The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-22


succession to her darkened mind came
messages of love and affection from
parents and friends, until at last she
could participate in the life of the
great world about her, and communi-
cate her thought with ease. 1t was just
thus that Christ, the son of God, see
| ing man in sin and dumb despair left
his bright home above and came down
| TO press his heart of love against the
bleeding heart of humanity, that he
might teach us to spell out the fact of
our divine sonship, and that he might
reveal to us the fact that God yearned
for the return of his SHINING and suf-
fering children.
Christ accomplished his purpose,
and. having by his life and death upon
earth, set before us an example of how
the work of redemption should be pur-
sued. he returned 10 the right hand of
| the father, and committed the salvation
OF sinful man to us his followers. He
has shown US the secret; he has
clasped the hand of the vilest: he has
gone down into the depths with the
lowest; innocent himself, he has never
theless suffered the calumny, the pain,
and the disgrace that attaches to the
most obdurate and sinful. He has left
us his example and his method, and
the redemption of the race now will be
swift or slow just in proportion as We
catch the true spirit of Christ, and put
lis methods into practice in whatever
paths of life providence has ordained
that we should walk. But ii is all i'm
portant for us to realize that Christ has
departed from earth and has left the
church (under the direction of the Holy
Spirit to complete the work which he
came merely TO inaugurate and then to
commit to our hands. The church is
TO determine whether truth or error
shall prevail, whether the light shall
dawn swiftly or whether the gray
shadows shall linger long upon the
eastern hills.
1t may not be out of place this morn
ing to inquire what efforts the church
is making to show forth the love of
christ to perishing world, and it will
be well for us to look away from our
own little center of religious effort to
the great movements that are taking
place about us, and to the suffering and
beuighted millions who appeal to us
from the uttermost parts of the earth.
There is danger of our becoming too
much absorbed in the work immediate
ly at hand, and of sighting the efforts
that are put forth and the demands
that arise in remote portions of the
globe. l shall refer briefly this morn
ing to only three of the many splendid
organized activities of the Christian
church whereby 1t is endeavored to re-
deem men from sin and ignorance, and
to alleviate human misery. And limit
my remarks to the work that is being
done by our own church, not because
it is noticeably better than other
churches, nor because it is doing more
for humanity than other evangelical
denominations, but because l know
more about its activities and am speak
ing particularly in its interests. What
fortunate and the sinful several other
churches are doing, and for aught that
1 know are doing more. Nor does the
combined activity of the Christian
churches along the lines of their great
organized benevolences begin to repre-
sent the charitable deeds that are in
spired by the spirit of Christ-inspired
frequently, too. in the hearts of those
who have no membership in the visible
church of Christ. but whose names,
nevertheless, appear in the Lambs
book OF life.
The church is closely following the
spirit of its Master in its foreign mis-
sion work. Hundreds of brave and con-
secrated men and women in our church
have scattered themselves throughout
the world to proclaim the unsearChable
riches of Christ to those who sit in
darkness. They have penetrated to the
lliS III HOl III dll0 ~ Tic llOPlOCl SO0lAi,
they have pierced the jungles of Africa |
and scaled the mountains of ASIA; they |
have inhabited the islands of the sea !
and have taken I'D their abode in the |
leprous and loathSome spots of our |
great cities. In all of these places the |
cross Of Christ is being lifted before |
the eyes of perishing men, and the |
love of Christ is constraining them to |
forsake their sins and to lead a new |
a c cnQndir1o |
more than 1000, 900 a year in the misr |
sion cause.
Another great cause to which the |
heart of the church is generously re-
spending is the Freedman's Aid society. |
The purpose of this organization is to |
educate and uplift the colored |
people of the south. The condition of
these people AT the close of the war
was pitiable in the extreme, and is,
even vet, very pathetic. The Lord is
greatly blessing the work that is being
done for these sad, simple, dark
skinned people. We have expended in
this field, since 1866, $4250, 900. Fifty
schools have been established-some of
them OF a high order; about 500 teach
ers are employed; over 5000 students
are enrolled in these institutions, while
since 1856 100000 have profited by their
The total annual expenses
Of our society for maintaining this
work is more than 5000, 900.
About two years ago, when Chaplain
McCabe was on his way to attend the
East Maine conference. he learned that
Colonel Ingersoll was to deliver one of
MS characterist lectures in Bangor
he following evening. The irrepressi-
Die chaplain wrote the following letter
10 Colonel Ingersoll, which appeared in
he Bangor Daily News the morning
IF the lecture:
Dear Colonel-While you have been
occurring against the Bible, the Meth
,dists have built 1901 900 churches in this
All other denominations have
quilt 10000 more at least. Meanwhile,
7ou have not overthrown the humblest
lltar upon the furthest frontier of this
'epublic.
In 80 years the Methodist Episcopal
church has increased it's membership
rom 900, 900 to $500 600, and her church
md school property has increased S125,-
90 600. Never were we so successful as
low In heather lands, orDhanages
md hospitals and asylums for chill
lren, for the sick, for the aged and the ,
insane spring I'D like magic. Thirty
i've years ago we had but one convert
n all the heather world. Now we have
So, coo converts in foreign lands, and
hey give over 100000 year to propa-
,ate the faith.
Come and join the Methodists. Rob- ;
TT. Stranger things than that have
happened. Saul of Tarsus Joined the
Christians. He built UP the faith he
ought so vainly to destroy. Come and ,
% the same. We are praying for your
Inversion. Take your Bible. Read the