Show I su Sunday day in n Salt t- t Lake Churches Ill I'll r i DERTON J J I SOi In Bethel Church D EV BERTON F. F BRONSON SON at tho the Bethel Dethel i- i REV Baptist speaking en On the topic of or the Sacrificial Spirit SpiritS and using as a no text a averso averso verso erso from rom tho Gist Psalm Tho The sacrifices of or tho the Lord are arc a broken and a contrite heart and Jesus Jesus' words If It an any man willbo Willbe will willbe be bo my disciple let lel him take up his cross and follow rollow me mc said in part T ho glory of or victory victor Is never without sacrifice er E Every new triumph 1 Is the old fa familiar fa- fa n- n stor story of ot sacrifice over an and over again men inca of ot new Indicating new deeds for fOl new times All development nt tells tho the same story The long hong slow alow emergence from rom barbarism Is stage with anguish and marked in or e every blood Advancement is through the surrender der dor of ot tho the thin things s men value but hul count cheap In comparison with that final CInal wealth which enriches the soul and grows rows not by saving but b by spending From the tho be beginning men mon have felt the necessity of ot sacrifice Even though they did not comprehend and even distorted the tho sL significance sig sig- of ot sacrifice Interpreting It as an arbitrary requirement cf ef God Goc thinking that He lie required moro more of ot Ills His than Ho He was willing to do for tor them However some somo have havo understood it In the fullness of oC time God sent Ills His Son amon among us us not as ns a sovereign soy sov prince or despot but as a man of or sorrows sorrows sorrows sor sor- I rows and aCQ acquainted with grief grier Tho Thu sacrificial spirit ma may be bo expressed by our denial Of cf passions Paul tolls toUs us to put to death therefore your members upon tho the earth It Jt I Is easier casler for tor me ne to cut ot off m my hand or to pluck out my eye eo than to sacrifice my passions and desires Though h my passions passions passions pas pas- be bo of or the tho worst sort they nevertheless ne are arc a part of me My 1 body boLly is the temple cf of f the Spirit but not the Spirit Again it Is expressed b by the sacrificing of or our Forego easo caso as do tho the fireman Ire man tho ph physician tho the life saver As John Bunyan gave it up for suffering as ho was confined in the Brighton jail with his heart torn afresh each day as his little blind girl came to tho the cell to take awn awa away the little work ork ho he was able to 10 do for his family at home Tho The meaning It Is this Let nothing nth noth ing stand between you and your our God Goel Tho The highest service you ou can render a dear one is to love him too much to sin for tor him Whatever Whatever What What- ever over affection would make mako you ou disloyal to the Master nail it to tho crossIn crossIn crossIn cross In the use of ot our possessions whether er or we are nrc willing to sacrifice or no When hen men gave gao as an offering fruits and animals they were sacrificing sacrificing- the tho outer It may bo be that we wo are not giving enough of these to today today today to- to day but bul God wants more more the tho inner God wants the tho heart itself Tho The degree t which we are willing to give shows our Idea of ot God It is first tho the lower then the higher It Is the broken and tho the contrite spirit that u J h I I i u h are arc pleasing to l. l our savior for cor tile tIlo joy that was set before beCore Him endured the shame even the tho death of tho the cross HEV JOSH JOSHUA U. 1 In First Church lIE Hr pulpit of or tho the First Methodist Episcopal Episcopal Episco- Episco T JL pal church was occupied yesterday mornIng mornIng morn- morn Ing lag b by Dr of or Indianapolis Ind md on his way to tho pastorate of the First Methodist Episcopal church Portland Ore Finding a basis for tor his sermon in a statement statement state state- ment meat that the soldiers In the tho war Var trenches of ot Europe face to face raco with stern realities aro are thinking straight Dr linked the tho thought with tho the scriptural expression As As a man In his heart so is ho he and worked out a 0 very thoughtful address In part he said Man Is nt made mado do to think and Is capable of or thinking Gods God's thoughts after aCter Him There Is more of ot God Od in human lifo life than wo we are sometimes wont to think The bad i is in human human human hu hu- hu- hu man life lito and Is ver very painful but the tho good Is there in greater measure When hen man is good goodho ho Is godly But ut wo we must think straight Thinking makes disturbances but straight thinking in its process means development de By right thinking and feeling and personal persona consciousness of relation to God man Is able to reach his highest and best To T think straight about God wo we must no not think about Him so much from rom the standpoint standpoint standpoint stand stand- point of books and theology but hut from the tho standpoint of life lIfo and experience Jesus taught us to call God Our Father We Yo must think straight about men We shall not then misjudge them Our thinking about others must not bo be in class terms bu buin but butIn butin in human terms Here we shall find lies thereal thereal the tho real test of ot Christian