The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-21

their steps. The sentence OF deatb uDon
| .ileM was enforced. They were driven out
| ol Eden-a%ay from the life sustaining
| fruits. The Divine sentence against them
was Dying, thou shalt die" Gradually
sas, the dying process operated against the
PERFECT man until. after nine hundred and
thirty years OF struggling he succumbed-
he was dead. The Divine sentence against
our first parents descended 10 their pos
ter!ty. AS God said 10 Mother Eve, "I
VIII greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy
conception" so has 1t been with all OF
| her daughters
And God said to Adam. I'm the sweat
OF thy face shalt thou eat bread until
.hou return unto the ground from whence
inou vast taken So Adams sons also
| thistles and. in sweat OF face, have
| laoored for sustenance, gradually sue
Sumoins cunt to the cares OF human life
| called after the sinner In Eden. he
| has called after the sinner since but
remarkably few have had the hearing
car.
| Amongst those mentioned in the Bible
who heard the voice OF God and obtained
Mneeoneiiation, MN1T we remember Enoch;
the prophets the apostles. etc. But the
masses OF mankind have not at any time
been been ready to heerlsen to Gods voice,
| rear has driven them further and fur
| ther away from the only name, The
question is proper one hero, How long
VIII God call after the sinner? How long
| will the sinner continue TO be fearful
| OF his Creator, and continue 10 go fur
ther from him. And is God calling as
loudly as divine Justice, wisdom, love
and power can call' II not. why not?
Why Not Call More Loudly?
Gods call was. greatly Increased in
the days OF our Savior and since. Men
| have heard of Gods love and mercy and
! his invitation 10 become rcconoiled To
him. but many stlll believe in the teach.
| lngs OF the dark ages. regarding eternal
] torment, which tends to drive them to
fear and away from God, The apostle
declares what We as Bible students.
II Is the love OF God that constrains,
that makes us happy that brings the
peace Of God which passeth all under
| standing On the contrary, as st. Paul
declares. the doctrines of devils bring
fear, tormenting dread. and cause men
TO hide from God. Many. unauestion-
ably: In the past have attended church
services. not because OF love for God,
not because Of any truly worshipful
spirit, hut from fear, and In hope that
age TO the name divine they might es-
cane torture in the future,
We are not for a moment to think
voice. They are serving as are the
heather. who have never heard of the
true rue God in any sense of the word.
our Almighty Creator has apparently
pursued the human family with his voice
of love and mercy and invitation 10 recon-
ciliation for so long, In so peculiar a
manner.effecting such a small proper
tion OF tho thousands of millions OF our
race ONCE this greatly perplexed us
all; now. through our study of the scrip
lures. we are learning. dear Bible stu
dents, why things are thus. We are
Learning that God Is nov ceiling merely
love righteousness and hate iniquty-
those who hunger and thirst after right
eousness and fellowship divine. To these
God is now holding out a special Invita-
ton. His message is. Gather together
my saints unto me-those who have made
a covenant with me by sacrifice"
Why Not Greater Work7
Some may inquire. Why does not God
clouds and darkness to obscure his char
acter. and word. and plan? Why does
he allow darkness TO cover, the earth
does he permit sin 10 be so prevalent
that whosoever will live godly shall suf-
fer persecution. shall find the way of
righteousness a narrow one difficult
one2 Why does God not restrain the
powers of Satan. and spread the light OF
the knowledge of his glory throughout the
whole earth? Why does he seem to leave
the entire matter in our poor, bungling,
, imperfect hands?
Why does no seem thus indifferent to
tho heathen thousands of millions and To
, tho masses of Christendom? All, there
is a reason, which sanity ones are grad
ually coming TO see. and which. more and
more. is causing them TO rejoice, through
. faith. We now sec plainly stated IL,
Gods word that the class now being Sc
lcctcd is called for a purpose-a glorious
, , purpose-in which Adam and all OF his
race shall eventually have a blessing,
, We see that divine grace is now select
ing the church. and that while few have
, been called as compared With the masses
, of mankind, many more arc called than
/. will eventually be chosen. The elect
class Is to be made associates with Jesus
, in his Messianic Kingdom, heirs OF God
joint heirs with Jesus Christ" -
So, as the full number OF
, elect" shall have been found and shall
l q Is.
! present method OF Divine operation vii
change completely. No longer will! God
call after the sinner, "Where are thou?'
: No longer will preaching be The Divine
E trary. everything pertaining TO human in
Z terests will, for. thousand years, bt
= turned over to Messiah's kingdom. ''Ht
shall reign from SEQ 10 sea. and from The
, river TO the ends OF the earth" Hi:
y kingdom will exercise force. The Law
i shall go forth from Mount Zion and the
= Word of the Lord" respecting that law
!, iron, Jerusalem;" land II shall come tc
/, pass that the soul who Will not obey tina
!, great Prophet, Priest, King. Instructor
!, viii be destroyed from amongst the peo
. pie" (Acts III, 1920
n All the Blind Eyes Shall Be Opened
To what extent the various beliefs o.
the heathen and the creeds or Christen
, dom are the work or demons. Satan amt
;, his hosts. no human being can tell. W.
may merely surmise. on the strength o
. the apostles words that we wrestle no
- | with flesh and blood merely. but with In
;, visible "principalities and powers. wickeC
- spirits IN high places" We may Judge
= this also from the animation that Satar
- has been deceiying the whole world W.
" spccting the doctrines OF demons.
;, (iCphaslans vi, II, l2, r. ", Timothy iy
q q when the true light shall shine. whcl
- the Prince OF Light the King OF Glory
: shall take TO himself his great power an,
: reign. and the prince OF darkness shall
tho, yhe oh ~ EuH Il
of the glory OF God shall MI the Who'll
earth-then the many Misrepresentation
of the divine character and divine plal
will vanish; the blind eyes shall b.
opcned the deaf ears shall be unstopped
and the knowledge OF Gods will and o
At MS gracious plan Of salvation will b
re fully made known TO every creature
J. AS we have already seen these bless
fngs will begin at the time. when III