Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-08-11

doctrine. The same rule applies to-
day. II a people are serving God
their lives will be the proof OF
their doing so. They viii exhibit
the proofs OF their profession by
their conduct. We can judge our
selves and each other by this rule,
and form an excellent idea CON
cerning the truthfuluess Of our
lives. II we are Saints of God we
will bring forth fruits Of such life.
II we are true followers Of Jesus
there will be n trouble on the part
Of "A sincere seeker for the Truth 10
distinguish us. II 1 wanted TO find
a people Of God I would look for 4
people who brought forth such
fruits as did the disciples Of Jesus
The Lord did not select the learned,
lut He chose humble and unletteEd
men. Through obedience they re-
! e-fv-si the pOweF-Of-CSOd.- Jesus
| called anil ordained them and sent
them forlli, and they reported 10
him that the very devils were SUBJ
fect 10 thent. They had power
which they could not receive in
seminaries Uf learning, and wene
able TO perform many wonder ful
! works. III were seeking for the
people OF God, and found those
whose fruits wtsre like these OF the
disciples. world stop and invs sti-
gate their claims aud lives L
should want a people who believe in
Christ, and had faith In Him; who
believed in repentance and In baP-
tism which follows, who also be-
lieved in the laying on OF hnnds
for the gift pt the Holy
GhOst, and VINO had that spirit 10 be
with them. This IL tn kind OF people
the fOrmer-day Saints were, rs We
ind recorded in the Bible IL any
one should say that the gifts Of the
Holy Ghost were done away with,
n a seeker for the truth ] should de-
mand their proofs. But the evidence
is TO the contrary.
After Jesus was crucified and had
arisen, He appeared to His disciples
apd commanded them 10 20 iatO all
tife world and preach the Gospel to
every creature. He told thom Of
the signs which should follow the
believers, in the wonderful works
that should be manifest among them.
AS a searcher for the Church Of
Christ 1 would require n church
that exhibited the same powers as
were shown in Ills Church an
GENTLY. Where do we find such
a Church today? Where are the
precious powers which God said
should distinguish His people? We
behold the divisions which exist
among those who claim 10 be the
followers Of Christ. Is this the
fruit Of the Gospel? Are the many
disagneements rs 10 the ordinances
OF the Gospel evidence that those
who disagree are right? Paul says |
there is one Lord, one faith, and
one baptism. II il said that the
Christian world are like men going
to a mill by different roads, but
that all will get there. With the
discord which exists among Chris
tendon, what kind Of a heaven
would they have? Christ sought to
bring that unAp between His
disciples and ffnseIf that there
was between Him and His Father.
short Of perfect union falls
short OF " hat Jesus taught. There Is
no religion from heaven that does
not unite the people. There is no
iiivisicn among the followers Of
Christ as % the doctrines necessary
for salvation. The Gospel unites
the people. and those who received
the teachings Of the Apostles an
-iently were brought into the fold
and made one. so 1t is in these
lays. If there are the divisions
among us that there are in Christen-
iom il would be because We had
lost the spirit.