Show WlIIUI 1111 i 11I1J1Lt1I YItihl The poaltlon ol the Church of Jesus Uhrtatof lutterday Hilnti among the tllglnua drnnmlnatloua of toe world laaalwayaleiii well defined front the UKlnnlnK tbo Lord told Joseph the 1ropbel Ibat none uf the exiitlng liuichre was the true Church but hat If 1 lie would lemiln IMIlllul be luuld be Inilruminlal reatorlug the Uueol and build the Church anew never lobe ovatthtown bullu romIDaI the foiindntluli tf Iba Millennial king dom In acujrdanca willi tbli revela thou Iblhl claim Ibat the pllinl ITU cbuirhei were ovrrlbrown that be Iron tljiptl woe not known for cintuilnaud list It has again been > priiclalmed In tlili ago by IniplnJ lrolh1t 01 U oh To Ihno atatemrnla lututanllally Lot non otjcctlon li I made although 1111 two Ulillnct ground The defend raof Ilia Cathullo urganliitlon claim hat tho pilinlllve church developed lobo Ibe great rellgloua body whoa head lithe I ltopn aol that Ilila woe lone under the dlrecltou ol the Holy Hplrlt In direct lulllluiiU of the jromiia that tbo gales III hell bollid never prevail a alait the Church riiey claim to believe In IDol uud the Stvlur and teach repentance bipllim for temliilon ot aim the laying un oMuaJ is for the reotplUiibt Ilia Holy dplrlt do acoordlni to lle jMpel ol CurliU Apostates and lierellM there always wore to Ird 1 our Hut the Cbutctt IIM not fallen away they aiy the claim ol Iho Halula fiat au a < iilaiy bail taken place ueowiltallng a iretONtlon It I Ihelufora ball lobe bur b-ur and prepoiteroui Thin 111I0 oouoluebn li 1 reicheJ l bIb b-Ib 1fototanti TLewairalt that bbere was on 11013 of Ills nulu holy of Ihavlalblechureb but that U was only partial allor all limy bold tint Ihrough the ttlorli of Iba reormeri the Churchwaa mured from Iti fallen condition Auy further reiloratlou li Iberefore In their clew I eupirlluoui and the IIIIere drcelvad ur decelv ore On lute point CMholIca and 1ro I slants are united II the word ol UoJ and lie toclnl aural history are oniillot on tlili point p It will be clear that the poiltlou of Ibo Halnta li fully luilalued not wlthitiudlng the labjrloui arcumanU to the contrary lu duo vliloni 01 Diulol I It la clearly abovrn that In the > oitApviti > llollmua power should arlto which ihonld swear cut the Hnuti of the Moil HUhj a power of which U li I laid IOU shall dratroy wouderlully out aball prosper lIu1 practice and b lldeilroy Ilia mighty and the holy pMiple Ihls loci wai wall known In Ibo flnt Chrlitian churches TheAKutlcapreacbedabou U and npprae1 0 It 1 In their letter ita a familiar truth 1aul romlnJa TliFMaloulaui of the jja ot pair dlllou wblclt oiprrMlon evidently remlnji of the binary ot Judo tha alien Apatite wboahoulatltln the Trmplaof ll I aril omit lilmiulf overall over-all that li ilidibowlnK tha tbat oppoalatf puwor dwcrlboJ by Danlrl Wit to t bo l Lo h d I for lu thu very unlit of Ibo ciiurcliM Hi char ncttrlitld are given Not only la Ito great owtrbut in autliorlly U nvrt1 1 byNgusaul I lying wonder It I la 1 a ilront dluton n drparlura from the fillli and branjej will bwcrliy Jiihu further dwcrlbM tli repreeeutatlvMol tine power ai ruling ovum iwoplm and uiullltuJre ADI 1 lutlona and tonguw alii I ntrnjol G I 1UIIlu aud sonnet oolor and dockod will told tllld piecloui iiouui ai j I + earli Tbli li Ibo general tenor < I hue great ujioalaiy w ouillni by a > cleat sours It la I ouougti to r nut Until as our Catbullo nut Iroleisj filcnda cluliii Ultra never Paso falllu I oil or If It coon only pjrufil I nod llttiu CIIorIUO i ii cO i II tu i jrj btiln lito Iill but 1C the surer light of prorlie oh n I r1luJ I bur the weN ot UoJ I li lit I J luylh W ryprovu Clearly that MITJ 1 old were well Inf rmo I about Ihno lilnj Aa early aa at tha writing of liaAtiocalypi tne cimlltlon c 1 tbe Vilallo churches was ouch tint the Lord threatened to remove tIle olndletlietl unleaa speedy epentaoce lollowod 1 