Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-24
THE INCARNATION.


The observance Of the annifcr safN "i
the birth Of Jesus Of Nazareth is the
cornmemorntion Of the most stuuendons
miracle in the history Of tho world. II
It Is true tm, tho Iniinit" became
flesh and dwolt among us. it is n mir
nc,e compared to which the Dealing Of
the sick ana the raising Of the dend arc
insignificant 1t is n miracle that ie
pnrallcllcd only by tho creation Of the
world and tho appearance of man
therein II is the great miracle
around which tho entire human
history rcyblyos. Before the com
Ing OF the son OF Man every pro-
phecy, every TYPO rointrd to that CEN
ter After the advent every forward
movement IF civilization has derived
its force from the work He performed,
the truth He revealed. ana throughout
all eternity The songs OF the redeemed
wIll commemorate the atoncmcrt Of
calvary. Great IL the mystery of god
liness. God wastnanifrst In the flesh"
The great purpose Of this manifesto
ton was the salvation of the race from
error, and destruction. And to accom-
plsli this. Jesus revealed the Father.
NO man hath seen God at any time;
the Only Bcgo.tae Son. which Is in the
bosom of tho FATHER. He hath declared
Him. John Il: lS) Again: "Eic TINT
hath seen nc hath seen the Father
(Jorn II: -
Jesus camett1 lcVopl the fa,hnlhood
of God. This was though not an en-
tirely new truth, one very little UNDER.
stood The chosen people know the uod
Of Abraham, iIenac and Jncob as Jcho-
YAH and they had correct IDEAS Of His
power. His love for tho roopip Of His
choice. His Justice, ana His Jealousy,
but Of the Fati".iood OF God they had
but Il dim conception. And in the Cen
Tile world the idea was unknown.
Then came the great day when the
songs of heavenly hosts announced the
great miracleof incarnation Jesus
the Son or Goa. entered into the world
and With Hin came new light upon the
relationship Between God and man So
tremendous Is this truth 50 l,lcompre-
hcnsible to hunan Understanding that
even today, after two thousand Years
Of preaching, the greater pnrt OF man
kind either does not realize what it
means, or rejects i as bInsphcmy Bul
Jesus revealed the f'athrrlooI OF God.
Fatherhood implies; relationship. If
God is our Father, wc are His chill
dren. 1t implies authority. If He is
our Father, our duty IS to obey Him.
IT implies mutual affection. If He Is
our Father our duty Is to love Him.
And it implies. furthermore, our right
10 inheritance as children II God is
our Father, we arc not servants in tho
house but sons and daughters. What
an infinite source Of strength, of con-
ISOLATION, OF inspiration and cncour-
aSement in this truth. II we UNDER
stand il at all. tho wonderful teaching
Of the Prophet Joseph on the possibli-
ties of human development will appear
as natural rs q corolary from prop
"sition already proved The truth re-
Nenied TO him: Then shall they be
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fore shall they be from everlasting tn
everlasting because they continue;
then shall they be above M. because
all things arc subject unto them. Then
shall they be GODS, brcausc they have
al power, and the angels are subject
unto them Is M longer inromprchen-
siblc
1t Is wen wortr rcmcmb,ring the
day Tho nativity of to.us, although the
exact date is, ~ course. lost To human
alnals, Eut that docsnot matter. This
time or the year, Whcn tho darkness
has begun to Weld to light, ana tho
days AZ" sraduaily growing longer, il
MS good as Any on which " celebrate
that day Y Is worthy Of romom.
lrancc. and VIC should make It u day,
not of fcpatius and rcv"iiug but Of
contemplation OF what the coming Of
Jesus means to the world, ana Ia us.
All we have of civilization Is due to
His teachings Jic set manitiud free.
lhy the truth, aud to this freedom is
due every advancement in science in
morality in democracy, III pnilan-
thropy, IN religion. Even the pasan
world Today is being enlightened by
5the revelations OF Jesus