or essays on a large variety of educational subjects each paper being 1 ng followed by discussions that w were ere spir spirited 1 cited and interesting the evenings were devoted to sermons from several presbyterian ministers on wednesday evening tho the rev R G of salt lake city preached faking taking for his test text the verse of the 3rd chapter of pauls paula 2nd epistle to timothy a lengthy sermon endeavoring deavo ring b by y mere theory to show that the bible is all sufficient for mans salvation and then lie turned himself very loose in re J gard ard to the book of mormon stating that he had read its history ac and found that it cla claimed i 1 med to have been translated from plates that were sealed up in the hill cumorah in the year of the christian era yet he found pages in that book that we were re literal tera quotations from the english bible which waa was not published till the seventeenth century if any one who believes the boob book of mormon to be a revelation from god will point out to bin him one item of moral or religious truth that he did not know before he would give such a one fifty dollars on thursday Thu evening after the sermon n two wo of our brethren 1 E H pierce and wm H jones offered a proposition in writing which was read to the audience addressed to rev R G inviting ake latter to a public die dig cushion on the subjects he bad lad preached on namely Z it the persons personality lity of god is god a bein being without body parts and passions Is the ithe holy bible an all ciena guide for mans salvation the authenticity of the book of mormon these gentlemen agreed to furnish the tabernacle and a con congregation grep at the close of the reading Mr stated that he lie had bad not challenged anyone to debate and if the gentlemen gen clemen supposed that he be had hai they were mistaken on being asked if he would accept the pro position position that had bad just been read zead ee he was prevented from replying bs by J rev S L gillspie rising and saying that he lie thought it would be blasphemy to make an intellectual discussion oh the mean means of salvation eal though the gentlemen might mi A lit confer together and if they de decided aided to hold a discussion he thought that thi this would be ft a rare opportunity to reach all classes of this community and that be he had bad implicit confidence in the ability of mr to debate the subjects that had been named after r which the meeting waa dismissed last evening the rev H A newell preached a 9 sermon on tho the necessity of seeking for and walking in the old path paths in the course of his remarks he condemned the practice of polygamy and eaid said it was of the devil etc etc at the close of the aeling ne ling the rev me niece announced that he lie would this evening on oil the folly of this continued opposition from the people of this territory to the united states government HP ile also stated in order to creep out of the proposed discussion that those who had ad assumed that he be had bad on wednesday evening challenged challenge anyone here to public discussion were mis taken and repeated his offer of 50 for anyone who can point out one item of moral or religious truth ill the bonk book of mormon that we d did id not have before after which the meetie el adjourned J B ani airam aug 28 18 86 11 |