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Show SUNDAY SERMONS AND NEU'S NOTES UNION SERVICE The uDlon icrTlrr or E Pry f)at MaCboiitt, 1 pnirnt)')0l and Zrist'uQ ehurchea waa held last aifbt the Urnt M'hodlt FVcrni 'hurrh wbm the mormon wi pprarhei I pastor. R ('hni'lan R Oar , 1 who took for ) subje-t " Ufe I ' .rJeS," bed on t'e- request Lfntoned in a letter of real's wbcre I a that there shall, be sent htm : hif books. eloek and tally the T&e parchments." 'he preacher -were probab'.y r. pie of Old I TeaUOiT,' Literatov dear to the heart al paaJ 00 which "he roused often a it oujrbt o re Ate liio meaning or jeau ,r fh reiljrlon or Israel. But 1 1 pa t interest 'wit Dot only theolor I i--1 bu' prarlral The parchments Mtpta.oed many stimn hymns anfl nJ "prophetic mnting which J --.J hs tiuod. kindled hia heart. Juafinstion and Reeled his t will to b- a raljrhty servant of God. How dewr is the parchment In this f .: 'A tbe aw-raM- professor of h I Cbrl'in reluion today" It is true IB s the moat widely pi: i , ur rad Of, all the I I ! 10 f found In the average American I hOlae Art our library tables huerr.l , I itb maxajcineia. periodicals, nwapa I enerf ,0 ,nr exclusion of the one boo 1 ! aloe ail others" When the jrreat ! MpaOCr, Sir Walter Scott fame 'o je It was not tales of the Scottlsn j i onl'r which he wished to have road II kr bu' he demanded ot his frleni. I ijfkart. that words from this ancieni I I source of comport and Inspiration I boulJ be repented to hi ear No! Ill ' it to he re)rret'ed as tnie. that as; III! r r.n. the habt' of devotional ! idlnj? of ih acrlpturea v-.-ir orr and men and women who found the I if Bible of great comfort and help in th" time of their distress and repeated I I over and over araln to themselves the j I word of comforting Ialms h.ie for l rot'n ui"' uv -hi' heal'h and prosperity have been I restored to them Cynical though, it 1 roa sound, there is appropriate mean Inf in the phrase. "When the Devil T wa Skk. the Devil a Saint Would Br Life's supremacies are found in the Bible because Christ Is discovered ' 1 tberr. and Christ's followers who make I 'e hes' trUnd" A friend above and . r 'hat more can the work a-day soul need for the finest living 9 i f and the moat energetic, purposeful la ' f existence" I hac a multitude of so-called friends." aid Lord Mi- raulcy, "but there are no' six of them I news of wh )so death would spoil I iiy breakfaat." ChriaUan IItIdi u I I ers men Into warmer affiliations than that Take dnwn iho ancient book or vour Holy Srriptures. read in them svery day and leach vour children so I to do, and as you rari vour heirf will ' I srow warmer, and your mind bo kin-1 ' ,led hrlrhter flnr the pure love of i God and the steadfast service of men I ' METHODIST. At the Metbodis Episcopal church faaterdiy mornlnc th- Rev Christian H darv r preacheil to a Rood conpre-nation conpre-nation on "Mrstak-n Longing," Psalm 55: ft- "And 1 taid. Oh. that r I had wlnKB llkt a dove: for ihen ould I fly a.wa and b at rest " This expreeslon escaped the Psalm- j ! , 1' in a moment of eicitement and trial. I am sur that u win n r pr.alon that the did not eare to rr-Pf rr-Pf All of u hiv, n (imee Ml like him and have riven apreaalon to the name thought In momenta whn lcknev physical inrirmltiea financial loan, or wh-n unuaual carea oppre?a. when jrrleved by the slna of r . we too. wish that t were all orer and 'hat wre well out of It. Weary or the fosaln or the ship w long for th shores, weary or the stormy wind and the tempest we lone for a sheltered apot. a cry like thla one. ma-, be foriruen. but ti mood i' expresses la not to b" encouraged i heau t Irnorea several vital truth. In the firat place it is based upon , the mistake that rft ta found In a j ata'e Fly away. " change the lo-.ality lo-.ality and all wUl be well. All rerela-tion rerela-tion ia contrary to thla teaehinr .if finding rest and peace in a locality, rtevciatlon teaches that rest is found ' not in a plae. but In a state, m a certain faith, disposition, and tou! of pnrfcipje We are to except pea M n the perfection of character and life; In purity and 'trenrth of heart in love, in riirhleousness and hope, and Christ alone can riv thla perfection per-fection Oh. that 1 had in like s. dor." for then I would fly away and be at rct " f yau had wings like a dove whrre would you fly? North f South"1 Kast? Wef Nowhere on this planet ! there sjch a spot as the psalmist here decrees. Oh. I would make my abode among the stars There the Is no better, for bv means of the astronomic glass let u search the rky and what do we find1 The gentle moon is tern by lunar quake, the bright sun is sw pt bv awfiil storms, the sere stars are subject to chug and eclipse What ve can and do find in Christ, we can find In no otber, and rives of his love and yuwrr ann purity ana nere oniy can we get the longed for rest. Jesus Is j the center of the whirlwind ot life,' and while philosophers, fortunes.! , thrones, stars and funs arc a chaff before the wind, m i hrlst at the cen I ter Is peace. We do not want the j w incs of a dove to fly away but rather (the winga of faith and lore to carry us closer to Christ; we want to be' more like Him. and then we phall triumph in trouble every time. Liv on the verge of heaven as He did and fhcr you will find the peace that passeth understanding. In the second place the mood of the j test is wrong, as it overlooks the fact hat