Show A ecclesiastical HISTORY the monthly meeting of the sabbath sith school officers and teachers of the salt lake stake convened in the salt lake assembly hall april lath the meet aug was presided over by superintendent T C graggs and representatives rep rose were present drabent from nearly all the city wards and from several of the country schools BObo bluer B H roberts delivered 9 a lecture on ecclesiastical history I 1 there are two objects sought the speaker remarked in teaching the dospel to the youth of the latter day saints the first is to t establish them in the faith and the second is to quality qualify them to teach the gospel to others other the importance of teaching by leal ical methods is now being recognized sunday school workers realize the duwer if f associating great truths with the lives jives of prominent characters for an example the story of joseph who was sold into egypt id an excellent one to illustrate the pie of purity or chastity that of samuel the prophet was wag another that would prove very effectual la in 4 establishing the fact of god gods ig existence ann and that he communicates his hie will to mankind many other exam pies may be found in the lives of noted charac characters tereas aa contained in the bible book of mormon or the history of this latt erday church the new testament itself to its not a technical work on oa the docu doctrines inea of but contains oon taina a narrative of we the principal events of the saviors life as given by his disca ples pies what treatise upon the character of the holy trinity can be found clearer than that given in the account of the baptism of the savior or what exhibits the love of to hla his creatures better than the record of the saviors Sivi ors sets acts of kindness bestowed upon the sick and unfortunate whom he healed and comforted there is no better method of instilling into the minda of the youth faith in the gospel i than man by presenting to them these examples and lessons from ecclesiastical hist history dry the other object in teaching the corpel to the youth that of qualifying them to teach others to is oneff one of 1 importance having received the truth themselves gratitude alone should prompt the latter day satiate saints to convince n others of its beauties that the they t y too may enjoy its great blessings the 0 theological classes in our sabbath are composed of young men in who will be required to carry the gospel to the nations of the earth and of young women whose positions in lire also require that they should understand the gospel allowing that the testimony of the holy spirit accompanies the preaching of the gospel by our elders it is none the less leea import ant and necessary that they should be prepared pre oared to prove their assertions by facts of history the catholic belief la is that the saviors apostles anciently preached the gospel in several countries and that it has continued upon the earth to the present day that the apostles have been succeeded in office ly others in an unbroken line of descent deacent it if their position could be mai maintained n su successfully cess fully by competent proof would not be worthy of consideration this claim of the catholic church Is one which we have to meet it Is not dot sufficient to merely refute it but proof must be furnished to show abow that it is Iti incorrect correct evidences I 1 must be give 1 that the government of the church established by the savior was corrupted changed from one of common COMMOD consent to one of tyranny and confusion mu fusion it must be shown from history bistor y how bow the ordinances of the gospel were changed and misapplied tind ind innovations were made up dpn m the true and practices of the primitive salute saints the protestants too claim that uke the gospel was preached by the of old but that it apostles was corrupted and ouan onan ged and that for more than eight hundred years both clergy and laity were in the darkest idolatry yet the light of the aspel ospel was not entirely extinguished that the called fanned the gUc buckering kering flame into lull blaze to meet this assertion our elders must be able to show that the reformation did not restore the gospel la in its ancient purity that it was more of a revolution that a reformation and that the work done by the reformers was only preparatory to the ushering in of the fullness of the true gospel inasmuch an aa lit it broke the shackles that bound mens goul sand allowed them freedom to think for themselves the speaker said he would like to am ee our missionaries go out into the world prepared to set forth our doe doc grinea and claims cl alms in such a way that they could not be misunderstood or oon con in any way similar to other creeda cre edg we have the truth and should be fe arlese arlest in presenting it knowing we are capable of sustaining our statements by proof as well as testimony |