Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-11-30

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road system Is ~ perfected that
every train will move itself; but
because there IL intelligence there al
work; because there Is power aud
authority, and every man must keei
his place, aud every Intelligence mUe
move No II II directed. More certain,
thcu,nrr the forces ofnaiure. God moves
In the great universe, aud His purposes
eau never fail. Not one Of Gods ulnn-
~ for moment behlnd-always OH
time. II Ia because God Ia there.
Now, the one great truth which
brings to our souls such abundant com
fort and gives 10 US such sense Of Sc
oufiiy IA that the God OF the material
universe IL the God who cares for our
souls and plaus for our spiritual devul-
OpmcnL Mud that Is GOi's kingdom
and power over this world - Hts
authority. Why, you say there II an
authority In the laws OF nature; that
~, you cannot direct them. You
cannot plant your corn in the
autumn and gather the harvest from
II. You must remember that nature
must be- obcycd. While lust ~ Ger.
tainly muat God be obeyed, II our souls
would grow. We must put the seeds Of
truth into our hearts II We would gath.
err the harvest, the spiritual blessing
Now, IN this sense Il Ia n hinRdom--
Gods power, Gods authority la this
world, and the kingdom which we
have In the history In the Bible. To
this kingdom, then, along the line Of
it, history belong the wonderful events
Of the past--thOsu events which show
us the linking together OF tho forces Of
nature and the spiritual forces Tor the
development of our souls, Tor the safety
Of the soul. We have here the miracles
OF God. We have his wonderful power
manifested toward man. We have that
wonderful wisdom Of God which seems
TO flnd response, and ready response,
In the hearts OF those who willingly
receive the truth Of God. God
has not loved His people In this
world alone. But we hud this to he
true, that there are mullltudcs OF PEG.
pie who have rebelled against the law
Of God. They are out Of harmony with
the spiritual kingdom. They have
tinncd against God, and have put
themselves ~ aliens outside the king
dom Of Cod. These are serving them.
selves. They are serving Satan. They
are serving the world. Aud the cN.
preston that IN used concerning them
Il "the world, tn. flesh, aud the devil"
~ belonging b the Kingdom outside
the Kingdom Of God. And whom men
are serving the world; when they arc
serving themselves; when they nre
serving tho devil, tnoy are outside OF
the Kingdom Of God.
Now In the Kingdom Of God IL
authority; aud men love that author
- A. e. a q
II. Why, II has come about, because q
sin In this world, that those who belong
10 the Kingdom OF God are hero like
the great father Of people, In the land
Of mn enemy, perhaps. They are here
as soldiers away nom the center Of the
g0vernment-tho outposts, perhaps;
and around about them are enemies on
every hand, and they know that. hut
they know that God will care Tor them,
90 the soldiers Of any nation know that
the nation which sent them out will
care for them IN n foreign country ns "
they were at home. GOd says that He
viii care for His own. solomon says:
"lhe name Of the Lord Il strong
tower; the righteous runneth into II,
and is saie," and Luther, catch.
ing up the thought and put
ting II into his own experiences,
exclaimed, "a strong tower IL our
Cod" and he felt It when going 10 the
Diet OF Worms, called there by duty 20
God and humanity. He saye, 81
would 20, though all the tiles on ali the
houses should conceal devils TO hinder
me on the way" Hut God was with
him. God cared for him. And though
they must be- In the world, while not
Of II; though Christ'u prayer was not
that thou rhouldst take them out OF
the world, but that thou shouldst keep
them from the OWL, God cares for His
own wherever thcyntc. One % old said,
"Ho suffered not man 20 do them
wrong; yea, he rebukcd kings Tor their
sake" saying, "rouch not mine anoinl-
ed, aud do my prophets no harm"
God cares for them. He watches over
them. lie strengthens, lie sustains
them.
Now then, In this way Gods King.
dom Is felt. You know England has
her soldiers all over the world. Eng.
land boasts OF the fact that every.
where, on all the seas, where the union
Jack may be seen, the power Of Eng.
land must be felt. our own nation,
younger IA It's history, without quite
80 much of which to boast around tne
world, yet let's Its flag float every
where, Ia all the nations OF tho earth,
aud our nation says 10 the citizens OF
this nation, awe will protect you nj
home beneath the stars aud stripes, aud
" duty, II pleasure, n anything that IL
right shall call you 10 foreign
LANDS, we Will protect yuu THEREOF
Aud 20 II comes about that wherever
the Nag Of our nation floats, men who
can claim American citizenship claim
the protection Of that flag, aud they
never ciaim II In vain. A story Il told
something like this: In a certain land,
foreign To both England aud America,
the English aud the American
ministers were there at the court, and
" seems that some man had been con-
yieted, aud the English aud the
American ministers believed that the |
man ought not TO be puaiihed, that
there was something wrong In thu con.
Victing OF this man-thRt he was not |
guilty; hut the government had con. |
,emned him 10 death. Tho day came |
when he was 10 lie executed. |
The English and American min. |
ister had lahored long 10 have
his pardon granted, or something that
Ia some way the punishment might
not be inflicted, but all Ia vain. The
prisoner was led out 10 the place of OK.
ecution. The officers were all ready 10
10 tho deed aud put the man to death;
aud when II was almost time for the
execution To take place-ani yot these
ministers OF England aud America had
not succeeded In acquiring tha n.rtinn |