Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-11-18

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plotted against the state In their secret
meetings IN the catacombs. and else
where; all, because they refused Ia
worship men. or pay homage 10 images
The followers of the Nazarene In all
ages have been subjected to similar
! treatment. There never was a perse-
cution but what was apparently justi-
fled before the contemporary world by
charges OF disloyalty TO the state, or
immortality We are apt to forget that
| II has been the work OF history, not
contemporary paneeyrists, to giority
the martyrs Of all ages--the witnesses
who before their own contemporaries
appeared in the character of malefao-
tors. The glorious host OF martyrs is
composed very largely OF the off
scourlngs' Of their own age.
II preachers OF righteousness are TO
be Judged by the Interpretation their
enemies may put on their teachings.
they all are traitors" as the Master
himself was from the point OF view OF
the opponents. We have. for instance,
before US the report OF a sermon
preached some time ago by Rev j. J.
Head, at the Annunciation church. st.
Louis The speaker-a Catholic-sald
In part
The same power and authority
which the apostles received on pente-
cost sunday when the Holy Ghost de-
scendcd on them and enlightened their
minds that they might fulnll the Di-
VINE Mission previously conferred on
mem by Cnrlst Go and preach the
gospel to every creature is the very
identical power and authority which
every Catholic priest OF this twentieth
century enjoys. The Apostolate was
not gwen for fixed period OF time,
put for all time and for all ages. 4
VIII send tine Spirit of Truth to teach
you an truth and TO abide with you
forever"
IL mas been actually urged against
the "Mormons" that. because they be-
lieve in the continuation of the Holy
Priesthood. they owe allegiance to a
higher power than the government Of
me country. How foolish this con-
tontion appears in view OF the fact that
millions Of Catholics IN this country
hEmly believe the same doctrine. with
out being condemned as aliens. or
traitors.
But, let us quote further. The speak.
or said:
our hope and our desire Is 10 restore
ms fair land to the kingdom of Christ
out as the Roman empire was not to-
'aliy converted for 600 years after the
arrival OF st. Peter, as In the year SO,
tne pantheon, pride of Rome, the tenn
PIE OF all the pagan gods. was dedicated
aE Christian Church and has remain
ed az such to this day so what may we
not expect OF this land 500 years af-
Ter the Cross was planted herel When
the six hundredth milestone IN our
existence Is reached, let us hope. az
IN the case Of the Roman empire OF
Old the Cross and the Stars and
stripes may be ipseparably entwined.
As the Cross dntedates the stars and
stripes by nearly three centuries in
thls land, and as the Stars and
stripes have become the beacon light
or every land, is not the Catholic
church the mustard seed, 80 tiny in
It's incipiency 1000 years ago, but to-
Day the massive tree that encircles
the globe and shelters the birds repre-.
senting the tribes OF every nation, OF
every tongue beneath its mantlng pro-
lection? This indeed Is our sangulne
hope-that the Cross and the stars
ana stripes may be nseparably en-
twined and like the conquest OF the
Cross In the Roman empire. the same
may also occur IN this western hems-
phere.
Tie closed his Grafton as follows:
Again from the Old Rome BY the
Tiber we sincerely welcome you to tine
New Rome by the Mississippi
Anyone viii perceive how easy It
would be for malice to place upon these
utterances an Interpretation that would
represent the speaker as an allen with
the aims and aspirations Of traitor.
But to construe them that way would
DO wrong, And yet, only by malicious
Interpretation can anything ever ut
tered by I.atter-day saints. speaking
auth0ritatively. be made 10 serve as
evidence OF dlsloyalty Christ is a
King and His domain is king
DOM but His Conquests are those OF
truth and righteousness over false
hood and sin-the victories of jlght over
darkness, and when this victory is
complete. He viii be acknowledged as
the King OF kings and Lord OF lords,
and the world viii perfectly free then,
because there Is no real IL edom except
as far as truth and virtue control prI-
yate and public human affairs. Loyalty
to the cause Of the Master is therefore
loyalty to the governments and gov
eminent Institutions that exist for the
purpose Of establishing truth and
righteousness among the children Of