Show on future punishment I 1 att ibe century will complete jhb tho sixteenth in men clo to the bible limbo rula of aith abe of the waa net harily their attert ioa was fixed nd tho mot and apon of the which he church had en grafted up D christianity ahe moment the t wet came to that the soul ass immortal aad not mortal as the bible teaches it was necessary to fad 0 o eternal abda for iti the choice liy between heil nd purgatory a meaning being given to the farmer word altogether foreign to its in the scriptures iti be mg u incredible a the chiri century that god had brought tha masats of mankind into being only to consaga then to eternal fire M it is to abo present century a purifying fire bud to be and the finlly went a faraher and bated toula acen i oat of that handing the lejb of abo nan institution to the pope the of tto greek christianity WM the real ori gia of both doctrines they are 1 tu from tha doctrine ormont and make a belief in bill to tha bumaat the question them ripa for patient ai well for popular through the journals joura als and I 1 can an nothing but good from a frank nd foil disc naion of it how strange it in ibatao many good people thank from it and exhibit BO lit tl in tho truth as to apresa every attempt at an tantram melad onla thus can a hope gradually to eliminate error from our creed I 1 havo found ai i anle that inquirers inqui rera into the mat ter r laomen who arc in the irbit of searching the scriptures whether locsi ahinga arc to as ex to them from the pulpit it has mo to fiod that few of the of the gopel to I 1 bare fooken on thia great have estr denied it it has me to fiod appointed to bo religious leoh rp who have at once fur granted his awful doctrine of the eternity of buffering aad shown eccli ignorance about it ai to be that thero ar donata of its scripture Scrip turl by dot a few ann cnn of deep piety and sound mind of thoughtful pious and iura blo of oud who fiod the in question so bocon with ahl the bible eels forth as t the character of god that they are woolly staggered by it to represent readi as scot into tha world bader a cursa as incurably licked wicked by the of his flesh and g calvinism ha it wicked by decree as doomed koliba by epenial grace he cannot mentar by any court of his own ta live in he remains on earth and to be eler nilly miserable when le learea it to represent him as boro Boal leto l cep the yet an justly liable to jud for chenu alike repugnant to and to con aad urns ex a hideous biow are wo to call alio ruler who laid us under alra iron coda by alie nama of wise or jost or merciful when we isonoe principles of action to which in a human we call preposterous and monstrous the of strange doctrines lu been pursued at all cimei with and alie issue uniformly laa been a drawn battle it it true and DO argument can gain lay it that men are placed in the world arc equally favored both in disposition and outward cir some children are torn with temperaments which bako a lifo of innocence aad piety and easy to them others are lorn with violent passions pass ioos or even ith teo dencie to eil inherited from their and unconquerable ioma are brave others cow are boro in religious families and aro carefully educated and watched over draw their c farat breath in n atmosphere of crime ind case to buhale it only i atu they pasa into their gratas i oily a folh part af mankind are tont Chr of the n of baman beides who inhabit gods earth the re dover bear aba dame christ as a reproach the chincio and the Japan esex may i say eatery weaker race i thorn we hao come in contact connect it only with the forced in of whose behavior among them hai berred ill to becom bend creed these re iaal which no away aad if wo it ali the corll iii governed gove raed by a and intelligent being we mint lc licko wo can reconcile it wilh our own ideas thit dot briece briec by acci int bat bare lean ordered of pur oie and design ii I 1 believe a act abat largo of la men are in adrance t the pulpit in their oo 00 llila they tiati at abo and bd tie is ia r there u no grousd for believing tatt nin is by that anost what aci tu ioel aad that tho ol 01 llis fath cre justin beld tatt tho immortality of tho toul wu not aught in the that u ihu gial f life ind that hope of it tipa the resurrection of sit baar ind upon our union with hin benee tace t id the new to tha u abo gl ground tho hope of life it wu doctrine that gave 0 o oil 0 absurd character in tho lyts of tha ork that the ul waa ica WIB fatu rito speculation of their n that the baj mortal like alit body but that body and sw rise from tho grave and chit athis hid boan div en unto all men in tint christ bad been rained excited simply tb ridi cala of tho athenians who when licy heard of the resurrection ef the dead tha and the incarnation ar the grand peculiarities of the system by stooping to bo inar na tetha son of god became tho of mankind min kind while by ilia resurrection lie hat robbed the grave of iti bictory and givan til n bo arc united to hiim the assurance of aber is a of the aladj bat it anila io their chodd death under diw or many stripes from th right acus but merciful hand of tho divine now become the judge 1 all men that there ii final restitution of all men and a gift of eternal life to 1 is not in the bib afif I 1 read it but the reft H clear the church of the ccone century gut and made man immortal by 0 o doieg it robbed both uie and resurrection of tho of their atad their while ho doctrine of au eternity til followed io iu wake to bo softened down nd made endurable by the inventions vent ions of aad the mass have rid of the atter errors but the root doctrine of the immortality of the detill keeps them away from the christianity of the new testament icat I receive the christian OD gaid 01 india to the if I 1 most edicts what yon bay concerning the of god with whole nations and genera tidos of human orea tares whom he has himself left in ignorance the missionary liaa preached another gospel adan that paul preached on lars fiill a plain lat ement of our divine lord and his apostle and promulgate il a doctrine which a abhorrent to the CM science and reason of mankind a doctrine which docs not admit of being relegated to the bat durms the ore front and substance whereon it is admitted to be part 0 the if we are preaching a of which paul knew nothing or are even preach iop the gospel which the ap otlea did preach but adding thereto a liaci blaik BO awl a as this presents why should we wonder that the fail to embrace it i it is as certain as god lives that christianity tidings of great joy to a 1 peo ly aad if we are preaching a that can not beso described deseri bed without a re erv hides its real nature fr m ourselves oure elves it is not the of the bahlo nor the d moo age bhatia to cloterl cl overl the world how is the gull between the creed that passes tur christian and abo letter of scripture the of the race aub mystery in ill creeds I 1 grince for a at ahe refine mant upon which catholic teachers of the orthodox ox school venture bays one of bliem tl iem the dammed will behold the hid of the other and of the devils who will terrible forma 0 o terrify them the more tb of be tormented if hody of the damned were from hell the of stench would be to destroy all men the bear bog hall b by the continued barlog bor log and wiling of despair ine wretches might we not well be pardoned for we had in our hand the description of some chinese joss house rather than the writing of a doctor of the christian church it is a balemi declaration of that it shall bo ill wicked christianity would bo glad tidings to none if ila message were other than that bat abo developments which darka eeg and bave orthe bible for the purpose of makina creeds and syb acma are so horrible that they undoubtedly form one of the chief barriera to abo reception of ay iy the south sea islander may receive without difficulty a christianity which calls itself orthodox but it is the heart of the is reached while his intellect 13 dormant but we are a people to reason and reflect and wo cannot doubt that the dog malio development that ahmo hmo been drawn out of the bible and called christianity throw a humbling block in abe way of its reception instead of glad tidings a system oi doctrine baa been evolved that revolta the conscience and we then wonder that makes such elaw progress in the worldly SALT LAKE feb |