Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-12-14
HOW TRUTH CONOUERs

WneH the Church Of Jesus Christ ,fr..
was ABOUT TO be established, the instrio,t L way Sam
.'""s"E 10 Jay the foundation. was told 10; ny ID
"' u'at nc was to be the object of fine rn gu
"'N"NO' l'S name was to be mentioned Zoe ~, VI h
as good in all the world. Thi, has b.., ~. e," as WI
IL IS being fulfilled today Of his surces.,r. tuhla
holy calling 1t is being fulfilled of MI. i,u.. 'yn AID
ter '''o"eTS to The al
But tins is not strange Down the visit, rs &C.,.
y see the maletacor on the throne and ,r ''eqia
OF peace and good will, of liberty and rol,, os17
were there ever any great refouuer, who ., NI Cos
domination of their blind fcllow-ncn ,,b,s. ~ "c GA
called upon to open? Socrates was given t. ~. ''y wen
The Greatest ofal was crowned with tlorrs r '"' cup
disciples was pursued unto death Nes1. Zig
leader OF the now popular churches was risrerr sI'
pnsoned martred. The chain Of the nart,-. = IN
endless H'' Is deoa
such opposition, however does not retard tb.
the work that is of God. This truth is well
the history OF the early Christian churches t. '"
the tongues Of evil more busily engaged thai, e'as
followers OF the Nazarene were represented o1 e
and ignorant worshipers of an executed rs;,o- N
represented as sensual atheists al, di.,..I y We
country ana all such stories were circulated rsL
apparent foundation For, did not the Nazarere ,,r
other brothers and sisters? And did ,bs. 'A' e'a
Nfr. tr-
whom the Roman emperor took no c7s,riz,, nv, 'NS
not traitors then? Did they not bsJeyc 4. "a' ug
flesh and drinking the blood" of one whom, ,b. '
holy child" What fearful secret, were tt. ,-'
in their meetings? Did they not refuse f.,
to the pagan deities Were they not then ,t;.,r S
thing considered, there was apparently more go,
TOR these stories than there is for any of the evil -
circulated concerning the leaders of the Church ~ a,
There IS treatise eXtant by Nlinucif, Fsrv - ,s
1t IS shown that the Christians of his time were 49,
permitted to hold public meetings To confess the C7
religion was then great crime. The little vo-l b 4
Latin father Just mentioned consists of daloo, h.
pagan and Christian. The principal qr,rr0e,yx ~ 4
former are derived from the common charge, L
against the sect at that time, and which undoueF h.
currently accepted true. He pictured tn, f,rrr.,
Jesus as impious sect that pracised as r,;g,, I'd
cruel and absurd rites He SAYS. for example ba. 4
assembled the and all the relations of k,,,l 49,
tied dog to the stand which contained the rry nm
and then throwing the ofal beyond the end of the s
they induced the dog to overthrow the LAMP that 4,
dark, the assembly might practise promiscuous leulo
And such stories were told and believed among tb h
able and reasonable of that age That wa. one n,
why it was so easy to kindle the flames of persecution On
any pretext or pretext
But, Notwithstanding all the work of redeprton wen,
on Evil reports were lived down by the disciples They
conquered by their patient brotherly kindness and for
bearance 1t is the lesson of those ages that what man
actually is, not what others say he is counts in the struggle
against error and fasehood Justin MARTYR describes his
fellow-beievers follows after receiving the Christian
doctrine, we abandoned the pagan detc and through HIS
Son, worshPed Him who is the only uncreated God o4
of us who before delighted in impurities now rejoice o
sobrety; those who practsed the magical arts ae
al al. L.f.
those who sought TO acquire wealth above al thing
have their possessions common and give to him that need
eth those who hated and slaughtered each other and BE-
ing Of different tribes, had intercourse after The l-
pcarance Of Christ living in the same communion pray for
enemies and endeavor to those that unjrsy hate
US"
BY such means they conquered. And by such means
truth is always made strong to overcome the forces evil