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Show V ' F.ior (, v ' m lit il' . THE JOVRS L. 1 i G PAGE FIVE OUNTY.'irrMT HE fcg- - ! tflEflEiS IT - TO BE SAVED? Orders Is Orders f I 1 Address Over Radio Station Sundav Evening, Feb. 23, 11)30, by Dr. JAMES E. TALMAGE. of the Council of the Twelve Apostles, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-daSaints, Salt Lake City, Utah, DONV KNOW EOS'S HAv-N- K.-i- LET voOULPNT IE. NV CU.SS Anyway i'iE BEEN TWE. STtCMWj AROUND KOCNV HERS. NATNjr Wect-- No: 8 , CCW. THOSE. L, , WHAT vdu TALKUS&? I AND EnIOY CClF TO PLAY 5AII YOUfcSELF TIU. instructions Shunt OuT OF HERE AND 3E HALF an hour H back with a set or M xtes: understand? T-- ?9 E'Ni y New Series 5 AVl 1 ES.cn PlfwlNG! T by Fred Locber T KIND OF RuBBiCH ASS. Ell (SET J S ' J SU.T2 1 J We believe that through the Atonement of Christ, all mankind may he saved, by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the Gospel." A com foiling assurance,", is it not? The Atonement of Christ received attention In a week ago;"let us turn our thoughts now io the fact attested by scriptures many, thai by means divinely instituted afl mankind may be saved, failing not. however, to distinguish between may be and shall he. . In this connection we may profitably ask ourselves: What does being saved mean? Practically everybody of religious bent, more especially those of honest Christian belief all indeed who believe in the immortality of the soul talk, or at least think, about being saved. The saved condition is a subject of enduring concern, and rightly so. for it is of more than vital importance; its significance has to do with eternity. Preachers preach it, teachers teach it, as an assured reality; while the nurreious churches of the day profess to give their members and prospective converts methods and means wherebv this blessed state mav be attained. THE SAVED AND THE UNSAVED That there is such state or condition is beyond all question to every believing reader of H"ly Writ, for therein we iiiid the testimony of prophets and apostles", and particularly the vvod of the Lord Christ, who made the way of securing salvation the great objective throughout His teachings. His spokesman before Him, Jeremiah, voiced with prophetic fervor the anguish of those who fail to attain, as they wail their lamentation: The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved. Saved from what? Saved .from .he effect of individual sins, unrepented of, unexpiateri, and therefore unforgiven. In theological and scriptural usage being saved signifies -- our-servi.e- " Tm'ddTvrr,Jr-xtrtc;rttHti- ... r emancipat-eib- Ttw--es -- sence of sin, as we have seen, lies in the violation of divine laws and commandments, amt every such violation is naturally followed by penalty upon the transgressor. 15ut the plan of salvation "provides that through compliaifce with laws es-- I tablished for just purpose, the sinner may be given the mar-- , ciful advantages of propitiation' made possible through the Atonement of Christ and, as it is only through Him that the means of rescue become available, He is rightly called the Savior, as well as the Redeemer. In the judgment of souls mercy will be extended to everyone who has made himself eligible to receive it; he must realize the seriousness of his condition and mustrepentantly yearn and plead through prayer and effort to be delivered therefrom. "Justice de; mauds that ail prescribed conditions be complied with. Salvation, or the state of being saved, will be forced upon none. .. In a broad sense, therefore, we may say that in the here- after there exist two classes of disembodied spirits and such general classification may be applied eventually to the two being the saved and the unresurrected hosts--fhesaved, the just and the unjust, the rescued and those who re-- 1 main under the burden of unforgiven sins. , SHALL MAN Y OR. CUT. FEW BE S WED? , Consider the following as related to bur present theme.ttdaeUn iba-lStOf the Christ chapter: of Luke, beginning at the 22nd verse: And be went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem. Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them: Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for inan, I Say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. When once the master of the house is rhen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us ; and he shall answer and sa. unto you, 1 know you not whence ye are Then said one unto him.iLord, are there few that be saved? We observe as a significant fact that while Jesus in no w ise treated the query as improper yet He gave no specific or direct reply. Put into the more expansive form of our current speech the inquiry shapes itself like this: Lord, tell us, will many or only a few of the great family of humankind be saved in the Kingdom of Heaven? The question has lost none of its summoning inteiest with the passage of the centuries. It is just as truly a live question tdday as ever. Many have attempted to explain it aw'ay in a manner most comfortable to themselves, but it will not down! The Master used! he occasion as a text upon which to base a forceful yet brief address of admonition, encouragement and instruction, to demonstrate that neglect or procrastination in obeying the requirements for salvation will result in jopardyv-Moreov- er, the people were warned that their linewould not savg them; for many who were not of the age -VoUiTrant'TaceWOtffrt believe- and gain admittanceJ.o:i the Lords presence, while unworthy Israelites would be thrust out. And so win it eventually be shown that There are last which shall be firsthand there are first which shall be, last. Enlightening and valuable as thbr teaching is, jt has but indirect bearing upon the question: Shall many or but .few be saved?' Why did the Lord not answer that plainly, or, as we woqld say, squarely ? Did He purposely evade it ? JSurely in .theinference that He could not an.'we aie swer the question, so we must look far the reason bTwh'kft That purpose or reason appears to He was constrained. have been based on His profound understanding of the human heart and mind; and, true Teacher as He was, He refrained from-- giving a reply when He knew' that those to '"whdnrTIe'spoYe werenpt irrtpfami 4o - comprehend His meaning. Had he said in response to the inquiry But few shall be saved those people would have construed His answer to mean that only a few, and they,' of course, the- Jews, would find a place in Abrahams bosom. while all th' rest of mankind would be consigned to Sheol. Had He -- nswered them by' saying Many, many .shall be paved they would have taken it to mean that the great majority of mankind - shall attain supreme glory in the Kingdom of Heaven, and " only a few are to find a place tn hell. "Either inference is untrue. ' HEAVEN AND HELL f The Jewish people of that day seemed to have had no clear conception of graded conditions in the hereafter-- , they thought of but two places, states or conditions beyond the grave Heaven and Hell. Wisely the Master avoided answering a good question because His hearers wernot fully pre-- : pared to understand the truth involved. However, He gave, them practical lessons told them to look to themselves, told them that in the future some would come up claiming He would say to them: I acquaintanceship with Him rr.d " - know arc whence not ye you In tfce.sehse in which the expression is used here, God k,nows not them who know not Him. Our knowledge of God k depends upon mutual acquaintance. v (To Be Continued) se . - .... - HOMERHOOPEE r Trade Mark RctnHralimi Applied I'm' I. S. Ilileiif office by Fred Locher More Fuel For The Flames Xi!'. M0 ? ' Vf) WClLbOM. !M TUc MC r k I I They view . .LbC BAI CON -- ifS l.'R? : c- Hfi-- I . :rrr'' N t ' 4 I or,, f( T'E . 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