The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-20

with the opposing forces is in any sense
OF the word interfering with His great
program. He set apart with divine "ls-
dom this gospel age OF nearly nineteeh
centuries for the sole purpose OF select
ing from the world the church or the
firstborns"-the anttypical priests and
Leyites. The restriction Of Ills message:
the darkening OF counsel, the Ciashlng OF
creeds, the opposition or the world. the
flesh and the devil, are all wisely per
mitted With the foreintention on 600
part that thus all through the age the
way OF the cross-in the Footsteps OF
Jesus-should be marrow way, so
that comparatively few Binding it would
care to walk in it.
Jealous for God. for His word, Tor
righteousness, that He is now marking out
as the prospective join!-heirs with Jesus
in His glorious kingdom, which Is TO
for earthly salvation" restitution. The
Trials OF the faith, the patience, the love
the devotion OF this little mock are
all designed and not accidental Satan
and his hosts may think TO thwart the
divine plan and may mlslead ana use
humanity as their tools, but 1t shall yet
be seen that ell OF tho divine purposes
shall be accomplished, The word that
has ponc forth out OF JehoVahs mouth
shall prosper in the thing whereto He
sent il.
St. Paul declared OF earthly Israel, that
they enjoyed much advantage cEerS
way. because to them were committed
the oraclcs Of God" So now dear friends
IL seems to me that you ana ana All
sincere Christians the world around en-
ioy much advantage every way. Looking
10 the past we find great excuse Ter our
dear forefathcrs who, with smcefiiy OF
heart 50 misunderstood the olylpe WORD
and so rnisinterpreLed the spirit ~ the
Master that they burned one another at
the stake We should not think so harsh
" Of them for thjs-as though they llEed
today under the greater advantages whlch
we possess We should synpathize with
them We should consider them as Dllnd-
cd by the great adversary as was Saul ol
Tarsiis when he. as a member OF the
Sanhcdrn authorized the stonlnS OF ST.
Stephen We should think OF them sym
Jews who cr-ucifed the Lord. lie said,
II wot brethren. that in ignorance ye
did IT, as did also your rulers, SO also
we should kindly. lovingly cast mantle
OF benevolence over similar conduct on
the part OF John Calvin and others ol
our forefa,hars But as we would not so
TO the Jewish rulers nef TO @ Sau' o, ,i,ha- H.
should we go 10 Brother Calvin or others
of our foretathers who were blinded. as
ne was snirf ihf m ,fI his Word VI
Only within The past century have the
masses of Gods people been aple even TO
read the Bible, II they had possessed IL,
And only within the same time have they
had the Bible To read. our great nnd-
rance has been that with Bibles In our
hands and with ability to use them. we
looked for Instruction TO our well-mean-
ing fathers instead OF going to Gods
Word itself. Now by Gods grace the
eyes of our understanding are opened.
The wonderful Bibles OF our day with
their marginal references, their concord
ances, etc. and other aSslstances In Bible
study are bringing us In touch with the
whole message of Gods Word. Now one
passage OF Scripture throws light upon
another and thus with increasing bright
ness the word OF The Lord as "A lamp
gives light upon Tho pathway of Hls
church.