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Show I. I "l,illtlbTU OIllllMtTION." Hy' ' j Trr one of Hie articles (reparl for HWVj I Clirlttmat reailto?; It? a rofttittl lulu- tH'SWl 'I I tier of UieUoatancltulllal.eil In a HlK I; I Jllr aper, It In asserted that "In l. jj I 5 1801 there was not a tlirlillau orgaul LH'nW?' I ! I j tiiionii) uth." H 1,'Bi !l' T'''' '' "'c'' ' "," ' ,J "piti aLLmLHU I it f declaration and If tnatle In inch posl H ?H i If Use lermi lhat llrallt for toinailnulry VhH ''It! at to IU truth. An I an tho ,atlr.tley aB'lav I'll I Bsluli, atelutlout Iwlj, litl Inhabllnl iS . lit tlioe valleys uvtt iluco tin, the elate JR. j M metit carries the declaration that Hies aaH'SK) I ' ' 1 ""'J ,rl",r' either were list C'ltrla aVB 'if """ or ""' lh'r '""' "" HeH I II ! church organlcitlon. It li nut the H"K, 1(1. "'"' tlm" lh,t ,n t(nt fa" H.iflHP;, (! ' I """ ""'" (o eicludo the Latter day UEi' i I' HalnU,Rf "Moriuini'fromtlio-tleof HBVt jjjf Clitlttlanlty. Corning at this season of U9B i lit HieyearanJontheday ol goodwill to HKL , j if all men, It bilrays alack ol the (rue BsBfj 111 (lirlitlin tplrlt which li rarllcuUlljr I'aHl ' lit itrlaln;. L-jBwf ' j f Hi TIui0Ii whofl iiltlanlid cl'lllra tJHV i I f ft' j Hon on that rtlon of Meilcaii toll HR If j which was afterward relied Utali,trere aaamlr I If uotouljr cltlrena of the United Slain HsEtj i If and helleTert lu the mlsilon and Ull BBaaaVnS u l 'I ' n b Jeaui ChrUt, I ut they welo bbVBI ?1 ill! oriraiilielattlitC'liiircliof Jrtut Chrltt 'j . I i U of Latter-day Halnts.wlileh had ealate I BBaBhJ llllll under lhat tilt.) for many yeart Inlbll Ejff 'fi'ljl there were a large nuruher of nieetlnir, H I I H $ Iiouaee which wero lliul all I bit I been HGJ illH-j' dedicated foiChunh uruat,ln which Hj i in J Uwt the l.tirml I'tther mi wor Hll ill 4 shifted, etery Hablulh day at lea.t, In Ha ill I tliejnimiof Jesue (Jlirlst. This 111- K) ' ! yond dispute, 13 that stttlet the quel Etf 111 lion as. tn whether there was a rellileui Hff; 4 j II ornanltallon lu Utih rrerloin to lhUI Bll 8 llutwaaltaChrlttlan organltatluu? Kl j Mi Letuatce. What uiulltutMsCbila 1 1 lip Han urjanliiitlon? That Dilgot be , j, j aoiwrred In a dlllerent way by each j i' I rofetnlng Chrlitlan denomination. It 5 111 woull not do to let each aect diltnulne 'III1 aitu whether other lecU ilalmlnKto J be Ohrlillan wero really Chrlillin or jl not. There mint be tome general , ')( definition which woull fairly cotir . , Hi" ground of Iwjulry. la not that a ' J; "C'brUtlaiiornanUalou" In a neiirral 1 Mime, which ! furme.1 for the puriuie li of prumotlnu; ChrUIInn doctrluo and I j'; worhlp ana obiertanni acnnllnn to Jlj thobettundtritaudluirof llemembera'' M If o. bow can the Church of Jc.u. H II ChrUt of I.ittctHlay HaluU be ex. BV eluded from the category of Chrlitlan Hlj I'll organliatluna. (gf u i J! Hie very name of It Itrujnieitlveof " ML I " character. Hi cilntonco l do. 3rJ3-jf indentou tho fait of alleged reTcIv J ' Jlii V Hoot from do I tbrouitliJttui ChrUt lo f&' i Jw(li Hmllli.aiil thi. uriorleldl atal W if i ncllonof theaoncf (lod lu all the af. aH R ffi If fIn of tlie Church, ltrlalmato bam M 1 HI'' teenaet u and oritaulieil and hot Bf m I eruel under Cbrltt'a Immediate In- V' S K j ll lllicllona. l)cti not thlt (tlTe It a B (, I j" right to at ItaMlhouauie of Christian HB C' organization " 1 ' fr! "JIut,ltmay be oljecleil, "wo do BJ m I not belloTo there wan iiny inch loveh. M , IjB Hon aa iretendol, Imt that the BB ' n vtbolo matter wan either adelualon I I'! ' craftaud." Whatoflbat; Tliabellef (in, J ordlibellefofanynumberoforioiienlt Bill will not allir the truth. And If Ihey f , if " 'l.l'l, the la nnialua that tho 1 jit munWre uftheClnin.il In nuentlon do K I Qi verily bellero It in tho true Church of I iftf brUt, that they bavo Joined It aa f jBf aurh, that tbey have iroveli the iln-f iln-f "Xk eerily ollhclr faith lieyondcontroveray MM ""l tiatthiydo nil HiIhi.h lu th.lr aflai t KlHl ' liurcli In Hli holy natm. Bo whether aBai I il St they ire mr.taken or not thij UIoiik bBh M ''(111 ' ' Chrbtlau" Cbunb aa much at Hl 1 '''iS leattaathomembrncf nyothcrbody H ' Ullij liofiealiiutolaChrUliaii. InaKeneral H iln -, then, they canuot ho Jmtly