Show RELIGIOUS PROGRESS in the religious domain as an in other fields fielda where the human mind la is searching 9 earch I 1 ng for troth tru tb 0 very every age seems eema to have its ita own problems to toa solve olve its ita own owl questions to del with the first capturier cap of our era gave attention more especially to the personality sona soua lity of the deity the divine qualities and all that relates relate fj to the olvey proper many of the conclusions reached may have been far from the real truth as 8 is ie lully fully evidenced by the doctrines doctrin ee of the atha abian ian creed which seem to involve mathematical impossibilities yet the main facts facto were fully brought out the existence of a supreme being his hi once enoe of the affairs of the universe his wisdom power and goodness and anci his final victory over evil were recognized as incontrovertible facts the age of the reformation gave special attention to man in his hia relation to deity the reformers boldly broke from established doctrines accepted creeds and declarations of council aou nolle claiming that the bible was the only authoritative source of information as to the religious duties of man faith was made the chief condition of salvation as it was thought to be the olly means of Justification As previous ages we wee e full of errors so was this it justly oo 00 concluded that creeds of men and decrees of councils could never ordinate coordinate co oo with the revealed word of the almighty but it failed in supposing that the records of past con cen turlee contained all the revelations to be expected from god the present age has dealt andis and is still largely dealing with the relation of man to man it is preparing for a complete revolution in social respects agabo attention to Is drawn to the bible but the sacred records are studied on scientific principles and not dot simply accepted without criticism as by the reformers when the results of this thin inquiry are fully understood they will lead to the acceptance of direct davela cevela tion irom god for it will place mankind in the same position as were the first christian churches they too had bad ancient sacred records record but their mission was a now new one and they needed further guidance from above in the now new theological development the latter day saints have taken a leading part the truths advanced by joseph the prophet correspond perfectly to the needs deeds of the age they were at first pronounced amid incredulity and contradiction but they have been gaining ground all the tb time and con continue tintie to exercise ext ociee an influence on the thought of the age it is in but a question of time till it will be a matter of wonder that those truths were ever unknown to the christian world |