Show WILL christianity BE TRUE TO ITS MISSION the changed and degenerate conditions of our social economic an and humane policy mong the portion ol of mankind has baa given rise to the above query it Is IH not my purpose to discuss luis subject idour iro ocran an infidel stand as aa I 1 am a believer in the ancient theology theo loey taught by tast mat eminent personage who with lazarus anti and pirt portrayed rayed the tate re of dives watch iu in a remote period was a practical reality prior to its ita be coming perverted and partially unit fied bed by the innovate in DB ot of modern re that form formula ula doctrine and sentiment was originally designed by its ita illustrious founder to be a vital having power in all the relations and transactions or oi human lite life no rational person will deny the religion of christ upon whom the foderl pharisee exhausts exha bin alis eloquence la in extolling his hie name and lauring hla eile virtues was essentially the poor mans mane religion a doctrine gladly re by the common people because it ministered not only to their spiritual needs but made provision for their temporal requirements which included the of life it dennec denned the duty of the laborer and denounced 4 abe conduct of the idler proclaimed aimed liberty to the he captive anu emancipation for the em i braced within its ita comprehensive ranger range not ony only the duty of mankind to tise tae barreme preme being but inculcated the ennobling mati mandated mand atea dates of love thy neighbor as aa hya elf do unto others othera an aa we would have them hem do unto us and enforced we principles of benevolence and brotherly love IS 1 refused to bow to the brine or of mammon antagonized false popular opinion and public fa faa biou shiou enthroned virtue as an the standard of worth so that it no longer paid homage 10 lovise via and invested human lite life with a sanctity far above the he ban of poll pelt and evarice evarl ce and finally anally transmitted to subsequent geo gen orations a system of ethics admirably adapted in their nature to the growth and development of is a high higher or and nobler manhood furthermore ita votaries vot aries arraigned and denounced ina in a fearless manner the tyrant usurer aud lawyer also alao that claw clan of mou men who tithed the abe mint and the rue robbed widow P houses and made merchandise of the soule of mon men the effect of this kind of doctrine to mature and establish eata oliah a common istock fund of the products pro duote ol of labor which insured to the he people an eq bequita ulta ble share of wealth hence we learn that the christians sold their houses and lands lande a and pd laid the avails at the Apost apostles lesO feet and had bad all things in common the 0 object bj act of this order of things somewhat skin akin to the socialistic program was to unity unify so society clety nurture fraternity class distinction and increase the happiness bap hap pinea pines of the people and taus for once in the history of the doctrine of equal to all ad aad special privileges to none be jamea em a tangible reality sit sir them comments are but a meagre sketch of the fleet effect and characteristics terig te tica of thel the christian plan and mission which in this late day seem to have measurably lost that vital foroe force and enthusiasm it possessed and why the change Is it because the love or of fame and worldly gain bits baa no BO cramped and absorbed the nobler qualities mid and aspirations of the human mind abitt the disposition to work for the life interests of the people is bissu so much diminished or has baa the gospel ol 01 greed and sell self aggrandizement super ceded that of duty to god and our fellow man i everywhere in modern society we see flee the symptoms of infidelity estrangement and antagonism toward existing social conditions and our methods of manipulating wealth and property constitute we chief point of attack because the covetous have more than plenty everywhere are manifest the rumblings gs of dine dissent ent and diacon toot tent and the ebullitions of popular clamor insisting upon and the abolition of our effete mercantile which has brought of affluence fluence to the few but permanent distress to the many and so fettered and pauperized millions of the people insomuch that real existence to Is made impossible As aa a result crime is rampan tSuch la Is the delems with which modern christian ity is confronted which like a canker worm to is slowly but surely sapping the of modern society lot let the christian renew hla his diligence lot el to work and lessen the chasm between dives and lazarus lacarus Lax arus rectify the irregularities that exist be tween the palace and the hovel and reform wat that financial process which gives given to one man an income of twenty thousand dollars per diem and leaves his equally moral and intellectual brother without a dime that the head may no longer say to the feet I 1 have no need of thee bee and thus thua the theory of life liberty and pursuit of happiness will become a practical realization tiou then and not till then will christianity have achieved the full purpose and mission minion assigned it by its venerable and matchless match tew founder SALT LAKE CITY jan |