| Show A MISSVdi MICH M1ILIJ I lly looking over numerous eriU clonis ot Mormolll that hv fount their way recently Into public print it 1 appeals clear that to man It is I COD pldored strange that Its loathing I Bt V BO largely accepted 1 whet ever p t sented Very few ollloncr to account lor tbbf fact XCIt by statingthat Ill religious system mntloned Is I 0 aull lie a blazing mark of shams arid ad onmolrn eprimplons presumably I for those anciently applied to tin CI pel A stumbling block and foollsh I I IiPbo A thbughtful uodtjIe evtr of Iho present fondlt III tile world und n correct understandins nf Ihc 1 irlnellMi > inundated ly tb > Htterdny messengers of peace n cb int for the propreps of the Gospel In this ago oil grounds analogous It those that made Christianity In th tnrlyage a worldeHinquering force The century In hldl we live and on tit hut renes of which the cuilil Is I about to fall has taught mankind on great leKwm I among others It biv shown that llbert V freedom from rat r-at oint la I not ert ItsIt sufficient fejt loa Wino or omnllulfnt as 10 the moral regeneration I of mankind Thet has licen an awakening from the d tritium dream that dethroneil rea01 might and deified human reasoi The gift of liberty has taukht the world that the more i > erfccil this hlenslnk Is enjoyed the more need there Is lot he divine guidance that alone ca check l the evil tendencies of cat and guide those that are good Into t 10 right channels The world 1 Is about I realize the great fact that dhlnt guidance la I an much needed as It wIn w-In the early history of our race whet great furvvnid strides were to be takci towards the unknown future The earnest desire on tile part of many I ls therefore for light from heaven for that communication with the Almighty which made It possible for Israel to be the beams of truth In the ancient world or the first Christians to become mItnesses In the later dispensation Another tact la I that arts and sciences have had their cay but without with-out Hiving satisfaction It the prophetic declaration Many shall run to and fro and knowledge shall be Increased Is applicable to any century cen-tury It Is to this rclcnce has pene traleil to the farthest boundaries of the universe of which our earth Is t but an atom It has utlalzcd and weighed the Immense orbs that move In bound Reg I poo their trackless Paths have been mapped out and the laws that govern their t rythmlc movement ex I primed Science has found Its AAY seemingly to the very border of phsi cat creation where but a step appar rally remains between what Is I fome times called the material and Immaterial Imma-terial the great habitation of man has wen searched from roof to cellar and Its structure Rod hltory Its powlbll ItIes And rrobabllllld have ben din ctisacd The arts have kept pace I with the sclencea The kno ledge gained has I been utilized In every department of life until the very forces of heaven and earth have been summoned iMo service ser-vice Hut after all the hunger and thlrnt for knowledge of Ood and of Iha destiny of man remain unsatisfied as fir as scientific solution of those problems prob-lems go The thoughtful among men commence to understand 1 that the reply re-ply lo those moat vital questions are and must remain outside the reach of 11rop and mloroorop na well OR bcvond chemical analrls and mathematical math-ematical calculation When therefore there-fore the final experience the final letion as Mr iMJstune calisMeath colors something more satisfactory IF I nlol mthlng thai can lie oil tiled only by revelation It Is I felt tint a rock Is I needed on which to blllld strong enough to I remain fill moved Iy tho raglnl Florins IIf adOr try and the swelling tide of death The condition of tho Christian I judhesbe t It said In a spirit of kind nv m and humllllj la not such as to I meet the nrw requirements With few tlreNcNtIcd11lu exceptions they disclaim direct divine guldame and spurn > revelAtion In this lag I They orrr their own deductions a doctrine I and lrfr men sometimes I In the t dArk as to the poisllilllty of obtaining ob-taining absolute knowledge on vital point That modern Christianity Is I unable without changing Its position te mt nW equiretnents 14 I mell 01 mltted by those qualified to 1 speak on the subject A New York paper re Vraly submitted smie cuestons bear cligion Ing on the future of lellglon to several pmlnc dlvln Among the reo plibus > tire many interesting statements Plot Joscth In J Cunto takes occasion to 471 471Wo Wo must make B mjde distinction betun exMial Christianity and the orthodox theology of the clfurchei 1 I am equally sure that this latter must he prOfoundly modified The whol body of sistematlr Chi 11 Ilan theology niu > t W lestuted In terms of modern thought Preif Alexander llalmaln Druce aiaiguvv thinks another Luther may arise He says The divisions of Christendom nnd In CumiUtllle I conceptions of Chri tlault > YCQPv ct lu m wldly I prevolII llwo de derive undid lie for tile worhip 11 = 1d 1 are bindrances to the Progress or the true noel True bill reform ban mm hloro k now and II may come train Another Iuther with the nd ill modifications may Arloo The lYovldence I of God always finds the needed Instrument And a benefice nt Providence must care for a religion like that of jesus W S Halniford D D reasons In the 11l0ns nifinner What Is I the chief danger threaten tall religious bodle all fnnns of or ratified Christian bodies today 1 belle I be-lle i It Is I the danger of confusing mans pant thinkings bout Jcsut Christ or I In other words Christian doctrlnnwlth I the real revelation of God s nature and I mans capacity for Koodness which Je liu Christ brought Into the world I and 1 I itlll brings Maj s thinkings lurlr of Ill lllce obi leaves on a thin 1 tree once they have served their lime and clone their work they had better go I At me chase t Ore N t neltUq Ii The are quite tisectrs and In the way II another > time At one Reason they bell the tree to live At tire next I abbo on If they dont give w to nw limit their lndlIy I to kill It The living tree Is I Chrl t Jesuit the reveler Ilia 01 Call Th leaves are I man hollght About 111m The tree must Plant the IB a must go DrllohNwtoll If It Christianity Is I to mnlnlaln the fifth handell damn Irolll the lather fix great onllal beliefs In God and Immortality and the dlvlm mnJIlalion In Jr v hra lIh the I other faiths clustering around i these I central beliefs Christianity must 11 prepared I to effect a reconstruction 171 = of a most momentous chat Otter The need of the hour for a Christianity Christian-ity I Identical with the living tree and < Hrrvcd tf all Its dead leaves nnd brandies la I felt by I the masses as well i M by their eeeeslasllcnl leader And therefore the llospcl of Jester Christ commends Itself to them There Is I a loser In IIIh power of God manl fttt In the humble testimony to the fact tint God has again revealed Him Kit I And fin the acceptance of this testimony Is I followed by the assurance Mitch only the presence of tho Influ of the Holy Spirit In I the out Can rill no men as by numrou i manJr lltlonn of dhine I pOr It I cannot be deemed strange that many believe anti And peace I Indeed It Is I more strange that mt many turn Runy In IIl1bIII The vvhoh history of the Litterday Saints h a divine seal I attesting I I the ceot the Holy Spirit In the soul can rfUlh of the system called by tile World Mormonlsm That so many OU the full glare I ot Christianity fall to understand It Is I one of the anomalies of 114 picsent time |
