Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-06
pRIL 9. 1899, SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH

tons Matthew says nothing about the
ascension. certainly th.r. meyer was
WAS present. who saw the Lord rise. u.s.
ccnd and disappear did not think 4
worth mcntloning OK ne othst hand,
Matthew contradict the nsccnslon. 10
am with you n'ways oven unto the end
II Christ really assembled says not one
word ON the subject"
on what ground docs the bold sccptIc
make the rash assertion that the nc-
counts Of the ascension ~ Jesus Christ
In Mark and Luke are interpretations ?
He offers nothing In lts support except
the false reasoning. already exposed.
that some other Witnesses did not ray
anything on that subject Matthew
and John closed thclr roapcctlve ac-
counts with the resurrection Of christ
and his Instructions To the Apostles
Mark and Luke went a little further
and included brief statements concern
Ing the ascension. In this there ~ no
contradiction and no discrepancy. 4
fuller account Of the naccualnn ~ re-
corded In Acts I. cell. supposed 10 have
been written by Luke. and that John
understood and wrote about the en-.
trance Of Christ into heaven. may be
seen from Revelation !; 4. Z. II. and
many other parts 81 the same book.
said 10 have been written 10y John be-
fore he wrote his gospel.
The assertion concerning the last
words OF christ and their contradiction
Of the ascension N on a par with the
other assumptions and ahsuriities ~
the famous promoter Of inndclity. In tho
first place. Matthew does not say that
the sentence. To. ! am with you al
way, even unto the end ~ the world"
were "thc last words OF Christ" A. In
Ecrrnll asserts. neither do they "cnn-
trndlct the ascension" They are IN
complete accord with his promise % his
Apostles before his dcccnsc. n will not
leave you comfoftlosa. ! will come To
you. Yet little while AID the world
seeth me no more, but - Hrc me. be-
cause ! live. yc shall live also" tIohn
xiv; n. ia). In the second place christ
also promised tobc with thom always by
tho Comforter" Even the spirit Of
truth whom the world cannot receive.
because u seeth him not. neither
knoweth him. but yc know him. for the
tycrHc ~. This may not be- perfectly
clear 10 M. Ingcrroll, because Il II
spiritual. and spiritual things arr only
spiritually dlHccrncd. but 10 those who
ARE able 10 receive that spirit of truth
which mnnifcHtH both the Father and
the Son. II II perfectly easy to compro-
hcnd how Christ can be with his dis
although he has assembled into heaven.
lngcrHoll next makua the following
qucrlcai
III Christ rose from the dead. why dld
Ito not appear to Ills gnomiosf WHY did
iio not call upon cuiphas, the iilgh
pricati Why did lie not make another
uiumphnl entry into jerusalem if iio
In public, % the prssoncc Of. Ills pcrus-
cutorr why should this. the greatest
Of miracles. be done Ia secret IN a cor-
nurf N was a miracle that could have
been seen by a vast multitude mira
Gle that could not be simulated
That would have convinced hundreds OF
thousands"
These lnterroFationA are prompted by
a total Misunderstanding 81 the purpose
ana object OF those Phenomena when
arc usually called miracles. IN the d.
vine economy they are not exhibited to
cause wonder or create faith. They nre
not to iced the love OF The marvellous
or paudcr 10 the lust after signs. They
are the effect. not the cause, Of faith.
These Hignf raid tho Savior, shall
FOLLOW them that believe" When
he healed the sick, his 1nvarinble coun-
sol was ''t'"e thou tell 40 man." ana his
explanation Of the cause o. the curu
was. THY faith hath made thee
whole" When Jesus went Into his own
country 10 preach he found accpticinm
instead Of faith. and II II written; And
he could do there no mighty work. save
that he laid his hands upon n few sick
folk and healed them. Aud he mar
yelled because 81 their unbclief'