Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-10-26

to the temple door Of Revelation. Aye,
across the Threshold, until, like the SICK
of the palsy, he is present before the Lord
OF life. Let him linger there until Christ
speaks into the heavy ear, touches the
blind spiritual eyes, and the leprous
heart, and says thy sins be forgiven
thee-and he hears the voice of the In,
finite Maker, the melody OF life in the soul
-linger until the Holy Spirit
comes in to abide, and then the soul is a
blind, misguided, disappointed seeker no
longer; but the new-found spiritual
vision sees Gods finger prints on every
field of nature, and hears his voice in
every activity of the Universe and every
epoch OF human history.
He may follow, now, the sceptical geolo-
gist down into the secrets and mysteries OF
the words history and structure, and when
his guide sees nothing but the activities
OF force and behold with wonder how God
has built his world home, strata above
strata, story above story, each with rich
deposits of vegetable and animal growth
transmitted by His wondrous alchemy,
as the ages have rolled on, into
choicest treasure for mans use; while
here and there with full hand
He has sown the strata, the secret
places OF this treasure-house, with silver,
gold and wondrous jewels, and given man
the key to unlock and possess.
Then turning his gaze upward, see
in wider fields displayed the
wondrous architecture OF God, and not,
like the shorter vsoncd ancients, think
OF Jehohah as riding on the storm with
His cloudy chariot, but as sweeping
across the universe on cleaning path
way OF starry worlds, and the vast ex-
panses, OF suns and systems, Psalming
the wisdom, power and glory OF God
while about you on every side, in the
minutest lowly forms Of life, sporting in
the dew drop, swarming in pool or pond,
in lake, river or great sea depth, in grass
and flower and tree, in fish and bird and
beast, until on on every side life quivers
and throbs and grows and builds and
thrives by the imminent presence and
power OF God.
Look back across the flood OF years,
and the growth, migration, revolutions,
the conquests and supremacy and even
decay and ruin OF empires, as they
work into and develop the man
fold plan OF human elevation
and perfection blaze everywhere Of
Jehovah, like Tabors to the eye OF faith.
We have been gazing directly on external
movements; look into the interior and
mystery of things; of history, of life, Of
human life, and we enter the holy place
where the awe OF the manifest presence
of Deity bushes the soul into soberes
thoughts; for in every form OF life, from
the simplest cell to the tallest mammoth
there are myriads OF little busy builders
named Bioplast, as orderly, as certain
and correct as trained human builders
erecting the walls OF being or weaving
the tissues OF life, activity plan, order
skill, God: for look within, from the rec
tides of life see the white-robed white
handed little builders darting out hither
and thither on their busy mission to builC
nerve Of the eye, a muscle of the hand, {
valve of the heart, some minute portions
Of the great bony frame, or even some
portion of the minute canal that directs
the liquid of life back to whence it came
Look further and see nerves, sinews
bones, veins and arteries formed int
great intricate systems, with varied ant
delicate duties, and organs and faculties
eye, ear, smell, touch and taste, al
mutually adapted and each perfect il
action, and we ask for the architect o
the author of this, and voice like unto
that on the mount directs your gaze t.
Jehovah.
Enter the holy of the holes within
look and listen, star distances ant
Infinite space are forgotten, tor tn,
hand of faith, reaches forth ant
clasps the hands of Him, whose seat i
on the circle of the Heaven, and lister
and Jehovah Himself speaks in this silen
holy of the holies, and you hear the In
finite spirit, bearing witness: Now are
we the Sons OF God and the transfgure'
soul talks, as it were, face to face will
God. Aye, more bow the knee, for Je
hovah dwells here on the throne of thi
inner temple, and you are in the YER
presence OF the power and majesty G
God.
All! The world by its wisdom knew
not God. By searching it could not fine
out God; but since faith and reason hav
led the soul through the door OF tn
Word to the Cross OF Christ, everywhere
above, around, beneath, are the foot
prints, the building, the wisdom, tn
thought OF God. And within God him
self and we know whom we have be
lieved. And now are we the Sons @
God