The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-07

reign of the great mediator between Go,
and mon * in the past. We must agro,
WITH our text that il is in the futur,
sHd that. when established. It's cffoc
upon the institutions OF the present
political, social financial. relieious-wil
be such that they will lce away; no plsc,
from this standpoint there is hope: buI
from no other standpoint. We are living
] today al the very climax OF civilization
Yet today NC behold moro clearly tb,,
ever before that the lv-blcraimo,
selishness Of humanity is a blight uppI
, all the blessings and ConNenicnccs ana
advantages Of our day.
Curse Of Solfshncss.
need not do more than remind YOU
Inat selnshness Is TO be found in every
one OF US. and that Scmblancc OF right
e9psness is insisted upon by us all and
adhered TO, and riolators of II are STYLED
criminals. Nevertheless H. seems impot
siole to lcEislate euuty, Justice. The
keen iuteliects of men find Opportunities
Tor circumVentinS the laws and for com
inlttlns theft and murder and sin in
tAe lace OF laws and without danger Of
being punished.
Let us illustrate this: We have heard
OF the famncS OF India and how the
BRUSH government has spent millions
?l pounds sterling for irrigation purposes
10 compensate for Irregularities in ibc
rainfall. Undoubtedly the ramInes arc To
some extent due TO water scarcity. New
ertheless. one Of the ablest of our en-
sineers informs the world that there has
not been in tifty years such q scarcity
as should have created the famines The
famines OF India, which have cost TN.
ives oil millions, arc to be accredited 10
--sclfishness which has hourished
under the shadow Of the law. Wealthy
mining concerns purchase tho rice from
the natives and grind IL into flour Ey
agreement between themselves they do
npt compete. bni press the market price
oil rico lower and lower until the poor
natEe, unable 10 make d profit declines
70 plant, care for and harvest the crop
AS result there is famine. The poor
natives suffer; but the mana ScrF of tho
milling properties pay large dividends of
from 30 10 $50 per cent on Invested capt
tai to The wealthy owning them.
AS an illustrat tlon of the cNorbliauI
rrotitS j will relate n case Two Young
mon whose accumulated savings amount
ed 10 thirty thousand rupees (about two
tnonsand pounds, or ten thousand dol
larsl invested II in rice milling Their
ProhtS Tor tho first year were eighty thou
sand rupces-about five thousand pounds
or twenty-five thousand dollars They
"crc noi In the combine TO dcprcSs tho
price oi rice but they Protited by what
thc combine accomplished. These inuutI-
ties OF our present social order arc be
Sond the reach and correction of the
comparatively few mcn OF ability not
or Indirectly interested In them.
WmIe IHrOnc judgment,
Neither Jehovah nor his great repro
sentative Messiah, can in any sense or
degree be a party TO injustice or incouitv,
The TACT that injustice has been per-
United, and that ncquty has been tho
rule FOR centuries. is To be accounted for
by INC other fact that during all this
period the world has been Under the
reign OF sin and death. and not under
the reign Of righteousness and life: il
has been under the reign of Satan, "thc
,.sr, L..
ness of selishness and evii-all OF which
his name rcprcscnts--nnd not under the
of Messiah the representative
OF Jehovah. and his righteousness. not
David and Solomon. the anti-typical
Aaron and Melchisedec The new dis
pensation which Mcssiah's kingdom VIII
usher in is pictured in our text IT viii
be the dominion that will bc world wide
pure, holy, righteous. just, truthful
Cod -like-a great white throne. No Won
der we read that The symbolcal heavens
and earth representing The old order OF
.ninss-Socidl, ccclesiasttcal--will all van
But Let no one think for a moment that
ecclesiastical princes. financial princes
and political princes viii voluntarily ac-
knowledge that the hour has come for
a full surrender 10 Messiah and TO ALL
the principles OF his absolute righteous
ness. on the contrary. these privileged
members OF our race Will more and more
be drawn together for mutnal protection
for the preservation OF the special priv
legcs which have come into their pos
session. Even now we see the prophecy
Of the Second Psalm fuihlling. We are
n the very time when the Lord through
the Prophet David calls The great ones
of the earth TO recognize the true situa.
ton of our wonderful day-that il means
nat the day OF Messiah has arrived and
That be should be recognized and his
principles OF righteousness obeyed.
The call Is recognized. salute the son.
, ye kings OF tho earth while yc arc In
IN the way with him. before his anger
DC kindlcd and yc perish by the way