Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-07

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One question In controversy between
the church Of Jesus Christ " Latter
day Saints and other religious denom-
nations II this: Did a universal apos-
taay from the faith delivered to the
nrst Christians take place In the early
ages. or was the deviation predicted
only partiai7
Professionals generally regard the es-
tabilshment OF tho Roman church a.
the Visible embodiment OF the great
npoptasy 20 vividly foretold by New
Testament writer's. but they claim that
tho church was preserved In some Of
the sccts which refused allegiance 10
Rome. and that by the reformation the
primitive condition VI purity was re-
stored. Roman Catholics. on the other
hand. maintain that their organization
Il, and always has been. the church OF
christ. and that the sixteenth century
reformation was the great npOatafy
The Latter-day Saints believe that the
falling away was 20 universal that the
church. considered as an organization.
went out OF visible existence.
This. II must be remembered. does
not mean that In their opinion all truth
ana all Righteousness left the earth.
and that nothing but error. sin ana cor
ruption remained. on the contrary. u
n understood and willingly admitted
that thrrr never was an ago IN ths his
tory Of the human family, In which
some truth was moi known. partly al
least. or IN which there were not noble
men and women. whore lives were rcgs
ulated by the laws Of morality and who
nrc worthy OF Imitation In all agca.
nut ~ IL contendcd that tho world
passed through a long period In which
the Church NJ a divine organisation,
with Apostles and Prophets and All
the gifts and rfncen peculiar to that
Institution. Including the authority TO
administer the sacred ordinances In the
name Of. or IN behalf u, the Lord
Jesus Christ. was hidden from view.
To that extent they regard the apoatany
as universal.
TIL. View IL certainly sustained by
the New Testament Paul IN hi. Sec
ond letter to the Thcssaionians. speak
great feature to be the appearance of
one who opposeth and csalicih himself
above all that IL called 0od. or that II
wofHhlped." And this power waa not
" appear outside the Church. merely
obtaining q few followers. among tho
Christians, but II was 10 operate Ia the
very Temple Of God. Showing himself
that he IL God" The expression TEN.
pie Of God" a. bishop John New
,Sn has shown, means In
the Apostolic writings. after the des.
tructlon OF the Temple Ia Jerusalem.
the Church. and was 80 understood by
the early Christians. Hence when II u
declared that the son OF perdition" was
70 urVrp the very place % did In the
,remple." that Is the church. thsrc
N no room for controversy m TO the
terrible extent Of tho aposiasy. II Is
the very sanctuary. the Church itself.
not a part Of II. that the Apostle says
MAS 10 be affected thetuby.
The Nevclailon OF John IN 20 be read
IN connection with this remarkable
prophecy Of Paul, and others bearing
ON the same subject. OF course. the
Revelation IL admitted by scholars To
be obscure and dinicuit TO Interpret, but
there II one prophctic vision In the
Apocalypse on which there N almost
universal asreemen, amenE eommenia-
midst Of the church 81 a great apostate
power. having these NV character
rtler.
J. substituting faisehood for the doc
triner OF chrintianity. and spread
Ing these falnehooda throughout the
world by fraud and BY force. ul Thesa.
?. . 10; Tim. 4. !, :. itev. III 49,.
immortality and liccntiousnesn I'M
der the cover OF hypocritical asccticlnm.
u Tim. " :, ~.
J.. blalphcnous pretenHlona. uaurph-
ZION OF uiNlH' pfefofAiNeHs anu lffhT-
cution OF the people OF uoi. III Tbeas..
2. I. " Rev. ~. cit, 49, Cos 49, ~.
Wealth, mngninccnce and luxury.
utev, lsi Z, 49, 7, 4 lib.
s. Reliance upon the support OF
worldly powers. eanetionlnE and uphold.
ing their tyranny. uhsy. ~ I, :. Is. ~.
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rn.h - ,he pronheue picture ntawh
W, hrehtnic ohuIei' .asy t-ok.
nlt,d by the student OF history whose
ntnd ~ op,n 70 truth; TOW " " pos
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aposhtyI Does NOT the same nropnenc
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Shufch. byt "A REMNANT was iHtt 70
'nffy on the warfare with the drnrohF
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Inc question may then hr asked "
there was universal apoAgaHy, when
ana now did " take place.
II We turn again 70 inc pagcr OF
iioly VIII toi an answer 70 this purs.
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