The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1872-07-04

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rebellion against, thai good and kind Provi
dence who had called him hence. This wa
\ the natural ferIing III your will and yei
i showed il farthgf You were rebellieus chill
dren. proving the truth of the 9Apostle'
word. and how many times before this has {
been just the same. when God had take,
from you saTiet ing which YOU priced YER
much; perhaps something winch to you wa
the last thing OIL earth with which you wOul,
have parted? Yet it was taken. Know
dear fflei' 3, God was only leading you 1,
look away from self to Hun; II, cast you
care npon Him i to put your trust III the Tn,
who had created you. Again lie came ant
something else WAS ..aken. and still ther,
rankisd III Your heart the same iii feeling
having learned nothing by the preyinu,
lesson. lis thus GID leads you To himself
/ tls thus. when the tender whixperings d
love which He has been uttering ill All Hill
acts are changed To sorrows. SO that yoil ma,
! come and bow yourselves at His feet and say
Thy will, oh, Lord. mt mine. be done,
sut. perhaps. you SKY, = love Him; why
shntti'i He thus treat me SO gs Ahi tbs thus
He burns the dross out OF the hearts Of His
children; It's thus. hard though itmay seem
that he sits ~ q refiner. burning TN the ill.
purity Of sln which obscures His image ID
| your hearts until He can see His own giori-
Gus form alone reflected. Then your spirit
was not Who'll His, and now He comes and
would make You wholly His own; would
show you thar He is the only true object o1
your hearts worship and you who are moi
his lie brings these sorrows to your heart to
show ya,l that He alone is powerful. asking
you bv them TO come and make your peace
with him. lesr worse thing befalngoii. Ii
you still r bel. such will surely be yanr fate.
You 'llso He would have learn to say, .sl'hy
will be- done. ss54 - So szis
Secondly. We rebel against His .oord.
We neglect 20 do His commandments: We
neglect 70 study what they are; we refuse to
ne subject 10 His law; we will not BE- willing
subjects WE arc continually sayi <. II am
as good asiny feiaw nlan. and far better than
many Ofitrs.' Here lies one whom you all
adihlt was young man OF noble heart;
good fellow. as man, OF you in this hou~..
have id in NV presence. Gnodiess will
MT keep "H death. Jesus Christ atone has
conquered it,; he alone has mastered the
gravt. and nbt he comes To YOU and SAYS If
yotlswili but accept my finished work yor
shall he Tree from deaths sting. from the
graves captivity. Yet6 you rebel against
his commandment. and when he asks vn,i to
give to him the love of your heart, Vol, lurt.
rway and say Nor yet; IN a lew years WILL
kinW thai God will not always cilid-; neither
viii He. keep His ;ingei forever. Ills now
lie demands yellrs obedience: ttis now H.
calls You t. be Ills subject; whether you arr.
ysutg ar middle sged. or whether the hnary
locks of many years are gli>tenIng like silver
on3sor brsiW. just how H.. comes and asks
YOU r. bt'eoiAr snb.el To- lis law. i Are YOU
not turning away !? Ii max be yulr turn 10
e. u xt. and il may Ie that ere many days
the same sal rites which today We perform
FOR our friend may have 20 be performed tor
You, and then il will be too late. Know that
sli' re Is no knOWl~age ar device known in
The grave whittier thou goest :. Remember
now thy Creator is His command. Reject
not longer His law. Come and learn of
glirIst how e. obey il; and learning, act
IlS not so much what we are AS what We do |
hat counts. We may be the best fellow i'm
he world; we may be honest; we may be |
Kind and loving 10 our ti.llow-inen; we may
y obetli mt to our conntry's laws, but if we |
10 not act out III daily life the law of God,
obedience TO Christ and his commandments,
Ne are rebelious, untaithflis stewards. and I
ie Will surely call rs to Il strict account
Act then to-aay. for it alone is ours; to-
morrow belongs unto the future. and the /
utnre IS Gods alone. Now belongs to the
'resert; be Ito longer rebels, hut faithful, |
oiirst, obedient subjects .gai 4.ss,
Thirdly. We repiae and a.mmsasr at His t
aroUideasce. -. fssgty |,
We say. !. Behold, to Others He has gwen /
i0AN VI IHlS WI pISdsuTES duu UOOu
hiiigs than He has to us We have to toll
nd strive to get along. and it seems as if
verytilng goes wrong with us. We are ot
ke other ine,; they have not been subject
, His displeasiare as have We." Know, dear
'iends hat all you have was given yoil BY
linl-.yotlr life. your health. your property.
our friends. You are His. Behold. here
'-day we have All exhibition Of His might.
nd might it nt't j,.st as we'll have beer, you
this Il
nr midst. There are many in worse con-
tion than YOU are to-day. and you can no
oubt count them by the score all around
~. Why. then. do yoll murmur and re-
ne! DO you not remember when the mas
y had sent the lahorers in his vineyard, and 4
ter they had had toled all day ong they |
m.' TO receive their wages. ard when the
nod man Of the house paid them oil some Of {
EN- repined. Remember his answer to +,
ese grumblers: 60 thy way; did not
We tu thee as agreed, and is It not lawful
+ me tosdo what will with mine owny'
Is all Gnd's; has He not a right to distrih- q
2 10 every one as He sees fit? But il there 1
y another catise? Is 1t not because we are j
cilnet rather to serve the will OF the flesh / |
a Oi Satan tilan God? And our desire for / q
ore OF this worlds goods is that the Resf "a
~ De the better served. for all of US are by r
ture q soheilent children. Even the Apos- | q
himself declares that. in times past, we b
slhed according 10 the course ot this world; q
cording to the prince Of the power Of the 6
!; HE spirit itatiOW worketb in the chill |.
en- OF dIsshedi nee. Among whom we also d
lHfimes' past our conversation fulfilling v
: lust OF our flesh aud minds, aud were by II
: children OF wrath even as others Is not n
: Ollrstfue description. and how MANY of h
are snrthls reason lotli TO say Iii heart and
II these Words taught ls by Gpd's own II
\. !. Thy VIII he done knowing that Ii
nt 81 these pleasures Inlst be- given up. n
If we Would act it ont IN life: without al
iella aths ,iftefing Of il ainounfsfn flethlng1. d
'jWiIls must De drought ilto slfbjation tpl II
q lust fney will. tpr his almighty pow "
&ill Aaka aslrlifssa and theI, n0 more $.
nytiiing ours. Will is there forever lost. Ii,
al>e ii,eNpoWer of choice no longer exists. Il.
when there Il ilD choice there is nothing
~ winch will can act !, therefore no need W
I: aud just think how it wolild be for us ii.
se lhHs aeprivrdaa the ch,,ice OF good dc
u the next place. LET rs EsAAIN 4 II WHAT kt
ASH FOR WHEN WE SAY FROM THE HEART. dc
ny WILL BF DONE Eg al
lsl fir4t. We ask VIII Cal ,,o,,Yy j., u. TO
" spi1rt tahs a,cay TIE blindness from or lf
ststandiag. s re-
We
he other evening. Wien the news came ha
IS That Our tfiend was about to die. some .u
ie ready 10 60 and see him ere lie -
>'N away from earthiy scenes. and whilst go
Il glliigsiea, asking zoness,i them TIN. reason VT
n delay. hr said We are only waiting III
fhe nieon rises, 10 thar we can seq the t,f
mare clearly. Tor it III very rough in IN,
-. Ku. We arr not SRI wise In spiritual vi
gs as We're these IN temporal matters. lea
Eily We grnpe our way oyer the rocky all
s IA h.StIf 0fr ne fh a1ff.D,,.~l. f..r, ~.