Show Wl ll FROM VARIOUS MISSIONARY FIELDS I Ht lt i inn flIT or i in fit III 1 10 A I Pseself r Before ond 11411 N1411111 10 ConcoituStreetUrookt September it isyi far Asaodatlon wlh the I Ttiui rny people here bs teen limited I ° the net that my labor have been meant y 1 confined lo off work still I hu enough In observation to calls rtftc t lien and eipedally Concerning the tpliltual conation of the people perhaps a few i ptis Kni 011 that fit and lubjct play prove gl some benefit ho be mint appropriate I im II I I ul I Indifference Is I quite general toward It HIIOO and even those holilem 111111 Ing Interest have relieved their hairdo 01 trouble concerning It by placing that ork and reiponiibiliry of being Christian upn their intimater and prayIng pray-Ing them la look after their louii sslva J J tlun Ol course there are on honorable f few everywhere who are not a raid to study 7 the problem of salvation lot 1 themselves Instead of allowing their ministers lo do It for them r 1IIf really seems that a nun ve ho hsi 1 I been through t theological Bootlessly for 1 I ilcwycait and has secured a title and diploma ll I considered al having obtained II the divine right lo lay I Aside the plain L truths of the New Testament and leach I 1 I t any plan of salvation he pleases In 11 I other words the authority to picach Id k expound the Gospel and the power lo 1 J j A olhdste In the name ol the Lord 11 l filM nowadays In the minds ol I inau by learnlnr while In ancient 1 I llmesll was liven I by the Prleilhood i through ordination I hare heard 01 one ol our missionaries who JI1 conversing i j con-versing with a 3r1 accidentally betrayed I 1 J be-trayed shut fact that he did not underHand i 4 under-Hand Creek You cannot read 1 1 Greek r she exclaimed In surprise j then I do not believe you can leach me Anything about the Gospel and her investigation ended Ktllilon la I A business UnlayU advocates are paid tu leach a beautiful system ol morality which will excite Inc emotion and classic the Intellect while In church but It not really believed I be-lieved II In or followed I by one rl tenth iII i-II re admirers Truly Paul WAS A Irophet when lie wrote ol a time when men I should have a form of godliness but deny Ibe post er tboL delny I olden lime a servant of God dictated the holy wilt I la the people r1 J with qluo sslth the Lord I I Today hour different A minister hat to hove ho-ve careful that he Pleases the people he mutt cater to their desires and cautiously avoid coming In contact I with their prejuillcea I i otherwise I be will I lose hit fine position and salary and they I will another divine more In harmony har-mony with their slow I and feelings rc T I J The other day a minister wa dis I charted became he worked during the I week at the fishing boats The them 0 I bert ol hit Congregation Said 1 1 they did not want a laboringman for their miss tiler they wanted a gentleman I mention this because It la I a common condition bere and Is I an Index to the state of religion I 1 notice alto that the field olrierical labor U I permitted to be much jiora et lenalva here than In Utah At home l for the last few I yean particularly If any of our people preached anything Iron the stand having the least bearing upon I politic It was heralded abroad as an Itt I evidence that the Church was trying to tJ I rutithe late Ineotherextremaisthe I I condition heie For Instance only lost it I Sunday a minister ol cue ol the leading I lead-ing churches Brooklyn I preached on IJ I the subject ot politics and urged the recple to vote lor old and McKlnley and bit remarks were received with Irequent bursts ol applause Ministers are doing Ibe same pr over the countr 1 here A few weeks ago a minister had the tmII to plcb silver b1 fits congregation look especial care that he did not do such thing the second I time They discharged him al once I think Infidelity Is growing rapidly I I II I ll freely admitted that three lounns of the people who regularly attend 1 churin A do 10 merely for fashion sakeand very many of these are as atheistic at heart I I I as Palms l and Voltaire ever were I UJWATTI J 1 |