Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-05-08

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mr, far eight hundied ysars anu
nor. :" While the learned anu Gev az
John Wesley emphntioally SAID that
the reason why the spiritual giiis "
the Gospel were not enjoyed
after the first three or tour centuries
II the Christian era was because the
CHRIS iaus had turned heatbeus again
anu Uniy had dead form left.
AS Tor the clsims OF the Catholic
church, that Vt 10 tho very church o.
gauizsd by Jesus and His apostles,
nd that IL has Continued without Ia.
termissiou, with at a break in its line
OF sucoe 8 on to the authority ana mls.
slOn OF the apostles iTn ~ the days OF
Peter to those OF Leo XIlf.--h W can
It siand before the nDIIeI evidences
Of he apostasy whion have pointed
GU
BIt ~ WIS not my purpose to dwell
upon this part OF the SUI ject at such
lenetu. WHAT 1 Intended in lui.
wntirg was to call your attention TO
The TACT that since Christianity Ia anu
uas been 10 a state OF apOetssy for
many centuries, the only way there
eau be TestOration OF the Christian
religion, Including the necessary
iivlno authority TO preach the
Gospel and administer In Its
ordinance, is hy tho iHtroGuction
OF new DESPERATION thereof, by
which lew epvst Is sOall BIZ eaiIeu AMI
seat form to again call men ~ repDu-
ance and establish anew the Cuufch
oil Christ ON the earth. This, cir, Is
what desired TO call your uttun, ion
to. that having arrived at one great
tfuth you might not make tue m stake
winch Protestant Chtistendu IL
making by thinking that men Gale
70 Ormers can OF tneir Uv u volitiUn and
without autnoiiiy rom God, anu
with ut velalIOn from ii III, re-
establish the Christian roll GIN, ami
restUre the Church II Christ. Divine
authority once lost to men on earth,
can only be te,tJred 10 them by a new
rev. lation from God in which men
snail again be cJmmissioned with au.
thotliy 10 speak nnd act for Col. Men
are Tot authorized 10 take 1t upJn
Themselves to act Tor men in thlug-
pertaining to God except they be
lie Of God Bs was Aaron
Heb. V J .Ye have not chosen me-"
sald Jesus e. MS twelve disc pies, "oul
/ have cnOeeu yuui aui ord iinei you,
that ye should go ami bring forth
ituit." Aud 81 1t should be and Is
now. Therefore though you separate
yourself from ali a.Ostate churches.
aud give w voluntarily eveTytui
that has ma kel you AS belonging 10
the Clergy ordained OF man, to use
your own words, yet that VIII not
Justify yau IN takln. upon yourself
authority to act aud speak for Il ID,
n at By al F1tr ian m
odd som thing more 20 tue cJniusiOn
already tUO great In the religious
word.
S veniy-six years ag, now, the Lord
rev alsI 10 Joseph Sun IN, the truth
VIII CHI you now say q Il hs, mad
known 10 you, namsl', that toe Cnris.
/ u churche, are wrOn that they
leach for doc rines the cOmmandme Ii
Il men; that they urax near to
Him with their lips, while Their
hearts are lar removed fr IN ii IN; suu
that He does not ackDUwied hem
10 constituting HIS church or Ills
Ringd m. But the revelations OF Gu
to this young man Joseph Shilh Ill
not stop at that. TIey wet beyond
that. They continued until new
ilspsDssti0n OF the GOspel was COM
pie ely es rel o nip, iucluiinIltAe
authority OF the ~ apostleship,
wDich gave MIN the rglt aud power
not only to teach the Gospel anew but
TO Ie.establieh the Chufch o tChfist IN
the eartn Will all It's I'll ere, Keys,
powers, blessi gs, aud uUD.e truths,
with uivine commission TO preach
the Gisiel in all the world, calliua
upon men to repent aud Oe bap.
4 Esd for the remission of thsiI
sin thst they might rece We the Holy
Ghost, and to warn mankind OF
me glorious cominR OF the Lor (;
Jesus Chr st aud tue Judgments thai
shall atteuu upon that event, or rather
precede II. And their work has been
going on IN the earth Tor more than
nsli q century, aui Il hit @ to 1t ia.
escaued your notice, ] now, as 40
numble E der Ia the Church OF Jesus
Christ, YAH your attention TO it,and ask
you TO give 1t patieut investi cation
Do not be hindered IN such investiGa-
ton by any prejudice that exlsts
against the Latlerday Saints, or Nor.
mons, as the members OF the Chufu4
OF Christ are commonly but i'm proper.
ly called. Rene m Der that tho Ours
uans in the early centuries OF our era
were ev sp ken OF aud acc un ed ~
he proud, intellectual Rom ius as tn,
Office .urings OF the earth AMI this enc.
mics of msnkind. Jesus, for the com.
fort OF His disciples, sal: "Mstvel
not If the worli hate you; II
hated me be ore 1t hated you.
II ye Were OF the world, the
worli would love its own, but
bee ,use ye are not OF the world, but
have CHOSEN you out OF the wotlt,
therefore the world hateth you" An
30 now In the new dispeGsation OF the
GOspel OF Christ, in the dispensation