Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-02-13
TIuo Great Eras.

were those who were waiting for the
peasant hoy, Joseph Smith, and VIII II
lie announced himself as did his Rl0ti.
Gus pfeiecestpr, he was recognizsd oi
these ms one sant OF Got, with auth ri.
~ To restore the simple yet fl client
regime OF tho everlasting q epei; the
duplicate OF tho old, embracing all ita
psculiariti e, doctrlnes. ordinances,
organizs ton and power; its RECEPTION
by soothing world might rehdily have
been divlned, the powets OF evii
"gnashej tner teeth.' as uii
the tchoolmen, cteedmakers ami
assumed authority with vested inter.
dug ed the footsteps OF the new
riditulei bls claims and set snhres
for his feet; from tue mint OF r
lsnortno zuUersllti1u and orr,
they coined iteR, Stamping them with
me anpli city OF priestciait. anu giving
Them currency under the gu sc Of
religious Interest for tho . uls q. men.
they formed slllnuces W tn the acIn,
nf the earth, men OF volo lce aud
blood, thy lufcd ana.hcnls from
the pulpit and altar, by mi repre- on.
latiOh Ihey hurled go01 msn eve
into acts Of detestab'e persecutioD ,aul
played upon public sentimsnt--ralig.
lous and political aosociaiiJn, that
these might put to eternal rest, the
questioner anu protesier against re-.
ligious u.urpatibn and pretenslon.
Many q marty % grave was iillei,
many u hatd earned home destroyed,
many scene o. robbery an plilA e
was planet, many a Trail yet heroic
woman ami many an Innocent bAb
were cast into the fires OF Moloon
the acknowledged ruter and Col o
men amt demons In human form, who
were thus maize subject to the power
vi evil, In the turbulent aud stormy
tmes o. an un'orgotten past.
None VI thir could close the eyeb Of
lh0Te illumined OF this Spirit, to the fac
that thoie emiisaries Satan In
cler cal gRrb were daily demo ostrst,
log, that while protesting Christianity
hey had "parted the riiment oi
Christ among them, aud cast lois ior
his vssture," they did not want the
old orler, beauty, simplicity aud
power OF the Gospel, and they hated
tnose WIN came to point out that n
iragmentary division could give other
than u iraRme ntHry and incomplete
salvation. Yot 1t would have been rs
inconsistent with The powers OF evil ~
with the nature VI the Gospel, AZ its
revelL ton had not been sealed with
blood in this day as In the days OF
jesus, (tbat the testament might be
OF force, but uOue the less will penalty
be eventually iuti oted upon the aetort
Ia the one great tragedy, as 1t was 10
the other.
The obliquity and darkUess Of per.
verted Christianitv 10 nowhere more
apparent than in this city, which, how.
ever, only copies the elftOntery Of error
In all our favored land, the bare
list of churches, topics and re.
ligious methods We the lie to pretense
ami obeeIvers may only wonder now
such conglomerate announcements
would have struob the pOpulace ia Old
Jerusalem and i'the region round
aboui;' II would have been astonish.
ing aDd revolving TO the early converts
and Christians, ami the laughing
stock OF the critic anu unbellevsr, i
so little unity had Injured to In,
methods, docttines AND authority o.
"one who epakc u.s. never mau spake,'
ebN "hV AtbtN 90 -
among those who All actvd discipIeshil
that they should "bs one, even as b,
and the Father were oue."
Ihs present condition might have
been pardonable In the dark agee, or IL
the times OF free Inquiry; itls unpsr
donable now and criminal, that thosi
who claim to be the folio vera OF Christ
should be as selfish, as individualiz y
rs are scots with seotarian theory u
promulgate, 1t lie unden able that with
the spirit OF division 30 thoroughly
intrsnchei in organization, that they
can neither work with each oihel
harmOnioualy for the amelioraiiou
Of the world, nor lock upon the exacl
Ounterpart OF the grand origins
Church save with feelings of Jealousy
and adherence, denying to the mem
bers thereof even that very namo Of
Christian, to which they only have
legitimate ami authoritative claim.
Anyway, God will honor His
Prophet. He will sustain His Priest
hooJ, He will vindioste every claim
made In the Gospel. and 1t is but q
question OF a very little time, when by
,ne Rccretion OF spiritual force on
earth, and the Influence OF millions
on the other side, 1t Will 30 dominate
human history anu progress, that "the
knowledge OF God" shall be reallzsu
"from the rivers to the ends OF the
earth" ana not very Tar hence,
"every knee shall bow, anu ever
tongue confess that Jesus is the Christ,
to the glory OF God the Father"
OCCASIONAL.