Show THE flITE 1 CUBE A OO B D T t Union quotes the advice given bythe by bythe the Apo Apostle tJ James to the Church how bow to act in case ease of sickness find nd asks the editor Lose DoN this mean whAt it says lay He ref refers to th the challenge of Tyndall Tyndall in regard to te a scientific test of virtue tt e of pray prayer r and cite cites as proof t that hat the sick may be healed by faith to some Bome re- re re remarkable curses cures said to have been beeD effected through prayer in Massa Maesa- Massachusetts i into l passage to which the writer refers ref tea iea fam on to io the Latter Saints f and ld regda as follows a J t Is any siek sick among you let him call for the he Elders Eldell of the Church and let them pray ove over him anointing him in the name bathe of the Lord and tile the pra prayer of ft faith th shall save the ick and th the Lord aJa lai raise hi him up liP The Union responds as follows a I We advise none nona of our oar read reader to to rely upon anointing with oil en with or without prayer without prayer as 8 to ig case cue of any tJ Bary ea disease as- as ases es The simple fact is that in 11 J James ame time oil was we oue of the ther r remedies in common use In an api ap i tV when en therapeutics wee was not Dot a sol sol- sot enC onee And Ja James advised if fJ ab any anyone anyone one ane was sick stok instead Instead of of resorting t incantations and aDil medicine men and l let leg C him os use the befit medicine he can ean get pt and aDd ask uk hiB brethren to pray ray for tor him A that ia is sensible advice now new as I was Wal then then- If h 1 Comparing these theBe two extra ts does doell not the saying oi of the Savior to the Pharisees become strikingly applicable to the blind guides of these theae latter times eYe do D make e the thew w word rd of f God of ot none none eff effect effect t th through gb your The Ah r o otie tie gave the role rule of ot the Church ChurchIn Churchin In cases of disease disease iS Me of every every ch char char- character char character r- r acter There is and abundant in the Acts Acts ts and Epistles of af the I Apostles toJ to i bow ow t this is and to prove that prove that the th x w was s very vecy cious Oneo One signs b Christ Chr st to I follow believers waS was Whey ahall shall lay hands on the die sick and they recover This w wall 1 one of ot the meau means by which faith was wag exercised and its mani mant- manifested manifested It was was a mark of f divide power in the Church and its entire absence blence is evidence of the with with- withdrawal withdrawal of that power The Chr Christian n Union URion places itself as s 8 a religious teacher in direct op op- opposition position to the inspired Apostles and tells its readers not to follow his instructions OB on this matter Chr Christ t and his bis disciples taught and encouraged d without faith faith without which It is ia impossible to please Goo Gold th the Christian Union ridicules ridicules u s it and at attempts tomake to make an ordinance of the Church a mere suitable only for times of medical f a ce But it is not only anti anti- Christian anti Q lq In in this respect it is misleading and misrepresenting misrepresent misrepresent- misrepresenting misrepresenting ing Were va t ancients unac- unac unacquainted unac unacquainted with any science of af heating healing We think k not What about 2 gc us If f he he mixed with his n t s how ab about Dt dip P r te Prax- Prax agoras sad q J p 1 I celebrated te eif writers pa D medical who who f p t the 1 Iian m eJ a 1 i Was Q Ai Af La d of medic medicine pe eat established q before e e th times of ot the the- Ap Apostles J and didot did did many of ite its ce d disciples write works on subjects which made them them famous famous Did bUt id celsus eJiu knew nothing of medical med l science e and nd was WAR Galen nt t who wha though born bern in A 0 o 1 Wl gained ined muo h hof of l his information from the the q works OMS d experience of his and nd Ved an D le t ra p puta- puta ta tien tt Dl 1 Mclane a fo Co o this day bein ailed disciples of f Wen glen l t Thid ht rule rifle of thaO vi evide 9 had no reference W ro iby met al or 4 r method 0 of ti thera era ku known i to the Sews Jews Gr kg or Romans Jut but de de- defor fortt for Xer 8 M U the d tb edthe the sick lidoff W werd I led e rs We Wert l afi sed the blind bUDd Ka tf to see fie le tb hear and nd the dumb to speak h the dead were raised eel fa access C r W waa had bad J I r I f r to the things thing within the vail and knowledge was obtained direct from God the holiest st of all That this gift of faith is an aci ac accompaniment of ot the the ue i-ue gospel is clear from the Old and New Testa Testaments ments and is abundantly corroborated corroborated corroborated rated by the experience of f the ithe El- El Elders Elders Elders ders and members of the Church 0 of Jesus Christ of Latter day taints Saints We published hed on Wednesday eve eve- evering evening ring ning a letter from a missionary iu in inthe inthe the Southern relating a few tew of the manifestations ns ot of 0 healing which had occurred in his travels It If the journals of the Elders s i who have traveled