de- B JIT uledthoiitloofnChrUtlauorKaulia BB 1 J I Hon " B J ' j Uhrn wo come to the iueetlonnf ' J what la truly Cbriatlan In doctrine r OKI , ,i j orjauliatlon, we natir Uwn n ldo BJ ' 2 J.), "eld of lontroveraj. What bu tho H I Catholic toeay of tho 1'roUatant, tho t i if. vallous couten Hug wot of eaoh other V f, on thle iwlntT Wo nie.1 not (to to aeaaj i Jeruailem whero the Mlltaulman ki. IBJ li ! ulery have to guard tho Holy He ill. rtB I1 ''" '"'' hf ,"'t "' """' I'evont wm. I il ' ChrMlana," of o in aecta, from J J tearlUK ach finer to licvon tho BJ I ,! M wt aacrod to the Trliico of 1'eaoe, fur B ' 1 on auawtr to till question It H ( l can to llluitrate I much nearer to Bl! ij'l home, an i receive reply In.omoof 'iiSl Iheatllflra wrlllen from aiecUrlan 111- rtanlpolut for homo Chrlatmaa real. I lnC- ' f I Hut the Killer-lay Hilnta believe In I li I J'Ja Christ a the Hon of (IihI an 1 lh, i Havlor of mankln I, In Hit illvl-ie I earthly I Irth, In lUeearririiio fur tin, l, ii lu Hli re-urrettlon Irom Hindi ad, aud In lilt uciilon Into luavun m the li, (Ireat Meditator. They bavo lhln 'lj fallh III lilt rwraunal econ I ad. jA, "' ,n "'" near future. Hiey nro Jm batlillnlluanit, they (artakeof (JJ, Hie Iorl' Huer at a aicramont ,i I Pi "very Hindi, they have tbilrchll- ' M ,lrt" ""el lii Infanc undir Ilia j orllnnnie, thiy pny In their l famlllia moruluy aul oieulu i'f aul In all their lubllo relljiuua j(M aervlooa, through Jrui ( hrlntaa their 1 I,K,, " They I elleve that all ieo ! & 1 lie Hint billeva In and obey Clirlnt t i luorlerto bo taved, and that oveu I lh" wl'o are dial mutt acce t lll I . UnpeUud tho orllnamei and aplrlt ill ill thereof, or they caimut be Malted, bM''P bbbMjIUbbF m It lehtraue oi thlt faith In I hrl that th y I ill HupltMwh re or II naiicca may bo urformeil f r In (lithe living mil the deal nt part of lilt Ian of talvatlou It It bvoa lie of lliln faith that Ihclr mlnlttert travel on r tho earth "without uroandtcrlp," without salary or other earthly riward topuulilhllllGoapil. AliJItltUcaUM of It that the) teild time ail I meftua III Kolui to tho placet where ordinal! cet can be performed by llltaulhorlt) for tl elr departed kin Ireil. I.vtry tenet of their creed (an be tutttantlalrd ly thetaylntt of Jreta Cbrlttand lilt Apoatlra at recorded In tho Chrlallau New Testament, mil there la not n tettarlau preacher In all Chrlatenttom who balbeell turceatful In an en leaor to tbow to the contrary. If Ihero la an orgtnlzttlon cu the earth toilay that bean crltl.vil com arl'on with the oritaulmtlon cnllod Chrlatlan In tho flrat century of the Chrlatlan Chrla-tlan era. It la tho Church ot Jeriia Chriat of I.tter-day Hatntt wltli lit Apottlcf, rrnplula, ridert,lllthop, I.vanKelltta,Teachrt, Ileacont, etc , anil lit doctrinal nud ceremonial Inalltutlona. An I Itwailu thlt Tirrltory leventeeu jeara lforu tho timo when, wo are gravely Inform id by a profession "Christian" inlnltler In aCbilt.maiartlcle,theflrtt Chrlatlan organlzttlon was formol In Utah. And now wo cannot fortiear remark loicthatup to tho time be mentions na the period when the lint ' Chrlitlan orxanliatlon" wat formed lu Utah, tho Territory wat alto without tlm Drat bou of 111 fame, drinking saloon, (ami Hug den aud coofl lence trap. It wat without fraudulent elections, an 1 tho union nf rofiMlngChrlitlana wllh I rotational political wlro tullertnnd the viler elements of society! And womuttsay that although Utih wat lacking In many uf tho ao callod refinements i fn higher civilisation, In her simplicity and purity an 1 freedom from what bat followed, the wat In-llnlltly In-llnlltly better oil and wu Ullnvu whiter before (J Hi aud tho autels than since the coming In of what worigtrd as counter'elt Christianity and nil Its concomitants. HHU we would not take tho irrouuJ lhattbrre Is nothing Chrlitlan In tho sects of the one, nor would wo say a word to binder or lniede their useful niss, or disparate the ellortsof any sincere j ersou to sprra I what tin be llevet to t o for the wclfaro of minkln I. Wearo iliaaetl at the irospertty of everything Christian, and we ale sure that thero la no Church In tho worl I lhat mora than that of tho latter-day Hilnta la di serving of tho liauio of u Christian organization. |