The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-10-15

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by her secretary, were eagerly sought
! should believe in His name.
The question, as have said, in this
religious movement, is this: Is this
mission of Jesus Christ, worldwide
one? Was that to be the intention of
God? Were all portions of this world
to be reached and to have declared to
them the Word of God by those sent
to continue His work until the end of
time? Was it those other portions also
! that were to be sanctified by the Word
of God? Our inquiries, our desires, and
our interests for all, declare these
questions to be just as vital now as
ever: and the question is just as far
reaching as it was when uttered by
the Master, and when He made this
statement: AS Thou hast sent me,
will also send them They should con-
tinue forever unto the children of
men and be that which is to be found
imperishable. They should be such
that they will never pass away though
everything else of the human charac-
ter should pass away; because of the
wondrous love exhibited to men, man
kind might come to know that the
price of truth alone should stand and
that everything else that could be
shaken, should be shaken and fall.
I'VE come this morning with the idea
to do that only which has been de-
clared to be the word which shall be
found upon our lips. We have no in
terest other than that in our effort
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while it may be said that the price
of life and salvation are open to the
inquiry of every man who chooses to
read the Sacred Word, there are eva
sions everywhere of the Masters mean
ing, and when men pray: Our Father
who art in heaven; hallowed be Thy
name; Thy kingdom come; Thy will
be done;' these very men will arise
from their knees and absolutely and
positively deny the strictest and
straightest deductions that anyone
may draw from the meaning OF the
Word itself. We have a statement
made by Him like this: My doctrine
is not my own, but his that sent me-
Found in the 7th Chapter of John,
and the 18th verse. If any man will do
His will. he shall know OF the doctrine
He makes this statement in an
swer to inquiries by those around
Him: My doctrine is not my
own, but his that sent me-
Christ has never called a man to mis-
represent Him but endowed each to
preach that which He had confided to
him. Christ came to teach man and to
discipline them in taking out from
themselves those evil and wrong things
with which man has always been af-
flicted and to teach them to secure
uprightness and justice among men,
which is in men, because of Gods love
for them. And there has never been
anything accomplished by instilling
fear in men. 1t is not productive of
good results to teach by trying to
scare men. 1t is not fear. but love,
that is constantly required in teach
ing. 1t was love that sent the Mas
ter. 1t was love that characterized
every act of His life. On one occasion B
He was angry; it was only once that :
He was excited. Then, when in the
courts, He saw that His Fathers
house was made a house of merchan- /
disc instead of a house of prayer
Continuing, President Smith sought |
to show that enforced goodness had 4
no moral excellence, that goodness must F..
be from within; it was from the i'm /
pelling power of religion in the heart /
that evil tendencies must be subdued. !
He and his people did not believe in {
total depravity; if total depravity in
the individual exists, it must he at the
end of life and not at the beginning.
for men may resist all impulses for
good and the strivings of the spirit
until evil is unrestrained.
The teachings and doctrines of Jesus
Christ are to make men better. to
sanctify them to Cody lives Not that
men shall reach a state in this life in
which they can not sin but that habits
of righteousness may become fixed so
that men shall not have the desire
to sin.
The doctrines of Jesus. He declared
were not His doctrines, but those of
the Father who sent Him. They were
taught by Him so clearly either ii
rectly or by necessary inference and
implication that the Apostle Paul
preaching them for fourteen years. con
graduated himself on his return to the
brethren at Jerusalem, that he found
that he was in harmony with them.
This is the continuance in His word
which is promised. In conclusion Presi-
lent Smith spoke of his own seventy
i've years of life and fortv-seven of
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