| Show ED editorials ITO RIALS THE congregational CREED AN attempt has been made by a number of congregational minis mints tera to effect the formulation of a written creed subscription to which shall be ve nee necessary essary to an acknowledged membership in the body of 0 f Congregation congregationalism allem the evident intention of the movement was the exclusion of some bome BO me churches and preachers from fellowship now galling sailing under colors but the doctrines and principles of those who claim to belong to this denomination are rather difficult of arrangement indeed they are impossible of into a creed because many of them are discordant and the genius of congregational church government is almost inconsistent with the formation of a set sebb form of falth faith it gives the utmost latitude to each local body of worship worshippers wor shippers pem pea so far is this extended that in so bome some me parts of the world congregationalists i are popularly known as independents pen pan dents s I 1 but the need of a creed for the times is called for by the changes that have taken place in the views of both preachers and people since the promulgation of the dogmas laid down in the westminster catechis mand the rejection by most of them of the extreme views enunciated by calrin and his disciples the creeds of men need continual change they are aie full of errors aud and time exposes them the simple truth of god stands untouched by the force of lof time and needs needa no reconstruction the christian union of the lith lust reprint reprints i a profession of faith published by a body of erni eminent nent congregationalists who assembled in boston in 1865 which is sufficiently broad to take in most professing christians and we append it for the consideration of our readers adera re recognizing the unity of the C church of christ in all the world and knowing that we are but one branch of christs people while adhering to our peculiar faith falth and order we extend te to all believers the hand of christian fellowship upon the basis of those great fundamental truths in which all christians should agree with them we confess our falth faith in god the father the son and the holy ghost the only nying hying and true god in jesus christ the incarnate word who ia Is exalted exulted to bo be our redeemer and king ind and kin jin in the holy comforter who is as present in the church to regenerate and the soul with the whole church we confess the common sinfulness and ruin of our raees races race and acknowledge that it ia is only through the work accomplished by the lifland life and expiatory death of christ that believers in nim him before god receive the remission of bine sine and through the presence and grace of the holy comforter are delivered from the power of bin ein and perfected in holiness we bellove also aiso in the organized and visible church in the ministry of the word in the sacraments of baptism and the lords in the resurrection of the body and in the final judgment the issues of which are eternal life and everlasting punishment 11 we receive these truths on the testimony of god lod given through prophets and apostles and in we thie life the miracles the death the resurrection of his son eon our divine redeemer a testimony preserved for the church in the scriptures Scrip turee turey ir of the old and new testaments which were composed by holy men aa as they were moved by the holy ghost affirming now our belief that those who thus hold bold one ral Tal thone ithone lord one baptism together con statute the one catholic Church the beveral several households of which though called by different namos names are the one body of christ and that these anem bois beis of his body are sacredly bound to keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace we declare that we will operate cooperate co with all who bold these truths with them we will carry the gospel into every pirt part of this land and with them we will go into all the world W orld orid and preach the gospel to every ry rea creature iea ture may he be to whom all power is given and earth fulfill the promise which is all our hope flo 0 o I 1 am with you alway even to the end of thet the world amen there are many points in the which various conflicting views are belland hel bel dand believers iu in them while perfectly willing to subscribe to their correctness may yet interpret them according to their peculiar ideas tho the of the framers of the document was no doubt to embrace as a large a number of professing christians as possible within the arms of tho church and therefore were thu thus liberal in their formula we call the tho attention of bf our friends to the principles therein enunciated and to the fact that accordi according bg to the first section of this declaration congregationalists who accept it as their creed cannot consistently re fuse to recognize as christians the body of believers composing the much opposed and berated church of jesus christ of latter day sainta saints STARLIGHT stab STAR LIGHT the millennial star of june sad sod contains many items of interest from which wo we collate the follow ing the cheerful character of the reports coming in from frow the several conferences and missions is to us a source of much pleasure baptisms are increasing in