among most of the nations 0 of the earth preaching the gospel without and p purse sQ scrip p p cot could d ite be published there would be found a IL record of he healings id miracles which would eeli eclipse contained in theSa the Sa t writings of the M Mosaic and Chris Christian tian combined Skeptics like the n and other othe pretended religious e tea teachers chars who take such of the gospel as suit them and an reject and andri ri ridicule the the e re rest t will ask why die dis- disease die ease is not Dot always cured why Mormon Elders do not spend aU all t their ir time in administering to lh tee tbs sick ick and why s p prevail vail in Utah as well as other parts parte of af the world Perhaps t 8 they will be kind enough D gh to tell Q us Why Paul who had so much of the healing p power th les through faith that were Wel tak- tak taken t tak taken k- k kI ken I en en from him to the bedside of the sick who ho recovered through the touch was compell compelled d to to leav leave hs his traveling lr sick ii Tim iv 20 and why he he advised ed to take a little Wine for r or his sto s sake and nd hi his orten infirmities A M ISO so why the Apostles A ostle tri tried d on a tl Lain n occasion to Cast out a devil failed tailed although the casting ot of devils was part of t the e mis- mis misi siAn en on which they were sent urther why there were were many lepers In Israel Iral In the time ot of eus the prophet and pone none one ot of them was cleansed saVIng saving Naaman the Syrian Their foolish and infidel queries are like the taunt of the murderous Jews to Chri Christ tr If If thou be the son of God save t self and come down from fr N a the thess ss Disease suffering anti and an death he be long lorg to this lower ph sphere an and are a pert of the es for tor which spirits dwell for a season l mortal flesh All are measurably measurably ly subject to their In influence nCe while in fn the state tate of probation alleviating T There ere are means of log ing but at present not of des tr them And faith is one of the most potent remedies It js is isa isa a fact tact a power a force as u positive as magnetism m but ne ene not fully tin understood The unbeliever will sa sat show me toe a- a ft sign a miracle and I will believe And the sneer sneer- sneering log ing will say uit if if there is any such power as you claim go and heat heal the diphtheria or the sear sear- scar scarlet let fever wherever it breaks outland We e will accept your religion This Phie was the cry of ot sign in inthe inthe the day days daya of the Savior But Bot apart from the fact that faith does apes not ring from the will VUI it should be understood that healings and what are C called miracles miracle are not Dot the cause the fJ It f of faith In r pr proof f of or this take th the acts and nd yint of the he I Savior Savi r When he he p performed any of the wonderful works recorded or of him he Be said thy faith bath m made de thee whole and when he h w went nt into his own country the people did not believe e in him he did net m many DY mighty works there because of their unbelief u Matt xiii 58 68 If h healings ud si s were wele itoc tb ito c i ate faith that Was lie Very pla plate e ot of all U pl places ces to per per- perform perform f form rm them But Bot they they- th y are the re- re re lt results suite of faith and therefore are not gIven to the skeptic skeptical l t tA f it be aske asked why the are not healed In Utah we an sorer they are in tn hundreds of Instances tIt t fa ie a n for the old and the to be healed through with oil and the laying on of hinds h nd nde But Batas iPhy i t crease cre e in the Ian land landan a aa a an l drugs multiply and the spirit and a s of the world are adopted Of r return returned d to by the Saints their faith In tt tte e a hod od be- be be become come weaker and and though t they maybe maybe may ibe be beI I a 1 firmly 1 assured a as ever r that bat the Church h of W which lC they a are ate s tilt only true r earn yet like Uke Troph Trophimus mulI mus and I Timothy of 01 old t ey suffer and cannot muster I fk With h enough t to tu b be healed But Hut But it if t p faith fa th ot of or ile the Saints in nt Utah be ap Jd b COgle s sa weak ak that the h f gs sad 4 signs which have i i been so 80 abundant should hould die out entire entirely the fact f t would remain that by the exercise exercise e of faith fait the sick may be healed elements s be controlled bythe the vail be pierced by the spiritual ritual i of of God Gaa be fathomed and aad communion Father Fath nion obtained with the Great Fa- Fa Fa th ther r y of of lights with whom there is no variable variableness nor even t tI the even evell sha shadow turning dow d w of Qt turning f J nion The ed editors tors of the C have need to repent gf 9 of their presumption n C and ridi- ridi euling euting an aD Apostle of 01 the the Lord hord and andone andone one of the tle ordinances rd of t of better Q Clu rist and should hoUld obtain abet abet- a bet bet- ter understanding of Christian faith and doctrine r ne le before attempting J g to o t the tle people For Por it if if the blind lead the blind will wUI hey n not both th the ditch J tege hal |