The Latter-Day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 95

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Excerpt from The Latter-Day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 95: August 31, 1933In obedience to Martha's all-commanding trust, Jesus walked to the tomb where Lazarus lay in the deep slumber of death, and by the power of His imperious faith spoke the death-defying words, Lazarus, come forth.And death was vanquished. The tomb gave up its tenant, and the dead lived again.This sublime faith is the radiant energy of the religion Jesus Christ taught. As long as this heart-awakening faith remained in the world, the followers of Christ were impelled by a deep, pure love for God, to live lives Of simplicity, beauty, and devotion and power. But this pure faith did not persist in the world. It commenced to wane in less than a century and a half after the first introduction Of Christianity. The simple, heart-purifying religion of the Christians came into contact with the ostentatious sacerdotalism of the pagan Romans. These Romans had a multiplicity of gods. They erected splendid images to these deities. Before these dazzling images they performed their acts of devotion with spectacular display and outward circumstance. This gorgeous, noisy expression Of devotion was quite in contrast with the quiet, simple, faith-inspired worship of the Christians. The sacred acts of these pagans was not only more showy than the Christian prayer of faith, but it was also much more easy to practise than the soul-stirring religion of the Christians. The outward expression of religious ardour is the mere mechanics of worship. It is a very easy thing in comparison with the aroused out-reaching of the soul for intimate fellowship with God.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.