frequency and the elders in their communications cat ions give evidence of cheerfulness nass and faith incited by the encouraging cou raging character of the prospects of the future 96 relearn We learn from brother roberts president resident P of the manchester branch that permission having been obtained to place the church publications in the central reference library cf that city the tho saints there have contributed sufficient nic fic focient lerit to procure the necessary books for that purpose the branch also regularly supplies a copy ea each h of the star to eav ent libraries in manchester by this means the written word will reach a great many people who would probably not otherwise peruse ILI it on monday may 5 ath tb eldar oraon bon aon pratt received a letter from president john taylor informing him that the council of the twelve apostles postles A had decided that he should knain remain in england and obtain electro plates for a new now edition of ie the book of doctrine and cove rants hants AS the tue getting out or of the me references for this standard work involves considerable labor and it was wall the desire of the twelve that elder pratt should return home as early as convenient and practicable blea president taylor advised him to summon to his bis aid what help he might require Elder eider nicholson was waa named nam edna edaa as one to forgive give what time he i could spare from his other labors which he is consequently doing in addition elders hugh findlay john rider bider and moroni snow were called on to help and are now and have been for f bome some time engaged under the supervision of elder pratt aiding siding the latter in getting out the references and he is there fore with this assistance progressing very rapidly with this preparatory work for the proposed new now edition As soon as the work is sufficiently advanced to warrant it elder pratt accompanied by elder jos joa bull who will assist him will proceed to london where the type will be set and the electro plates obtained the of the type will be similar to that used for the latest american edition I 1 we have received a letter from president george crane dated may 29 in which he informs us that he recently baptized five persons four of whom are new members he likewise enclosed w with ith his communication a letter addressed to him from elder reid belli the latter Is actively en in the discharge of his duties traveling visiting and preaching he lately baptized several mem bera bers of oi a family who formerly belonged to the church and one person among them who was not previously a member A letter to elder crane from brother thomas mitchell ton on tees dated may 27 state stated u that five persons had just been baptized there and two more were expected to be added within a few days elder thomas child writes from leeds conference may t 1 I baptized fo four ur at clayton a short time agnand three more moie have been added at other places there Is a prospect of a few more soon boon 11 elder geo H taylor in ln apri a private vate letter from london may to one of the br ethron brethren in the office bays says gri 1 I am having a very good time being out nearly every night at mee moe meetings tings er visiting persons who bre are investigating or of which class there is quite a number we baptized five adult persons and seven children last week and we have three more grown people to baptize next week I 1 am greatly blessed in my speaking and wonder sometimes bome where it ift comes from our friends in utah should pay particular attention to the following considerable erable difficulty is caused in this office through the saints in utah remitting money for their friends by post office orders made payable to william budge without an accompanying notification specifying for whose benefit the money is la intended the orders are sent by the onn off officers leers of the hobt office and therefore cannot be accompanied by the necessary advice separate eie tie parate notifications in letters are not sum sufficient to obviate the difficulty as there are no names on the orders and we frequently receive quite a num berof them together in consequence we have sometimes to retain orders here a long time until butil further furtY ier ieT on this account parties for whom the remittances ire are intended are occasionally delayed in their departure for or utah when money ia is sent through this office we request that it be done by means of church drafts which can be abstained by forwarding the money to the tho office of president john taylor salt halt lake city when it I 1 ia the desire oi of the remitter t hat that the money is to be used for gem lem emigration I 1 only this should bo be specified on the draft we receive a large number of letters asking us to furnish information of various kinds of a personal character shara eter oter to replies replica we suggest that persons making the inquiries enclose Buffi sufficient clent to cover the cost of postage THE WOR IK IN gr GERMANY armany arma ny THE following letter to elder geo reynolds has been received from elder henry flamm presiding over the swiss and german mis sion it is dated 33 Post Poat gasse bern may 27 1879 we have omitted the preliminary sentences but publish the letter almost entire that our friends here may learn of