The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-20
LITTLE SERMONETTES
By THE PASTOR.

what have written, have writ
| ten. The governor of Judea spoke
more truthfnlly than what he thought
when he uttered the words of NV text
He undoubtedly spoke them in "A spirit
or independence and authority, little
dreaming that what he said was n truth
IN human experience which but few
people realize. He meant, Of course,
that what he had written would not
be changed, whether il was right or
wrong, or whether it suited anybody
else or NOT.
PLATE, writing in his independent
capacity as governor, wrote with au-
thorlty, but with no greater authority
than every other person writes II is
not the truth or falsity of the. writing
TO which | refer. but TO the RESPONSE
bllIty Of the writer for writing at all
1t was no more the province Of Plate
to write with responsibility for his
writing than for every other person
Pilate wrote. and was responsible for
writing, more than for what he wrote,
or at least as much as for what he
wrote, Some one may say, ''Could not
Plate have changed the writing if he
had so desired? 20 | would answer that
he most certainly could: but the change
would not have relieved him from the
responsibility of his first writing. We
do, If we are free TO act at all
We often hear the expression,
Every tub stands OH its own bot
tom, which means that every Que is
| responsible for his or her conduct.
And we often hear people say that they
are willing 10 be Judged by what they
| say and do; that time and other acts
and words will suffice to cover up the
f,1- &C
| However, there arc many others who
contend that as they were not RESPONSE
bic for coming into this world, they
cannot he held responsible for what
they do while in the word. ! shall
not stop TO argue this point with any
one further than 10 say that If one has
The power 10 do u thing or leave it un-
! done. ! cannot see how the responsible
Itv can be shifted TO other shoulders,
1t used to be said and quite gener-
ally taught that up in heaven there
was IN angel recording every worj
said and act performed by little boys
aud girls as well as wnat was said anC
| done by grown ups. It often puzzled
me and | would ask the question If il
would be fair for God TO Judge me by
what an angel wrote down about me
he in heaven and | on earth. ] won
dercd Il il were not possible for Tho
angel 10 make n mistake and get thC
records mixed, and | then have tC
answer for what someone else said oI
did, and that some other person woult
have to answer for what [ did, and
had Just about made up my mind tina
! when 1T came TO the trial | would qucs
tion the accuracy Of the record Bu
when ! came 10 older years and rea'
the Bible for myself aud studied my
own life and ability 10 do or not TO do
and this coupled with God S goodness
as | discovered it i'll The Bible and als'
in His dealings with me. | made up M
mind that there was no recording ange
in heaven writing down my life or j
there was I was not to be Judged 10y
what he wrote. but what | wrote my
self. | have found myself in posses
sion Of a daily register upon which
record every word | say and every ac
! perform. with every thought that
cherish. I am satisfied that this j
true, for many fines ] have loolic'