The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-08-10
trust in God and have faith in him in

trust In God and have faith In him in
spite OF these things. II 1t we're all ar.
ranged to suit our own desires where
v ould be our experience; where would
be our development IL there were no
trials in this life? II everything went
on like summer dream, II our lives
had nothing but sunshine and appar-
ent earthly successes, where would be
the experience for which we came to
this school. I for one am content TO
leave these things in the hands OF
God who doeth all things well. My
sister here is content to leave them
SO. This family is content to leave
them so. Their belief in God is so
strong their faith is so well grounded
that they are content to leave these
mysteries in the hands of the grea,
teacher. the kind, merciful father WHO
doeth all things well, he who notes
even the sparrows fall. am not
believer in a world of chance, that
there are such things as accidents
doubt not, but do not believe 1t pos
sible for us to discriminate between
the accident and the designed. THE
dropping OF an acorn may seem an
accident but when we look at the
great oak we do not think of an &C.
cident, but rather do we think the de-
signer has some great purpose behind
1t. We must leave these things in the
hands of God. We do not believe that
this world is run by chance Nothing
happens by chance, or accidently, but
it is by grace and permission of Him
who knows every hair of our heads
No, my brothers and sisters we do
not believe in God of chance, but
cur God Is our kind, wise. merciful
heavenly father who doeth all things
we'll, and he is such a master of the
situation that nothing can happen by
the hand OF man unless God permits
it. et
/, The speaker then recited the great
lesson on faith from the life of Job
and said I'm this day our father has
not left us without knowledge for,
since that day he has revealed why
men and women suffer. II was to the
Prophet Joseph Smith that he made
this great reason plain. Joseph was
lying chained on the floor of dun
geon, his people had been scattered,
and snlitten and afflicted. He himself
sentenced to death, lying there in
chains, calls in agony to God and God
make plain to him the reason why. He
portrays all the imaginary trials they
may be called upon to pass through
and then says, Though the very
mouth Of hell should cape open wide
after theee. kuowest thou. my son.
that all these things shall give thee
experience, and shall be for thy
good"
Lowell says; "Tis sorrow builds the
shining ladder up, who's golden
rounds are our infirmities."
Thus we are not left ignorant re.
garding some things. while some
things remain mystery for a wise
purpose; other things have been made
perfectly plain. These have been beau.
tifully written in poem by Nor.
mon poet:
oh. My Father, thou that dwellest,
In that high and glorious place,
When shall lregain thy presence,
And again behold thy face.
In thy holdy habitation,
Did my spirit once reside,
In my first primeval childhood,
Was nurtured near thy side?
For wise and glorious purpose.
Thou hast placed me here on earth,
And withheld the recollection
OF my former friends and birth.
Yet ofttimes secret something,
Whispers you're IA stranger here,
And felt that had wandered,