The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-05-06

sented the empire of splendor and
bower, and Greece the empire of intel
lect.
-eIaw let us turn from those. and with
HE eyes of flesh and blood look at
Judea. 1t was the very antipodes OF
these two great empires. 1t had been
brought under the sway of the Roman
ronquerors. But there was man,
born in a stable, brought up IN car
penter shop, VINO had gone through
the deepest humiliation. He was about
to take leave of those twelve disciples,
the poor fishermen. Yet he told them
to go abroad with the gospel, saying
he would always be with them.
What a small beginning was that.
I have stood at the Coliseum at Rome,
and looked al the Forum. He would
be a clod indeed, who would not be i'm
pressed at such a moment, with the
grandeur of past ages. l thought then
Of the time when that Forum was the
Pcentre of the vast city, with all its
people and wealth and power. Yet
Peter and John came there to tell the
people that they were worshipplng
false gods. They said that Jupiter and
klis host must be cast aside. and the
pple should worship that Christ who
h#9,colne to earth and borne humilia-
ton that no Roman would have SUI
fared. no matter how low he might be.
This was hard doctrine. But this was
not all. The people were told they
must give up their licentious and evil
nabits.
Yet. for all this was hard doctrine,
the kingdom began to spread. Many of
the highest born came to its aid. until
1t came to be such menace to the
old superstitiors. that the Roman en-
peror decided to crush il out The
streets Of Rome ran with Christian
blood The catacombs were filled with
the corpses. It was boosted that the
very name of Christian had been wiped
from Rome. Yet I looked from the
Coliseum to the ruins Of Nero's once
proud house, and from there to the
dome OF St. Peters. bearing aloft the
cross. the standard of the Christian
kingdom. Scarcely 500 years had
passed, and the forces Of paganism mad
heen routed. horse, foot and dragons.
Rut the church is to know no peace.
1T must always fight the forces OF eVil.
Tarl;aps YOU remember a storm In
which many mighty ships have gone
down TO destruction, and some one yes.
sci has come safely into port, with all
or board. You remember that in the
dark ages the storm of Huns and Van
dals, rude barbarians, descended from
the north, and the grand old ship OF
state of Rome went down before them.
Greece went down, Asia Minor went
dok4, Gaul went down. Yet the king
d&n of God survived the storm.
T'hese rude barbarians were gathered,
with infinite patience, under the arms
of the church, and the lapse of 1000
years saw the development of a civili-
cation, TIE like of which had never
been seen before.
Is il necessary to GO on? You re-
member the 8fohammedan storm which
swept over Egypt, along the northern
coast of Africa. and into Spain,
France and Germany, and toward
the east up into Turkey, until
even Rome was threatened. Under
whose direction were the invading
hosts swept back from France and
Spain? Under whose direction was
Vienna succored and the infidel army
ground to pieces? Under whose di-
rection was the great Saracen fleet
swept from the sea? The great
church met every advance and finally
p a2ed back the tide which would have
Oh eome the civilization of Christian
Is 1t necessary 70 CINE down to the |