The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-01

full The truth dawns upon us anc
We reject it. And this is the con-
domination, that light is come into the
world, and men loved darkness rather
than light, because their deeds were
evil" 1t is far easier to recognize
truth than it is to accept it, but we
4 are coming to realize very clearly that
truth must be Incorporated into life
IN order to become a potent influence.
Truth in the abstract is cold and in
effectual, but truth exhibited in action,
at the martyrs stake, upon the field
of battle, or upon the rostrum, CLOVIS
with warmth and power. To hush
the voice of inspiration. to reject our
visions of eternal things, to trail our
ideals in the dust, is to dwarf our
souls and to shut ourselves up in per-
petual darkness. What though the
truth bring pain and anguish; what
though we writhe with torture as we
throw off the shackles of sin and sell
fishness and superstition that have so
long chung 20 us that they verify seem
to be a part of our better selfsi Are
not all births painful? Can we hope
to emerge from the land of twilight
and caverns into the broad blaze of an
unciouded sky without having our eyes
dazzled and dimmed with tears? The
earnest truth-Seeker must accept the
truth that comes to him, no matter
from what source it may come no mat
ter how unwelcome il may be, no mat
ter what sacrifice its espousal de-
mands. Infinite and irreparable harm
comes to the one who knows the truth
yet refuses to grant it the supreme
place in his life.
The longing for ignoble things;
The strife for triumph more than truth;
The hardening of the heart that brings
lrreverence for the dreams of youth;
All thoughts of i'll; all evil deeds.
That have their root IN thoughts of i'll;
Whatever hinders or impedes
The action of the nobler will;
All these must first be trampled down
Beneath our feet. if We would gain
In the bright fields of fair renown
The right of eminent domain.
The natural and logical treat ment of
the text before us leads in conclusion
TO the contemplation of him upon
whom the gaze of the civilized world
mas been centered for the past 1880
years. Nor could l wish il otherwise.
own Christ supreme; he completes
my life as nothing that is earthborn
can complete it. Young ladies, / call
upon you tonight to consider carefully
the claims of Jesus of Nazareth. See
TO 1t that the reproach which Christ
brought against the unbelieving Jews
long centuries ago be not applicable to
you Is it possible that the queen,
who lived 5000 years ago, who was so
comparatively obscure, whose oppor-
tunities were so limited, in comparison
with the abundant advantages of this
age, is 1t possible that she shall rise
up in the judgment to condemn her sis
tiers of this generation?
Have you considered the claims of
Christ? What place has he in your
life? Do you realize that he stands
as the central figure in time? Do you
realize that our age, liberal and tolerant
as it is, does not justify loose or in
dl1ferent views concerning this person?
Are you aware that as the morning
mists of doubt and superstition lift
as the debris of dogma, authority and
tradition is gradually cleared away.
and as the sunlight of unclouded
thought pours its steady and lumi- /
nous rays upon the outline of this
majestic figure that stands in chiselled |
repoSe against the horizon of history, |
that the effect of his unique and ideal !
more and more overmasters
the thought and sentiment of the hui /
man race? 1t is true as Ian Mac |
Laren says that Mans systems are |
the shadows on the hillside. Christ is |
the everlasting solemn mountain itself. /
Much in the popular conception and |
of Christianity is in the |
act, of passing. Let it go: Jesus Christ |
is the same yesterday, and today, ana |
forever. We need not fear change |
within the limits of his church or of his
world. For change there means prog
ress, and the more the human creation
and embodiments of Christian truth
rumble and disintegrate, the more dis
.inctly does the solemn, single unique
igure of Christ the same rise before us.
There is nothing in the worlds history
% compare with the phenomena which
S presented by the unworn freshness
If Jesus Christ after all these centu-
les. All other men, however burning
md shining their light, flicker and die
'ut in extinction. And but for a sea-
son can the world rejoice in any or
heir beams. But this Jesus dominates
he ages. and is as fresh today, in spite
# all that men say, as he was eighteen
centuries ago.