Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-20
RESTRICTED CHRISTIANITY.
The Ideal Of the New Testament No
Longer the STANDARD VI Churches.


,,,hn'hk the New Isstah.ht WIN IN.
n,kn conception when thc Inspired
M'ltNtH p"shessfu OF INC uiNlhe iuli-
nssH anu .ohpls l'h'HH OF IN" 'hfiF-
,,nn r,st'm' lheic " M.mth OF
unnuake ana imhEcfy employed To
' 'nist ~ 'ne tu,lhvIn OF sa'Ne-
Won IN MN thht would seem IN our
modern times. TO border on the cS-
uaNhkan,' 10 thcse writers u would
r.n mat hrough ,hrist the very
kht's OF heaven hAd hc'n npehed 70
men ana mat those VINO accepted
hhi anu IT'S prnnered salvation al
trahy hAd citlSen.hlp IN heaven. They
nan t'i,eM.hip WIN ,sod inc Ea'h,r
Jesus christ the Son, anu win the
Holy spirit the Comforter. liy means
OF prayer heavens richest treasures
MeIe n.."hslnie, ana IN union WIN
'nrut iho believer could accomplish
~, ulnks.
must DC confessed that We nave
allowed I'M. hiEh IDEAL OF Christianity
10 be modified, rcHtricted AMI impov-
.rished until u appears TO be a very
llnerrnt thlnK from that which the
nrst Chfistians enjoyed, described
nnn commented 70 the world. IN the
ntAt place. We nave limited mnch OF
the ulNing power OF which We r"ad In
tue New Testament To the apostolic
hsr. anu nave markell "mitacu-
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hhffnoniAe the dinercncc brtWsen the
marvellous achievements wrought by
mo mrs. Ernefation OF Christians and
IN" mchErrncrA OF results nov In the
tneat body .oft we ehurch. Another
Tendency hnh bsvh "a limit the scope
o. ontisuaniy 20 incfa section OF
human interests. which We call nplr-
,,ua, rnling yut w. whole rsalm OF
mans tnhtcrinl wants as belonging To
dlnervnt category. In the early agr
ot IN. ohurf tiiH does not seem TO
nave been the case. thrihtianity was
fuppoaed 70 DO an hntidoto Tor every
w. ana christ Vas tavior OF the
bodies IA well NJ ~ the souls Of men.
Another clnsa o. thinkerA have sought
10 chmlnhte Tho supernatural from
christianity ana reduce u 20 purely
human plane ~ result Of all this
phllpHophl.inH. tampcring ana trim
ming, We nave nm vtnnhculatcd CHRIS.
uanity uh IL " received In the minds
nI latker number OF tho prot"aHei
christian people of today.
The result 81 this process II seen In
the numbcfieas Substitutes OF on
shoots OF Christianity which have
sprung M IN modern times 10 meet
certain rcni OF fanclcd needs. aa
sprouts grow NJ about tho trunk ~
an unhealthy tree. We believe that
many u these modern religious or
NAhAAhAiHNaf ANfhllhk Tue various
schools ~ divine healing" faith
eurc," aud Christian science" are 10
be attributed 20 our impoverished AMI
enasculnted Christianity. Men In
HunctlNely feel that tho Christianity
~ TAUGHT by the different divisions Of
tho church does not meet tho demands
or tho New Testament, nor answer 20
nll the neodn OF the human heart and
body. and they have sought 10 remedy
this difficulty hi such movements NJ
tlosc "a which We have referred. No
doubt many Of the advocates Of these
movements carry their theories TO
hurtful extremes and give an undue
emphasis TO the healing Of bodily Ills
as compared with the needs OF the
soul. Ana yet. Il must be confessed
that these needs are very rial ana
that u Christianity has nothing 10 Of.
fer Tor them, We must not be- sur.
priacd 20 BOO mon looking elHowher-
Tor relief In our Judgment. after
much reflection upon Tho subject. Inc
only remedy fnr these extrefpe theo.
ricn aud hurtfuI Tendencies il IA return
tn the fuilncas Of divine life and power
which Ghrlafluuity uoasesred la ia
original purity.
Much mnre can ba neeomptlshea
by prnyer than many 81 ~ nav,
vet dreamed of. No ara ~ nuch
snr ronnection with a. -,
With Inc snir1tu,i ,..,,tS 49,,
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moi "A doubt ,hat M cb,is,t,,s
dnv were 10 az, .,,.,, 49,. ~ ~
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