Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-09-20

announcement OF tnu auft' hta hnl-
,rines o. Jchovism, even " an elaho..
ate riiuaiistic service mad been addci,
The theotcI ica theology Of Mostg would
never have been gpspei by the massca
Of the people, aud TIE Ritual would
have remained 70 much sptciaculat
entertainment, had there been nothing
else 10 IT, But tho doctrines preached
by the great lawgivcr were more prac'
teal than theoretical. He found nn
onslaved nation. He demonstrated to
them the power Of Jehovah; he toll
them Of land Of liberty AMI pro Missed
u lead them there by that divine
power He proved his own flfm belief
in what he said by acting 20.
csrdingly, jeopariiElng bis own
life. This practical teaching kinJlol
the faith, tho enthusiasm Of the
people ami they embraced the
truth which led them out Of bondage
10 land Of plenty, country Of their
own, 10 liberty ami happiness.
The same can be said Of Christianity
a. fret taught by tho Master and tho
Twelve. The doctrines cnuuciaiod by
them were above all Of n practical
nature, and they met the requirements
Of the time. ChrIsiianiiy was re-
liyion the essence II which was the
prJclamati Of the universal brother
hood 81 man. by II, doctrines the
alien was declared cl;.zsa; the slave
was "no longer a slave but q brother"
woman was elevated; home Ia It, trucst
sense was cfoatci; duty was made tie
ilghtost Of al burdens, Tor II Was based
on love 10 God and love to fcllowmon.
This was the secret OF ~ succcfs, this
the power by which 1t fevoIuiionlzsd
the world.
la the same way, Mohammedanitm
met the requirements Of this people to
whom 1t was addressed. Hunted the
scattered tribes, gave them language,
a literature; clcansei their ideas Of
many superstition. and opened to them
the world for conquest and adventure.
Luiher's success IL accounted for on
the same principle. His people thifsIed
Tor liberty anu Independence. His
doctrines gave thom what they needed.
For he pointed out to ,hom that they
owed obedience 10 the Lord, not to
Rome.
In considering these facts the con.
oluslon IL hardly avoldablo that
Christianity IN represented by moicrn
teachers must have lost the essential
condition Of success. II does NO longer
meet the exact needs OF the age. ItisRli
very well for learned minister, who
lives In aump,uous home with
thousands flowing into bis pockets
yearly, to explain on fine sunday
morning ths theological difference BE-
tween justification aud sanctlfcatiol,
but what 10 that to the poor working
mau rs long M he does not know where
10 got piece Of bread for his starving
family2 Tue doctrine n the equality
Of oil before tho Deity and the glorles
Of heaven are admirable SUI jscts Of
ditcounos. But how empty they
= uni 10 tho multitudcs who consider
themselves ostfaclsed socially an1 sui.
iering from the manipulations Of
capitalists aud domagogucs, among
whom the ministers sometimes figure
conspiououslyg The very fact that
modern Christianity has nothing
practical 10 oder whereby the
crying needs OF tho mulu,udes
shall be- mot, makes these
turn away from the churches TO Try
various soclalIstio aud perhaps auarcJ.
i',ic schemes. The txlslenceot these 10
a rcbuke to what h called Christlauity.
And yet there IL hope, notwilhstani.
log the darkness. Tho Lord Himself
whom the time Is ripe, to
establish a now dispensatlon or, which
accounts TO the same, TO 70. s,ablish on
earth that truth which has ht various
times been proclaimed. When that
time oonios II will bc found that II con.
nlslH Of true Gospel, which above all
IL practical Ia its nature. IL will llin
uau 10 man In brotherly love and
aud result ia an ideal com.
monweal,h where the Father above Is
"all la all.h