Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-08-24

.lsfual. Is the religious word no'
awAkeaing to the fact that Mormon
SIN Ia New Tes.smsnt Christianity
Tie author In tue Non.Sso'd'iah
argues that when We Inquire how We
may become Chtlstsn', We are
answered In Get Of stcre3typrg
phrases which sfe meaningless, vague
,ni unsatisfactory. when the yOuhs
man came 10 the Master iuquifiug
shat he should DO u secure eternal
HE, nothing was said 20 MIN a0gii
"looking u Jssui;" he was noi told y
'wisi In the blood uf the Ltm0;" 10
ailusllu was made 10 Tho ountain
/ Oiled with blood" he vas 90, feierroi
10 tho Lamb VIM died on Calyatyp
hu was not besought 70 "tske refuge
10 the Rock Of Agrs," 10 "oomo
Ito Chrttn 70 "cast his
burden or the Lord" ~ "onlJ
believe" & "Iay hold 90 Christ"
bat in words which could not be-
plsiuer, or moro emphatic, Jesus re-
picH III thou woulIsI enter Into
NE, keep the commandments" Here
l- something tangible anu practical
something which every man ca
VA Irfsi,gd "a Il test In his daily He.
But " We AK come modern preacher
what We NUT DO h 10 sayod, We are
as'utrd ,hal we can do nothing, tnht
Jcsus Jill not wish " 10 do anytnins;
that lie has done n oil iot "; tnat HI,
righteousness was Imputed 10, and will
he regarded by GJd asa substitute Tor
aur own, u VIZ believe on Him; that
tie has suffered the penalty VI our sine
~ dying IN our sleat; that nil We nave
70 do IA 10 bch,Us, ami accept the
pruilgrcu pardon thus rendered poislblo
los INC sheddi.g Of HIS blood. Hut
,h'n n certain lawyer stood up aud
cmpted Jciu', ,ayiug; "Masioh
what snail I DO 10 inherit eternal ME-
HosAii unto him: what Ia written Ia
tnr laW? How feadest IA u2 Aud be,
nusWoring, saiI' Thou ehalt iOyo thu
L'fd thy God with all thy boart, ami
with all thy soul, and with oil tny
strength, aud with Nil tiny mind, AMI
thy Helghbor Ms myself And H.
aid unto him; Thou has, answered
flghl, this DO AMI thou shalt i've"
Tue cplt btattd AudOyef controversy
WAS prsoilitaled by a discussion on this
very subject, aud II lsJ, as viii be f,-
mon bored, TO the trial for hefesy Of
d. Newman Smyth aud Others who
endorsed his yioWs.
rhe doctrine that faith Ia efficient
for salvsIlon originated with Protest.
antism. II will not bU denied that tue
Roman church had Tor centuries pro.
claimed salvation ne u result a. work..
She erred, however, In substituting
hc commandment, Of men for those OF
he Almighty. Luther hal faithfully
Dudoavored to comply with tho ft.
puiTomeuto Of tho church ami failed 10
teAlizs the holiness he sought TO Oh.
ain, In ttAfiug himself loose from
he Catholic institutions he, too, erred,
'o' "huo's'Hhu'ns INST Tue principle
Vas ooi'oe', h'uoush tue application
was false. He therefore sought a new
pHho'pI"' ah1 lnought no hhu dls'
''Fefeu u W 'luh'hcA'loh ny iaith,"
euu ny 'hat =" 'he S''huHIu OF ff0'esl'
ahuHh' 700 u''''os were iouBnt win
consisefsnie uestee OF bl'hu ErAl on
oo'h siu'H hu'ne's l'lo"ea soon
went 'at hs'tAy III 'hoit direction ~
hAu 'hef opponents u'he In lhelfs'
ho'h were io'ooi 10 discard large ror'
Hots OF Tue Sotlp'ute'' In otust 10
make the remainder agree win thelr
theology
On THIS important point Mormonism
holoAt NJ 'he s'INef 'tumpe's OF lsfael
In tue Wilderness and II oilers tue
un'h on whloh Catholics anu Pro-
testauls, nay all men, may unite, Ac.
uordiug 10 tue Gospel as received by
tho 5aints, faith IL "the frst principle
In revealed religion, and tho foundi.
ton Oi all righteousness" Without It,
there eau be no righteousness, NO true
rcligion,Auy more than there would DO
literature without letters, n structure
without foundation. Hut the faith
that saves Ia not merely opinion, II IN