Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-09-05

Jesus also said that false prophets and
false chusis would arise, and they would
deceive many. But false Chrisis and
false prophets teach false doctfinr, aud
II rs by that that men are deceived
true prophets, men inspired Of the
Holy Ghost. will teach true doctrine.
he test 81 Il Is, the sayings OF Jesus
Christ. he that kcepeth His sayings
arc His disciples. John said;
n there come any unto you. and bring not
iht doeifinr, receive him not into your house,
neither h.d him God speed
Tor be- ihai hiicih him God speed is par.
iakcf u DIS evil dccds. % John 1911 v
John also says.
Whoever unn'grcsscth, and ab.dcth not loo
ihc doctrine oi Christ, hath not Cod. lie that
uhdcth lu The doctrine Of Christ. De hath both
The Father ani ne Son. DO lohnqvl
These arc scriptural sayings. they are
the words VI an Apostle.
Nov. We have q great many different
religions IN the world
There arc great many good people
belonging to them all, and some very
good men preaching the doctrines OF
these different tccts, preaching accord.
Ing to their training and the light they
have. They have been brought up from
their Infancy to believe In certain dog
mas. aud they preach them Ia all
sincerity. So tar as that Is concerned,
when thcy preach the truth. Il Is good,
when they preach anything that Is
erroneous Il Is not good. Il Is only
truth that will sanctiiy and save. Error
will not liii up anybody. Men may be
sincere IN error, they will also be sin.
cere In truth. but Il Is the truth that
does the good and that cNalts. As Jesus
prayed TO the Father, "Sanct.iy them
through thy truth; thy word is truth"
What we need is the word OF God,
which liyeth and abide,h forever, and
which Is always true. II we receive the
word OF God and live by II, then we will
be exalted. Christ came TO reveal the
will uf God. lie said, III any man will
do his will. he shall know Of the
doctrine, whether II be OF God, or
whether speak OF myself" Here Is a
test. Here is . key 10 mankind. Who
is there that knows OF the doctrncl
Ask the wise divincs OF modern times
II they know what they teach Is the
word Of the Lord and the truth. have
asked many OF them. They say they
believe Il with al their hearts. Most Of
them do, Of course, though some
OF them preach Tor hire and
divine for money. But many preach
what they believe to be true. Have
they, however, received q manifestation
from God that the dociiine they teach
is ifuei DO they know Il Tor ihemselvcs'
Have they received that witness IRON
on highi Has God manifested himself
to themf DO they believe Ia receiving
revelations from God IN these umcsl
No, that Is an old doctiinc-donc away
? with, they tell ms; and so with Other
blessings that Christ said should follow
people who believed In Him. Here J,
another test. In sending out Ills dis
ciplss 20 preach the Gospel, Jesus faid
Ito that belisvc,h and . baptized shall b.
saved but be that bcliescih not shall b.
DAMNED.
And these signs shall follow them that be-
lese. In my name shall they eau out devils
they shall spcak with ncg tongues:
They shall take up scrpenui and II they
drink any deadly thing |t shall not hurt them
they shall lay hands on The .los. and they shall
recover. (Mark xvi, 70. ~, ~
The disciples went iorth aud preached
that Gospel, God confirming the word
with signs following"
The Apostle Paul, In writing TO the
Corinthians, speaks Of these gifts as
part OF the Gospel OF Christ, as part OF
the very existence oi tao church. lie
lkens the Church Of Christ to the body
OF a man which IS perfect. 1.-THE eye
cannot say unto the hand, have no
need OF thee: nor again the head 10 the
feet, ! have no need OF you Every
part Is necessary to the perfection OF the
physical being; and 80 with the Church
OF Christ, Paul slowed that God had
s.Na .s. d a. a
prophets, and evangelisis, and pastors,
and teachers, and helps, governments,
divefsilies Of tongues, aud healings; aud
he goes on to say that there are diver.
sites OF gifts, but by the same Spirit.
For to one is given by ihe spu, the word Of
wisdom. 10 another the word OF knowledge hv
the same Spirit to another faith by the same
Spirit. 10 another The gii Of healing By the
same Spit 10 20 another The working OF miracles;
20 another prophecy; 90 another discerning Of
spirits 10 another diycfs kinds Of tongues. 10
another The Interpretation Of tongues. 4 Cor.
ali c i-at.l
lie describes these various gifts the
Spirit "divding to every men severally
as he will aud he goes ON TO show
that these are part aud parcel Of the
Church-that is, tie Church that Christ
built up, aud that the Apostles aided to
establish. We have had a great many
churches since their time. ana the
people have got into confusion, and men
preach Tor doctrine the commandments
OF men, one contradicting the other, aud
all believing that they are right. But
they cannot all be right, because they
conflict, and truth never conflicts with
itself.
Some people seem to have the idea
that religious truth is different from
other truth. When you talk about
mathematics or any OF the sciences,
you expect that one truth will harmonize
with another, and that II anything is out
oi harmony with what YOU know to be
true, that is false. hut ia religion they
seem 10 think that everything will DO SO
long as a man Is sincere Well sincerity
does not make truth, and Il Is the truth
that we need, 1t Is the doctrine OF Christ
tina, will save and II Is the word OF the
Lord that will lilt up. These different
churches that have been established
have been built up by the wisdom Of
man, and we can trace their origin. We
can go back to their beginning. Did
any Of them originate by revelation from
Cod Did God command men to
organize themp We cannot find Il so
in their own history. Reiomers have
arisen from time to time to introduce
improvements on that which existed. aud
Ia many cases II has been an improve
ment. Al this has been like lonn the
! nantiqt "A iDfefuuneF To pffDlTe the Aay