Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-05-31
TBEronrED by ARTHUR WINTER

chapter Of Paul's EPistle to the Ro
mans:
say the truth in Christ, lie not, ny
conscience also bearing me witness in III,
Holy Ghost,
That / have great heayIness and oontinuA
sorroE IN ny heart
For l could wish tina; myse1 were &C
cursed from Christ for my brethren, my
kinsmen according To the flesh;
Who are Isrselitesi 20 whom pertsinetl
the adoption, and the glory. aud the eoven.
ants. and the giving OF the law. and the
service Of God, and the promises;
Whose are the fathers, and o; whom a.
/ concerning the flesh Christ came. who 1.
over al. cd blessed for ever Amen.
No; As thosgh the word OF God hath taker
none effect For they are NOT all Israel
which arc Of Is=aei;
Neither, because they arc the seed q
Abraham. are they all children; but. IL
Isaac shaIl Thy seed be called.
That u. They which arc the children Of
she eesh, these are not the children Of God
bat the childrea OF the promise are counted
for the seed.
For this - the word OF promise, ~ ihii
| tine will come, and Sarah shall have s
son
And not only this bat when Rebeooa
also had conceived by one, even by our
father Issse.
(For the children being not yet born
neither having done any good or evil, thai
The purpose OF God according TO election
might stand. NOT Of works, but Of HIN that
calleth;l
It was said unto her, The cider shal
serve the younger.
AsiiIs written. jacob have 7 loved, bu;
Esau have hated.
What shah we say them Is there IN.
righteousness with GodF God forbid.
For He saith TO Moses, will have mercy
on whom viii have mercy, and will have
compassion on whom viii have compass
SION
So thenit Is not Of him that WiIIeth, nor OF
him that rsnneth. but Of Coo that shewcth
mercy.
For the Scripture saith unto Phirosh,
Even fer this same purpose have raised
thee M, that might shew my power in
thee, and that my name might be declared
/ throughout AL the Garth.
Therefore hath he mercy on whom he
will have mercy, and whom he wi! he hAr-
deneih.
Thou wilt say then unto me. Why doth
he re. End fauiis Fo- who hath resisted
his wiil7
Nay bn;, q a,an, wEo art thou that re-
plisst against God: shall the thing formed
say to him tina, formed il, Why has: thou
made me thus
Hath not the potter power over the clay,
OF The sane lump to mske one vessel INTO
honor, and another unto dishonors
What # God. willing 10 shew his wrath,
and TO make lbs rover known, endu-cir
with much lonEsaherlng the vessels Q.
wrath 1tted 10 des;rur,ion:
And tina; he might make known therirhes
Of his glory On the vessels OF mercy, which
he had afore prepared unto glory,
Even Us. whom he hath called, not Of the
Jews only, but also OF the Gentles?
In addressing you this afternoon
l desire very much to have an
interest In your faith and prayers,
that my remarks may be prompted
and accompanied by the Spirit Of
God, ami that they may be profit
able to US. 1t is our privilege in
coming together TO be fed with the
bread Of life. | would no: take
much pleasure in nesting as we do
today, and certainly net in speak
ing, if l did not partake Of the
Spirit Of God, 50 that my heart
would he made 20 rejoice in tire
truth, and | myself he strengthened
by that which should lie said. l
often remark that our spiritual
wants need 10 be supplied lust As
much as our physical wants. There
are many even among the LATTER
day Saints who undergo a species Of
starvation through neglect i'm at
tending meetings and availiuC
themselves OF the opportunities
which God has given unto US. They
do not get that spiritua. nourish.
ment which IS as Necessary TO make
the man or the woman in Christ
Jesus perfect as It is that we should
Iartake Of earthly food TO sustain
our bodies.
This scripture which ! have read
in your hearing contains some re-
naTkable expressions, and il has
been used by many Individuals 10
convey the idea that there is a pre-
destination or fOreOrLiuatiun bv
which some men are elected to bc
saved and others are predestiued TO
be damned. Even among Latter
day Saints have heard remarks
made 10 the effect that there was
something in this doctrine, and
that although the idea was not
fully cOnveyed) certain individuals
Were selected to be vessels Of wrath.
and did not have IL in their power
to help themselves, but were III
evitably destined 20 receive certain
punishment and TO take such n
course Of life as would bling upon
themselves this punishment.
Only n few days ago, one Of our
sisters, IN speaking OF young man /.
who had gone astray, seemed TO be I
at a loss TO understand why he ,
should have been LEFT to take evil I
courses. She asked ne how il was
that the Elders had been led 20 help /
that young man, or that child 1
The was 4 child at the time I
how they were led to select I
him to pay his passage and bring |
him to Zion, and then lac be per
after he reached here and
had grown up, to go 10 The baG? She /
wanted To know why God would
prompt His servants to do as they
did and suffer such results to follow.
Or course, the reflection was made
that there WIS something inscruta-
be about this providence, something
that needed explanation; and the
inference might be drawn from the
lRquigies which were made that
God, IN some manner, had failed to
10 that which should he done, OF to
exercise His providence In n way
hat ii should be exercised TO COM
pass the salvation OF His children,
and especially Of this young person.
Now, If there is anything that is
clear in the Gospel Of the Lord
Jesus Christ ne il is revealed 90 US
N these last days, it is this: that
;very human being born on the
earth has given unto him and unto
ler the utmost latitude in the exer-
Use OF his or her agency. We are
aught, and il Is made exceeding
liain in the word Of God. that we
an exercise our free agency to the
uilest extent necessary to make us
for our acts, and by its
Exercise TO gain for ourselves glory
n the eternal worlds and the reward
which God gives unto his faithful
or, on the other hand, the
condemnation and punishment that
viekedness inevitably brings uDon
hose who practise it. This Is a .
fundamental principle Of the Gospel
I the Lord Jesus Christ, and We rs
lis followers should clearly under
tand it. II we do wrong and we
ave 1t in our power to DO wrong !
re must be responsible for that. We
% IL because We elect IN fio II and !