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words: " Inasmuch as thou hast always observed equity 

 as a judge, it is fitting that thou shouldst enjoy a right- 

 eous verdict on every count." He will then bejiaked 

 further on what some ^.of^hi^actions^j^ere ^ based; and 

 .-it'ter th:;t h- will have to -how how <ii>creeUy and care- 

 fully he has kept all those things which God. in the be- 

 ginning committed to this judgment seat. But if he has 

 not kept all those things which God in the beginning 

 assigned to the holy seat of judgment, he will be brought 

 face to face with those who have done their duty well, 

 such as Melchisedek or Moses or David or others who 

 have observed these things as faithfully as those named. 

 Then he will hear these words spoken : " If thou hadst 

 been as thoughtful and solicitous as these were in main- 

 taining the honors which I joined in the beginning to 

 My holy judgment seat, thou wouldst have received 

 the same rewards as these enjoy. But now thou shalt 

 be deprived of an honor here as great as the honor which 

 thou didst take without right from My judgment seat; 

 and to that degree shalt thou be regarded less in worth 

 and merit than those who have kept these honors un- 

 impaired which I entrusted to them. When thou wert 

 given charge of My judgment seat, fit was not intended 

 that thou shouldst have power to dispose of services, 

 honors, and holy dignities in a manner different from 

 the one that I established in the beginning.Jj?or this 

 office was not given thee as an everlasting inheritance, 

 but it was committed to thee for a time only, that thou 

 mightest obtain an eternal reward, if thou didst guard it 

 faithfully, jfhou wert given power to distribute worldly 



