| Show lMCATn1 UNION EIIS UNITY One of the great arguments iised by unbelievers against Christianity Is I Us lack of that unity which Is I supposed by them to be Incompatibly with a divine di-vine rev elation erne Intended to unify and save manltlndt The assumption Is I correct for Divine wisdom must understand nian nature his capabilities andnecessltlcs It also must provide the needful and exercise some control otr the application therVf there must not < annot be any mistake about this no haphazard administration ad-ministration no uncertaInty ato matter mat-ter or method no trusting 10 human weakness or error It must be > positive direct unchallenged or If so as Invul neralde no adamant and expressed as sententiously or beyond controversy as One faith one Lord one baptism All Christendom Probably would subscribe to this fundamental Idea of unity or uniformity and a thoughtful believer looking upon the presumed mission of Christianity would deprecate depre-cate the ever present departure through the multiplication of diverse platforms ceremonies organizations and claim The observer sees that division Is I n stumbling block at home and a rock ot offense abrnlll that effort 10 horn of Its piN or and that the very fact of wasted energy and mn Is I a libel on the Divine economy everywhere as seen In nature for It utilizes even the atum I 9 oppoRodItc wale compelling all things to subservience nnd gatherIng gather-Ing the fragments that nothing blot b-lot lostThere There Is n vast amount or energy In the Bocnlleel Christian churches but It Is I frittered away nn Immense working elementienclwrs beyond computation but they are pulling apait Individual truth If compatible with a brother truth Is I barred of assimilation by homilies hom-ilies crocds catechisms and articles of faith the walls of this modern superstructure super-structure built for religion are daubed with lInlmpered mortar heleroMne ous Ideas were formulated In the dark ages of controversial theolog when haIr plllUng muss the mork uf casuisto and clerks then mysticism bam the founder of schools until antagon Ism deluged mankind with oceans of critical commentary and true religious life was stilled In the home of Its so called most loyal frlendit rinnlly the spirit of protest became rampant the voice of authority wai doubted and hushed Scripture became oC private Interpretation I the right of protesting private Judgment developed de-veloped Into n mania and a mockery for every soul could claim the Bame privilege until religious unity was but a rope of sand without strength and without cohesion It could neither tlo nor be lifted It simply fell In this attempt at-tempt by Its own weight and that mischief mis-chief was done ere the pretenders or their opponents realized that the was death In the poll In the promulgation of Christianity for the overthrow of heathenism and superstition this was a fatal defect even tho unsophisticated heathen thought truth should be one they could not comprehend the value or the beauty ot controvrlal dogma and every teacher no matter what society sustained him felt that he was workIng work-Ing apart that sectarianism In fact erected Its own barrier denied Itself wa its own enemy and DO n consequence conse-quence lacked even the potency which a halt orthodox creed and ministry could have exerted had It been in the missionary field alone Millions upon millions of dollars have been spent maehlnry hns hen multiplied mul-tiplied nnd sacrifice might have told a harrowing story In almost every land beneath tho sum tre as business enterprises I en-terprises arc not theresulta I questionable question-able nt bst and could not Christen I dom ask loudly and earnestly the question ques-tion Does It pay Nay If Its converts I were multiplied I Indefinitely until I Oilmen Oil-men bowed at the name of Christ could a divided sectarianism develop that spiritual glow nf energy and character which Christianity was Intended In-tended produce nnd then perpetuate Now the mother Church by reason of Its unity Its antiquity Its widespread wide-spread InfluiM ce and abiding faith In Itself has for ages seen these discre panciestills waste and Pope Plus the ninth ns well as Leo the Pope of tile present believing In the final triumph of the Christian faith have bolh essayed es-sayed tolled for amalgamation with other sections of the Christian ministry and organization that the final Issue might be hastened for the benefit at the world Authoritative documents have followed fol-lowed each other in rapid succession couched In suggestive but earnest words of hope for unity even deeming some