Defense of the Faith and the Saints (Volume 2 of 2)Roberts, B. H. (Brigham Henry)
Religion
Defense of the Faith and the Saints (Volume 2 of 2)
Roberts, B. H. (Brigham Henry)
Latter Day Saint churches
"These pretended to communications and revelations direct from
heaven, to heal the sick by the laying on of hands, and, in short,
to perform all the wonder-working miracles wrought by the inspired
apostles and prophets of old. * * * They openly blaspheme the most
high God, and cast contempt on his holy religion by pretending to
receive revelations direct from heaven, by pretending to speak in
unknown tongues, by direct inspiration, and by diverse pretenses
derogatory of God and religion, and to the utter subversion of
human reason."
This is from a document put into circulation by the Jackson county
anti-"Mormon" mob, in the summer of 1833 (_Evening and Morning Star_
for December, 1833). But now we find, according to Mr. Bolce's
representation, professors in universities asserting their faith in
the possibility of this spiritual force operating at present among the
children of men, and incidentally, our author remarks, "These men are
not dreamers; they are of solid mental mould."
As a result of man awakening to the consciousness of these indwelling
forces, our author says:
"'Human society, for the first time in history, is coming to
itself,' says Professor Edmund J. James, 'and is becoming conscious
of definite ends and purposes toward which it is striving; of the
possibility of setting up certain ideals toward which it can ever
struggle.' And now that man has discovered that there resides in
his nature a spirit of energy that is divine, the colleges say,
and that he can summon it to work his will, the potency and future
operation of this psychic force no man can compute. Science having
found a way through psychology to God, the opportunities for the
race, through invoking in the human consciousness the brooding
spirit that fills all space, are absolutely infinite. Science,
therefore, is demonstrating along new lines, or at least is
claiming to demonstrate, _that man is God made manifest!_"
More than seventy-five years before this utterance of the scientist,
however, there went ringing down the corridors of time these words of
our prophet:
"The elements are the tabernacle of God; yea, man is the tabernacle
of God, even temples!"
Continuing, Mr. Bolce concludes his article on this theme in the
following terms:
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