Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-04-24
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THE REAL AND THE COUNTERFEIT.

sit must needs be- that there be an
opposition In all things" said q writer
whose claim to inspiration is quite
widely acknowledged. II the latter lie
conce1ei 1t must be an eternal prin-
ciple, one operating uniformly and yet
always and everywhere subservient 20
divine control, anu carrying out the
program Of the Infinite beyond contra.
diction and dispute.
This In no way initiates against the
subjugation OF error or wrong; 1t in no
way conflicts with the ultimate
triumph OF right and truth either, for
even agency THAT great primal Gle.
ment OF spirit) is only susceptible OF
progressive action by virtue OF the re.
sistance encountered in all the lines oil
experiences.
There 10 q voluntary as well as en-
Involuntary activity Inherent or poss'.
BILE to mental and spiritual eudow.
msnt. The latter Is the product OF
Organization and environment, the
former is the specific motion OF attri-
butes az it for they) may become en-
lighteneu and purified, after grasping
the possibilities and advantages OF de.
velopment as the result OF Intuition,
inspiration or experience.
IT was a strange saying o, the
Master: ut must needs be that
oftensss come. but woe to him by
whom they Gomez" evidently meaning
that only by perversion OF faculty
could sin, wrong or error attain to that
degres OF success really possible. witu-
out colliiing with the higher a1d
truly dominant laws OF right.
Wee and error seem to be always
ready to assume the garb AMI appear.
ance OF good In order to gather
power over the spirit, and It is
more than intimated that even thai
arch enemy-Satan, not infrequentiy
"transfotms himself into an angel o I
light" and, assuming for the uonce
that there Is truth In spiritual mani.
festations, 1t has been admitted and
published, times without number, that
II statements made by presu med
spirits through presumed msiium
would gain m IRE ready crsieuce by a
peTsonation of some respected. honored
or trusted authority or person, such
PRESERVATION was perfectly legitimate 4,
and In no way derogatory to the hypo.
critical pretend
That "msny spirits have gone on /
into the world" has been psten! to
observation and experience ever since
The phrase was used In apostolic times;
aud that all men should "try the
spirits" Is lust as important now as in
those FAR of historic days.
That Is terrible hard cay.
ing In the Book OF Mormon,
which declares that In the religious
world hsre are but "two churche,,"
"lhe Church OF God or Christ, anu the
church Of Satan" 1t was probably
never equslisd Tor teraeness and sharp
ness by any Prophet who wrote or
spoke--in any age-''ss they were
moved upon by the Holy Ghost" or
different order, yet carrying the
same thought under other language,
WAS the aimonitlon given to the
young Prophet Joseph, that he should
iorm no alliance with any OF the
chu ches, subject to revivals thou h
they were, for "they had all gone
asttay," aud were unrecognlzed OF the
Heavens aud without Official approval
or power,
However, this is marveilously sug.
gestlvs OF QUE thing, W., that Ii
counterfeit always supposes the Renu.
iue; the true ana the false, the ofiiciAl
and the non.Otiicial, the autho riIaslve
and the repudisted.
Christianity is the dominant profes.
sion OF cur DAY. Christian churches
are fashionable and Ia fiusntiaI; Chris
tlan learning exhaus!s itself in declsr-
ig lts superiority, aud Christian
iibaralliy scots its literature ard mis-.
sionaries into all the naiions OF the