Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-06-18

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In the Contemporary Review Tor May
Mt Richard Heath discusses very riI.h.
ingly the religious movement known aa
"Evanr as formerly carried Uu
hy Wesley and WHITEHEAD. and boz our
own day by spufgeon. Moody und uth-
cra. and which. % may be added. dee
riyea ita origin from the Hp-cnllDi
Plotiata Of Germany ~ distinguish
lng feature H. lta Capitalization around
tho ntouinr work of The Savior lH
teachings almost exclusively refer Go
Ills suncrIngs and death Toking iu
stand on the hin of calvary. Dc rovercnt-
~ and tcarfuliy contemplate iho
tragedy there enacted with such 100.
tcnalty as TO become forRotful vi che
oxaltation uf which the cross was but
the stepping stone 10 BE- mot with
everywhere ln pr0tost1ntlc ChriHion-
dom. often 70 has manifested bitter
nntagonlsm % tho messengers " 20
Gospel lncomprchonsIvc 90 the vothrlea.
Mr.. Heath takes the View that this
peculiar movement la waning not bee
cause agnoaiicIsm ~ more general
among the masses of tho people. but
simply because EyanFcllcnllam has
shown ita own inability 90 save ths
world iir believes people na re- general
rule are just aH roliEiously Inclined nH
they ever We're; yet the evangelical
denominations arc diminishing ln NUM-
bors Or failing 90 keop pace with the
population Tho Ensllah Haptista bare.
~ hold their own The wralcyuns in-
crease but i've pr cent while tho pop
ulatlpn increases seven and % hair per
cent The attendance upon tho aor-
Vices IN the larEor cities actually dee
crcaHca. Protestant churches in France
arr declining at the rate VI one church
year In Berlin. ten per cent ~ the
population attend churches. and Ia
Hamburg only one ana half por cent.
once lG a while "rcyiyala' occur. and
now Interest seems 10 boz awakened.
hut the results DO not appear 90 Dc
permanent.
The reasons given BY tho contributor
TO tho Contemporary Review Tor this
decline arr worthy N thoughtful con-
alteration. lie says Eyangollcnllsm
came into existence under nm cx.
tromcly indlvidunilstic and c0mpctl-
tive order OF things ana has seen moth
in. In the Gospel but plan OF In.
dlyidunl salvation. ~ has had but little
idea N the common salvation, ~ the
unity ~ mankind Doc Christ. and M the
mutual responsibility uf $40 mon. % has
hardly seemed 90 understand that
divine Helper was loo thr world. opening
mems eyes 30 what is evil gradually
giving them higher notions OF what o.
right. and "a better Judgment nH 90 the
real good and tho real oyll, and. fall
Ing 10 comprehend this. EynnrellClllsm
has never Understood tho nre Doe which
II has run its course Continuing hIH
Indictment. Mr.. Heath says Eyangell.
caiirm has denied God in history has
refused g. recognize il.H pr0ylirntlnl
government of the world nr ~ it has
not formally taken up this lunirl posi-
ton, 10 has treated the question with
contempt. This hlluduvsi 10 the great
social sunrise which has no up the
whole century, and ls gradually leading
10 the emancipation 90 the lnboring
classes In Europe and America has llHt
Eyangrllcnllam the opportunity n has
deslrrd-t0 be the herald 20 thcm and
all the world ~ the great salvation.
And stun moro this blindness has
strengthened IN O. that hardness ~
heart and contempt % Code word and
commandment which characterize the
whole " ChrIrtcudum, and which d. one
~ the reasons W1iy its official repre-
aentatlycs have not ouly lost their hold
on the masses. but have driven into
authgonlsm so many of the more cone
acIrntioua and finer souls ln Europe
and America.
Another point the author makes IH
this. that EyungoIlcallsm has displayed
an astoulHhIng lack uf Christian
brotherhood. II hnH allowed, hr Says.
even those who have worked fnr %
faithfully. as lts agents, to sink Into
being reoiplsuH uf parish relief nr 90
die in tho workhouse. And loo th1t
class which has afforded Ey0uEpueli-
ism such support, and whose families
have been its peculiar domain, how
many hundreds NJ merchants. traders
and farmers. NJ whom 90 bass mad.
much in their prosperity hlf 20 uI-
lowed. when ruin overlook them. 600 die
hroken-hoarted or lee bitterness uf
splrt9"
Mr. Heath admits that ha charge.
aro serious, bat hc iustlur- himself 900
the following argument
contempt NJ code uurl and conn.
maudmout ls o. serious charge, but can
IL Doc said DO Dor. too NU". % NJ ...H.uI Hu