the discipline of the storm is essential es-sential to us. We may long to nestle In some delightful spot and rest there i undisturbed, but would this be well for us. All storms are necessary to j set us right. These bufferings teach j us what we are. They awaken us ' from vain dreams, and drive us to the I true hiding place Out of our sor ! trows and crosses come "Ihe peaceable I fruits of righteousness" and "the! eternal weight of glory ' Friday the W. II. If. S and W P. M S will hold s picnic and meeting ; j with the Salt Lake societies at La- goon, beginning at 2 p. m. CHURCH OFTHE GOOD SHEPHERD The Rev Rosee (' Fox. rector of Pt. Paul's church, Marshallfown Iowa,! preached at the Church of the Good; Shepherd in place of the rector, ihe Kev John W. Hyslop, who, with his wife and children departed today fori a month's vacation in Ohio. The preacher took for bis text the; worus or jeaul I dp Kingdom ti Heaven is like unto leaves which a woman hid in three measures of meal." and showed that through the numbers of professing Christian people might .it any one moment be small, it was j not their number that counted, but I the quality of their adherence to the i spirit of Christ in the manner of their speech, deed, and general conduct of life. The course of history proves that at times the church has been In a woeful minority with terrible powers pow-ers of erll and indifference arrayed SSJllnst her. but et she has been able i through the ministry' of Christ's spirit : expressing itself in the devotion of his followers to capture all the world of man's activity, in art. in politics, in all the detail of individuals and national I life. i For the period of re construction facing the world the same faithfulness lis exacted of Christ's followers, and though at times they may be dismayed al the smallness of their numbers yot time will prove that the Lord Christ rules and eulogizes the life of mankind, man-kind, even as by His Cross He has I redeemed the world from sin. even so by His spirit does he inspire the world to loftier reaches of noble thoucht and holy living. CONGREGATION A L At the First Congregational church the Kev Godfrey SfStthews preached from th words, "I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, for it Is the power of God unto salavatton " Romans Ro-mans 116. There Is merited concern in theolog ical quarters just now.' the preacher said, "because the preaching ot ihe Cross is not commonly heard In a causerie on this subject a well known theologian Is quoted as saying that hs attended s communion service a little while ago in which the minister who conducted the service spoke without with-out reference to the meaning of Christ's sufferings at all Another minister of the old school is quoted as saying. "We Evangelists of fifty years ago thought we knew why it was ne-0SSSSI7 ne-0SSSSI7 for Christ once to die; we be lieved that through his Cross forgiveness forgive-ness of sins might be preached throughout the world, but you moderns who have made of Christ a beautiful youne Apollo, what do you believe He has done or can do for you?" It la possible that many are accepting the position adopted by SchopeLhauer that one religion is as good as another so long as it teaches the common virtues of truth and honest? Is Christ only one of the world's religious teacher? or Is He the Pre-eminent Son of God who came into the world of the Fatb ers will to die for ihe sin of man KindA Is Christianity the ultimate religion, re-ligion, or only a local expression of a widely expressed truth'' It will be granted as true that the modern expression of religion is all for comprehensive schemes of social reform re-form and in the enthusiasm for the plaring of such great schemes on the Btatutes of nations. It is possible thai the inward, in. dividual aecasl of Chris tlanitjr may be lost sight of. whlcb is nothing more nor less than each man coming to God for himself throuch the merits of one Redeeming Lord whose life and death were the expression of God's anger against sin, and God's love for men As to what sin Is itu- last four years of warfare has taught us, unless we are too callous to be taught a terrible lesson We were speeding along our self-satisfied way. saying one to another an-other Uvat the world was getting better, bet-ter, that each generation knew and re-VSTSd re-VSTSd God a little more than the preceding pre-ceding ages, when ihe calamity of war came like a prairh fire raging over the world. We s irely know now, more than men ever knew how dark the darkness of human wickedness Is. Gpd's anger is arrayed against all that. And the past four years has taught us how generously men lay down their lives Vicarious suffering Is easier to be understood than ever before, seeing see-ing ho many millions have vicariously died All ihe enthusiasm in the world for a soc'al scheme will never make up for the simple willingness each man must express for himself to have done with the sin of his own evil desire, de-sire, submit his conscience and entire selfhood to the rule of God's spirit and bp willing to express by deed and word his proud boast of making known that he is not ashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ which cleanses lite at the springs of thought and action and which ushers in the kingdom of free and loving souls whose one aim. many times missed but never lost sight of, is to do the will of the one, holy, true, and lov'ng God. oo |