The letter tl the omilani abiwt Ibo nature ol the htrwy at 1 work annn thus early COIl C-OIl The Implied writer evidently combats In their Inclilenry thop Incl tile blob Utrr developed Into varloni jitemt of Uioitlolim from the loflu oucu of which even nine ot the early hutch father auOVred Tba false irluclpla un down that evil wan Inherent In-herent In mailer and that alnful pro vniltlia conip > juonlty abould bo taught In the holy nom 10 havoial some to aicetlclim aud utbtri lu Icentlouiutre two precuts tonally tout llutgradually Ibo main tatif If thu church fell Into one or auclher ul tbIlwo norm Merle oAu Une truly obiervra that lu Ibo tint Ima of the Uiirwl we find the Church filled with Hpltlt and life but gradual by the Hplrll vanlihrd tba Ufa died aud ooh Un form reoulnej Wbvn the plrll bat del strd only a dead body U i hell I or when tbo lltejlvloK walir loll evaporated only AU empty veal emaltit Bttnethlcg of Hill ualura teak place In Ilia Church Hut the venel dIJ not Iota I lie contonle all at once but gradually In the a Itril century I tury the Invlilble I presence at tba Havlor wee the alrength of the ChuroK In this third ce Stony thl lower was till fell and also I In tha fourth al thought Ihs dlmlllhhl HiatorUfte Orcrlb < the oondltlon of liochutlli at the lima 01 Cypnan Ilu unylhlng but eulo lillo tome At bat time church tuembara Inlet iar led with geulllei tre < p aeutly t lee 1 were nan al tba thaatura and Klidla orlal txpoilllour where they wore IflUbtoJ wllli the lirutil ijecuole ol lumau lcloga oanlllC each older The nlulilira hovel tha world floor than Old and the blshopd devuted them elvra I to tbtlr own pleasures smut to uiklug money Tne rrnult ol all bli woo cram when Ihu iwrncJtlan ba Emperor Doolan look place The Chrlillaai wee paulcilrlcken Home led other battened to Ihs author DM and rcuouused l Ibelr Win While In Ihla condition the church gradutlly lost this true doctrlnei ai preached h by Cbilit The ordinance were changtil 1rleitly authority lupenided that of Christ What had once been tha Church was mtda a llOlIlIcIIUoblll Tho Church Ittell was brought Into tithe wilier urea for a period of a tbouiand two hundlidaid threescore dI while lbe great drojnn 11 oJoJ Ibararlb with error of doctlluu sal practice To claim that the apaitaiy woe not uolvinal li I lodeny the facts of hlitory I ai well Oibo prophello word Itli i n0us ary to remember however how-ever thai allhiiuih Iba Irun Cnurch at au orianliatloD was removed and tbe authority ol the Trieilhood was aught up I Unto led yet the coming uf Christ In the mrrlJIanof time and the itMcnlDB of Ill la jepel was neeei ary for Iba oncjiupllihuiriit ot Uid4 plan and purposes Without the Ido dIULlolI the piaaoblnj cf IIIV Uuipel would leave Lon In vain IVople would nol have bell able to comprehend It Notwlthiland hog nil the folllea and elm and errors of ancient Israel the Irulhi revealed through MMW aerveil to prepare tho world for ChtltIn Ilia aimo way the Uwpel I I reacliril by Chrlit hoe gradually preparod tha world for the reiiiptlou uf Him ID ill second advent ad-vent which hai been announced aa near by Joseph the 1rojdiet And Ills was one of Iho great obJect of Ibo hostel The Church a a au orjanln lion wai removed but the truth coon I Oated could not ba lUmped out Much of It Ini shone In the dark all the lime Men have been 1 IniplroJ thereby there-by I to noble aclaand thou < hli and feel lugs their atluotlou hu been dl reeled toward a coming golden age wben Christ shall rule lie world And In Hie meantime the work behind the sell baa teen > KO log 011 This la I founded ou the atone imut Viewed In this light II b I clear thai the tint coming of thin Lord was rerrtiiry use prupiratlou of the world for the reception of the Uoipil aa re nlllJ In Ihl age The poaltlon of the Hstnlo will bu found la bo In full bar imny with Ilia general pau of the work of miration |