The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-23

Wiling and disobedient will be counted
as servants Of Satan and will with hirn
pc destroyed in the second deatll-cX-
llhclion-trom which there will be no re-
demption or recovery
Great Missionary Work.
THE missionary work OF blessinr and
uplifting all the families OF the earth
is appointed of God for the Millennlal
hlhsdom-and, thank God, the evidences
are that IL Is very near yea. In a senss
already beginning. Its blessings are in
tiinated by the wonderful progress of our
DAY. Everything waits until the predo-
t,il ttcrmlhed number OF missionaries shall
nave been called and schooled and tested
aud round worthy of the great and hon
orapic work, The qualification is that
each must be copy OF Gods dear Son
so TAR AS heart intention Is concerned
Then these missionaries VIII be glorificd
liKe Jneir Lord on the spirit plane and
With him they will constitute the King
dom OF Gods dear SON. which for a thou
SAND years Will bless tho world and bring
10 pass all that the Lord our God has
spoken. and more than we could have
asked or thought.
Christian people have no need to up
braid themselves OH the score that the
missionary efforts OF eighteen centuries
have accomplished comparatively little
Iney nave no need TO be discouraged
with the fact that the census returns
show that in the past century of the
greatest missionary cndcavor the proper
tionate numbers OF the heather have dou-
bled (slN hundred millions a century
ago-twelvc hundred millions today) This
is all as God foreknew and intended God
did not purpose the conversion OF the
heathen during this age but commits
stoned his people to preach his gospel TO
every nation for q witness. that the
elect missionaries for the future work
might be gathered from every country
people and tongue, Gods will has been
done. The adversary temporarily misled
the church into misunderstanding Of
her mission, He sought to have us lower
our standard OF saintship. in order to
increase the church far and near. IIe
sought 10 oppose the divine will by low
erine the standards of saintship SO as TO
include the masses of mankind lie thus
worked against divine arrangements But
he has not succeeded. God has merely
manifest the saints-the very elect
A Great Time Of Trouble.
THE coming oC the light, the losing
OF the fettcrs of ignorance and supcrsti-
tion from the minds that are not submit
ted TO God, the scriptures show us, will
result in a great time OF trouble in which
the passions OF men but partially en-
lightened will do great violence 10 the
entire social fabric. We see the pre-
hminary steps already being taken, and,
in the light OF the scriptures, we sec the
awful catastrophe which will result. The
world is rapidly resolving itself into two
mishty powers, seltishly and with semi
enlightenment, preparing for a hcadlong
collision which will mean wreck and ruin.
tribuation and anguish. 10 practically
the whole world. The Bible, in calling
attention 10 this great time OF trouble.
warns the people OF God. so far as pos
sible TO avoid both sides of the contro-
Versy, saving. Seek meeEness; seek
righteousness. IL may bc that we shall
II. l.tx Il .xl" n,sl
(Zephaniah IL. 81. With the wreck OF
present institutions comes the end OF
Satan's regime. So terrible Will be the
heat of passion and strife cngendered at
that time that the scriptures declare that
il II were not for The elect there would
be no flesh saved mark xiii, 20). The
interpositlon OF the elect as the kingdom
of God under Jesus. the great king and
that dark cloud. The moment OF mans
extremity will become the moment of
Gods opportunity,
$50 terrible will be that time Of trouble
that the scriptures svmbolcally repre-
sent ii as a whirlwind as food and
as a fire. Some have nisinterpreted ed
these scriptures and are expecting lit
cral burning OF The earth. but the Lord
denominatcs il the fire Of his Jealousy
which will devour society And then lie
tells us that following the fire OF trouble
sage that they may all call upon the
name of the Lord TO serve HIM with one
consent (Zephaniah iii. ~. SATAN has
had much To do with corrupting the mes
sage originally given 10 the church by
Jesus and the apostles The jarrng
creeds have made discordant sounds
| which have driven many noble and logical
hearts away from the Bible. Gods as
| sursnce is that the completion OF The
| church is near: that her change 10 the
| heavenly glory in the first resurrection
| yylIl soon be accomplished and that then
| the reign of sin and death will end under
| tlle kingdom of Jesus. Then the bondage
of the world to ignorance SUPERSTITION
etc, will terminate; then all The blind
ewes will be opened and all the deaf ears
viii nc unstoppcd' and the Lords pure
| message of divine justice. divine love,
divine wisdom and divine power eNerteu
on mans behalf shall be made known 10
! every creature. ,.;.
TO become more and more loNai anG G
! earnest as The servants OF so SredI Shu
era cious a sovereisDtN-that OF our atllei
/ and our Redeemer' And what an lnceh-
! five we have 10 seek first. In preference
| to all earthly interests share with oui
! savior i'm his millcnnial Kingdom ana lts
| pracIous work OF human upltt-irohl tue
| 5eniLs OF Gin and degradation 10 the
heights Of earthly, perfection ano .Ia,
! ifcI Let us as the appstle eAupIts' L. 80
/ aside every weight. and the SIN thor ,.l a9.s
| co e.sHy i,cspt us. and let uS run VIII
| ne erinnce the race set before MS tiepfe"S
Iii ~ This race is for the crown o.
giorv' as members OF tho elect MISSION
! arr church and for the glorious oPPoT
Iunitins then TO be afforded for the rear
;gatinu of the most glorious dreams ol
snr,,ice for the King Of kings and Iord o'
lords ,rat catan.s ON