The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-26

commanded, we shall hear from him
on that last and terrible day, when no
refuge is left US, the crushing and de-
spair-inspiring words, Il know you
not; depart from ME into eternal pun
ishment."
But Jesus Christ addressed himself
not only to human reason but also to
the human will, and the human heart
with all it's grand affections and noble
instincts. and in thistle practical side
of his mission he displayed no less
power and divinity than in calming the
tempest and calling back the dead from
their graves. His mission as g Cod
man on earth, as he repeatedly declared,
was to establish the kingdom of his
eternal father, that is, a kingdom of
truth, of justice, of love, of peace and
happiness-a kingdom in which will
Of his would be carried out as it is in
heaven. May thy will be done on earth
as it is in heaven was to be the con-
slant prayer and aim of his followers
What a heaven he would make
of this wicked, distracted and un-
happy world! Who but a god
could have conceived such a vast
and beneficent idea, and what is
still more, would have labored, suffered
and died, as he did, in order to realize
it? Who but God our heavenly father
could have such good will and mani
fest such boundless love for us, his
wicked faithless and disobedient chill
dren.
The key note of this, his grand pro
ject, came from the lips of angels and
echoed throubh the hills of Judea on
the memorable night of his birth.
GLORY be to God in the highest, and
peace on earth to men of good Will"
Yes, there it is-a good to men. This
I is all that is needed for mans eaI&hly
and eternal peace and happiness. This
is all that Jesus Christ required to
realize his grand purpose-to establish
his kingdom and to transform this
land of misery and exile into a veritable
paradise of joy and happiness What
simple means after all FOR the ac-
complishment of such a grand work.
a means within the easy reach Of ALL
Each has only to contribute the little
mite of a good will, and why not con-
tribute it? Does not each human be-
| ing naturally seek happiness, but there
is no happiness without peace and no
peace without a good will-what good
comes or. can come to us through a
| bad will? How when, or where are
we benefited by having a bad will?
! Who, in the history, has ever got from
a bad will even to his enemies any
thing except disturbance of mind and
vexation of spirit
will on the part of the Jews that
Jesus Christ wept over their unfortun-
ate and doomed city. Listen to his
tender and pathetic words on that oc-
casion Jerusalem, Jerusalem, how
often have / wished to gather thy chill
dren together as q hen doth her
chickens under her wings, but thou
I would'st not. What a familiar and
yet fitting illustration of his love for
man and of the peace, happiness and
sincerity that should come to man
under the sway and protecting power
of his love. What more appropriate
picture of love than that of a hen call
ing together her chickens and opening
broad her wings to receive them and
thus to shelter and protect them from
storm and danger; and what better
type of contentment and happiness
than that presented by flock of little
chickens thus sheltered, protected and
loved by their mother?
Thou would'st not" That was the
whole trouble between Jesus Christ ano
the Jews. They had not a good VIII
They were unwilling to receive the
blessings that he was so willing K
bestow upon them and this was the
only obstacle then and ever since tt
the realization of his beneficent pur-
pose-the establishment on earth of hi;