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

what IL OF 1t, 10 and tell plate
that over there, around the
Temple. one Of the disciples OF the Lord
Jesus, whom he has first crucified. has
been preaching TO the Masses OF the
people, and three thousand men aud
women are ready TO follow him, aud
will PLATE he afraid? We'll, buvthink
that the great uprising which Rome
has dreaded 70 long has come. No, IL
has not come. Plate will remember
that Christ Aaid "Aiy Kingdom is not
Of this world. II 1t were my servants
would fight" Plate has no need Of
Roman soldiers 70 stop any uprising,
aud he knows that Roman soldiers, lei
by the great Roman eagle, bearing the
| giittcring weapons which Rome has
provided, will be powerless AGAINST the
preaching Of that disciple. Now
bold In the Lord bat once
cowardly before servant girl who &C.
cused him Of being the disciple Of
Christ. oh, my friends, PLATE knew
enough when the Holy Spirit had
| made It plain 10 him, AN enemy Of God
and humanity though he was, 10 satisfy
him that Roman soldiers could not
stop the spread OF tho truth IN the
hearts Of the people, and he kept quiet.
he had no noed 10 make stir on that
oucaslon.
Now, then, this Kingdom Of Christ Is
not Of this world In It's victories, In III
trlumphs, In the contamination which
1t brings for humanity. IL N that
Kingdom OF love and truth, and peace
and Joy In the Holy Ghost which gives
TO US the comfort Of the heart,
which brings 10 us the consolation
/ ~ nNwtNa an hNaN so .ta
we have finished the journey OF life,
opens the great gate OF pearl 10 ua AMI
brings US into heaven. There comes
that final contamination. There II the
triumph OF tho Gospel here, the til.
umph Of the Kingdom OF God on this
earth; but there IL greater, a better,
n more glorious triumph for all eternity
when the Saints OF God everywhere
are gathered together IA onc people,
and when, rs John saw ia that great
vision on the island OF Patmos, tdcre
shall 70 up 10 heaven from out Of NIL
nations and hndreds and tongues aud
people, some redeemed, saved from
thelt sins. All over the world there
shall bc heard the shouts OF 10y, and
the angels OF God shall swing wilde
those pearly gates Of welcome tor the
redeemed, not from one place alone,
but from all over the fooistool OF God.
Do you aslS. then, why we call this n
kingdom Mt all? DO you ask; " II
indeed the kingdom Of which Christ
speaks, and | answer "yea.N Ia
every essential particular the King.
dom OF Christ on earth II kingdom.
II II fOt this earth but not Of IL. IL il "a
Kingdom In It's history. You know We
talk about the nations Of this world to-
day. We talk Of England, we talk Of
the United States, VIZ talk Of the
powers across the sea and the powers
on this side the sea; ami then we
speak Of the nations Of ancient
lamentations that have passed away
living today only In their history.
Now all these nations have had n be.
ginnlng, and some Of them have had
their end. But we read the story. To
n nation belongs the history Of the
nati1n. We know about England 10.
day NJ we turn back In the pagcs Of
secular history and read what belongs
to England; the origin Of that nation,
thu strength Of that nation; how Il has
developed It's laws aud the liberties ~
Its people; how It has grown IN
strength, In wisdom and In influence
In the nations OF the earth. And 50
along down, down the history we stop
Mt Runnymeade. We read " the
Magma Chartn, the constitution for
England's people. And then we come
TO our own nation. We read the history
OF the United States; our nation today
Il a nation Of American history. We
read about how our people were
separated from England; how In In
dependence Hall they declared them
selves Rn independent nation, and
how, later, they gathered together and
framed "A constitution and laws 10
govern the people. So we say Of our
na ton, II "a nation Of history.
Now then, the Kingdom of God, the
Kingdom Of Christ ON this earth, IL the
kingdom II history, anu the history Of
that kingdom isthellible. We bcgiuwilh |
the first chapter Of Gonosis, where we
rend In the fret words, "In the begin !
ming God created the heavens and the |
earth" We read the story Of the |
moulding OF this earth, the fashioning |
OF u, into Its present form, the peopling |
OF II with humanity, and all that, aud |
there IL the beginning Of the history Of |
the Kingdom OF God. We read along |
these years, how God brought out from |
the world u people for Himself; aud |
INV NJ MVnH NNlH nirNpI1s Wullt YOU /
II holding the material universe In His |
hand, while tho things OF earth-that
IL, the material thing,--are all directed |
by divine power, along the same line,
by the same divine power, with the |
same Omnip0tence, and with the same |
wisdom and love, God IL planning for |
spiritual development OF man. While |
Ho Is planning material things for his |
use, his success, his development on |
tho footsiool OF God, He Ia planning
larger aud better things for the expert. |
cnce Of his soul, Its DEVELOPMENT In |
Righteousness, Its fnsl salvation, and
bringing him to heaven and God. We
follow this history all along the way. Wo
see how that the God OF nature Rnd the
God OF salvation are inseparable. We
see that somewhere In the great uni
verse Ia some foroe-as infldels would
tell us, the great first cause, and moth.
Ing mOrc-the great creative power.
We SEQ that God Ia not only the Gre
stor, but the PreHorver Of the universe.
And 10 the God who made the heavens
and tho earth In the God who holds
these things In His hands today.
The zclntiests OF tho present time
viii VT down aud figure out,
and write down 40 that we may read
out the ecllpses OF the sun anu Of tho
moon, and tell US Just when they will
occur for the years that are TO come;
aud our nlmanacs and our tables, that
every one OF us may rad and have In
our homes, they Will tell Us just when
to look for an eclipse OF the sun or