compromise comparatively value lope If the estrangement of the English Eng-lish Chureh nialnl could be reached and healed doubtless thinking that any intimacy any amalgamation of spiritual force would affect flnall the recalcitrant Proteslunt sects In nil their bewildering variety Whether In the older of Providence this spirit Is I moving generally Is I of Interest In-terest In the LatterJay halnts and the fact that thet Iwo great wings of Kpls copallanlEm vli I MilhnilUlu and Pro leslanlV In this counti y have resolved upon DmalCnmution appointing a com mil tee to prepare common text books for the whole U I surely one of tho NI not n-ot the limes One ot the mot falmous at American pulpit oratorn pointed out a while ago tho Inherent weakness 01 division and I claimed that over forty varieties of rre b lerlans cxut In this eounlr several varieties of Methodists Ihe I same of Ilapllcls and those of lesser magnitude ad nausoum he also pointed out how In many a small vlllige there Is I a Baptist church a Congregational one a Methodist a Lutheitm an Episcopal Ia Ili copal and a Presbterlan I I n Jhurch with their BX edifices sparsely attended and their six ministers starving to death where but one minister and one church could accommodate the whole and do more good theme might be added to In I Salt Lake City according to the Sunday Sun-day par material all catering I for converts or perverts qurrelllng an 10 essentials and nonessentials yetI admitting time and again a certain and I positive entity In regard lathe cardinal principles of Christianity differing only on points without practical bearIng bear-Ing on the increase of oulul goodness or the salvation ot a sinner Division is I kept up In the spirit of rivalry effort looks mainly to the aggrandizement ag-grandizement of sect preaching has became a profession men preeh for hire and divine for money they provoke pro-voke enmities sow the seeds of distrust dis-trust and disunion minister 10 crankiness ness of Idea and sword by Implication to every man with nerve enough tin right on some fool JdcZ or another to create and found a church of his ilivu yet all are looking for tile same heaven ostensibly where rivalry Is I unknown here there Is I hut one church one faith one rule and from whence alt who rebel and Invite sectionalism 11 will share the fate of the Bon of the Morning they will assuredly bo cast outThe The Church of Jesus Christ of Lat terday Saints stands aloof from all this It Is I sallsfli with Its own special mission It Is I satisfied with the Gospel of Jesus Christ U 1 has no controversy with the world only as explanatory and In self defense It does not expect to convert all mankind It believes that during the millennium and In the spirit world there will be those who claim to lie of Paul ot Apotlos or Cephan yet they will be satisfied to bo of Christ to teach Ilia doctrines to honor Ills ordinances or-dinances And commandments and to recelve that allotment of Persecution misrepresentation and rejection which may be their ihnre for sn did the fathers unto the prophets which were before them The Church of and prefers union to unity but not that which conics from amalgnlallun lltI any as much a8 possible they desire to live In peace with ad men but there Is I no command com-mand to receive Into Ihelr houses or to bid a GodEpeed tw those who In their own Hlfrlghteounness project Into the true Christian life 01 true Christian Church mder any assump tlon the sons of DOW but I It Is I and ever will be the prerogative of the un tiring Mints with Luke to testify nf those things that they know nnd verily belleile Two thousand jears have passed since the Gospel was revealed bv the authority of Its Great Apostl Jesus Christ since that crnasiulatcil perverted und without authority what remained hUB achieved Its triumph and had Its measure ot success ulth Its rerevealment the Lord is I holding that predicted controversy with the nations and speedily will be usheied In the day of decision the fore s of good and evil will align themselves for the great day of the Lordtho battle of Armageddon that union which is not unity will be consumed and the Unity of the Saints will bo so ex htblted that the two Churches th only twoIhe Church of led and the Church of the IJevll as the Hook of llormon rather abruptly designates the contestants will demonstrate after all pretension the leDI value Dt ech yt t her o may End will tin reward for the members ot ont and condemnation < for the members 01 the other seeing that where much Is given much hall be required and where little Is I given little 1111 be required |
