Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-05-09


ton was made perpetual as well NJ
complete. Under this eternal lhw--for
the law OF God was necessarily eternal,
paftaSing OF His own nature-where
the sexes were united In marriage, II
was not only GILL death did them
mart, - hut the contract was formed for
this life and for the life In the great
bpyond. TO last for ever and ever.
Those who were born under th Mt
eternal contract were the children Of
patenta In eternity a. well ~ here.
We were Lattcr.dRy Saints beoau 40
this glorious view, certainly and
promise lay before us.
The signs OF Christie second coming
were multiplying on every hand. All
the conditions were here, at least In
their inclpient stages. All things
human appeared 10 hu In c0mmotion
as lie predicted would be the case.
Mon were being divided into Glasses,
animuaitlea were being engendere1,
bitterness nnd violence were spreading
over the face " the earth, aud every.
thing pointed 10 the time when there
should be gigantic and revOlu.
tionary uphoaval. There were
esrthluakes, famlnes In divers
places, and great distress and
peTplexily OF nations. In fact, all that
Christ foretold was here, and we an.
ticlpatcd that In the nations Of tile
world nj large these things would In
crease, until lie "whose right II IN to
rolgnn should come and dwell In the
midst Of his people, 10 regulate human
aiiairs, according TO His divine law.
There were people who claimed to be
Christians and yet said that Christ was
no more than mere man. They
robbed Him OF His divinity or said
that He was not God. How any per.
son could take this position and main
tain II from n Christian standpoint,
was beyond his own comprehension;
because Christ Himself declared
that He was tho Sou OF
0od, and this statement perme-
ated all His teachings. Those
who surrounded the Lord Jesus
Christ In His ministry 90 designated
Him In His presence. When His
disciples informed Him Of the numer.
Gus popular conjecture regarding His
identity, he turned 10 Peter aud said:
"Whom do yc say that |, the Son OF
Man ann" "rhOu art Christ the Son
Of the living God" was the ready
response. Jesus commented the
apostle for his declaration, telling him
that he was blessed In consequence Of
possessing this knowlege, M 1T hsd not
been communicated 10 him Of man,
but by revelation from God.
All'the philosophers, religious moral
AMI scientific, admitted the potency,
beauty and force Of Christs teachings.
They have not been approached IN
grandeur aud efficacy by the exp0si.
tons Of any being known to history,
white his personal goodness Is placed
beyond the reach Of question. II
selt.abnegatlon reached the greatest A.
talnable degree OF perfection. All ,his
II admitted even by those who hold
that Christ was not divine being;
that lie was not the Son Of God; that
lie was ouly "gooi man"
This repu liatlOn Of His divinity
II utterly Incompatible with the
theory Of His goodness, b,clunc
/ He Himself claimed 10 DO divlue-tLr
/ Son OF God. This claim pprme.
ated all His teachings, and lie listened
to declarations 10 that effect from His
followers without NJ attempt 10 cor.
rect Thorn, He, ON the contrary, con
ilrmed them by his own statements.
A goo man cannot possibly be an im-
poster; a deceiver n hypOorite. The
teachings and example OF the Savior
were specially and tremendously d..
rrctcd against deception and fraud.
| His career .xhibltc 4 the fact that II a
could not claim for Himsclf n position
that was not genuine, while His eX-
allied intelligence prlcluIel the posi- q.
bility OF His making an error on the
subject. He spoke and acted like n
/ God. He did not have In his heart the
resentment under Injury which char.
acterlzed humanity, but exhibited
the traits OF superior being, while la
his mortality, under the most lanta.
/ lizlng aud trying condi Inns, This
was demonstrated when IL gave His
| life for tho cause OF truth and salvation.
In His dying moments He cried, In
| reference 10 those who crucifpI Him:
"Father forgive them, they know not
what they do"
Ono who had grol, name n history
was credited with having made state.
ment in relation 20 the divinity Of
Chrlst--a mRn who was not credited,
however, with macy religious pecu.
llarltiep; he referred to tho great
Napoleon. When IN Punishment on
the island OF g. Helena he asked
MonthOlon this question: "Who was
Jesus Christi" Montholon did not re-
ply and Napoleon proceeded:
~ will toll you. Alexander, Cesar.
Charlomagno and myself have founded
| empires. But our empires were founded
on force, Jesus alone founded lIls em-
| piro on love, and To this day millions
would die for Him. | think under.
| stand something Of human nature. and
will tell you, NIL these were mon, and
am u man. jesus Christ was morc than
man, | have inspired multitudos with
| devotion 80 enthusiastic that they would
| have died for me Hut to do this ID was
necessary that should b. ylsibly present
| with tho electric influence Of my looks,
my words. my voice Who caros for mo
now, removed MS | AIN, from
the active scenes Of lie aud
from tho presence n mem Who would
now die for mes Christ alone across tho
chasm Of olghtoon centuries makes u de.
mand which Is beyond all others dinlcult
to satisfy. lilo asks more than a father
can demand from his child, or bride
! nom her spouse, orr mHn Of his broihor,
! lilo asks Tor tho human h6art, lle will
have II entirely 10 Himself, Itc demands
/ II Internationally and forthwith tho de-
| maud IL granted. Wonderful IN de-
fanco OF time aud space, the soul OF man
with all IL, powers and faculties becomes
an annexation TO the empire of Christ.
| This phenomenon !. unacoountable; II IN
altogether beyond the scope OF mans Gro.
alive powers. Time, the great do..oyer,
" poworloss To oxunguish this sacred
flame, Thls is what strikes mo most.
This IL what proves to me quite conylnc.
ingly that Jesus Christ is God"