character I To Tc think straight in this regard will bring us to a aright aright aright right attitude of or conduct towards others no matter mattor what their color or condition or station sta- sta station station sta sta- tion In life lire Final Finaly we need to think straight as to destiny Life Lire is measured by its Intent its trend Its end We c arc are mado made for the eternities ties and no lifo lito is a success until It is rightly right right- ly 13 related to God to te others to duty and to eternity Our real help In ln this fullness of ot realization Is in Christ having a proportionate proportion proportion- ate place for tor prayer that wo we bo ho clear In our thou thought ht and right in our life lire HEV HE I K B. J. J In M. M I. I I B. B Church IX IN his sermon in Iliff M tr E. E church Rev Rov I E. E J. J Magor said In part s sIf If We wo plan to cure oure somo some malady malad heal a defective bod body or life or r remedy lomed some moral social political or spiritual schism we must seek diligently to g get t a diagnosis correct of the ca ease case eIf e. e If 11 there Is anything vitally wrong with the th great rat and complex life lite of or man there should be evidence e of ot tho same same at the center or heart of said organism Those These varied conditions may mat be bo manifested manifested mani mani- In varied ways wars that ma may frequently bo ho difficult to properly diagnose sometimes sometimes some some- times when hen wo we have hn located the difficulty It ItIs itis Is 18 still sUll hard to determine Just exactly what it Is ls Thus we are ara impressed with the great reat need Heed for a a. close examination and stud study of ot every en act and manifestation Our text suggests to uso use a a. practical hint hintor hintor or or reminder for tor the present day church or Individual Christian professor protessor Israel represents W tu us the kingdom of God the land of or promise or r tho the church and the stand eland out a as representing the members of this commonwealth or church Time fails tails me mc to follow tollo tho the stor story of or Reuben in detail suffice It to say that Reuben promised his support to his brethren In driving out the enemies of ot Israel from tho promised land hand provided pro Moses would sanction his taking possession or of the fertile territory east of or the Jordan nut lInt when tho the time lime had come for tor this sacrifice and service lec Reuben was wonderfully wonderfully wonder wonder- tull fully engrossed with his personal persona affairs among the etc Consequently he overlooked an and l neglected this great grent and Jm- Jm portar t service This might seem a small mall thing tiling to some Home but when you bear In ln mind that this was n a a. part of or tho bargain f for fr r his inheritance It was wis S 'S not so small tor for by br this conduct l h he hind hall virtually nullified the contract contract contract con con- tract tract- and forfeited his inheritance Little wonder then that there were great s of or heart In the thu divisions of at Reu lIeu ben hen God had arranged that Reuben Houben should not live ivo selfishly alone but ho he had become so o up In his hit own affairs that ho he overlooked overlooked over over- looked e 1 the bigger things In Is there a parallel to this in present day church lifo life or Christian experience Reuben was n H hearted good-hearted sort of ot n a follow and meant well This was waft evidenced o In earlier days in his con conduct toward to Joseph but hut his hiso good o d l Intentions didn't save 0 avo Joseph any an- more than them it lid IUd hi his bin brethren n at tills this time Good Intentions lons aro are not nol enough friends and to neglect sacrifice and service loda today Is Isto Isto isto to forfeit all rights to tho the Inheritance j I c. c DAVIES D I In Church dl m r Y y-ESTERDAY y ESTER DAY morning at the First I i JL 1 church the tho Rov Geo George E. E DIes Da Da- vies Ies spoke upon ono of ot thil thi most mon universal ti of ot human Instincts and ono one of or the P most persistent Per Per- of human exercises Ills his SUbject was as prayer He Ic ald said in part I The Thc Th Biblo does docs not create religion ln but l I r rI I religion tho Bible so O Christianity doe does not I I create creato tho the practice of prayer It fl Is ris olf I as humanity All people pray In soui some form I to some supreme being It Is tho scarlet I dye doo of ot the wool You find it Impossible of oC l I eradication Yet Yot there are men who vho question the thc propriety propriety pro pro- and tho the of ot power prayer it must bo be e that its practice in 1 acknowledged tamil family family Wor ship has become less fr frequent As j I visited tho the temple of ot Isis in ancient Pompeii I found I tho the altar fires gone forever Th The dead t hand lof l I of or th the past rested upon th the altar A sad Bad re rc- rc I possessed me that many nany modern modem rC 1 I homos homo have altars as ns dead cad Father and ana moth mch J Jer er cr with the half hale moon of or children no looser loner r gather around the fireside to worship in ln th the ne home homo Why ls s this Somo declare that the modern scientific r spirit makes makos unthinkable a God Goel who answers anS t pra prayer er Laws they toll tell us are immutable J