Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-04-20

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The Aposuc Paul, In his crlsuo %
the Corinthians, explains that "t5 us
there 90 tut ono Cod, tho Father"
rhisis ".hc Eternal Fa,huln 10 whom
HIS children petition in tho name %
tue Only Bcg0tlru; whom Abraham
addressed when he "c,lIgd ON the
name OF tho everlasting G0I,"Oiwh0m
Daniel deglatrd, "his dominion De- an
everlasting dominiUu;" nul whom thy
Savior said 10 know Is "u;uraal hic."
Too eternal or everlasting character OF
The supreme being whom W. worship
is clearly oct forth iu scripture, unoioat
and modern, and Ga ,hs aasuhucu of
permhnuugy Is o arm foundation i.T
faith Az G5u BE- eternal, 10 follows
oi urceHi,y that tho principles which
emauato from Him arc similar
in their nature; Tor like Bpgtls
Ike. Thus it BE- that the Lord
rs "tho author Of eternal salvation an.
10 al them that obey Him." His Cor
Fcl,which i-tho power OF God unto that
,alvaiiou, therefore ia like unto IL, and
ls eternal In the principles which Il
iuculcaius, the application Of the orii-
nauces which Il requires, and the
covenants which II authorizes. The
ooyenan! whish lie enters into with
HE people, as lilo declares through the
Prophet Ezekiel, "shall be an ever.
lasting Covenant
This principle was undersl1od by
The Preacher when h0 said, 81 know
that Whatsoever God doclh, Il shall be-
forever; nothing eau DO put TO Il, nor
anything taken from H. There ia no
conjecture or opposition In this
statement. 10 was from the stand.
point Of positive knowledge.
IL teaches a. a known truth
that that which l. done bv tho
Almighty pArinkos OF HE cyorlait Ing
nature; 30 also suggests that that which
10 Of an opposite character IL not by
Him, IL 70 IL done by man IN hid
mortal capacity aud authority, then Il
phrtakgs OF the same character sni
Whatever force II may possess cease
when tho mortal rnI comes.
rake, tor instance, tAe marriage
covenant, aud let tho .u.e lu applied.
When that covenant is entered into
boy divine authority, according to IIs
law, then IT, bond is u.ernA5 ltuR
marriage ordained Of God. But tho
ceremony not performed Ga har.
mony with that law aud By
that authority, while IL is binding
upon persons Ia the mortal probation, De-
" no force ns nm eternal covenant, Tor
the reason that It 10 not the marriage
ordained OF God. liit wero such mar.
riuge, 10 covenant would bo slornal, 1,
uuld not be severed by death, for the
power Of the Eternal ono has over.
come that OF the crave.
Early in tho history Of human ex.
lslcuge on earth, tho Almighty dc.
Glazed the fundamental principle that
% Is not good Tor man O. ba alone. IL
was mot good FOR him 90 bs without
the olmplniouship that comes in tho
marriage relation, therefore he was
given % Wife, and ns that which
the Lord ioelh "shsll be forever"
tho scripture suys, then I've was
Adams wife Tor eternity. The ass..
citation entered into by divine author-
lalion ami direction was VI an ever
LASTING character La tho wife which
the Lord gave him, Father Adam rc.
ceived a. good glt.--ho was removed
from that state which the Lord said
was not good. 70 ho had rejected the
nr.ilcr OF tao Lord, npi sought his
wife through another source than thu
ono jIyi o.j oryu O. HIM, his contract
vDuld not have reached into eternity,
mod ho would not have attained ta
The supcllatiyo goodness Of that g.l
whose perfection is reached only
ga perfect sphere. Hence the fug .e..
uycurar 70 the advice given by the
hp. t.e James IA HE days "D1 no.
uT my Beloved brethren. Every good
s.a aud every perfect gle is from
above, and cometh down from tho
Father OF lights, with whom there Dc
40 yariaOloness, neither shadow OF
Urniug."
with respect TO the covenant Of mar.
TiBGp, tho Lord has opened tho way
'or the Lat,er-day ssints who onter
luIO that relationship 10 do 30 In the