Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-05-19
GODIS ALL

Personally. I ioel not the loas, tom of
/ dlshuartouuCut nor less faith lu God,
/ nor less hope for the future. This long
/ procession Of disaso rs j. inCNplicab.c-
| like what occurs In family, four or
/ i've dying from scarlet foyer We must
/ simply accopi tho tact. our tabernacle
/ has been burned three times and % has
/ always boon burned on sunday. IL is
Amystory which ! adjourn until the ucNt
| word shall 10. us know. II ls the Lprli
lot Him do what agomolh good in lii-
sight
Commenting on the last statement a
cottmporary tales occasion to FAY that
the Lord IL not concerned la such
affair; when children die ifDm scar
let fever II IL because men have neg.
lrcted the sanitary arrangements, for
which the Almighty is not
TO blame; anu 10 tho burning
Of the tabernacle was the natural fe.
suit OF imperfect construction or the
work Of an incendiary. "rhc Lord
does not 20 around burning churches
on the Sabbath day"
The question here raised Ia one OF
much Interest, Involving ne 1t docs the
true relation Of the Almighty TO His
children on earth, as shown In Ills
/ providence. IL mus, be admitted that
there has been Ia the religious world
too much tendency manifested TO
ascribo everything 10 the Lord, giving
but little room for the exercise Of the
free agency Of man. Thus cAlamitie.
have often come as the immediate re-.
suit Of the violation Of natural laws
either through wiliul dhobtdience
or ignorance; tor which man
himself Il responsible. But this
10 not all there IL 10 It.
IL would Indeed DO FAD to have ~
think that human beings were lot en-.
tirrly to their own sagaoity or 10
chance 10 lnd way through a world,
30 iull OF seemingly unialhonablo mys.
teries, 10 dangerously stormy, 10 i'm.
possible TO control b. mere human
force. Had man no better theology
than that he would DO doomed 20
wander about In n labyrinth without
| tho guiding thread OF Au Ariadne 10
lead him out to light, freedom and
happiness.
Holy witt and human experience
concur In the testimony that there 10 a
Divine providence everything In
general way all the atlsifs VI the uni.
verse, great and small. Bible writer's
are unanimous Ia representing God
m the originator and the sustainer Of
creation. lilo formed the world In the
beginning, anu His work IN continued
from age 10 age, La the same way
God IL Seen In history. The sacred
writer's view the revolutions among
nations, no less than the progrcas Of
kingdoms aud republics, ~ part Of tho
government Of the Lord. Aud not
only that, but individual lives are said
to DO the subjects Of His iayherly care.
Peculiarly expressive is the language
Of our Savior ON this subject when lie
says "Ate not two sparrows sold for
a farthing2 anu one OF them shall not
fall ON the ground without your
Father. But tho very hairs Of your
head are all numbered. Fear ys not
therefore, ye nre Of more value than
many sparrows." Whatever construc.
ton may DO put on this metaphorlcal
language, It certainly conveys the
truth that there ia a Providence 10
which no human affairs arc too iuslg.
nihcant.
on this great truth faith rests.
We're there no such Providence faith
would have no foundation. IL would
sink Into nothinguess and with Il re-
llgion, the supeuiruclure reared on
that fret aud all.poworiul principle.
That the Almighty works by means
Of natural laws does not change or
modify In the least the truth ret forth.
God never did anything except Oh
natural principles, some Of which are
Understood by man aud therefore not
considered wonderful, while others are
not known and consequently called
miraculous, We're We 10 reason that
the hand OF COD Gaunot DO traced Ia d
case Of sickness and death or d coullag.
ration, because the former came us q
result OF imperfect sanitary regulation.
aud she latter wa, caused by electricity,
then the reasoning ls,quaily sound that
the great deluge was NOT tho work
Of the Almighty; nor Indeed
creation iIsolk Tor II cannot be
denied that the inhnnuIc Of worlds
and systems Of worlds, strewu through.
out the Immense space like dust exist
aud are regulated according 70 laws as
natural ls that whiuu causes tho mll.
log OF u leaf IN autumn ami the ne.
newed yerdurs Of tho nell IN spring.
II the power Of God is manifest any.
where, u Is every where.
Ia the revelations given to the Saints
upon this subject, the true relationship
between Coo and HIS children is sol
forth In eIearneaa as never before per