Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-07-03

sufficient OF its lulness to lead and guide
us into all truth. If we accept Of The
conditions that the true Gospel requires
of US we have a claim on our heavenly
Father for His guidance. Then the ques-
ton can be consistently a.ked: Do the
sects of our day worship the God OF
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob' Before |
answer IN the negative | will write 2me
OF my observations, then all can Judge
for themselves. | am laboring at pres
ent at Brighton with churches in every
direction that one would suppose would
at least have a sembllnce OF unity; but
no. they are ever learning, but never
able TO come to The knowledge OF the
truth; they have form OF goodness,
but deny the power thereof; the blind
leading The blind, accepting just so much
OF the doctrines that our Lord and
Savior taught as seemeth them good,
utterly rejecting what to them Is now
essential. In tracing from house to
house and speaking on the street, we meet
with people of this class, they say, the
blood oil Jesus cleanselh from all sins,
He has done ii all for them, they even
say they can't do anything for them
selves, for they would be robDing Jesus.
Woe. woe, unto this perverse genera
tionl We blind guides, which Strain al
gnat and swallow a camel and make
the servants of the true and living God
an offender for misplaced word and
then contend that Apostles or Prophets
are not ne cessary in our day. Woe unto
them that teach men to pervert the ways
OF the Lord, and walk not in the ways
of righteousness Themselves. Jesus
said ii ye we're Abraham's child-
rem We would do the works Of Abra-
ham. This man of God showed his
faith by his works; the Bible says that
God did Iell Abraham to take his only
son Isaac and offer him Tor burnt Of
fering. Faith alone would not have
shown Abraham's conhdencein God, he
knew If he obeyed all would be we'll
the apparent zeal and religious en-
thusiasm, OF SOME of the secIs here, is
commeudble il they were inspired by
the spirit OF truth, the spirit OF truth
prompts us to worship the God OF Israel,
a God that can speak to His children, as
ne did to | the prophet that have. pre-
coded our generation, that ackno~iedg-
ed the baptism Of our Saviour, iutroduc-
ing the great latter-day work, to his boy
Prophet Joseph; the dispensation OF the
iuiness OF times was OF such vast I'M
pOftduCt mat tuS rhtiiei ihuoa"~S- 'S
Son.
The Lord by wisdom hath founded
the earth. and we are all the creation OF
His hands, he is a JEALOUS God, and is
displeased with those that don't acknow-
ledge Him; they that worship Him must
worship HIM IN spirit and in truth, or
their worship is vain. One VIII say,
have been baptized; then you followed
the example OF our Master. . yes,
have been baptized; then | venture to
ask, did the gentleman that oiiicated at
this baptism have authority from God to
administer that ordinance. Quoting to
them 81. ct no man take thi; honor unto
himself but he that is called OF God as
was Aaroa; he was called by direct
revelation through Moses. Where is
the Priesthood of God, in the Ieilgions
OF the world to Golfer the Holy U ost as
the Apostles OF old This same Priest
hood is restored for the benefit Of all Of
our Fathers children, vino will accept OF
His Gospel. History is repeating itself
in language that is unmis,aSable.
thank our heavenly Father, as
view this confusion, for Utah peaceful
Wales. The words Of our Master are so
iorcible running through my mind, Woe
unto you serbs and pharisees, hypo-
critics; for We compass sea and land 10
make one proselyte; and when he is
made, we make him twofold IN IRE the
child of hell than yourselves" then
ponder and marvel, who do the nations
and people OF the earth Worship
BRIcE w. SALISBURY.
BRIGHTON, England, June, 1897.