Jand and uniform In their operation But uni of t f action does docs not mean Inability f- f for of or change Iron acting according to the law of gravitation sinks s In water but man may Thay I compel it to float when made the tho stam I ship Ono law ma may supersede another law 11 Others ha have hae e ceased to pray because thc they feel 1 no rio need of or such exercise Yet Christs Christ's example ex- ex ample In this as in all an else else- Is a a- sufficient I I answer Ills his locks worb wet with the dews I I of ot heaven as ho lie prayed I While we may not understand the M- M I AI-I i- i j chemy of or prayer we cannot doubt Its Us effi I cacy in the lives e of or tho great SOUls oui who ho have been the leaders tile or of hum humanity It Oth Others rs pray pra only onh for the things o of oC a a. spiritual char char- acter They The Thedo do not believe that God a answers answers an an- prayer for material fa favor or When He l said Knock seek seck find Ho lie did not mean that we should expect any teal response to 1 i our petitions the they say I God plays no favorites say ay others if It He answers the tIle prayers of or tho English people pee pea I pIe for victory He Ho must deny lefly the prayers o of ot I I 1 equally fervent German sal ts fOr success I Our answer is that all prayer true prayer true prayer prayer- is answered Let us remember that nc no Is ls as II truly an answer as yes es Paul had this an anSWer answer an- an anI I to his petition for the removal of or the r thorn In iii the time flesh My ly graw is sufficient t God knows what Is best for us t t Tho The petition for Cor a lif lic j of or health and enJoyment en- en eni onI n- n i unbroken b by trial ds Is s a a. most sure jure evidence of ot refined selfishness Some of ot tho the best ble blessings to the individual and and tho the antion nation na an- tion come como through trial bur conception of or God will lanel largely determine our confidence in ln I prayer If It Ho lie Is conceived of or as an absentee God who has wound up tho the clock of creation and has no concern with the continuous out- out outI outI I I Worl workings of ot c course urge He Ic will not hear prayer But If lie He I Is a God hero here present sent as evidence e I In tho the multiplied of or life lire of at I course He Ho l is Intensely interested in His own j I and will provo prove his pledged promise of help J I. I In answer to prayer nc JOHN JOH LICK JL I it i in FIrSt Unitarian Chu Church h. h t REV p EV JOHN MALICK In his First Unitarian j t IJ church sermon said In part Tho The time time- came when hen God was thought ht of ot ofas ofas I I as good or bad by our standard If It It Is not I right for tor a a. man to feel teel enmity until a a. son Is sacrificed then it is not nt right for tel Him it Nothing can be good In Him which evil Is Iri In i m me i I We e found that In any generation those thoRe j I 1 Iwho who do ho not accept this plan of ot salvation sal I make a mighty host I If heaven were true tru iann l i ann and hell were true as places with a gulf between between be- be beI I tween but each in tho the others other's view you i I 1 could not get gel a 3 modern social worker to set et t j foot fot In one or bo be kept out of ot the other until lj tho the last flame were extinguished I P Ono One can pick a n band not ono one but thousands thousands thou- thou t sands who would go SO In spirit to seek eek and I save the lost in any hell African n Jungles an anywhere where it does docs not matter where f I Where here the need Is ls there is country I If hell were true with all its inhabitants eer every ethical man every social ma man with the the I social mind and the social heart er c every Christian Chris Chris- j I tian man would be bo there thelo until the tho last soul had passed out and the whole condition abel abel- Democracy has entered religions i heart and any ammy salvation here or an anywhere where I which leaves ono one out any theory or religion that does not plan for tor the tho open road down I r the tho whole length of t it and forever every man 11 woman and child ever eyer born into the world i I f four our minds revolt levolt at anything les less than thi this I t These are the glad lad tidings s God the Father Fa Fn- Fa- Fa ther timer of ot tho the great heart and man roan stumbling f up from tho the brute bruto the tho road of oC the living hiring heart Jesus the tho Ya Way which can be found 1 only by walking In that same sam wa way and the future whatever it is and where who wants t to lo sit down in any kingdom until places aro arc I provided plo for rr all and tho the last one has found Ihl I J J- J hl his Place laco Which is the time sad story Which i th the glad slad tidings Who ho are the evangelists n j I I tho limo good news bringers t tHI I tI fi HI P. c. c A. A SNYDER I X XIn In Central Church j 7 TN his sermon in Central Christian church I J 1 IN Ix 1 Rev fley C. C A. A Snyder said in part j Daniel was living in a time when It required TO- TO J qui red much faith Jn In n God for tor tho time struggling I t Hebrews to tc see an any JI light ht ahead He and amid his j k f companions were captives es of or another nation i r Their surroundings s were altogether different J from anything the they had heretofore Known j t Men of Israel had hal |