Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-02


and bv my anger. and your sufforinRs
be sore-hOw sore YOU know not.
how exquisite YOU know mott yea. how
hard 10 bear YOU know not!
For behold. l. God have suffered
these things for an. that they might
not suffer If they would repent.
But II they would not repent. they
must suffer even as /.
(Which suffering caused myself
even God. the greatest Of an. to trem-
bic because OF pain. and to bleed at
every pore. and TO sufer both body
and spirit: and would that ] might not
drink that bitter cup and shrink
Nevertheless glory be to the Faith
err. i Dartook and finished my prepare
tons unto the children OF men;
Wherefore. I command YOU again
20 repent lest I humble YOU with NV
almighty power. and that YOU confess
YOUR sins. lest YOU suffer these punish
ments OF which / have spoken. of
which in the su allest. yea, even Ion the
least degree YOU have tasted at the
time ] withdrew NV spirit"
presume that the experience or
Martin Harris here described. has az
least been sufficiently the experience Of
every matured man and woman
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true. that IS. that sin produces suf-
fcrinE-sorrow. anguish Of heart. and
when the spirit Of the Lord is with
drawn and darkness. like the black
ness Of night surEes through the soul
OF man. and tho sun ~ Righteousness
seems set for him. he is then made
70 feel what 90 means TO sin against
the law Of God as IL has been re-
vcaled unto his soul When Won
think Of the bitterness Of that per
sonal suffering. YOU viii not marvel
that when the heavy burden OF "a
worlds sin rested down upon the Son
OF God In Gethsemanc-vo certainly
viii not marvel that he sweat great
drops OF blood IN his agony. nor won
der at his suffering on the cross
Now. the transgression OF law be-
gets suffering To IS possible FOR the
innocent 20 uffer for the guilty. and
through the voluntary act Of the Christ
he took upon him your sins and mine
n We will but be bought by the price
which he paid for as. He has suf-
fered that we might not suffer. IL we
would but obey his law hcuceforth
The atonemcnt Of the Christ both
for Adams transgresslon and for the
individual sins ~ men. brings into
the moral economy Of God the ele-
ment Of Mercy. and Of Love from
which Mercy springs To make room
for Mercy. however Justice had 20 be
satisfied. hence the atonemont And
God so loved the world that ne gave
his only beEotten Son. that whosoever
believeth on him should not perish.
but have everlasting life. For God
sent not his Son into the world 10
condemn the world. but that the
world through him might be saved "
This sacrifice Of the Christ's Is the
manifestation OF that love OF God that
binds In sympathetic relations all the
intelligenccs Of the universe together:
by which they suffer not only with
each other and because Of each other.
but at need FOR each other This ls
the doctrine OF the atouemcnt Of the
Christ this the good news Of saliva
ton, the gospel Of Jesus Christ You
may be rescued. I may be rescued.
from the suffering that comes OF sin.
through the vicariOus atonemcnt Of
the Christ And that the forces Of that
atonement NAV be applied to us. we
manifest our acceptance Of this
means Of salvation by our repent
ance OF sin. and by going into
the waters Of baptism into the great
cleansing element Of the world. and
there are buried with the Christ. in
likeness OF His own burial: and then
we are brought forth from the waterv
tomb in the likeness Of His glorious
resurrection; and as He awoke To a
newness OF physical life by the resur-
rection. so. too. may we come forth
from baptism 10 a newness OF spirit
ual life. We also complete the bap-
tlsm by the application Of the purify
ing element. the BAPTISM Of the Holy
Ghost-likened unto a baptism Of fire.
The Spirit Of God Is thus impaired 10
our spirit which means that our lives
are united with the life OF God: by
which His wisdom may be at our SER
vice. by which His strength may be
our strength: His glory. NAV be our
glory. Thus may men be united to
God by these most beautiful and holy
symbols OF the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Then. to keep the object lesson con-
stantly before us. and 20 be reminded
OF the price that was paid for the
possibility Of our redemption from
sin. we often partake OF the emblems
Of the body and OF the blood OF the
Christ. by which we renew covenant.
by which we renew spiritual life, and
thus keep our fellowship with God,
that the blood Of Christ may cleanse
us from all sin.
This. in part. Is the body Of our
doctrine. This is the grand scheme
of mans salvation. and the philosophy
that underlies it. This Is our doc
trine concerning the universe, concern
ing the existence Of intelligences
within IL. the purpose Of the earth
life Of man. and the means provided
for his redemption from the conse-
quences Of the transFresslon OF law
involved IN that earth-life. Judre
We. this dav. whether such a body Of
doctrine as this is not worthy Of
something more than the cold re-
spect OF a passing glance" Amen