The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-10

OF Rome; and when the Roman empire
went 10 pieces the Papal church entered
INTO covenant relationship with various
DIVISIONS OF the civil government: and
some OF these paramours she still has,
While others have left her. France Is
gone; Portugal also. and Italy. Spain is
lance at the present time She is we'll
treated IN America. but not joined to the
american government. She is well en-
, ,' sertalned and given every liberty in Ger
many and by many in Great Britain, but
these countries arc not her paramours.
Like Mother, Like Daughters
Ihe Greek church is joined to the
IRSussian government; the Church of
i,mRlana Tnsha 10 the British government. The
Lutheran church is married to several
European governments Others OF our
Protestant churches. having no oppor-
tunity for, affiliation with earthly gov
erhmentss have become united 10 worldly
systems worldly organizations of their
o"n' IN which, as rule, wealth. man.
mon, sits at the head of the table.
Like mother, like daughters is an old
saving. instead OF charging this whole
matter upon others, let us each recog-
nize and take TO heart our own share.
Tor which we are responsible
AS the doctrlnal errors which caused
our DIVISIONS gradually developed dur
ing a long period of darkness, so our
DEVELOPMENT along the lines Of spirit
Tor us To quarrel with the facts, which
are undeniablc. but 10 sincerely repent
vi tue wrong cOnultlOn and renOunce it.
coming back to the one faith. we should
come back also to the one Lord. So
doing He will sracously receive us and
neneefoTth His name alone will be quite
sufhcient. We will no longer need TO
style ourselves Roman Christians. Eng
lish Christians. Lutheran Christians.
Calvinistic Christians-but all such
names will be abhorred as reminders OF
the uniaithfulness which we now de-
plore, AS the name Christian was suf-
hcient for the early church it is suf-
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abandon errors OF the past and TO come
together as the one Church OF the Liv-
ing God.
AS for the one baptism. lei us concede
what the scriptures claim and declare.
namely. that the water immersion is
merely n symbol or picture OF the
burial OF the individuals will and inter-
ests in death-like unto and in fellow
ship with our Lords self-renounce-
ment, even unto death. Thus all OF the
consecrated, of whatever denomina
the one true church ii they are dead
with Christ Ia the world, its hopes and
alms-buried with Him by baptism into
His death. which death to the flesh (ac-
ceptcd by the Father) constitutes us
members of the one Body of Christ. the
true church. II thus baptized into HIS
death, We shall share also in His resur-
rection. says the apostle (Romans vi,
The Church In the Wilderness.
Is il asked Where has the true
church been during all the eighteen cen
turtles since the apostles died? We an
swcr that the scriptures picture her as
going into the wilderness condition. out
OF publc view. for twelve hundred and
sixty years OF this time. AS pride, pomp,
arrogance and error came into promi-
nence, meellness, sentlcness. love, sim
plicity. gradually retired. Through the
long period of the dark ages'' no his
tory OF the true church was written.
just as no such history or record of her
can be written today.
Since none Of the various denomina-
tions is the true church, therefore the
history Of none OF these gives her his
tory. AS her members are Scrpturally
declared TO contain not many wise, not
sanGd al yars6s ssTsere creeds aed
churches. and some outside OF them all,
the espoused, chaste virgin of the
Lord is not prominent feature In
church affairs and is wholly unknown TO
world are not of IT and usually are dis
esteemed. As the Master said Marvel
not If the world hate you. Ye know that
IL hated Me before Il hated you. If ye
were OF the world The world would love
its own q John ill., lS; John XIV, Is, 19),
Ii. then, the sprt-begotten ones. con-
stituting the Lords betrothed virgin
church are few. and If that few be scat
tered amongst the four hundred millions
nomiually styled Christendom. ii follows
that they are greatly in the minority
and could have comparatively little in
flucnce today even If they were ever so
determined and energetic, The. masses
and classes rule. Wealth, learning.
earthly interests and earthly power are
better pleased with present conditions
than with those which Gods word prom
ises will be established when Messiah
shall take 10 Himself His great power
and begin His reign OF righteousness.
Babylon. as the Scriptures declare Is