The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-18
Special TO The Tribune

Special TO The Tribune
MINNEAPOLIS, July 17-Pastor Rus
sell OF the Brooklyn Tabernacle today de-
nXered two addresses TO the International
SIbie Students association, in the Audi
toriuin. He had fine audiences and eX-
cellent attention. We report one of his
dIscourses from the text foregoing. He
said in part:
Although the words of our text were
not addressed by ST. Paul TO the worldly,
they would, nevertheless. be excellent
ADVICE and very profitable to all. In a
general way all civilized people recog-
hiZe that cleanliness is next TO godi-
ness In general way the pure, the
clean: are recognized as the beautiful
And inpurity and filthiness arc detested
even by the impure and the filthy. Out
Warcly at least we are in time when
and when filthlness of the flesh is almost
inexcusable as respects the outward man
sut filthlness OF the spirit cannot be
nary soap and water and this is un-
doubtedy the reason why the Lord and
the apostles have not addressed these
words 10 the world.
Having These Promises
Our text tells the difference between
the well intcntioned worldly person and
the thoroughly consecrated Christian
The latter has heard through the Word
of God certain exceeding great and
ing worldly class have not yet heard
heard Ill the true sense Of hearing. in the
sense sens of. OF appreeiating, understanding.
has the same Bible. the same Word OF
God, the same precious promises, but it
has not appreciated these. II has not un-
and made them its own by surrender
10 the Lord The church. on the con-
trary; is composed of those individuals
who have heard OF the Lords promises
those promises upon Gods conditions.
Those promises of God constitute the pow
er OF God, which works in the heart of
each of the church, first TO will Alright.
and. secondly, to do to the extent of
ability, the Lords good pleasure philip
plans il, 13)
teSt-the followers of Jesus. These have
heard OF the grace OF God-that it is the
Divine intention TO bless Adam and his
race through the great Madiator-the
Messiah. the Christ, They have heard
that Jesus left the glory with the Father
and humbled himself to human nature,
race They have heard that the applica- !
tlon Of the merit OF his sacrifice, when
applied in due time, will be sufficient
for the sins of the whole world, and that !
then the heavenly Father will turn over
tho world TO the Redeemer. They have |
learned that the Redecmer, backed by |
subsection under his feet. will institute a |
heavenly kingdom or rule in the earth |
and for thousand years reign as king |
OF kings and Lord OF lords. They have
rs
kingdom. shall he under the whole
heavens although the king himself Will |
be the king Of glory on the spirit plane.
FAR above angels, principalities and pow
crs and every name that is named" |
tEDhesians |. ID.
They have heard that his kingdom
will prevail from TO sea and unto
the ends OF tine earth and that eventu-
ally unto him every knee shall bow and
every tongue confess allegiance and
obedience. and that all refusing thus to
submit to that reign OF righteousness
will be destroyed from amongst the peo-
pie In the second death (Acts iii. %, 23).
They hsvo heard that this great kingdom
will not only lift up, raise up resurrecr
humanity from its fallen condition, from
sin and death. but that II will also bring
the whole earth to the condition fore
shown in the garden of Eden, making
Gods footstool glorious and every way
81 10 be the eternal habitation OF such of
The human race as will he saved by that
glorious kingdom for which we pray.
"Thv kingdom come; thy will be done on
earth as II is done in heaven"
But these have heard something more
something that belongs TO the present
I me They have heard that IL is the
divine purpose 10 select from amongst
mankind Hroyal priesthood" 10 he as
sociated with the great Redecmer in his
mediatorsl kingdom. They lave heard
that call went forth to this effect