The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-04-08
THE THIRD DAY.
Continued from Eiqnth Page.

and also many that are now atar oil.
| No wonder the apostles should say
in their epistle "ours is no ordinary
calling" Are we asleep thai We Can
indifferently and carelessly sit down
in the contemplation of these great
events that are coming? Are we mad
are we blind, that we can devote our
selves to the pleasures and the follies
and the ways of the world, with such a
stern and awful, yet glorious prospect
| before us? Has not the Lord said, II
give not unto you to live after the
manner of the world" And yet, how is
it with US. brethren2 How is it with
US, sisters, how, especially here in Salt
Lake City? The line of demarcation
seems at least to be growing thinner
and thinner every day.
WHICH DIvIDEss THE CHURcHE OF GOD
from the earth. We seem to have
thought that the com nand to gather
out from Babylon was fulfilled when
We sailed from the port of Liverpool
from the islands of the sea,-and
planted our feet upon this land of
Joseph. But think no one, with an
honest heart, who heard the instruc-
tons of this, can fail to see that that
command 10 gather out from Babylon
has not merely physical or a geogra
ical; signlfcat on ut more Of spiritual
We ars commanded to be not like the
world, but to set them an example that
they shall not only be willing, but
proud to follow.
Time would fail to enable one to
even refer TO the many of the signs of
the times. And it behooves US to call
halt in our conduct, to obey the cOun-
sci of this epistle, examine ou- hearts,
lay them bare before the eye of the AL
mighty, and ask him to search US and
see if there is any iniquity within US
to purge it out, even If we be humili-
ated in the dust of grief and sorrow.
For far better is it to be disappointed,
to be cast down here, to be BUNDLED
here, than to be cast into he and be
chained for thousand years.
On all sides Satan has spread his
traps and his gilded bats OF sin. Our
youth, our young people, are invited
upon the right hand and upon the left
to come and partake Of those things
that though, they he sweet in their
mouths, will be bitter within them;
bitter, yea, and burning and destruc-
tive. We may well sop and heed the
wise counsel of sthe servants of God;
to the Holy Spirit which dwelleth not in
unclean tabernacles, but which
pointeth out the way of the pure
in heart IS lamp shining brighter
and brighten unto the perfect day,
This is day of the coming of Jesus
christine second advent of the King
of king. A work Of preparation is now
in progress. We are supposed by the
heavens tohave come here for this pur-
pose-:o be paving the way for that ad-
Vsnt. We are the children of Abraham,
THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL,
and we are told that if we wish to prove
our lineage, we must do the work Of
Abraham. What are those works
URf1inching, unquestioning obedience,
unwavering faith in God Almighty;
fearing not man, nor what man can do;
but listening to the voice of the spirit
within our own hearts and keeping the
which God hath given.
If we are Abraham's children, We will
do the works OF Abraham, and not
follow in the ways of the world. They
are not our ancestors-tney are not our
proper lineage, although we nave been
permitted for wise purpose TO
come through the lineage of the
ours. We have been called to come out
Of them. Follow not after their ways,
but to set them an example of right
f we fail to perform our mission? Yet
,iples, said, "Ye are the salt of the |
Earth; but if the salt hath lost its SAVIOR,
shall it be salted?" If this |
10 oh 10 hou Ey ioei
and fail to perform it, what would be- |
come of the word OF God. He has said |
that His work should stand forever.
This, at least. is comfort and an as
surance to US that there is faith, that |
there is integrity, that there is enough |
in this people to endure |
eYery trial; to endure every ordeal and
perform the work which God has given
US to do. But, because God has given
this assurance, do we think we can sit
down carelessly and go to sleep, with
our work yet undons2 God forbid we
should have any such thoughts. "It is
but that Offer IS shall come.
but woe unto them by whom they
come" This is just as applicable to the
CHURCH OF THE LIVING GOD
b it is to their prosecutors. If by that
course of conduct we bring to pass
1ffenses, and pull down upon our heads
the judgments of God, are we blame
less? Will it not be unto US the same?
Woe be unto those byswhom the Of
tense cometh." Thinking words and
nigh sounding sentences might please !
some ears better thad plain straight
Onward teachings. Faithful are the |
wounds of friend, and it is better to |
De told of our faults, even in words that |
wound, than listen to the deluded syren !
Ind flatterer of falsehood, until she |
shall transform us into beasts. And |
he man is not magnifying his calling
Yho, indeed like this, will fail to warn
lis neighbors and warn and reprove |
lis own soul, and hold up the prospects
If the future, the goal that lies at the
md of either path which is left for US to |
pursue. He came to this earth to learn
/ great lesson. And there is only one |
esson that we came here to learn. The
Gods said, LET US go down, for there is
space there, and we will make an earth
whereon these may dwell, and we will
prove them herewith. whether they will
do everything that is required of them.
And they who keep their first estate
shall be added upon, and they who
keep not their first estate shall not have |
glory in the same kingdom as those |
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