Show THE REAL BEAL AND I 1 abe BE it must needa be b that there be an n opposition la in all alj thiner said a writer whose claim to in ia quite widely acknowledged it if the latter jatter is IB conceded it must be an eternal prin ciple one operating uniformly rod and yet always and everywhere subservient to divine control and carrying out the of the infinite beyond contradiction Ilic tion and dispute dilute this in no way militates against the abe subjugation of error or wrong it in no way with tho ultimate triumph of 01 digh and truth either for or agency that great primal ele dealt ot of spirit is ia only susceptible of progressive action by virtue of the to re in all the lines ot of there IR in a voluntary as aa well as aa ad aa involuntary activity inherent or ble to mental and spiritual on en ow mint the latter to la the product oi of and environment the former la is the specific fio motion of 01 attributes as it or they way may become enlightened and purified after grasping gra aping the ibe possibilities and advantages ot of development as the result of intuition intuit looy inspiration or experience it was a strange saying of the tb master it must needs be that thag comma come but woe to him by they come evidently meaning that mat only by perversion of faculty could sin bin wrong or error attain to that degree of success really possible with ut ui colliding with the bli bibber glier audi truly dominant laws lawa of right vice and error seem tube tu be always ready to assume the garb and appear auoe aluce of good in order to gatner gather p war over the he spirit an and d it is Is more than intimated that even that arch enemy satan not infrequently himself logo an augel of light and assuming for the uuno that there to IB truth ruth in spiritual loani it has hab been admitted and i publio ned times without number that if statements maue ma by presumed prea umed spirits through presumed prea umed medium would gain mire ready credence cre deuce douce bya by of some ome respected honored jr trusted authority or pere peran ju cguab peno nation was waa perfectly legitimate ana in no way derogatory to the hypo critical pretenders prete nuen that many spirits perito have goe out into the world boa baa been patent tj ti observation and experience favor ever since be phrase was wai used to in apostollo apa tulio times almey and that all men should try the spirits in just as important now as la in those far oft historic blat orlo days day that is a terrible hard baying in the book of mormont mormon which declares that in the he religion reli gior bjur world there here are but two wo chu roue ahe the church ut if gd or christ aau no th h a church of satan it was wag probably never equal Jeu tor for telsOn See and auary noes by any prophet who wrote of poke in any aitt at M they aers moved upon by the holy ghost jul of a different order yet the sameL thought bought other language W was the iven given to the kir you og prophet joseph that be should lorm no alliance with any of the churches subject to revivals reviva lg thouis they were fr far they bad all gone astray 10 and were unrecognized ui 0 the heavens aud and without official loial a roval or er power however this la Is marvellously suggestive of one thing viz wat that a counterfeit always alway aupp opposes oBea the vena uena alue the true ano ana the dalae the effLo tal anu the non the authoritative and the repudiated christianity Is ia the dominant protea silon loo of our day Chri christian etian churches are re fashionable and influential christian learning exhausts itself io in declaring its ito superiority aud and christian liberality sends its ita literature and missionaries sion idon aries into all the re nations of the earth jtb the skeptical world only asks la Is this abe christianity of abriel Is ie it tile the christianity of the now new tests testa is it a duplicate of that mat order established by christ and his euclee ore gorg 19 it a continuation or a cepro of f the christian church doea it cherish the same ame ordinances ordinance a employ the same name power commend the game me gifts gift or continue the same ame organization Iza tion will comparison with the records record sacred they are called justify the taj general claim that they are re singly or combined the church of goj or nr christ or are they really do de void told of a all 11 the characteristics which indicate the genuine ana deter mine the sour louB lous or are they not all bogus without recognition without authority ut bority slid and power if gays the skeptic further farther ove re elm im ply bring them individually or er as eye toma into contrast oon and comparison 00 oo no what their claims surely none node could for a moment mistake one for the other examination delceta the and criticism rebukes the never calling into question the she enthusiasm the sacrifice The goodnew h good ness earnest earnestness nees or successes aboy claim they oan can in no sense nor any ny of them be admitted or entitles entitle a to the christian name hemet which most repudiate a matter of et fact in their very nomenclature the skeptic thus nolena all pretenders because of for mity and simply turns his ble critical eri mental eye over the organizations and consideration to the one most nearly approaching the historic ideal mental sifting finally finds one stand lot lag out oat alone claiming adhesion to that mat storm form of sound words and doe dec trine be deems so 80 to a duall ate it to not popular or indeed hadeed it is in repudiated and the appellation of christian Is denied it by that clime class which it if conformity shall hall determine have hare no DO claim whatever however the skeptic is after the truth troth aw ad like she business man judging an assumed twenty dollar piece of ef money it if 1 it dogs oot not possess passage the genuine obar char of a gol genuine aulne cola coin in color or r weight it if it is an alloy ble bis senses sens Z detect oos at once the counterfeit and rejection toz rez follows as an by instinct and an aa a matter of ef course but one day a cola la Is tsa carrying all the he lines linea ments of the genuine he tests teats it at by acid by weight by experts pero perchance liance but somehow he be is 1 not quite sure more there here is a ring tu to it it almost defies detection be pro it at the bank where it passes suster muster by and by it reaches through the he customs me treasury there it to 1 rejected ejected not because of any lack ol of metal in it probably not because of defective workmanship but lc Is Is in a counterfeit simply because it was issued boned without authority it Is may be that the more mere fact of outward harmony alone will not demon atlate that any organization to Is of et bod not nor can its ita true character be deter mixed mined thereby for the probability is that the powers of evil ny may so imi leat af the true irne church and so 0 o cosselo miraculous as to call fire down from heaven 00 if it possible to deceive the very elect I yet there is always one key by which the true abe true colb coin oan can be accurately determined that Is IB at the custom house at the mint at the place of issue it if of authority it commands attention it mak 0 promises it assures testimony tea it will secure recognition president young once said eald that no human wisdom or intent would ever be allowed to duplicate or create a perfect semblance of the ancient christian church that thai however closely imitated as a preparatory work or classed so aa delusive by agency in later times th lh gift of the holy ghost by the laying on of hands bands would remain or for ever the ibe impassable barrier which imitation deception could never overcome that cannot he be counterfeited it to ta the seal of authority aut bority it is ie the tamp stamp of at deity it to la the gift of god and the re Jemp tion of ef the promise of christ this li Is the witness of the holy Spirit the u a n mistakable power of inspiration anu and that rich asp assurance aMur urance anoe which come or of faith of perfect obadee ce and mem baem barship in the church of at god and ana christ Chri Bt the orthodox 7 organizations the be churches and religious loui theorists am ai ume gumo too coo much they claim too much they apply egotistically to themselves precious loua ti u the promises prom iwand and blessings an ai found in the new testament Teat ament par ticul arly in the epistles forgetting retting fe or overlooking the sot act that save in rare instances these theme were addressed addre Med to the baptized be believer lievois of the original church of christ and that with them hem no stranger ought to meddle J now the skeptic proves the promises made of authority he tests taste the compared duplicate should its promises tall fall be relegates rele gafa the whole to thai aba series of delusions which are the heritage lag of at this thin generation and the abid lag testimony to universal apostasy the church mesu meanwhile remains steadfast and immovable its ita claims are re honored bo nored it to la recognized of 0 gd id and ad all its principles are eternal it ii priesthood is id not of man its authority in ordinances is i beyond question for individual revelation from on hib establishes tab lishen in the thelbart theL heart eart that knowledge end aud power which la Is forever in separable parable from divine order aad eternal things occasional |