Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-01-19


ern. all creatures, actions, and things.
from the greatest even to the last"
The above passages are great COM
fort to me. | was taught in the Metho-
dist church that to obtain a mansion
in the Sky | must give my heart to
Christ, be born again, and behave my
self, but according to Gods eternal
decree quoted above, what we do on
earth don't cut any ice, because God
in his infinite goodness fixed our eter-
nal destiny before the foundation of
the world was laid If we happen to
be one of the elect when we die we
take the Overland Limited" straight
to glory in spite of the Mormons, the
Christian Scientists, the Unitarians
and any and all bad acts we may have
done; and if we happen to belong to
the non-elect, no matter how good
we are, no matter how kind we have
been to our families and our neigh
bors, no matter if we have lived an
upright, honest life when we arrive
at St. Peters gate and he sees we
are branded, 'non-elect" st. Peter
will say to the keeper in charge to
hades with them.
What is the use of trying to be
good if our destiny was fixed before
we were born? We will try and
peg along through this short vale of
tears and at the last great day
when the Lord picks out his elect, if
he hands us a harp, let us play it,
and if he hands us fire brand we will
try and keep warm by it. God, the
great creator of all things, doth up
hold, direct, dispose, and govern all
creatures, actions and things from the
greatest even to the least" is a revel-
alton to me. | never knew before why
some men were so bad, and some SO
good. l never knew before l read the
above why we had earthquakes, pestil-
ence, famines, woe, want, restitution,
heart aches, death and despair.
did not know that God planned the
Mormon church and all that goes with
it before the foundations of the earth
were laid. l did not know before that
it was God who directed Brother
Wishard to tell the awful falsehood
That every Mormon woman was
subjected and made to accept polyg-
amy" | did not know why DR.. Paden
was so heroic and brave when he stood
over the dead body of a young Pres
byterian and would not let the choir
fulfil his dying request to sing "Oh
My Father" / did not know why DR..
Paden said in the eastern press that
Mormons teach their children to be
avengers | did not know why the
Rev. J. Mcmillan said Senator Smoot
was polygamist or why Judge Hiles
swore that Senator Rawlins was a
Mormon. 1t is all clear to me now.
1T was God" For he doth uphold,
direct, dispose and govern, all crea-
lures, actions and things from the
greatest even to the least"
And now l come to Chapter X,
part of verses three and four. ELECT
infants dying in infancy are regener-
ated and saved by Christ Others not
elected cannot be saved" l want to
say to all my Mormon and other
friends if you really want to boost the
Presbyterians, when you find an old
hard shell, blue Presbyterian, who be-
lieyes in infant damnation, read him
the above for it will please him. But
II you run across latter-day Presby-
terrain, who loves infants and wants
to meet them in heaven, read the last
clause on page 1888, which says, 1--WE
believe that all dying in infancy are
included in the election of grace and
are regenerated and saved by Christ"
You see you can work this both ways.
1t is like baptism in the Methodist