The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-04-14
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SALT LAKE CRY, April II, 80.

SALT LAKE CRY, April II, 80.
Editors Herald:
Psalms xix, z: This law of the
Lord is perfect converting the SOUL
According torepo-t, Grand Master Luf,
of the order of Josephites, on last
Tuesday evening, the 9th inst,
preached a sermon from the above
text, and it would appear. if report
sayeth truly, that instead OF his
reasoning to that text or in accord
herewith, he reasoned from, or away
from 1t, fault which is very com.
mon with ministers of his class. Why
this should be is perhaps not my pre-
rogaslve 10 say, yet to my finite
mind it seems complete folly for any
one to take q taxi at all, unless he
confines himself strictly to that text;
better say half dozen words to the
point than hundred irrelevant. l
suppose, however, it is a fact that a
certain class Of minds, whose natural
bent is to talk much, do so; and nc
ono should wonder at such persons
sh uld they take for their text,
"Sela5." Nun" "Jesus wept," or
the like, wandering into celestial
marriage and doctrines quite foreign
to the subject Representatives,
that they know no more about than
a year.old child knows about the
use OF a carpenters plane. But to
the subject: What law of the Lord
(God) did David, the sweet singer Of
Israel, refer to? Was it the law oil
baptism for The living or dead? The
celestial marriage law, or Law of the
ten commandments? Or what was ii?
Judging from the pretaxt, the sensi
be or reasoning mind would conclude
that he 1.-THE Psalmist) specially
referred to the law which governs our
planetary system. Is it lot obvious
that David had given bis mind more
or less to the study of the science OF
astronomy? Whether be understood |
that science as we'll as astronomers of
our day do, We are unable to say. Il
is pretty certain. however, that he
understood enough of it to enabl5
him to instruct others upon the sub
iect. and his own soul (himself)
being CT inverted to the belief in
God, and which conversion might
possibly have been brought about by
the assiduous study of the heavenly
bodies. When reasoning With in
fidels, as doubtless there were such in
his day as we'll as now, he could point
them to the wonders of the heavens
IS evidence of the existence of a
power divine. On one particular
occasion, said be: "When / consider
The heavens, sun, moon and stars
which thou hast made" etc. David
knew we'll that such marvellous and
glorious manifestations came not by
chance and rightly thought that no
we'll balanced mind could possibly
give such a subject serious thought
md exclaim "there is no God." No,
'tae law of the Lord (God) is perfect,
converting the SOUL" etc. How
May skeptics there have been, and
ire still being converted to a
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study of the heavens. etc., cannot
perhaps easily be computed. If we
we're to say legion We should come
very near being correct.
If, therefore, Grand Mater Luf on
hat particular night, had lectured
his hearers wisely and truthfully-
which he would have done had he
the same astronomical spirit
Or influence possessed by IsraePs
sweet singer" when he said, "The
aw of the Lord (God) is perfect, con-
1erting the SOUL" he would have
lone some good at least-perhaps
converted inidels, if any were pres
ant, to belief in Israel's God.
Excuse me, Brother Luf, if you
please, for my seeming dictation. l
I'M one of your special friends,
hough you may net think so.
]. SILVER.