The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-16

T1Mes' through faith in the precious blood
o,r ne doors thus thrown open are not We
ent. Dur as we sometimes sing, 'Tlla
sue was left ajar for me-
1 rejoice with you today. fellow st,,
@um.s @ Oh the Word OF God, that this
81 s@t siit OF God is sun obtainable. tlrat
Sne. dre .iiIse has NOT yet fully come when the
@ @aoor OF opportunity to this high calling
must mus close. Close IL will. so soon as the
IdIi numoer OF the elect shall be com
pieted, iet Thank God that another door
MI, %u, .nen open: the door of restitution tc
human human perfection and 10 earthly life
grand beyond the power of description.
Du. the blessed opportunity OF this
Pe,er Pfen.ec9stnl 9 iavor is stu granted. AS ST
are gwen unto us exceeding great and
precious promises, that by these ye
tnlsnt be partakcrs of the Divine nature
~ Peter l. ID. The door to this Divine
nature Us the one that will soon shut. as
our Redeemer illustrated In the para =
I PIE OF The Wise and Foolish Virgins. "
Nhen a sufficient number of wise vir-
GINS shall have entered to complete the
bride class. forthwith the door OF oppor-
tuhlty TO that station, to that class 10
that honor, to the divine nature, will be
Closed and the elect OF God Will be
neither one more nor one less than the
number originally foreordained.
My Spirit Upon All Flesh
St Paul speaks OF this gospel age,
saying. Now is the acceptable time; to-
Your hearts" Not all hear His voice in
these days. The great mass OF mankind
have not even heard the name OF Jesus,
and consequently could not harden their
hearts against Him, nor against the
terms now offered Tor return to fellow
snip with God, This is the acceptable
time or period of salvation, In the sense
that God Is now willing TO accept the
offerings of believers II they present their
bodies living sacrifices. St Paul de-
cihres that this is reasonable service,
holy and acceptable to God (Rom XII, ID.
The testimony 10 the church and the
high calling have been open during this
gospel age The testimony TO the world
and the blessings under that testimony
Will be during the mellcnnial age. The
death of Jesus ~ "thc propiIiaJion (sat-
isfaction) for our sins (the churchs). and
not for ours only. but also for the sins
ing the Millennial age Il John H. ~. For
as the Apostle Paul declares there shall
be resurrection, both of the Just and
the unjust" (Acts xiv. l5), That Will be
the time Tor The precious merit of Jesus
sacrifice 10 bc made known. To be un-
derstood. TO DC appreciated and to bring
its blessed results OF restitution TO who
soever will receive the same.
will, through Christ, be outpoured upon
all flesh-upon all mankind Messiah will
lnaugurate the new dispensation by seal
ing with Israel the New Covenant in his
Apostle Paul. This Is my covenant with
them when l shall take away their sins
AS concerning tho gospel they are enemies
for your salIes. but touching the election,
they are beloved for tho fathers sakes'
(Romans Ni. - 2S).
This outpouring of The holy Spirit is
not merely for Israel. nor Gods blessing
merely upon Abraham's natural seed out
Side the church class. II viii include all
OF every nation desirous OF coming into
accord with God, after they shall have
come 10 n clear knowledge OF the truth.
All nations shall be privileged 10 enter
into and enjoy Tsraels great covenant,
by becoming children OF Abraham through
faith. And all rejectors OF Gods grace
having been destroyed in the second
death. the world Of mankind will consti
tutc the promised seed OF Abraham.
whose number shall be the sands of
the seashore. even as the spirit -beeotten
ones OF this gospel age are likened 10 the
stars OF heaven.
The ancients. the prophets. st. Peter
declares, have all spoken OF these glorious
times of restitution" and il will be dur
ing these times when the Lord shall pour
out his spirit upon all flesh. that the
people may realize what the anclents had
seen In vision and IN dreams-"the
blosorplng as rose "thc
place being glad, fountains In
the desert" 'the knowledge of the Lord
filling the whole earth as the waters COW
ct the great deep. and none needing Ia
say to his neiehbor, know thou the
l. ord for all shall know him from The
least TO the greatest ~