The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-01-15

much larger force of European men
and women at their command. and
treasury that seems to be ihexhaustl-
BILE. In the long future, when the
science Of missions comes to be VIII
ten, we shall find that our enemies
have thing or two to teach Us. After
making wide margin for all the eX-
aggerated accounts of Roman Catholic
missions, we must surely be able to see
that the Pspacy is to-day, as never be-
fore, winning the millions over to It's
SYSTEM
As everybody knows, Sunday is not
kept as day of rest on the continent
of Europ, in the same sense IN winch
lis kept in England or America, That
is to say, even those continental FRO
testants who think abstinence from TOT.
properly so called. on the f,1st day f
the week religious Iuty, difar gFestIy
from English anu AmetIe q Prntsst-
ants, as to the way IN which b 5se who
abstain from labor should pass the day.
me yi-w OF tre m,re rigid English
aud American Protestants IL that not
only are We bound not to follow our own
pursuits on Sunday, but we are bound
uOL W dIuOSS anu w NOLAA-@S
our reading to religious or devotional
books or newspapers. In all the con-
tineutal countries, along with readiness
to be amused on Sunday. comes also
readiness 10 work. 1t seems difficult.
If not impossible. . 70 enforce "a rule
which allows people To play lawn len.
mis-, or to 90 to the theatre, OF sit In beer
gardens, bat forbids lhrnI 20 Work in
factories or keep .thrii shops open.-Nt-
ton. r
The world makes thu Bethlehem pill
grimage to study the infilt n a N iile
nations OF the earth OF this exalted
charac; er whom Christianity presents
as Christ, the Lcrd and Kedeemer. The
study of this wonderful lite, this mira
Gle of the ages, is inseparaoly associated
with the Christmas celebration. IL Is
one of the most cheering facts connect
ed with the recent history of the Chris
tian religion, that more AM more The
aest thought of the age is turning II,
this direction; that more and more mtr
are being attracted to the surpassing
claims of Jesus Christ as a teacher from
God We doubt not the ultimate con
cluSion of all Investigation VIII be that
ne who was born in Bethlehem is the
Supreme Teacher. the founder of an
absolute religion. the ons who came 10
| establish universal kingdom and that
at last the conclusion of the ages will
be summed up in the early words OF
faith which greeted him from the low
ins disciple: Lord. to whom sail we
goP Thou only hast the words OF etsr-
nal life." UnioersaEst.
TIE vast growth of what we oall
Christian civilization is indebted, not
alone to the soil from which it sprsng,
but also to him who planted 1t. His
life, his example, and his teachings not
only are still the very ideal of personal,
SOCIAL, and excellence, character and
development, but no forecast of the fu-
,ure out2rowth of the human soul sug-
gests anything farther-reaching or bet
far. For humanity he has done these
iva shings. He has set the highest tx
alnpleRof life of moral. intellectual.
aud physical integrity, exquisite and
broad in it's sympathies complete in its
beipfHlness and self-sacrifce. and rang
ing in its beneicence from Hottest
heights of moral and religious philos
ophy to the tenderest chords that trem-
Bile in the bruised heart of little child.
And he has transmitted body of
moral and religious teaching which at
ence meets the aspiration and hunger
of The soul and stimulates every nerve
of endeavo- forward and upward; at
once p1ts humanity into the relation of
wershipfal and at the same time intel
ligeat ard af9etioaats conservation to
God, its Father, and int sympathy
and helpful cooperation with its fell
l., Q ho u.
hence this Geeming civilization of Chris
tian CHARITY and progress.-Ho".l ohn d.
l ing ~ the Chrtsti,,n Register.
TIE time is com ng when every min
:ster and ev+ry layman should take,
positively and vigorously, one ground
or other in respect the theatre. In
all our newspapers and in all our mag
aEines ths theatre is treatsd as leglti-
mate and the actor as an artist. II
this is wrong, if the theatre is evil and
wholly evil. and that continually, and
the acror u minister only to sensuality
snd worldllneEs and the evil that is in
man, the church has no right to keep
silent. 1t should train its batteries. not
merely on the theatre. but on every
journal and every periodical which
treats dramatic art as legitimate art,
n actors as members of reputable
profession. If on the other hand, the
mag akines and newspapers are, in this
matter. right Gas | thoroughly believe
they are). and dramatic art a Legitimate
art, and acti g NAV be,made an honor
able profession, then the church and
the ministry should recognize this fact,
exactly as they recognize fiction. stat
uary and painting to be legitimate, and
should use their influence to induce al
good p-ople to discriminate between
good and bad, by patronizing the the
aires and the actors that give US pure,
innocent, and healthful entertainment,
and staying away absolutely from every
performance, whatever its artistic at
Effectiveness, which ministers to the de-
PRAYED. the sensuous. and the vicious
in manner.-ReU. Lyman Abbott, d. D.
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