Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-01-14

OF the earth" Here the ancient meth
cd Of making covenant ana the Den-
atty Tor breaking It, are both clearly oct
forth
In the gospel dspeusatiou Sc pause
before the fact that our Lord and Re-
deemer before leaving His disciples, 70
die for the world. Instituted un ordin'
ancc which sets forth every principle OF
sacrifice and covenant previously re-
vealed. in addition 10 tno principles
new to the new dlspepsauon. FOR, as
the Lord came, not 10 destroy bot TO
fulhn and complete 50 His ordinances
do not destroy but complement truths
previously revealed Thus, when lie M
stituted the Sacrament He explained,
that the broken bread WAS MS body
and that the cup contained MS blood, "
which was about to be shed IN ratiH,
cation OF the new covenant He who
partokes Of this Sacrament according
TO the Apostle Paul "shows' tne Lords
death, thus taking a part 10 the tragedy
Of calvary And inasmuch ~ this
death was sacrifice, he Offers anew
In spiritual manner, this holy ind ac'
ceptable Offering 10 God, as was done,
according to what We have seen, IN
previous dspensations, wien a cove'
nant was made Aud therefore he also
makes n most solemn coyenant with
God, to serve Him--a pact that "a as
much more sacred ~ the body and
blood Of the Lamb Of God s. more
precious than the divided body of an
animal by portaking Of the emblems
Of the body and blood Of Christ, he
passes as It were, between the divided
sacrifice, and expresses bis Willingness
10 give up his life, II he break the GOV,
enant. For this reason PAN teaches
the Corinthians, that the CUB Is the
communion Of the blood of Christ"
and the bread is "the commmIon Of
the body Of Christ" and that be who
shall eat and drink unworhly, shall
be- guilty Of the body and blood Of the
Lord" That is, he places nlmself In
the class with those who shed His
blood, lie still takes a part IN that
most awful tragedy, but as an enemy
and as such he eats and drinks dam
nation to himself The apostle fun
ther points out that the penalty for
breaking the covenants made at the
Sacramento table was being suffered
by many among those whom he adj
dressed, For this cause he says
many are weak ana sickly among
you, and many Sleep In Death, that
Is. For II we would Judge ourselves
We should not be Judged Il Cor. ri:
26-81)
The following from the article on
Sacrifices in the Encyclopedia Britain
Mica, is pertinent, The autnor Is w
r. Smith, librarian Of the Cambridge
University!
Even the highest forms Ot sacrin-
clal worship present much that IL re-
pulslye to modern ideas aud in partic-
ular IL requires an effort 10 reconcile
our Imagination to the bloody ritual
which Is prominent in almost every re-
llgion which has a strong sense OF sin.
But we must not forget that from the
beginning this ritual Expressed, how
ever crudely certain ideas which lie
at the very root OF true religion the
fellowship OF the wOrshlpers With one
another IN their fellowship With the
Deity, and the conservation OF the
bonds OF kinshlp as the type Of all right
oil hnf NO Nh "a
A strong sense Of the wickedness Of
sin can find adequate expression only IN
some rites that depict the consequence
Of sn--death. Hence the sacflnclal
forms Of worship taught IN the various
dlspensations,
have referred to the sacrl6clal rites
Of ancient times, Instituted for the pur,
pose Of lmpressng upon man the sac.
redness of obligations entered into by
covenants with the Almighty, and also
the Sacrifice Of Cavalry commemorated
typihed and represented IN tne ord-
nance Of the Sacrament I need hot
say that none Of those ancient rites are
observed now, any more than the sur
ferlngs and death Of the son Of God
are literally repeated, But the truths
those rites were designed to teach AMI
impress remain. They are eternal.
The methods Of teaching them change
with the progress Of man, Just as kind
orgarten methods are abolished when
the student enters more advanced
classes. But the truth never changes.
! have therefore not reformed 10 those
lessons of the old Testament az some
thing still remaining, but 10 call at
tcution to the fact that that witch
some condemn I'm the church is deeply
rooted truth which The Almighty IN all
ages has cndcavored TO teach HIS child
rem by various educational methods.
and In the New Testament by ordin-
ancos setting forth the atonencnt OK
our Lord
MORMON VOWS.
Now II 'Mormonlsm" is studied IN
the light Of the teachings % the Scrip
lures on this subject It becomes UtellI-
giblc, and fun OF meaning. lts har-
mony with the divine plan Of salvation
bursts forth in soul-insplrlng beauty.
For the very spirit OF the true Gospel
finds it's expression IN covenants with
the Deity The followers OF tns cult
enter the circle OF disciples, by q rite
baptlsm-tpIfying the death and the
burial Of the Master AZ the Sacra-
mental table they promise most solemn.
ly as already explained, TO follow the
Crucihed one. And, further IL they
are faithful and sincere in the opllga-
lions they have taken upon themselves,
their privilege is to enter into conse,
Grated places and again renew those