Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-07-23

nave the certainty that you can trace
his sDIrltual lineage back through an
uninterrupted succession oi .ist'is 10
mo mountain Side Don FAR ou 6aliee
where Peter stood with his brethren
ANA received the commission from
Christ. "Go teach 600 nations Whatso-
cvar have commanded you. ana lo,
ann with YOU all the days even 90 the
contamination of the ages
"Thls church. a8 every Catholic does
will efanI for thp most perfect eNen-
,lldcguon that the world offers of me
nsrfert brotherhood OF man. through
its teaching. through the minlslratlons
al lbs Faerameuts. Do constantly I'M
urassss ON the minds of It's members the
fart tEat In one great department OF
me- and that the most important that
thew are are all children of me same
Father. who measures mems WORTH hol
by The accidental advantages OF s)elai
,osItIop or wealth. or even intelleclual
endawments. but by the higher glIt OK
goodness. and greatness OF character.
uAnd the features of the Catholic
church make it stand FOR. in this age
me- h has been DO every age, The most
potent agent OF democracy that the
vorId hag over known. the recognition
of the common people. the people a'
largo. as the source of political power
and as entitled Co share an me pIlNl-
legas of government and AN its adNAn-
taras and protection, with the most
highly born or favored.
"When the Son of God came 20 save
the world. be touched with Ills saving
hand AN classes Of the community, the
rich and the poor the educated ana me
ignorant. the highly born ana those OF
low estate. and going down 20 those
who were not recognized under pagan
law as men. but 0s things he Went
down 10 the class known as slaves, ana
puttn- His hand upon Che head OF
slave. He said. Come with me, ana
shackles of his slavery fen from about
him. and the poor slave lifted up by the
influence OF Christ into the brother-
hood OF the young church, be felt az
once that there was "a throne for him
as for his master close boy the throne
OF the Son OF God in heaven.
and this feeling of equality IN the
splHual order. that I'm the things OF
God and in the lIfe 20 come and IN an
things that belong 90 the soul. an men
were equal-this drought ] say filtered
down until at last the idea of equal civil
rights. and equal civil privileges began
90 leayen the entire society until IN p
few years we find attaining its growth
and FUN flower IN the medieval laws
/ which recognized at once the necessity
| OF constitutional government. ana pado
the people the repository OF the ma
uon's power so that the government
was for the people and Of them, and 10y
them. TO this doctrine the historic
/ church OF Christ has ever been loyaI
/ down TO our days. The Catholic ele'
/ ment Of our great nation is To-Day
/ most loyal 90 this democratic principle
| founded uyon the life Of our blessed
| Lord ard upon the utterance OF Ills
| Apostles,
/ when he sent the apostles he sent
/ them 20 every creature 81 Paul an
| nounced the unity of mankind ana th'
| equal claim Of all, 20 the same spirit
| nal privileges, when he declared ina
there was no longer jew or Gentle
bond or free, but that all were an II
Christ Jesus.
CASTE OR PRIVILEGE.
How this new doctrine must have
| startled the minds of men whose gov
/ ernments were founded In the caste OF
| privilege and worked as a leaven IT
society until at last &c bore fruit I'm con
stltutonal governments deriving then
powers from the consent OF the gov
| erned. To that idea the great historic
church has ever been loyal, While sh'
can live under every form OF govern
ment. yet IN every age, the soil mos
conuenial Co her growth and develop
| ment is the hearts Of the common peO
ole: and because she Is the church O
the people and because OF the demo
cratic tendency OF her teaching an,
discipline. she found an expansion II
the new world unparalleled In her his
tory OF 1900 years
Here she Is with her old teaching
with her principles of religious life, ~
the midst OF this busy enterprisinl
people. not as O mere antique, not al
an heirloom from the past not as
stone from the ancient buildings loni
fallen into ruin. but a church Of power
as strong. as vigorous, as full OF lif,
and of promise as on that great Peute
costal morning when she came duwi
from the upper chamber OF Jerusalem
and began her conquest Of the world.
APPEALS TO EVERY CLASS
Therefore. the church viii appeal q
every class 60 the community rh
home OF God. the house Of prayer th
temple of worship, it win symbolic th
full teaching of the religion Of Christ
IL win stand for and preach that Their
Is one God. one father OF ALL and tina
an are His children and thus bind to
gcther In a common unity the divers
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