The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-22

that it is coming to the world in the enc
or TINS age, in the dawning OF the new
age. II VIII come to the world IN genera
as soon. ns the elect church shall have
| been selected and, by the First Resur.
rcctlon power glorihed with her Lore
as his kingdom class. as the glorihed sons
Of God. whose mission II will be to bless
all the families Of the earth
Father Of Mercies.''
! When st. Paul says. Knowing the ter
! rors OF the Lord" he evidently refers
10 the fact that our Creator has declared
that the wage OF sin Is death (nct eter-
! nal torment that 1.-The soul that sinneth.
II shnll die" (not live in torment); that
''all the wicked will God destroy (not
| preserve In fre); and that only such as
come into vital relationship with the Re-
deemer can have everlasting life. Know
ing these things respecting the Divine
government we persuade men everywhere.
"Be We rcconcilcd to God"-and thus at
tain the only eternal life which ne prom
Used.
But. on the other hand. note the kind
" description OF our God which the
apostle furnishes. blessed be God, even
the Father OF our Lord Jesus Christ, the
father of mercies. the God of all comfort
who comforteth us in all OF our tribu-
lation. that we may be able to comfort
them that are In any tribulation. by the
comfort with which we ourselves are
comforied OF God. For as the sufferngs
OF Christ abound In us. so our comfort
also aboundeth by Christ. And whether
we De afiictea It Is for ,,e your comfort and nd
comforted. It is for your comfort and SAL
vation knowing that as ye are
partalSers of the sufferings. 70 shall ye
be also OF the comfort" Q1 Corinthians
L., 80.
ing the divine intentions for the comfort
OF the world and the comfort OF the
church. all proceeding from the God OF
all comfort" Nothing written In any
s1f Dtla' Id.
reveals such a God as the God of tho
Blble-a God infinite In justice, wisdom.
power and love. IT is he that Is work. 4.
ing all things according to the counsei
of his own good will" for the ultimate
comfort and salvation Of as many OF
his creatures as will accept his favors.
after being brought to knowledge OF
the truth respecting them, The church
IS now comforted during this gospel age
(saved TO the highest plane of the heav-
emily nature) and during the coming age
the world Is to be comforted and saved
to the human naturc-as many as Will.
For the world this means the glorious
opportunity of the mediatorial reign OF
Christ which will constitute their time
Of restitution, uplifting resurrection to
all that was lost IN Adam and redeemed
l9-2D.
Redemption Is Provided.
In order to appreciate the meaning OF
our text We must consider the words
of the apostle preceding It. beginning
with the 18th verse He declares. i
would not have you to be ignorant.
brethren. concerning them which are
asleep. that ye SORROW not, even as 9TH
ers which have no hope" All Christian
people agree that the word sleep here
refers To those who died. They are not
asleep In heaven. Of course, for there all
Is wakefulness and intelligence and joy.
They are not asleep in purgatory, OF
course. for. according 10 our Catholic
friends, sleep there would be an impos-
sibllity. They arc not asleep in an orth-
odox hell for, according TO the descrlp-
ton given by Protestants. none could
sleep there. Where. then, are those who
are "asleep"? ST Paul says that we
should not be ignorant concerning them.
Have We rot been ignorant in the past
foolishly ignorant? We have ignored the
APOSTLES words entirely. We have re
fused to believe that any are asleep and
claim that all are awake, alive-a few
in heaven, the many In purgatory or
eternal torture,
But ST Paul was right! The entire
bible teaches that all who die fall asleep.
Thus we learn of St stephen. the. Tirst
Christian martyr, that he "fell asleep
(stoncd 10 DEATH. We read of the good
and bad. kings and peasants. falling
asleep In death We read that King Da'
vld slept with his fethers-some OF them
good some of them bad, We read that
4 Abraham slept with his fathers-some o.
them heathen Tho Bible tells us whore