Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-07-22

/ Of God, unto a perfect man" That Ia
| how Chriet's church was orgnniZed.
| You go 10 these same reverend gentle.
men that worship tho Bible aud read
/ TO them out OF the ith chapter u
| Ephesians and the 18th chapter Of
| Corinthians, and what will they say7
| ooh, we'll, we don't need any apostles
nowadays. We have so many en-
| lightened men that we DON'T want any
| apostles ur prophets; and we have got
the Bible,so We DON'T need any revelh-
! uon," Yes, they have 90 many en-.
! nghtentd men VINO can quarrel over
/ passage Of scripture and resort 10 tech.
uioalities, aud they can turn TO them.
/ That Is all they have, and the
book ~ their standard. But
what was the standard In the
| Church that Christ set uI2 Arostlca;
/ living men clothed with power aud
authority; men filled with the Holy
/ GhOst, wno received their Information
/ direct from the fountain OF light, aud
/ who could read the old scriptures and
] explain them " necessary; who wers
/ tue fountain Ui scripture themselves,
| 30 that II every book written by holy
men 81 Got ia ancient times was
! burned, these men could bring forth
the word Of COD 60 the people ia their
Time, 10y the Holy Ghost, which givss
We, and moi ny the letter that kiilcth.
You nsk these gentlemen about this
organization OF tho Chutcn, nuu they
/ Will Hay thoy do not nco1 Il nowadays.
/ DO they believe that whlch they wor.
shiif No, they do not. do not wish
W say anything harsh about anybody:
hut that iH the truth Of Il. They WIZ.
ship the book, and then do not believe
10.
In the writings Of the Apostles to
thr Corinthians, We road; "Desiro
spiritual gifts, but rather that yo may
prophecy" Reverend gentlemen, DO
you believe tha2 DO you teach that
TO your congregational Is II right to
prophesy2 should people desire
spiritual gitts2 should they seek TO pro-
phcry2 "Oh mol these things are all
done away. You Hro In darkness.
You don't understand these things; We
No. We have been 20 college, ana have
l'hUen trained 10 comprehend these
matlen, aud we do not need any
prophecy ings nowadays. The people
who pretend TO be prophets are all I'M
p0siors." rnatis what these gentle.
men say, anu yet the Apostle Paul
say: "Covet earnestly the best giits"
aud "Dosire spiritual gifts, but rather
that we may prophecy And he tells
us that the fruits of tue Spirit arc not
only Joy, love, patience, long-suticring,
hrOthofly kindntsH, aud charity, but
says be, "to one Is given by the Spirit
the word Of wisdom, to an
other the word OF knowledge by
the same spirit; 10 another faith
by the same spirit; TO another tho
gifts Of healing by the same Spirit; TO
another the working OF miracles; to
another prophecy; To another discern
ing OF spirits; TO another divers kinds
Of tongues; TO another the interpreta.
ton OI tongues; but nil these wofketh
that one and the selisame Spirit, dlvid-
lux 10 every man severAlly as no will.D
| Cor. Iii, 5-l2.
Then he goes ON 10 say that all these
form part Of the body " Christ-llia
Chutch-and further along says: "And
God hath yet some la the church, fret
apostles, secondary prophets, thirdly
teachers, after that miracles, then
gifts Of hcalings, helps, governments,
uiyersities OF tongues" All these are
"a part Of the Church Of Christ. Well.
II they are, where II the Church now?
Where are the signs Of Its existence?
Where are the apostles to stand fret
IN tho church, Where are tho
prophets TO bring forth the word Of
God to the people who now live, that
they may not be- depending upon what
was said thousands Of years ago TO
somebody else7 Where are tho
evhngcllsts, the pastors, the teachers,
to perfect the Saints and TO bfiug them
TO the unity OF the faith, 10 the knOwl-
edge Of the Son OF God, "that they
may henceiOrth be no more children,
tossed 10 and fro and carried about
with every wind Of doctrint2" That
IL what they were placed In the early
church for. Where are they nOw2
They are gone; aud men have built up
Chufches; men have made uteeds; men
have put their private interpretations
upon the sayings Of the old Prophets;
men have set up this Bib'e-thls dead
loItst-as u deity for people to fall
down and worship. The result is,they
are In the dark, their learning does
not profit them, nor all their train
ing and study I'll their balr has
turned grey or fallen out aud lett
them bald. Why2 Because the letter
killeth, and this Spirit has departed.
spirit maketh alive Don't they be-
lieve In the Holy Spirit? Yes, in
sort OF IerfunctOry fashion; hut they
don't believe In receiving that Holy
Ghost that the prophets had. Does the
Holy Ghost reveal the mind Of God to-
dHy2 "Oh no." say thoy, "lhnt was
Thousands Of years ngO, No such Holy
Ghost now No such manifestations
now GJl does not speak now
Angels 10 not come down now The
Holy Ghost Is not like II was when the
prophets ana the apostles hal AZ
There H. no scripture written now We
have To go by the writings Of the Old,
dead men, written for ages that are
dead anu buried" III all nonsense.
We who live on the earth IN these days
arc tins sons and daughters OF the
great God ~ much as the people who
lived In the days Of Isaiah, or In the
days OF Peter, and we need the word OF
the Lord tOdAy-the living word, the
word OF God spoken now. IL God
dumb Are the heavens shut up and
scaled2 Has God Uhangeu2 DO we
not need scripture now 10 refresh US
spiritually, AZ well a. the people who
| lived In this past timer? Are we 10
chew over the old dry husks they
have left, or are We to have the
kernel, the living word Of Col today2
Thanks 10 God Almighty, the
heavens have been opened again; the
silence Of ages has been broken, Our
| Father has spoken from heaven, Jesus
| Christ has made himself manifest.
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