Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-12-24
THE SEASON or JOY.


Wishing OH. near and far merry
CHRISTMAS. with the choicest blessings
Of Providence.
whe day of days So here agun-the
day upon which Christians throughout
The world direct their thoughts toward
tho greatest of an miracles. the exist
enco Of tine universe not excepted the
miracle o. which the Apostle says:
"And the Word Was made flesh ana
dwoIt among u.s. TO is the day on
which we contemplate with open hearts
the wonderful plan OF redemption;
when we see the glory OF the Lord sur
rounding the shepherds Of Bethlehem
and hear the anthems of the mulutudes
that sing songs of praise around the
throne of God. May the influence of
peace. divine love- and good win OH
every hear, and abide IN every home.
The season has many lessons To- those
who reflect on its teachings. one is
this that the education OF the human
race is AN exceedingly slow process
-Four thousand years elapsed between
the FIRST promise OF Redeemer and
us uldlment During an that time
sacrifices were offered. typifying the
atonement of the Messiah From
time to time the promise was renewed,
ana Israel was delivered out Of bondage
as an object lesson Of the redemption
OF mankind But % took mlllenniums
20 prepare the world for the advent
OF the Redeemer.
Man gets impatient whom divine
promises seem 60 be delayed In the
fulhlment. But they are not delayed
beyond what IS absolutely necessary.
The second advent win take place I'm
glory. with an the accompanying events
Of which the Scriptures speak. as sure
~ as the first advent took place IN
the meridian OF time.
Another lesson is this that every
new dispensation is necessarily ushered
in with revelations and miraculous
manifestations Of the divine presence.
God spoke 20 Adam. He permitted
Euoch 70 walk with Him. He visited
Abraham. He appeared TO Moses. He
inspired the prophets ~ the old cove
naut His angels came 10 Joseph,
and others. and foretold the coming OF
the Messiah And visions Of heavenly
glory strengthened the faith OF the
followers Of Jesus.
Let an who believe On the second ad-
vent and the promises Of a Miilen-
naH ~
that the next appearance Of the Sa-
vlor will not be except after prophets
have been raised up to declare the APP
proach Of the King OF Glory. No dis
pensauon was ever ushered In except
through the fundamentally OF inspired
servants OF the Almighty, capable Of
hearing the voice Of God and interpret
ing Ct to Gods children. When.
therefore. we say that the Prophet Jo-
seph was an inspired servant Of God.
We only make "a statement that every
believer lu the second advent should
be willing 10 investigate fully and im-
partially. Tor the Scriptures tell us
that inspiration and revelation must
precede that epoch In human history.
can anyone doubt that the signs OF
our time point 20 reconstructou2 To
mention only one of these signs: The
Scriptures tell us that the time OF the
end win De one of trouble" "Aud
there shall be a time Of trouble such
as never was since there was a ma
uon." This win come at the expira-
ton Of what the Inspired writer's re-
fer 20 as "the time OF the gentiles."
n win bee admitted by an that we
see brewing around us on every side
the elements that necessarily must
produce trouble Unless some turn in
The present trend of thought takes
place, OF which there IS no noticeable
indication, "a time OF chaos ls coming
iu which the passions the frenzy or
mankind, win know no bounds and be-
fore which AN l8w and order and am
the established institutions OF man win
De torn down. Theoretical anarchy o.
more prevalent than many persons are
aware or Ana % does not take much ef-
fort Co cause theory 90 break out In
confusion. n seems morally certain
that we are fast approaching just such
O. time. But .r wl NOT last long
nurug that time man win rapidly
learn OFFS own utter Inability t0 -saye"
the world hy auF -chem, of human
invention. 10 WIN prepare him for IN,
acceptance Uf me Son of Man as On,
Ruler th0 laU-gyer and Che Judge
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