Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-04-28
WHEN REVELATION is EXTINCT.

The Lattet.day Saints hold, az Ia
we'll known, that tbs continued guild.
anoe OF the Divine Spirit is ~ ueces.
safy Tor the woll-helng Of the Church
In this age as II ever was. Enlightened
by the Scripture AMI experience, they
feel convinced that the education Of
the children OF the Almighty can not
be accomplished except by His never.
censiug, fostering care, revealing His
will ~ the varying circumstance, In
which they nud tnvmselyes, may
require. Tue impsssibiiity oi sue
eess IA the mission entrusted 10 the
Cuurch on earth, Il actual COM
municatiou with tho Founder OF the
Church DO cut Oh, II 10 their minds
perfectly clear. Revelation there
must be, Ia the same sense Of the word
ne II Is admitted to have existed Ia the
days Of the Prophets and Apostles Of
old.
Those who iako an opposite Wow Of
this important subject are forced 10 a
position iull Of contradictions. They
admit the divinity Of tho revelations
given IN the beginning Of this age nnd
all through the older disrensations, but
deny that similar divine mauiicsta-
lions belong TO this tune. They argue
that the ChurUA In the beginning Of
lie stormy voyage had to be guided nc.
o0rdiug to the charts aud compass
carefully adjusted by the Divine hand,
and that It's course had 10 be Bet IN
obedience 10 the commands Of the
great Captain; but, the voyage well
begun, they think the ship can go on
without such commands, drifting
before tho winds and currents and yet
roach ia destination. Many dovout
advocates OF the nO.revolatlon theory
feel their own dependency on tho
Lord. They will pray for wisdom and
enlightenment; they Will invoke His
aid In the pulpit and In their pastoral
duties; aud yet they loudly declaim
against the possibility Of that for which
they ask. They viii maintain, with a
faith not TO be- shaken, the orthodoxy
OF their creeds, the oil but iniallibiuty
Of their churches; and yet they claim
that such desirable results have been
attained by frail morials without
the aid Of immediate and continued
revelations. Was there ever such In.
consistency exhibited in any other
cause OF 80 much concern TO the human
fmuy2
Fortunately Tor those who aim at
Truth In this matter, the question Is
not one Of theories and opinions but
one Of facts. Tho whole ecclesiastical
history teaches IN that churches with.
cut revelations have gone lamonlably
astrRy not only In dogmas anu doc.
trinos but, what is worse, IA the prac.
tees and the awful effects Of these
among men, II We open the pages OF
history We find nations thrown IN
the darkness OF ignorance because
false priests have been engaged In
eEIin ushing every spark Of light
among the people, We rec countries
devastated by armies led ON to plumber,
murder aud black crimes by Bnaucal
leadere; from the reeking dungeons Of
ilqulsiIora tales OF horror reyernerato
through the ages, too deeply Internal
almost ia be repeated; TO our wondering
eyes are presented the facts TINT mil.
olophera have been compelled 10 per.
luro Themselves IN order 10 hide tho
light sent IN their hearts by God AL
mighty; homes destroyed, innocence
murdered, kings ana qu0oua, otherwise
noble, made into cruel prosecutors, ana
all by whom2 History auswera, by
Just such persons "a have claimed to be