The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-05-08

| against 600 and was OvertnrOWn
Lucifer and his followers were permit
ted to come upon this earth in an EN-
bodied state, and are here allowed &c
play their parts in tempting and trying
the children OF men, seeking to seduce
the more faithful from the paths Of
duty and virtue. Those who were
faithful in the Dre-eXlsteuce, were per
mltted to come here in the flesh, but
even those may be divided into classes,
so far as faith and merit are concerned
Abraham said, The Lord had shown
unto me the inteiligences that were
organized before the world was; and
among all these there were many of the
noble and great ones" And the Lord
said, "These | will make my rulers
Who are more worthy 20 be rulers than
| the noble and great, those of superior
intelligence, which is the glory or God
and of superior faith, Righteousness IS and
rulers. And God sent down through
and great ones to be spiritual, and ia
many instances temporal rulers, draw
ing men unto God by their falthfulness,
by their examples of truth and virtue,
thus continuing on earth the work
which they did In Heaven. Thus the
children of Abraham, the descendants
of Jacob, have been sent as light and
example to the world. They are typical
of heavenly things and their mission is
essentially a spiritual one. There is
also class of spirits who are inclined
to the things of earth and all their ten
denotes are towards it. While Israel is
typical of heavenly things, dispensing
the bread of life. the Gospel of Jesus
Christ, the things which pertain to
eternity, the Gentiies, on the other
hand, are dispensing the things of
time, beautitylng the earth, build
ing railroads, steamships, bringing
to light by the inspiration of God,
scientific, philosophical, and artistic
truths for the benefit of mankind.
Certainly we can accord them credit
for all that they do; for whether they
acknowledge it or not, God is using
them as instruments of His will. They
are assisting to gather His people in
the latter days. He said by the mouth
of the Prophet Isaiah: They shall
fee upon the shoulders of the PILLS
tines toward the west" What are
these shoulders of the Philistines, if
they are not the steamships and rail-
roads by means of which the Saints are
gathered to the mountains of Israel,
ike doves hocking to their windows?"
They who are earthly in their natures
and sympathics are apt to believe that
they are doing all these things of them
selves. Let them think so. They only
look at things as they seem. They
think it was Newton that brought to
light the law of graYitation, they do
not take God into consideration; for
"the natural man is an enemy to God. !"
To such men it was Newton, and the
fall of an apple from tree, that brought
to light thus great principle Back of
Newton and the apple was the God of
revelation, the God of philosophy, the
God of science, the God of railways, the
God of steamships, the God of electric
lelegraphs, and all other wonderful
modern inventions. 1t was God who
chose that opportunity, to let light into
the mind of Newton. Doubtless that
truth had been working for ages, and
the simple falling of the apple was only
the last straw necessary to break the
crust of Things, and enable it to lift its
head above the surface. Newton did it,
the GENTLE would say, for his vision is
bounded by the horizon of earthly
things; but the child of Israel looks at
things III p1HerenG IlSnC.
We see but half the causes of our deeds,
Seeking them wholly in the outer life.
Israel ought always to acknowl-
edge the hand of God in
ali things, giving men credit where
credit is due. for their faithfulness
and their desires to serve Goa, but
aseribing the honor and the glory to
Him who makes men the media of his
inspiration; who inspired Sir Isaac
Newton, who inspired Watts, who in
spired Columbus, Morse, Fulton,
Galileo, an all the great philosophers
of ancient and modern times. 1t is the
duty OF Israel to acknowledge all these
things whether they come by way of
the Gentiles or direct from heaven.
Truth is truth where'er 'tisifound
On Christian or on heather ground.
The mission of Israel is spiritual.
The mission of the Gentiles is temporal.
One deals with the things OF heaven.
the other deals with the things ofearth.
But Israel himself has been mixed with
the Gentiles. We have come through
the lineage of the Gentiles and their
blood tinges our veins. Doubtless this
is why many of us are so hard to con-
troll, having so little faith and following
SO naturally after the ways of the
world. 1t is the Gentle blood
in our veins dragging US down to
earth, while the blood of Israel would
fsin mount up yard to heaven. This is
the warfare ,uour hearts. 1t is the
duty of the S.ints to keep the things
of earth under foot. because the earth
is the footstool of God, and seek after
spiritual things. not wo-shiping the
Mammon of unrighteousness l do rot
mean to say that the mission of Israel
does not comprehend the blessings of
earth: for the spiritual always compre-
bends the temporal ,.the greater circam-
scribes the lesser. The Melchisedec
priesthood compasses the Aaronic
priesthood as part of it, because the
Melchisedec is the greater, but the
Aaronic priesthood cannot circum-
scribe the Melchisedec, because the
Aaronic is the lesser
If we fulfill our spiritual mission, il
does not follow that we shall not have
anything to do with the things of earth.
We are building temples and taber-
nacles; we have beautitied the desert
and made it blossom. This is all right
and proper. But when Israel forsakes
the fountain of living waters and hews