The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-02-19

Illuminated Dy Inc 6teCCrIC iIBuIS "a
Christianity. the nest of us trip and fall
what wonder, then, that under u at
ancient night sky. wnen the only iights'
comparatively speak ng, were dim
tapers, the infants of antiquity were
not only perpetually stumbling, but
also sometimes even lying quite pros
trate. Secondly, be rigorous In 1uds-
ing ourselves. Listen to our Divine
Judge himself: ITO whom much is
given, of him will much be required"
Oh, TREND, tempted as Jacob was, as
David was, as Peter was let none of
these rise up in the day of judgment to
condemn US. We have not committed
their outward sins; but it is possible
that we have committed their inward
sins. Let us not be too lenient with
ourselves. He that is without sin
among you, let him first cast stoue.-
Rev. George Dana Boardman in the
National Baptist,
To-day is the first Sunday in Lent
the name is derived from the old Eng
fish Lenck;em. Spring" 1t is the
"spring fast" The observance of
season of special prayer and fasting,
preparatory to the great feast of Easter:
has been observed from the Apostles
age. At first. it is highly probable that
the duration of the season was forty
hours, being the time our Lord and
Savior was under the power Of ueath.
The time of the fast, however. was en-
iarged by degrees, though WI great
variety OF obse vance. un IL 1t settled
down to forty DAYS, the period that
Jesus tasted in the wilderness. Douo.-
less it was His example that led to the
determination of the 'spring fast" TO
forty days. Fasting is u means Vi keen
ing the appetites of the body uDder
control and of promoting the spiritual
development of men wnicn has been
pracJiceu by Gods people in all ages
1t was used bv our SAVIOUR ana 50 IL
commended to Us both Dy HIS example
AID His precepts. Inc E1lscoUal
churches in this citv are open for ser
wee daily during Lent.
THE credO o. purely physical science
If it be- ever formulated by Its best in
structed biologists, BIOLOGISTS,
and physiologists-wiil be sym Dol
very different iadeed fiom that faith
which attribu TO th Supreme Fo yer
tender merCles over all HIS WoIks, !"
AMI equal justice for weak aud strong
And il men should go beyond theology
md attempt to deduce-as some sCien-
fists already endeavor-moral lessons
from the supposed laws OF na'ure's
Col. those lessons will be the ABSOLUTE
re ersal of the Christian ethic- winch
Europe has hitherto recognized as
divine. In short, conceive Iha- moth
'ng ct uld De more disastrous both to
religion and morality than to revert tU
nature a. az authority for one or To
other. BY the lusurmountable limits
OF our intelligence, We are disqualified
from such COMPREHENSION OF nature
as whole as might enable Us to COu
struct a true idea of its author. even as
we should DE unfit to Judge of the con-
tents of book of which only one page
out of a thousand was in our hands,
and that one-half illegible to US.
AMERICA THE CHOSEN LAND.
God has plan in the ages and in
every age special provid. initial purpose.
\ Can you doubt that God has
plan in our history. Why. then. did He
keep tbs continent yelled until the re-
formation in philosophy and religion
had prepared the church for the occu-
patton of this land. Why did He by a
fignt of psroquets divert Columbus to
the West ludres. and so preserve this
land from papal domination? How
came il that, in the early struggles for
supremacy. He turned the scale in
favor of the cross and not the cruclfx and
in our late four years wer, gave the tri-
umph to the Union armies, having first
I'D the land of slavery God has evil
IDENTIFY designed that Republican insti-
tutions and Protestant Christianity
shall have great theater for the pros
ecution of the work of worldwide evan
gelizstion. We are made a spectacle to
he world, to ANGELS. and to men. =" -
We are the corridors of vast coliseum.
- Our only hope is pure aggressive,
missionary Christianity. - We
shall meet opposition, and the more as
we advance the faster and farther. If
the devil sees he has but short time,
he will come down having great wrath.
W. shalt find the drink traffic and tn e
Sabbath breakers allied against US;
personal liberty bills proposed and per-
haps passed in legislative bodies; anar
chists and socialists. skeDtlcs and inf
dels using vile books, and even dyna-
mite cartridges, TO prevent social purity
and good government; but all these are
beaks against the lighthouse in the
harbor, raised to guide mariners to
safe haven. and that fall stunned and
diving at the base. W. are in the midst
of a crooked and perverse nation, among
| whom we are to shine as lights In the
world. holding forth the Word of Life.
He who uplifts Gods Beacon has Doth-
ing to fear. The church is on the Rock
of Ages, and survives the shock of all
assault, moveless and serene.-Rev.
Arthur I. Pierson, D. D., IN Missionary
ReUiew.
LOSING THE SOUL.
There are some things which we can
not buy back, losses which can not be
restored. The man who FORCES sigma
ture to a che ok may receive the money
named on its face. but that money will
never buy back his lost innocence. Mil :
lions would not do it. Judas Iscariot
returned the thirty pieces of silver, but
the unspeakable infamy of the awful