The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-09-23

duOTulUS REV W. n. Beans OeHF6TeQ
the sermon. His text was: Watch
We, stand fast in the faith, quit you like
men, be strong" / Cor. xvi. Is.
He said these words were master
strokes from a master hand;
strong words, strongly uttered.
The great apostle in this let
ter to the Corinthians had been
setting forth with great boldness the
living realities of the divine life He
had been uttering truths that only
could be born of inspiration; his pen is
guided by the hand that upholds the
worlds. The power of the highest is
resting upon him. He had written con-
n corning Christ as the only foundation
-"Other foundation can no man lay
z than that is laid, which is Jesus
y Christ" He had written concerning
= the great sin of idolatry Wherefore,
my dearly beloved flee from idolatry."
He had written concerning the Lord
supper how carefully and solenlnly it
should be obserVed-"FOr as often as
you eat this bread and drink this
cup you do sheW the Lords death till
he come" He had written concerning
the mystical body Of Christ. He had
written that wondrous chapter con-
tongues Of men, and of angels. and
have not love, 1 am become as sound
ing brass or a tinkling cymbal." He
had written that sublime chapter en-
the resurrection that will stand a tow
er Of strength while the world endures.
His letter is drawing to a close. These
great living truths are thronging his
mind. His heart goes out in deep
solicitude for the welfare of his disci-
pies at Corinth He desires that they
shall grow up into Christ, their living
fAead. He has yet many more things
TO write unto them; but the time fails
him. lie desires to make the best pos
sible use Of the space that remains.
The yearning affection of his heart at
length finds expression. In words
boldly written, UNDERSIGNED with
heavy lines, fitting exhortation TO all
that precedes them, he writes:
Watch We, stand fast in the faith,
quit you like men, be strong"
Human nature is the same in all
ages. These words so applicable to the
jewellers in Corinth, eighteen hundred
years ago. are equally as applicable
to the jewellers in Salt Lake today. Let
US. then. as the disciples Of Christ,
think seriously Of these four things
that we are to do. We are called
upon to watch. Watch ye." Every
man is a movable watch tower. Dan
gers threaten from every quarter; in
creasing vigilance is the only safe
gGard. We are passing through an
enemy's country. There are foes on
every hand. This world is not a
I friend of grace. In point of value the
worlds cannot be weighed against your
soul. 1t is prize of infinite value. The
arch enemy is seeking by every pos
ei'ble avenue to reach it and strike it
down. To watch implies wakeful-
ness and constant attention. Where
ever a guard is placed. he is placed
there night and day. We cannot with
= any safety turn away our sleepless
gaze from the soul. We cannot with
draw our guard for even a day and
leave the citadel of the soul unguarded
defenseless, open to intruding foes.
There is no sense in which we may
commit ourselves so fully into the
hands of God as to leave nothing more
for us to do. We cannot fold our arms
complacently and glide along dreamily,
and neglect a thousand plain duties
and deceive ourselves by saying, "Oh,
leave everything on the altar, l have
given myself fully to Christ. I am
his child. Nothing either great or
small remains" etc. While we are to
trust in God, believe God, commit our
souls to him, look to him constantly
MGR help and guidance, at the same
thine we are to labor as if all depended
phase, or department of Christian
work. that we can discharge by whole
sale-that we can do once for albany
more than we can do our breathing all
mp at once. When we have stopped
breathing for all practical purposes
I'VE are through with this life. We can
not on the first day of the year do all
our praying at the family altar for the
entire year. There is need each day
of renewed thankfulnesS, of renewed
conservation, of renewed guidance. The
flame Of devotion ought never to 90 out
on the altar of home. We cannot do
all our religious work, even once a
week, on the Sabbath. We are to be
erllable. and sweet tempered, and low
ing, and sympathetic, and upright. and
aggressive in Christian work, every
day Of our life. Ii is not wise for US
I to discharge our financial obligat ions
/ by wholesale. It would be infinitely
better for all to obey the apostles in
junction, Let every one of you lay by
in store each week, as God has pros
pered him" Whatever position we are
fitted to fill in the work of the church,
there we ought TO labor as long as we
live. Because you have been stew
ard. or trustee, or class leader or
teacher. or chorister for ten years, is
no reason why you should stop now
IT is not for conquerorS to be tired in
sailors duty to abandon the ship and
pull for the shore and leave the SILVER
ing passengers to perish. God expects
you and me to keep the ship af1oat,
and the world from perishing. and if
we are faithful, even amidst opposi-
ton and persecution, every affront
will be an exceeding honor, and every
scar an argument for our promotion
We'll now, we are not only TO be on the
alert, watchful and open-eyed towards
these intruding foes that may come
upon us-and toward these duties that
belong to us as the Lords Disciples
ibut we need to watch the wayWard
tendencies Of our hearts, the uprising
of an evil spirit within u.s. A noted
divine has forcibly said: Watch. for
your tendency toward evil is strong
Deal by yourselves as men deal by
themselves who carry dynamite to and
fro. A man who is laden with
explosive materials does not go
into foundries and blacksmith shops.
He does not resort TO places
where sparks are flying abroad He
seeks safe ways. He avoids places of
zSeril. He is conscious all the time
f1hat he Is carrying death about him
self if he exposes 1t to the touch of
fire When they were storing that
great cavern of He'll Gate with explo-
sive tubes there were to be 5000
handled by $50 men, and they all