Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-08
LEITICH'S SUCCESSOR.
New Superintendent Of the Utah Meth.
odist Mission Makes Maiden Speech.

The First Methodist pulpit was Allied at
both services yesterday by Rev. DR.. HI,
Talbot, the new superintendent Of the
Utah Methodist mission, and large audi
ences attended both services. The best
sermon was In tho evening, when the
preacher spoke from Prov. Xxx: q, '"rho
spirit Of man is the candle OF the Lord"
lie said In part;
Christianity In the Wilderness OF It's
teaching gives the true standpoint from
which one may Judge himself II shows
TO what depth one may sink, tearing
away the mask that hides the demon
within, Blu, AZ the same time II shows
the angel within and opens tina cara to
the music OF heaven, 80 that one may get
some notion OF the high distinction 10
which man at his best Is destined. d.
rect attention to two points.
Firat--There IL Il spirit In man. From
the Bible various conclusions are reached
a. 10 the way In which humans are To
be regarded, Some think OF man AZ two
fold In nature They say he has physical
nature and under this they class all that
he holds In common with brutes. What
ever may not be 80 classed they speak
OF as attributes Of what IL called the soul,
including under this term whatever Is
immaterial about man.
three.fold view which is held by some,
These hold the same view OF the physical
man as the other class. but they make a
distinction as TO the immaterial part OF
man. Under the term soul they include
the appetite instinct, sensations and
whatever else humans hold In common
with brutes. the body excepted. In mis-
view the soul mediates between the body
and something higher now to be named,
Under the term spirit they class a power
or nature which mediates between the
soul and things unseen and eternal
BY this man has tho consciousness OF
God, an apprehension Of dependence upon
Him and OF obligation 70 Him. Scripture
lends itself to this view and declares
There Is spirit In man" But tho I'M
portant thing Is that the distinction be-
tween man and brute 10 broadly marked.
Man has reason he has sense Of immor-
tally; he has moral nature, The
brites have none OF these capabilities.
and 80 here Is a distinction between them
and man. But il must be said that the
great distinction Is named. In this that
God breathed into man the breath OF
life and no became living soul. Man
Is, then, an inbreathing OF God There
10 q spirit In man,
Second--Thls fact that man Is a spirit
constitutes the note o. ms unmeasured
superiority. The spirit In man II the point
II his contact with God As the candle
receives the Are and burns with a steady
flame. so the spirit OF man Il capable OF
receiving God Spritless things can't re-
celve Him The planets, swinging In
space, feel His touch and obey ills law,
hut they cannot receive Him, Beasts
Wild and tame. receive their food from
Him and are Impressed by His law In their
natures, but they are not capable Of re-
celving any communication from Him.
The granite Is acted upon by the fire,
hut has no power 90 receive the fire nor
10 kindle under It's touch. And 10 Of all
things upon this earth except man He
alone has power 10 be penetrated by and
10 recoiye God This Involves a most VITA
thing. II man can receive God, then no
il capabe of approaching God In thought,
feeling. motive and character, Just as
your boy begins AZ asst 70 understand
your aims motives. plans and the prln'
Clnles that guide your lie, aud that be-
cause he " Hike YOU In nature, 80 man
I'M some poor. broken way II capable Of
belng taken up into the purposes ~ God,
This looks impossible unless We hold
fast 10 the fact that there Ia a spirit IA
man" That N 10 say there N a spirit
nature In him.-a nature given him % God
nartaklne of Gods own nature. II Wns
to the spirit nature lie spoke when tie
sent Moses 10 ind His onalaved onea, aud
N0ses splrt responded and received Tho
flvlne one until ha character slowed
more than hlg face shOne
Tho neW superlntehdent has 80 Tar made
an excellent Impression.