The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-03

denoIninations of Christendom arc
worldly people who have no conception
Whatever OF the true church and hei
cause Their ambition is TO approx
mate righteousness and n form OF eodli-
| ness, but no more than this seems tC
| lnein necessary: more would be irration-
been begotten OF the Holy Spirit and
therefore cannot appreciate things from
the divine standpoint.
l. 10 them the fall of Babylon at first
~ astounding, perplexity. but viii
work no real injury, because the reign
OF Babylon over the earth will be super
seded by the reign of the New Jerusalem
the kingdom OF Gods dear SON The
most sanity Of Gods people will hear tho
voice OF divine command. Come out OF
ner. my people. and will obey 1t before
OF the Lords people. lacking courage
VII share with Babylon the troubles OF
that hour.
Subsequently, however. they will re.
1olce and be glad when they realize the
lustice OF the divine execution against
bapyion. and TO them VIII come. as Ar
INFERIOR company, an invitation to attend
the marriage supper OF the Lamb" Their
honorable position Will be that OF brides
maids to the still more faithful and
courageous little flock who viii be
and to sit with the Redeemer in his
throne. Then speedily will follow the
long promised times of restitution to the
,,1nr, word or mankind. for, which, we pray
on earth as II is done in heaven
"Thy Kingdom Come
As God and his glory and honor are 10
pe flrst in The minds of his children. so
their next thought should he for the
s,oTious Kingdom which he has promised
our personal interests and affairs may
be pressing upon us, and however much
we may desire Ia have the Lords bless
ing and guidance in them. they are not
inf lon >f l,i H<p
i,cent arrangements which he has so
clearly promised In his word We are
TO remember that the Kingdom. when
II shall come. will be a panacea for every
Ill and every trouble. not only for us.
but for the whole world OF mankind. We
are not, therefore. to permit our own
are 10 remember that the whole creation
Is grooming and Travelling in pain to-
gether. waiting for this glorious king
dom dom and the blessing upon all the fam
Father has promised shall yet come
through the seed OF Abraham.
This thought respecting the kingdom.
its necessity. and the blessings that it
Will bring win keep prominently before
our minds our own high calling 10 Joint
heirship with our Lord In this Kingdom,
And In proportion as that hope is clearly
before our minds II will be. as the apostle
explains. as "an anchor TO our souls.
sure and steadfast entering into that
which is within tho vail This anchor
dCt Ol nope III Tire 1OlurP. III lne klllS
dom will enable us 10 pass safely and
with comparative quiet through the trials
and storms and difficulties of this present
evil world More than this. our thoughts
respecting the Kingdom will remind us
that If we arc to be heirs OF the king
dom II VIII be necessary that VIC have
the appropriate discipline and training.
Thy Will Be Done on Earth, as 1t Is
Done in Heaven
This petition offered from the heart i'm
plies that the one offering II has made Il
full conservation of his Will. his chart,
To tho Lord. and that as he hopes for
tho kingdom by and by to come and sub
due all ightcousness and 10 establish
the divine will from sea 10 sea. and from
pole TO pole. so now, the petitioner. be
ing thus in accord with the Lords Will.
and thus wishing tha; IL might be univer-
sally In control. Will sec 10 IL thai this
viii is ruling in his own heart-that In
his own affairs Gods will is done to the
best Of his ability in his earthly condi
ton. even as ne hopes To have II per
fcCted in tho kingdom No one can in
telligently and honestly offer this pcti-
tion and not desire and endeavor to have
the Lords will done in himself while on
Garth. Thus a blessing comes 20 the one
who offers this petition before he has
asked any special blessing upon hlmselt
others. The mere thought OF the d.
vine arrangement brings n blessing a
peace. a rest. sanctlficaticn of heart.