He had even stronger language about Bible stories in some discourses. Note though that the lesson Pres. Young gets out of this isn't that a physical act led to faith, but that the telling of the story, and the reading of the story, is the act of faith -- this is what I get out of his likening it to being baptized for the remission of sins.
Jim Cobabe wrote: > What Brigham Young had to say about the "symbolic" story of Jericho: > > If we are the people of God, we are to be the richest people on the > earth, and these riches are to be held in God, not in the devil. God > tells us how we may accomplish this, as plainly and as surely as he told > Joshua and the people of Israel how to cause the downfall of the walls > of Jericho. They were to march around the walls once a day for seven > days, then seven times in one day, and the last time they went round the > walls they blew their horns with all their might, and down fell the > walls of Jericho. We do not understand all about this, if we did, we > should understand that it was as simple as any of the acts of the Lord: > as simple as being baptized for the remission of sins. (Journal of > Discourses, 26 vols. [London: Latter-day Saints' Book Depot, 1854-1886], > 17: 45 - 46.) > > --- > Mij Ebaboc > -- Marc A. Schindler Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada -- Gateway to the Boreal Parkland “The first duty of a university is to teach wisdom, not a trade; character, not technicalities. We want a lot of engineers in the modern world, but we don’t want a world of engineers.” – Sir Winston Churchill (1950) Note: This communication represents the informal personal views of the author solely; its contents do not necessarily reflect those of the author’s employer, nor those of any organization with which the author may be associated. ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ${list_promo}
