The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-02-06
PASTOR RUSSELL'S
SERMON
Name Programme for Sa1uat,oa Just Begun

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You make him twofod moro child n
destruction than yourselves" (Maifhev
Nil, Mi, iol. The conversions achieved b,
m.srepresentations of God instill a poisor
INTO The heart difficult to eradicate Inn.
perNious 10 the truth ''''
~ srieyes me to be obliged conscien
| lousy mus TO chara cteri1e a movement
| Whlch mas, at least. an outward appear.
ancc or godliness. II will attract 10 ms
the venom OF those whose hypocrisies
wiII vinI'eisSi noIo ~ Is not the money that the.
VINO give II honestly. thinking thus "a
serve the Lord, will surely be blessed h>
mn nm. IL is the hypocrisy OF tho thing
inc misrepresentation OF their own balieI
ana unbeliet and The slander against tho
| noiN name OF the Creator and the furthc,
2Ssmooozlins oar oo.ns and throwing OF dus; into
aWakens. and should awaken, rirhteous
Indignation. And the more others do moi
| speak the more I must speak in denun
| ciation and IN warning to the peopje r.
search the scriptures and become IInde.
| ceivcd.
Hearken Now to Our Text.
The teachings of all the creeds of the
dark ages which have come down TO
Us: although they contain many good
Things; are so befogged with misrepre
sentatlons OF God as 10 be a stencil TO
our nostrils and a menace to our spir-
itual health. They picture to us a Cod
either reckless and careless OF the future
interests OF his human creatures or else
as powerless TO aid any but the few They
picture TO us millions going down 10 lor-
ture during the four thousand years be-
tore Jesus came into the world to seek
and TO save that which was lost They
picture TO us that since his coming only
r handful, comparatively of the human n
family have hecome his disciples. foot
step Followers, Meet for the Inherit ance
of the. saints in light All the others,
according 10 our Protestant creeds Cal
whistle and Armenian. have gone down
20 eternal torture. From this standpoint
IT is that DR.. Chapman and MIR. Alex
ander are the heroes Of the hour. saving
few more whom God would otherwise
have neglected or. as some might say.
nation to the contrary.
Reveals Infinite God
But what say the Scriptures? Does
the Bible substantiate such theories?
Nay, nay. In harmony with our text.
the entire Bible reveals to us a God
as infinite in his Wisdom and Power as
In his Justice and Love. Our text tells
us that he is mindful OF his creatures
humanity. He was mindful in the very
knew his fall. Away back there he fore
told that the Seed of the woman should
ultimately brufse the Serpent.s head"
vine purpose. in due time. to redeem
man from destruction mot from eternal
torment, for none We're sentenced to tor
menD.
The skins which covered the naked
ness OF our first parents cost the lives
Of animals, and thus God typically
prophesied better sacrifices" for the per-
lect covering OF mans sin and shame.
In God $ dealings with the nation OF
Israel, he gave numerous types fore
shadowing the later blessings, following
the better sacrifices" OF the antityplcal
Atonement Day-blessng all the fami-
lies Of the earth.
God was mindful OF mans interests all
even though. during that long period.
nothing was actually accomplished. The
salNation was puiposed.- was planned.
was assured, but must be waited for
until Gods due time.
Reconciliation by BETTER Sacrifices. -
When jesus appeared the world was
still in sin--even the one little nation OF
Israel was still under divine condemna-
ton because OF sin-because their typical
sacrifices were insufficient and merely
foreshadows OF ''the better sacrifices"
which God was mindful later TO bring TO
pass.
Those better sacrifices" are not yet
completed though nearly so, we be-
Jesus who gave himself q ransom for
all,' and also OF the faithful few whom
lie has accepted as his disciples and who
are walking In his steps. presenting
acceptable to God" through their re-
deemer (Rom. xii. u.
God is stlll mindful Of humanity. He
has not forgotten his responsibilities as
his responsibility and allows the ninety
thousand who die daily to drop into etcr-
nal torment because of carelessness or
Indifference on our part is not true-is
not scriptural
God Commands Repentance.
God afflrms his own responsibility for
every feature of his plan He declares,
My Word that is gone forth out OF my
mouth shall not return unto me void; II
shall prosper in the thing whereto 1
should understand that God sent no mes
sage 10 convert the world during the first
forty-one hundred and fifty years after
Adams creation. because he did not will
the world TO be converted then. He had
no message for the world. His time had
not come, ST Paul refers to this say
winl.ed at" (took no notice of. But
now, since the death OF Jesus. the just
for the unjust. and the opening up Of
possibilities for future life through
everywhere TO repent And all who be-
come disciples OF Jesus are privileged
10 be ambassadors for God. to convey 10
all who have the hearing ear a message
of Gods mercy-to bind UP the broken
hearted. TO declare the acceptable year
and The opening OF the prison doors.
But the work in the present time is re-
strictcd. Not all could possibly DO
blessed now-and the elect must have an
ear TO hear and must bc drawn OF the
Father" and must walk in the Masters
footsteps and thus become copies of
Gods dear Son. This is the only work
thus far and il is not 10 the world, but
To the few who have the hearing ear and
who leave the world TO become followers
Of Jesus.
1.-The High Calling in Christi
The Bible declares that now God is
sending forth high calling In Christ"
Those called during this gospel age are
called to walk in Jesus footsteps as
saints, presenting their bodies living
sacrifices" suffering with their Master
and for his cause. The promise TO all
these is that. II faithful, they shall share
with the great redeemer his Mcssianic
throne which Is yet TO bless the world.
TO this bridc-class the rcdcemcr Will be
the bridegroom. Lord and head Shar-
ing his suffernSs they will share his
eXaltation TO the divine nature and It's
glory. honor and immortality. And these
will participate in the glorious Mcssianic
work soon TO begin.
''Let God Be True Others Liars.
II evangclists and others would preach
tbts narrow way" of the Gospel Of
Christ how we would rejoice with them