The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-12

tain seats remained standing in the
doorways- The text was taken from
Mathews 27-22: 'Pilate said unto them
what shall 1 do then with Jesus, which
is called the Christ" TIE doctor spoke
in part:
"A stranger court than the one to
which the text refers was never held in
the dawn of morning. There are three
| figures standing outlined in the dawn
OF the coming day. There was the
mob. restless, swaying to and fro. call
ing out, cruelty him, cruelty him.
| The mob unreasonable, Fashionable.
ready to do almost anything. Then
| there was the man who but a moment
! before in the chamber above had par
taken of that which was forever to
form the symbol for his remembrance
The man, insulted by all, even the
! chalnbermaids, a crown of tnorns
thrust upon his brow. The man, weary
faint and weak, but the man; the only
full man, the only complete man the
world has ever seen. Then there was
the judge hating the Jewish mob, but
poltroon that he was fearing them
All compromise had been refused and
when he walked out and asked which
prisoner to liberate they cried Barra-
bas. 1t was he who asked the question
what to do with Jesus which is called
the Christ
i am looking into the faces of many
here today who do not go to church.
! am also looking into the faces of
many who assume no personal re-
sponsibility in a; religious way My
friends, aqn talking to you this morn
ins. What shall [ do then with Jesus
which is called the Christ PLATE had
70 do something with him. my friends
you VIII have to do something with
hlm You can't escape. Jesus is pres
ent everywhere You can hardly pick
UP d book but what his pierced hand
IS present; churches greet you on every
corner, in the stiffness of the night his
voice Whispers in your ear; and oft as
you go down the busy street the
Thought comes to you, What shall I do
with Jesus" The question is not what
VIII you do with the Bible, but what
VIII you do with Jesus You come
Gown the streer and, meet me. You
say, Mr. Holman, no two agree on the
Blple. One church teaches this. an
other something else Now that is not
the question this morning. I am aware
lhere are discussions about the Bible.
There is the old theory that God die
tated to- holy men. Then there is the
.heory that it is a history of the do
ings Of the world written by holy mon
VINO We're inspired. But no marter
Wnlch side you take you will not he
called upon to answer that. There are
always differences in religious theory
Creeos or professions of faith are often
1usSlls OF FORM. Creeds are fixed. but
llIe character producing them change
dpie. It's not right TO take up some
ola creedS written several Centuries q 90
and find fault with them. The tbine
you must believe is the word of .Tes1,c
ne spoke not to others and Won must
bow TO his word.
lou give excuses and point to some
mean, low, bumped backed C,hristiar,
ana say that's the kind of men vo,,
nave IN the church. | admit there are
some mean men in the church. but 7
also know that many if they did NOT
stay IN the church could not keen ont
u Jan. want to say to you gentle
men VINO sheer at the church. that II
represents the cream of Christie nit,
You come to me and you say. 7 don't
pelleVe IN that man, who ran away
with his neighbours wife: he was q
member of your church. and there Won
see what your Christians amount tn
But make reply: BY the wav. what
is that you are wearing on Your watch
cnaln Oh, that's a Masonic symbol
AN. put do any of you Masons run
with neighbours wife,? Now, 1 do not
mean to say anything against the Ma
sonic order. It's good organization
founded on religion, and YOU take as
solemn VOWS as in the church. I am q
member and L think it is good. But
now, my friend, whenever you see a
member OF the church going under, Just
fgure out how many hold to the vows
taken in a Masonic order.
NO, the question is not what shall
l do with the bible, but what shall
40 With Jesus? l would like to talk
70 you about this blessed book: would
like to talk to you about sthe church AFT
which you sheer and but for which Won
would have been savages in central
Europe. will not quarrel with you
about metaphysical questions I want
TO ask you now, are you doing any
thlng with him who WreStled in Geth-
semane; are you living a life so that
when you leave the world it will have
grown sweeter and better
Il take it you believe Jesus was a
great teacher. When a minister is
sent from England to Washington YOU
do not go into old shelves and musty
records to find his genealogical tree.
He has message and that is the mat
ter of Importance. Jesus Christ has a
message to you. Oh, men, 1 wish 1
could say something to make you think
L would like to have eloquence suf-
ficient to stir you into solemn, hard
thought. Have you ever stopped to
thing what peculiar feeling creeps
over you when physician steps up to
your bedside and tells you you are
walking on the borderland Oh,
brother mine, if you have not had that
experience it is sure to come. How
soon, God only knows L am not one
who believes religion is for death. 1t is
for this life, to span the period from
the cradle to the grave. You know that
life is constantly passing away. Are
you aware of it? Do you know that
boyhood is soon gone, that manhood
is going and that soon life will be
gone? What are you going to do with
Jesus? [ am not asking you to come to
the altar. [ am not asking you to stay
for prayers. 1 am not asking you to
join the church. But I do want to ask
every man what place shall he give
Christ in his heart. Christ stands here
today patiently knocking at mems
hearts. He wants his character to be
the controlling influence on your plas-
tic life 1t is with great weakness that
I stand before you here this morning
and ask you what to do with Jesus.
I plead with congregations again and
again, but soon the time comes when
my lips will be still. I ask you again
to take my Christ
The speaker closed with an eloquent
appeal to accept Christ. 1t was one of
the most forceful exhortations heard
from a Salt Lake pulpit.
At the Tabernacle.
At the tabernacle service yesterday
afternoon, which were held at the
customary hour, the sermons We're
preached by Elders George Stewart
and D. Fl. Cannon and President