the feelings of the brethren and the progress ot of the tho work on the european continent think it has come to a fine point when christian judges consider the laws of a corrupt nation got up by unprincipled statesmen and shoddy lawyers that they might torment and harrass the best befit men man living upon gods footstool I 1 frequently wonder what puny men expect to accomplish by making war with the almighty when whon I 1 read your letter and the DES les DESERET ET NEWS news which is always received with a hearty welcome at this place concerning the treatment they gave gaver to our worthy and so much tried and staunch friend brother and hearty supporter ot of the cause of god D JS wells strange feelings came over me I 1 felt to ask myself how long oh loral will thou permit the ungodly to persecute thy servants sympathy mingled with a feeling of disgust took possession of my soul sympathy for my brethren who for the cause of truth have to endure bli all me abuse of the vilest of men lis disgust for a set of to execute the laws of a republic an asylum for all religious wor Ship pera raj as guaranteed under that god goa inspired instrument the constitution ution of the united states I 1 of cater ta 0 the bhima and notions of rotten politicians and carpetbag ema era I 1 am laboring for the spread of the tho cause in these there lands and a short bort 8 time ago I 1 applied for the privilege of posting up handbills hand bills to advertise our meetings and invite ail all men to investigate our principles which I 1 succeeded in getting here in bern and much good has grown out of it and as we had bad a good start in bavaria on the rhine where elder theurer labors I 1 sent him a copy of our bill bills with a re quest st to do likewise the author IN ties where our branch Is have always behaved very gentlemanly towards us heretofore which of course courses strengthened my confidence anthem in them now ahen this bilidas bill was presented to them they felt themselves incompetent to give the grant and sent to a higher court ta to get t the e mind of that body an answer was returned stating that they wanted all of our books sent to them for investigation and until they could give a decision all of our meetings at that place either public or private must cease the books are now being forwarded and the police the gentleman has sent senta a request of his own to expedite the affair and if it possible to give us the privilege asked for and ana if not to lot us know the decision de clion B as soon aa as possible the saints feel feol bad Toad to be deprived of their meetings for tor fora tora a season boutmy convictions vict ions isi ISO is that much good will result and a larger field for the elders to labor in will be the crowning result the commissioner told the brethren that no doubt they would have to appear before court to give an account of i themselves which they are but too glad to du do in connection with this the press is not idle and ud howling priests feeling that their craft is in danger are doing their best to stop the progress of the work but notwithstanding all the efforts of or zealous and ungodly persons the work of god id Is prospering and growing as a testimony of ot which we have the privilege of accompany ing honest souls to the waters edge occasionally I 1 have paid a visit to my relatives in lately held several well attended meetings with them and opened a field for some of the missionaries As my labors are in the t he office principally and my time to return is nigh at hand I 1 thank god that at least a prospect is ahead ina in lna a new now part of this mission where I 1 think many will yet be made glad through the glorious message brought to earth again from heaven in this our day vve we have had a visit lately from who held aed hed confer ances throughout the mission nand dand and we had a feast of fat things he expressed pre aried his entire satisfaction concerning I 1 the state of this mission I 1 and the one ono more more item although lasty lasts lasu last but not least I 1 must allude to and that is the praiseworthy action of ot our german saints in utah in of their substance to aid the poor to emigrate from these lan ian lands ds many hearts are mado made light and new hope is infused into some that soon their turn for deliverance I 1 is at band many are the prayers that ascend on their behalf I 1 shall leave liverpool on my return home on junei junel shall be glad to meet my my friends in bait salt lahke city and utah in gene general mis THE COURSE OF FOLLY COULD NO FURTHER GO AT a meeting of the historical society of washington county pennsylvania on tho iho oth dinst among other resolutions adopted was the annexed resolved resolved Be solved that a committee of ten be appointed to take action to perpetuate the memory df of solomon spaulding paulding tf the autho author rot of the mormon bible of which A M gow shall be chairman the remaining members to be appointed by the executive committee the minutes of the meeting are published in the beliew review and examiner ot of washington pennsylvania of june makes the following comments As will be seen by the minutes elsewhere the historical society has appointed a committee to take measures to perpetuate the memory of bf rev solomon spaulding a citizen of this county and the |
