Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-07

,ovlne come things as l understand
M, and / believe have with me the
nsio,tv of those that are listening TO
mo voice, because these things are con
sistent and do not need muoh argu-
mont to sustain them
NEED or NEW REVELATION
I thlnk, IN this age Of the world, when
there is so much progress In everything
else we ought to have a lillle more
progress IN religion, We ought 70 Know
somethlng about our Father from
whom we have come something about
mr. Lord Jesus Christ, whom we recoB.
niye as our SAVIOR something ABOUT
onr relationship TO them, ana 10 eeoh
other something about our past, pe-
fore our spirits came into these taper-
rocles. something about the future, TO
which we are all Fastening; something
obout the place where we shall 20 whcn
We mass out Of the body something
about tho conditions which we shall oo-
oupy I'm worlds and ages ana eternltles
vel TO come How much progress ~
there IN regard 10 these matters There
"a none and there cannot be any, be-
cause the letNHolh VI wv"
hin their faith TO their own Ideas con
corning n dead book. They nave hoth'
jna else; they look for nothing else
They do not agree upon II among them,
nelyes: they do not comprehend IT, ana
thew do not seek for the same spirit
mai the prophets had, II Ia true, they
talk about the Holy Spirit, but when
YOU sound them to the depths they 90
not believe IN having anything OF that
Kind now; for that IL spirit OF reye-
latlon, II IS the means by when the
Father and the Son reveal things 70
men. 1t Is what Christ promised
oHowbeIt when he, the Spirit of
truth, N come, he viii guide you Into
All truth for ne shall not speak OF HIM
self, but whatsoever he shall hear, that
shall he speak. and he will show you
things to come, John l6. Is,
GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT
That Is what the Holy Spirit Is for
Now. the Holy Ghost does not change
anv more than the Father and the
Son change. This divine light carries
with II divine power, II ELIMINATES lhe
souls OF men, II lifts up mankind TO-
wards their Maker 80 that they can
commune with the Father, learn Ills
ways, and have power to walk In His
path. This Is the Spirit that Christ
promised But where IL 1t todayl
Where are It's manifestations among
the people today7 The Eplstle to the
Corinthians, 18th chapter, says;
"The manifestation OF the Spirit is
given TO every man to profit withal,
For TO one Is given by the Spirit
the word Of wisdom; to another the
word Of knowledge by the same Spirit,
ITO another faith by the same spirit
10 another the gifts Of healing by the
same Spirit
ITO another the working Of miracles
to another prophecy TO another dis
corning Of spirits; TO another divers
kinds OF tongues; 10 another the inter-
probation OF tongues;
"But all these worketh that one and
the selfsame Spirit, dividing TO every
man severaly as he will '--verses 7-lE.
These gifts do not exist among man
kind today, and the people do not be-
lIeve In them. If anybody, through
faith, obtains some blessing OF this
kind, processing Christians make great
fun of H. Here are some people now
that have got hold OF little bit Of
truth In regard TO the Rift OF healing
and they are made all kinds Of ridlcule
Of because they believe In that Yet
that Is an essential feature Of the Chris
tlan religion, II was promised by Je-
sus Christ to those who believed, Take
the last chapter Of Mark, and see that
when Jesus gave His commission TO
HIS Apostles, as recorded by that writ
er, He said to them;
eco ye into all the world, and preach
the gospel 10 every creature.
'IIe that believeth and ls baptized
shall be saved but he that believeth
not shall be damned.
"And these signs shall follow them
that believe"
Mark you, these signs were not mere
ly for the Apostles but for them that
believe"
''In my name shall they cast out dew
ils; they shall speak with new tongues;
"rhey shall take up serpents; and II
they drink any deadly thing, II shall
not hurt them; they shall lay hands
on the sick, and they shall recover. -
verses lj-lS,
That IL the promise Of Jesus Christ
10 them that believe. II you do not
believe In that, then yon do not believe
IN Christ. II became a common GUS
tom in tho early Christian Church, when
people were Sick to get healed by faith,
OF course, they did not always get
healed. The Apostle Paul had to leave
Timothy behind on one occasion. and
wrote and told him to use little wine
for his stomach's sake and for his often
lnnrmlties. (Foks take advantage OF
that nowadays when they have no right
TO do so) Paul tells also Of leaving
Trophimus sick at Miletum. But II
was a general principle In the Church
that II anybody was sick they would
send for the Elders Read carefully
the Eplstle Of James, 9Th chapter,
James says
rs any afflicted among your let him
pray2 Is any merry? let him sing
psalms
rs any sick among you? let him call
for the elders OF the church; and let
them pray over him, amounting him
with oil IN the name Of the Lord;
"And the prayer Of faith shall save
the sick, and the Lord shall raise him
up, "--yerseg 1914.
Yes, it Is the prayer of faith. On the
principle OF faith hinges the whole
Christian religion, What did Jesus
say?
II ye have faith as q grain Of mus
tard seed, we shall say unto this noun
tain, Remove hence 10 yonder place;
and Il shall remoye and nothing shall
be impossible unto you"
When He healed the sick, He warned
them 70 tell no man, but said lie, "gC
thy way, thy faith hath made thee
whole When the woman was healed
by toucing His garment, lie felt the
virtue go out Of Him, and said Some.
body hath touched me-" They brought
the woman up trembling, and He said
unto her, Daughter, be Of good com
fort thy faith hath made thee whole
Faith Is a principle OF power It be.
longs to the Christian religion; It /,
an ESSENTIAL part OF It, There are som,
things that viii perish in due time
when that which Is perfect Is come
but faith, hope and charity abide for.
ever. Faith Is not only that BELLE
which causes US TO look upon Jesus a,
our Savior; bus It is that power by
which the prophets Of old performed
the great works that we read about
by which the sick were healed, the lam,
made to walk, the eyes OF the blind
were opened, the ears Of the deaf wer,
unstopped, and the tongue Of the duml