Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-11-07

more abundantly require divine appoint
meni, or delegated power from God to
make proclamation Of the Gospel and
administer lis ordinances. As the sacfa.
ments II the Christian religion are Of
infinitely more importance than the
handling OF sacred utensils, touching the
AK Of the Covenant, burning incense
OF casting cut devils, 50, too, u Is 10 be
expected that God will be ail the more
careful to entfust their administration
only to those having a divine coni.
mission.
To say, rs the bishop OF Rome does
say, that the ordinations carried out
according to the Anglican rite have been
and are absolutely null and utterly void "
Is, OF coursc. to deny TO the English
clergy divine authority. To deny them
divine authority by saying that their
orders arc and have been null ard void.
Is TO say that Their administration Of the
Christian sacfamcntg through all the
years that have elapsed since the church
In England feyolicd ngiinstthe authority
Of the 20 e, have been useless. And II
Rome denies the validity " the church
OF England orders, Il may be taken Tor
granted that she will deny the validity
OF the orders OF all othef churches
separated from her; for Of all the
churches separated from the Roman see
the church OF England has most nearly
conlofmcd TO, or what would be more
accurate 10 say. departed the iclst from
the ritual Of the Old church. In plain
terms the church ~ Rome holds all
churches that have separated from her.
aud all churches that have sprung into
existence from the churches so sc1iafat.
ed, as being without authority from
God, aud regards their ministry A. a
diiordefly crowd.
know there are a class OF Protestant
chuiehmen, who seek TO satisfy them
selves on this question Of authority by
Claiming II TO have come down TO them
on lines independent OF the church Of
Rome. But, unfortunately for this con
tcution the church OF England herself
aud the other Pfotestants cut on not
only the source oi divine authority that
might be claimed a. coming from the
church u Rome, bi, also every other
source from which that authority could
spring. In her great homily on the
"Pcfils OF idolatfy' the church Of Eng.
land says: "Laily aud clergy, learned
aud unlcarned. all ages and sects and
degrees have been dfosned In abomin.
able idolatfy most dctes,cd by God and
camnablc to man, for eight hundred
years and more. (Pcfils OF ldolatry.
PAGE 81 by making this charge against
all Chnstcndom one Is unable 10 see how
the church OF England can make any
claim whatsoever OF divine authority;
for, u all Christundom was plunged into
this awful abyss OF aposia,y iOr eight
hundred years and more, no divine
authority survived that period.
Nor is the church OF England the only
Protestant authority which makes this
charge OF universal apostasy from pfimi-
tive Christianity. John Wesley,in max
ing an explanation OF the cessation Of
scrptufal gifts among Christians, says;
at does not appear that these extra
ordinary gifts OF the Holy Spirit speak.
Ing Of Corinthians xfi) were common
IN the Church Tor mote than two " three
centuries We seldom hear OF them
alter that fatal period when the Emperol