The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-21


DR.. Holman. the eminent Minneapolis
divine, who has been secured to fill
the paStoraJte of the Tiff NJ e. church
temporarily, preached his first sermon
yesterday morning to a congregation
that completely filed the edifice. The
distinguished pastor, looking stronger
| and improved in health, delivered an
eloquent discourse, taking for his text
the passage from Romans: "And we
know that all things serve good to
them that fear God, to them that are
called according to his purposes
The speaker said this passage from
the Scriptures was somewhat difficult
to understand. A mere superficial
thought would convey the conviction
that the declaration is wrong. To COM
phehend 1t fully, two propositions must
be laid down as foundation for reason
ing. In the first place, it must be ac-
cepted that the creation of all things
was the result of plan conceived by
intelligence and not the mere coming
into existence of matter in a heller
SHELTER way. The second proposition
was that man was placed in the world
for a purpOSe-Spirituai advancement.
The world was created for man. The
hillsides clothed in forests, the valleys
rich in grain, mountains filled with
iron, "copper" silver and gold, all for
man. A kite sent into the sky brought
to earth a power, which, tanned by
man, sent messages flashing across the
land, produced the telephone, the
photograph, transferred night into day
and has sent innumerable electrical
contrivanceS on benehcent missions for
mankind Coal had been placed in the
earth for fuel when the forests are
nd oil tor. R11h a
these things created for the purpose of
satisfying what might be called mans
natural capabilities or desires? Let US
see. A man or woman may start out
upon life's journey intent upon hav-
ing good time. Take a young man
at twenty. He may go and drink the
finest of wines and partake Of the most
palatable and delicate foods, spend his
time in idleness for ten or fifteen years,
but what is the result? He has the
govt, his every limb is aching with
pain and his temper is sour. He COM
plains of adversely and hard luck and
declares that God Is unjust. But what
does the text say? "Al things serve
good to them that fear God, to them
that are called according to his pur-
poses" Man S, purpose in this world
is to glorify the creator. How them
can all things be made to serve good
to man? The answer may be found in
the fact that the simple enjoyment of
natures riches does not satisfy. Man
has a spiritual being to advance. It
is character. The upbuilding of char
acter, the noblest trait conceivable in
human existence, cam only be accom-
plished by coming in contact with
great forces. The satisfying of mans
natural existence does not build char
acter. 1t is only through adversely it
can be accomplished, and the greater
the conflict, the greater the victory
A man may groan and complain
about his station in life and still what
and a. pauper? Both are susceptible to
human Affections. The great difficulty
is we are apt to overlook small things.
Earth was made as much for the poor
as for the rich. There lies ship ready
to depart for Europe. On board is a
millionaire whose money enables him
to secure the most palatial room. You
peer into one of the cabins and you
discover a woman, an invalid, whom it
was necessary to carry aboard on a
stretcher In the steerage you find a
jolly Irishman who has saved UP just
enough to buy him a Steerage passage
to his old home where he soon shall
see his mother. You go down into the
bowels of the vessel, and amid coal
dust and escaping steam you find a
poor man who was not able to buy his
ticket He has enlisted as a Stoker,
and stands before one of the furnaces
working out his passage. There you
have them-Jhe millionaire, the invalid,
the Irishman and the stoker-all are
bound for Liverpool. The ship is con-
structed for one purpose, every energy
is directed with that purpose in view
to carry these passengers to Liverpool
When the vessel finally lands, the in
valid is carried ashore as quickly as
the millionaire could walk down the
gang plank, and the Irishman and the
stoker reach the wharf as quickly as
their fellow passengers. OF different
stations in life these were, but the ship
carried one no faster than the other,
and every energy expended was as
much to convey the stoker TO his desti-
nation as the wealthy man. And so
with the world, created not for one,
but all, and "All things serve good to
those that fear God, to them that are
called according to his purposes"