Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-06-13

] no author towards uuC flno not
generally looked upon M orthodox. rhe
writer poirti out that the hnal fate OF
the Wicked and OF the righteous 80
"unIy 10 par, disclOBrd" ani tha.
sume more lirht on this 90 20 Is 10 be
expected. Rolerlng, 10 Bishop Bu,lot's
tmnIk That tue future is The iOundg.
.lou Of oil our hopcs aud iears that are
really worthy OF consideration, he
say.;
tn the shadow Of tits glorious teaching
! lay the inevitable question! What shall
/ b1 no Dot ~ those who reject ~ This
| question was small and remote for the
| l-l uicli souls iuthe upper room SGT upon
| pursuance ui tho truth and the right
! Bnt % gradually grow large aud larger
/ still iur tho Church as b. spread iium
/ land Co land aud obtained the worlds
| confessed COR profOlHJd allegiance. The
/ provision Tor mCDirg this question was
! ready To- ntul. 10 lay, lu O. certain sCuse,
I ul' side tho Gospel, aud was anterior TO o.,
| like tho other laws u our humUn nature
aud OF the government Of The world By
| 10 Author
Bu. this law, like all other ante, odcnt
/ ana perpetual laws, was acknowledged
/ by thU Gospel the law oi indignation aud
! wrath, iubulauon aud anguish upon
| oNOry soul u tnun that dUoth owl, yet
| acknowledged with sorrow which b.
| shown 10y tho comparatively huctuaung
pr Hhaduwy manner In which this tad
reverse Of tho picture u handlod-ito
insoparnblo but obscure under side, 20 To
| spyaS, ~ the great foundation stone u
/ peace aud Happiness,
How much do wo know Of tho 20; OF
the purVCruiy wickod9 They disappear
into pain and sorrow; tho veil drop. no.
| ON thUm in that condition Every iuli-
! Gallon uiu further change is Withhold, 10
that n 10 De dos gnod % Inns not boon made
known, and IN uowhoro Incorporated
| with the diNInn teaching. Whatever o'so
pertains to this sad subject Us Withhold
nom our too curious aud Improbable
| gaze.
The specific and limited statements
! supplied to us arc after All only gNprns-
aions iu particular form OF imm0vablo
| ana universal lawson tho ono hand,
ot Tho irIcvocHhlo union between suffer.
INK ana siui ON the other hand, OF tho
| perfection OF tho most hirh-boih OF
inom beloved In mll, but only In part
| disciufci, aud having elsewhere, 10 may
| be, thcir piOunry manifestation, In that
day Of tho restitution OF ull things Tor
which grooming and Travelling creation
yc5rus.
The veHefable author on the one
hand falls to ilnJ in tho written worI
any iutimation Of a possible change Of
the condition OF those who die unfo.
penlRul; on the other hand he 10 not
prepared to state that the Scriptures DO
reveal that no change lie possible, and
this l. marked retreat item tue
cfceds that have prevailed Tor cen.
lunoh His position II somewhat
similar to that Of tho eminent Thea.
logical scholar, Dr. Angus, who In
lecture before sons students on this
topic once said:
can ind no valid ground Tor lh, sup.
| position that the words eternal and
| eternity" used In connection with tho
| suilurings Of sinners hereafter, admit Of
/ any other than tho common iuturprutA-
tion, but i can slate here, what 1 would
not care 70 say elsewhere, that " God In
| His mercy should hayo docrood TO tor.
inmate their suilorings, could not say
that had been deceived, Tor 10 IL barely
possible that tho terms IN which tho
! Scriptures folor TO those things denote a
! limited duration o. cxistor-o.
Here tro two competent witnesses
tostifyiug q the fact that ia their
Judgment tue pFouunclnmentos 0f
the crtois concerning endless damn.
ton ate not uuquesllonAbly supported
by holy writ Mr. GlAdstone's testi-
mony IL particularly important. He
finds tia, all the Scripture declata.
tons are only expressions Of the
universal law that sin aud
misery 90 together, but Lo also finds
references 10 ga day u tho restitution
Of all thiugs Tor which groauiug ana
Travelling creation yoarns." II seems
10 us that when the truth Is once al.
mitled that the Scriptures do not slate
that the condition Of sinners IL un.
alterably fixed at the moment Of death,
the way is prepared for the grand
prlt ciple proclaimed In this age, that
salvation Ia offered also on the other
side u the veil.
To Mr.. Gladslons's view the uufo.
penta MT sinner disappears In pain anu
sorrow. every Indication OF further
change 10 withheld" L. there
then, Ia the Scriptures no state.
ment TO the elect that the
mercy OF God enduTolh forever
Are we not taught that tue Gospel is
being proclaimed to the dead and
that ordinances are performed Tor
then2 D5es not one Of the last scenes
Of the great world drama coniiit In
desth ana Hades giving up their dead?
IIdiCaliona there certainly are Of q
change even behind that veil OF pain
and BjTrow, but u win be admitted
readily that without some further
"pl1nary" manifestation, the subject
would bo Que extremely obscure as to
detailr. 80 was the whole Gospel plan
OF salvation 10 those who depended on
nothing but the written word 10 the
Mosaic diEpgusati0u. Without q
pl8uary manifestation, atonem0ni, iusli.
llCnuon. AMI resurrection would have
remained almost unknown,
Revelation 10 IrggIelslve, To The
last disprnsa,ion was reserved to shed
o. mlro perfect light upon the imTor.
Aut subject salvation Tor the deaf.