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

eighteen centuries ago. inviting, first o
all. the Jews who were ready and wilini
10 accept this very highest favor OF Coo
m}ont sn}oiia heTTshP with h, his Son n, in thu
kind In general by and by. They have
heard that to attain membership In this
royal priesthood means the attainment o.
the character-likeness of Jesus. to be-
come copies OF Gods dear Son (Romans
viii, 29), This implies, as its cost, tho
| sacrifice OF earthly interests. They have
| Inviting to the glories of the Kingdom
but also informing them that the way
to that crown OF glory Is a narrow and
difficult one. They have heard the
first and count the cost" before you UNI
dertake such conservation OF your life
such sacrifice OF your earthly inter
ests "No man having put his hand to
III for the Kingdom for a place on
the throne as q joint-heir with Christ
Luke TX. 62). They heard the further
expression of ST. Paul to all who would
kingdom assuring them that II they suffer
with Christ they shall reign with him.
Beloved, Let Us Cleanse Ourselves -
We doubt not that as the Heavenly
Father and our Lord Jesus so loved the
world as to provide the great sacrifice
and all others of Gods people must have
sympatheri love for the world. But
when we think OF those who are dearly
beloved by the Father and by the Son
and by the apostles and by each other.
we think OF the special class of consc-
Grated saints who Scrpturaly are
described as OF no earthly sect or party
but as the church of the firstborns
whose names are written in heaven"
These are dearly beloved" because
they have the mind of Christ, which is
q 01,o ti,0 ,s,,.l ~E
beautiful. st. Paul elsewhere admonishcs
us that amongst these dearly beloved"
are not many great. not many wise. not
the ignobe and the poor OF this world.
Their riches and their nobility are not
of 6es the flesh. but OF 3 the spirit OF the
have been begotten of God by the Holy
Spirit This is surely the Apostles
thought, for, in the preceding verse, he
sons aud daughters" of the Lord, chill
dren OF the Almighty-hence. begotten
again it In, Of the Holy SpiTitI"new creatures
Ah, how wonderful 1t seems that there
should be such class as this in the
world: yet not separated from the world,
In the world, but not OF the, world. as the
Master declared. These have died TO
worldly aims and objects and have be-
come alivo toward God through the Holy
Spirit and through the ouickening infiu-
ences OF Gods exceeding great and pre-
clous promises given unto them. Gods
purpose respecting them is that they may
be transferred. from human nature to
spirit nature-from participation with the
world in the blessings coming to ii TO
receive Instead the Divine nature. with
Ing thereto new creatures" sons of
the Highest GI Peter /. a.
Christian "Filthiness of the Flesh"
Having located definitely the class ad
dressed by the. Apostle, the saints" QI
Corinthians 1, -, let US note how and
receive such an eXhortation. Why should |
the Apostle write 10 saints respecting
the cleansing OF their flesh from filthi-
fithiness OF the flesh?
We reply that these saints, begotten |
Of the Holy Spirit, will not be perfected |
The change" of the First Resurrec- |
lion" Meantime they have the treasure |
u INC Divine nature, the Holy Spirit, the |
lrst fruits of their inheritance in i'm
mat Is begotten again by the Holy Spirit,
'ut new mind, new will. The Will |
of the flesh they sacrifice. They give up |
;ept instead the will of God. the will of |
Snrist: the Holy Spirit, that they may |
wa'k in newness Of life. However. from
oerience all Of these members OF the |
Koyal Priesthood. In the present life, pass
through difficulties which arise from
three different sources:
% The adversary is in opposition 10 |
Them and will do them all the harm the |
Lord will permit. Their protection is the
Divine promise that they will not be per-
mitted 10 be tempted above that they |
VIII be able TO bear-that the Lord will |
supervise their interests so that with |
very temptation there will be provided |
.t9 They are in a world that is dark
With sin and selfIshness. superstition and |
ignorance OF God and out of harmony
With his righteousness. The world and |
rom morning until night. Its tides and |
;urrent seek to sweep them away from
& neir resolutions OF self f-sacrifIce and
'arIous ways Il holds out to them en-
hantins prospects. pleasures and riches
.ase and affluence. These have their
weight even though il he known thai
few who follow the worlds
oeckoning and a!lurements ever receive
he fulfillment of the promises held out
o them,
G) The great fight Of the New Crea-
ure. his closest and most persistent ad-
'ersary, is his own flesh. The longngs
# his. depraved nature cry out against
'estraints and insist that he is taking an
unreasonable course in that he under
axes 10 follow the Lord Jesus, and thus
o. go in an opposite direction from the
he cruciflxlon; the modification. of his
wn flesh and his natural preferences
Thus viewed every spirit -begotten
is an object of sympathy from
he Divine standpoint, and this should
e their standpoint toward each other.
But the world has no sympathy The
world sees not. neither docs II understand
or appreciate the exceeding great and
precious promises which lie behind the
onsccration Of the Saints ''the church
+ the firstborns," SO much the more.
acn or these brethren. dearly beloved .
hould have sympathy for each other and
hould encourage one another strength
n ono another. build one another up in
he most holy faith and, by all means,
% nothing TO stumble each other In the {
arrow way
The Saints cannot fight Satan. They
an merely by their Wills resist him and
ely upon the promises OF grace to help
nd 10 protect. The saints cannot con-
uer The world and convert 1t To Cod
hat is TOO herculean Task Cod. as
ie have seen, has provided the thousand
ears of Mcssiahs reign for that pur-
ose-to conquer the world. 10 overthrow I
in and 10 u2lift the willing and obedlcpt
f humanity. But the saints" must all 5
vercomc the world in the sense OF re- {
tsting its spirit and keeping their hearts ,
oyal 10 God, loyal 10 their covenant OF
onsecraton which they have made to
'im. The heavenly promises with the {