The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-11

became morally corrupt. This depravity
has been the universal tradition of the
human family in all ages. We find it
recorded in Genesis. st. Paul pro-
claimed it when he wrote that through
Adam sin entered into the world, and
by sin a corruption of human nature.
Even those who claim for humanity
elements of the Divinity. OF that they
] are sharers and partakers of the d.
/ vinity in the same sense that Our Lord
was, learn from experience their own
evil tendencies, which delight in sin
rather than in holiness. The good we
know, We do not: nor do we. always
avoid the evil we know.
The teaching, then, of the Catholic
church, to be found in the little cate
chism used in the Sunday school, VIZ,
that man. through the fall of our f1rSt
! parents. suffered darkness of the I'M
Outstanding, weakness of the will and a
strong inclination TO evil, is the teach
ing of the Holy Scripture, confirmed by
universal tradition and mans own ex-
perience To redeem man from this
inherent depravity was the mission OF
Jesus Christ
How was this effected? BY the medi-
alton of Jesus Christ, the only begotten
son of the Father from all eternity,
who was sent by the Father, and who
was himself both God and man.
Christianity. which has been living
factor in the history of the world for
nineteen centuries. was introduced by
and received its vitality from him.
Christianity is Christ, and without him
would have no historical existence. To
this We may apply his answer to a
question propounded by st. Thomas.
when he said: Il am the Way, the truth
and the life" AS a model, Christianity
points to him as the way, as a teacher.
Christian morality directs our thoughts
to him as the truth. He is the life of
humanity. too. 1t is this life, the word
flesh" that mediates between God and
man. If Jesus were simply man. he
could not effect the reconciliation which
the justice and sanctity of God de-
manded; because man, who is finite,
could not commune directly with God.
There would be no common ground for
fellowship. Add to this the fact al
ready demonstrated, viz, the depravity
of the human race, and it follows that
man could not commune with infinite
holiness, which is one of Gods attri-
butes. The same reason that would re-
quire Jesus to be divine, also demands
that he be human. so that he, in his
humanity, may reach the heart of
man. Under the aspect of his twofold
nature-divine and human-he became
the mediator between God and man,
and by living in communion with men,
he infused a new life Into the human
race. Hence the truth of those words
of St. Paul: LAS in Adam all die, even
so in Christ shall all be made alive"
Whilst. then, we admire Jesus as
''the way" and "the TRUTH we admire
him still more, and profoundly bow be-
fore him in his supernatural and super
human character, by which he re-
deemed the human race and raised it
to higher plane of existence by in
fusing a new and spiritual life. which
is proportionate to his divinity Elm
mate from Christianity the divine char
acter of its founder and you take from
ii al that is worth affirming. Beyond
this 1 will not take you. His works
confirm this dogma of faith. So does
his life, which was superior to the age
in which he lived. He proclaimed it
himself, and for this he suffered death
For a good work, we stone the not;
but for blasphemy, and because that
thou, being a man, maketh myself
God" John X: 49, Above all, the mir
acle of the resurrection, commemorated
today, proclaims it. This was the last
proof given by the son of God. of his
divine power. 1t is a certain pledge for
us that he was the real mediator and
that the path to heaven pointed out by
him lis the true one; upon it rests our
faith, from which all our hopes of fu-
ture happiness spring. 1t is truly day
of joy and gladness, and we should this
day unite with the church in her ale
lula of praise by giving glory TO the
Lord and calling upon his name.
THE MUSIC.
The music was especially fine and
the exercises were as follows:
Introductory voluntary (violin) -.
........... Master Roy Williams
Dachauer's Messe SolenneIle was
sung by the following choir with violin
accompaniment:
Sopranos-Mrs. Hal Moore, ]. Glea-
son, Richardson, Misses Fisher, Keefe
and Storell.
Altos-Misses Burke. Davis and
Roche.
Tenors-Messrs. Foster, Gavin, Nc
Bride and McCalla-
Basses-Messrs. Crawford, West, Me-
low and Mack.
''Veni Creator" . La Hache
Miss Davi, Messrs. Crawford and
Foster.
Offertory, "Haec Dies 80. Lambillotte
Mrs. Hal Moore, Misses Fisher and
Burke and Mr. Crawford.
Violinist, Master Roy Williams
Organist and director, Miss Nora
Gleason.