The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-20
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pie instructed you that "the temple o
God is holy. which temple ye are''-''llv
Ing stones" being shaped and polished
for the habitarion of God through the
coInplished in this way. SHOW me Il
what extent you have rightly divided my
| Word. and properly instructed mankino
respecting my glorious character and my
great Divine Plan OF the Ages! Show m,
| lfuitage OF the glorious message.
How many In all the millions that yol
report are New Creatures In Christ Je.
sus" who walk not after the flosb, hui
after the spirit?v Let me hear the mes.
| sage OF my love and grace in Christ as
you are procaiming It. What near
shese sectarlnn divisions amongst you,
Why are there so many church ediflces
and so few sanity worshipers? Who au-
| thoriZed you to put those creedal fences
| between my people TO divide the flock
| Know He not That j said, there is ono
! flock and one Shepherd WHY have YOU
| so neglected the spiritual interests OF my
| tiock and their instruction In righteous
ness Why are you so unable 10 rightly
divide my Word?
instead OF coming together as ono
church of the Living God whose names
are written I'm heaven you have divided
| into hundreds of sects and parties, In
sieaa or taLins my Word as whole and
| rightly dividing its teachings as between
the ulIferent ages and diSpensatIons OF
my work. you have divided my Word in
sectarlan manner. One sect has made
sect has made another selection. Thus
ye array one part OF my Word against
another part OF II. and hence get into
confusion and conflict What have you
10 answer for these things?
With shame of face we must all ac-
knowledge that we have done those
things which we ought not 10 have done
and have left undonc those things With
we ought 10 have dOnn l.
nelp in us. The proper thing for us 10
40, dear CHRISTIAN friends. is 10 get down
upoh our Knees before the Lord and in
contrltion OF heart 10 acknowledge that
we nave wrought no delverance In the
carth usaiah XVI, 1S); that our sec
;nn ;ar,an dlferences are our shame; that the
aEnoIiance thal we have all been In re-
spectlnS the Word Of Cod is humiliating.
NOW that our eyes are open so that we
can comprehend as never before the har-
iaony OF Gods message from Genesis TO
teVelatlon. 1t means rich feast and
blessing TO our souls. The Word of God
becomes more precious 10 us daily as we
become able 10 comprehend 1t. Our duty
is TO fly 10 the assistance OF our dear
brethren and sisters in Christ, OF all de
nominations. and TO call upon them 10
Joln with us in A determined stand for
Tishteousness, for truth, for God and for
We must show them that ignorantly
we and they have dshonored our Cod
by misrepresentation of His character
.sld l'ISi'pIcScUldtiODS OIL inc real teach
mgs OF the Bible. We must point them
TO the fact that the Bible does not teach
that all mankind except the "elect"
salnts Will be consigned 10 an eternity
OF torture at the hands OF fireproof de-
mons, We must show them that the
election OF the church during this age
a sanity, little flock-does not mean in
jury to the non-elect That, on the CON
trary it is the divine. purpose that the
elect saints with their great Redeemer
In In glory. shall constitute Gods Kingdom.
Ihat His kingdom when established Will
bind Satan. put down sin. Danish igno-
rance. error and superstition. and uplift
mankind by restitution" by resurrection
processes; Ins. is, up up; up. TO all that was
secured for Adam and his race through
the great transaction at Calvary (Acts
ill.,. 19-2D.
Rightly Dividing the Word Of Truth
Alas, how many Intelligent people have
turned aside from following Christ and
from hearing the voice OF God through
the Biblei Alas. how many are looking
TO theosophy: to spirltism, TO Christian
science, TO higher criticism, TO evolution
wandering farther and farther daily
from the faith once delivered to the
saints" dude iiD. We fault them no
more than we fault ourselves AS a
whole. we have been workmen who need
TO be ashamed. We have dishonored God
through misunderstanding and misrepre-
sentlng His Word and His character. We
have driven away from God and the
Bible some of the most intelligent of
our fellows. by reason of the contraGic-
tory nonsense OF cur creeds.
ihyself approved unto Cod We are not
To suppose. therefore, that the highest
of all science. that which pertains to
the Divine purpose and the Divine plan.
can be acquired without study. We are
not in this claiming that study alone
would bring the desired results Of proper
knowledge, We heartily agree in the
scriDtural proposition that 1.-The world by
wisdom knows net God" We are not
therefore 10 study along the lines OF
worldly wisdom. but along the lines OF
that wisdom that cometh from above
along the lines of the inspired scriptures.
We must study, Whoever VIII not study
will not know. The secret OF the Lord
is with them that reverence Him" And
revereucing him means the giving of our
best thoughts and talents 10 the study
Of His word. that we may know the
things freely given 10 US OF Cod q.
Corinthians ii. l2)
We should note further as Bible stu
dents that we must not study to be ap-
proved Of men. but TO have the Divine
approval. This win bring TO us. as II
did TO the Master and HIS apostles, tho
disapprobaton OF the worldly-wise and
priests and scrines and Pharisees. and
not the common people of the Jews. nor
the Roman soldiers. who were guilty OF
the cruciGXion of Our Lord And we
must expect similar conditions. be-
cause as the apostle says. LAS he was
called the Master Bcelzebub is the same
class which Will oppose his footstep fol-
lowers.
God permits all this with wise and low
ing foreintention. Nothing connected