The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-09-05
REV f. |. GOSHEN
BACK IN PULPIT
breaches First Sermon Since
Return Erem Vacation.
RELIGION THAT WILL LIVE"
SAYS THAT 1T Is BUILT ON
BROAD LINES.

Rev. Elmer l. Goshen. pastor OF the
Fltst, CONGREGATIONAL church. preached his
iirst sermon yesterday morning since his
return from his vacation. His subject
was The Religion That VIII Live" The
congregation was large. BY a series Of
Illustrations IL was shown that certain
WORKS OF art had endured through the
centuries. BY other Illustrations il was
SHOWN that certain characters lived
Though +he ages because of their inner
ent work
In support Il this argument he said:
But IL it be tfue that certain charac-
lcrs arc SO great as TO defy the onward
march OF time and the tickle memory OF
man. 1t Is still more true that there are
certain great truths that can never per
lSR Time may destroy the canvass; wan
ING centuries may throw the mantle OF
OphV'on over the memory Of good and
GltaI' Yet these few great truths will
i've on ana, like lighted torch burn
S se,i when all else is black and OBJ
sIUfe. but what are these truths? How
WI any man. knowing the changes that
llne reveals dare 10 say what tbiugs are
Iniui1lent ana what are transitOry The
.hl[ MEANS We have Of Judging the future
- Hhr9pgh q careful study of the present
and tho past.
Man Has Been Ever Religious.
Looking back along the line of centu
rles and studying closely we are s,Ir, OF
some lew things. Ia the first Dlace man
A,ts been a religious creature long before
1uY priest walked the earth. long before
~ Amgle Temple reared its tuTrCtS toward
tlr sun, long before culture and refine
mont came 90 teach and lead. man was
lelglous His temple dome was ire DER
allltlAR SKY. his OhiPcf Of ErrO-
stick or stone, but kneeling before that
HDJect he revealed one great thlng-that
DIS was a religious nature and demanded
some form Of worship. Crude form OF
r@igion. yOu say. Yes. very crude hut
quito enough 90 satisfy the mind tina
held u, for this man was early in the as
cent from matter 20 mind and the great
labyrinth Of thought and progress lay all
'cf"re. Nowhere oil this primitive man
Eet The. desire 10 W0shlp. No priest taught
tnenl. Tor priesthood had not been born
NJ school OF philosophy ny clever Undue
uoES led them 10 worship. for philosophy
was the result rather than the cause Of
tee religious tendency.
Now n scicilee holds 20 ore postuiate
more tcnaciouSly than 10 any other IL is
To this-that for everything that is there
must he an adequate cause. Search for
causes in primeyai man and you will find
that no clever device Of the SchOols-no
subtle plan ~ priest-no contribution Of
learning or culture made man 20 be reli-
gious he was religious by nature and the
desire for worship was bruathed into his
Eostriis when Gcd bVeathcd into him the
breath Of life.
Why the Opposition.
"BIt if this ne true why has man so
nsrsis tentlys opposed every new truth?
Why has he held TO old conceptions oven
though the newer be stronger and better2
wendell Phillips used TO say that YOU
might as Well shoot some men with a bul-
Jet ~ with a new idea--cither took their
breath away. But I'm spite of all such the
world makes its progress;
The world desplses slavery in ali It's
forms, yet the world has ever fought
against the introduction OF social, p0liti-
al or religions truths that meant the de-
strUction Of slavoeracy and the usherins
ir or larger liberty.
"AH during these summer months in as
semb.es where men and women gathered
for study and teaching. one nOte was
sounded more than any other-over and
over again il was stated that these are
dangerous tinles-and that because of new
curruptions Of religious truth tEat religion
cain and again hat scieuce has so
changed mans conception of The universe
that faith is In danger of death.
fWhat q narrow view What false
teaching. For whatever SciCuCe has taken
away from faith she has given back dnu-
BIO fold. She has filled the universe with
the presence q wisdom aud power and
eternal love.
No Danger For Religion.
There is 10 danger that religion vii
PERISH. tnrrc II uanNer tnaL truth viii
nc put in so unloVelV and Unattractive
form that man will turn away from her
Paint G0d as a monster and be rot sur
ltised u men revolt and refuse 10 know
him. The man who seeks 10 uphold reli-
2iun II scme bisoted fashion that dis
gusts and repcls honest men. does more to
harm religion than the most blatant skep-
lie IN the universe. Religion IS life God
IS love. and when We live ana teach this
Truth men VIII respond and let it into
t.feir lives.
--
laTgCr life tomorrow than YOU know to-
Oily. he sure OF these things: Any religion
That ahandons human sympathy and COM
MON sense Is q false religion: any reli-
rinn that .inculcatcs fear; any religion
l3af teaches anything that viii brighten
child IS false religion: any religion
that divorces faith and action is false:
any religion that teaches that man can
believe one thing and practice another and
&c saved. is false.
Religion of the Future.
Religion IS life. What YOU do is what
sou believe. che religion Of the future
VIII eNait reason, enshrine faith and
hgeatle love and-sympathy- The religion
cf ilt future Will refuse TO ask mar TO
subscribe L. articles that are repugnant
~ his reason.. The religion OF the future
Will have two cardinal teachings-l0ve TO
God and love 20 man. and when he has
subscribed 10 tnesO two she will say 10
p'3E. gill iu the details rs your reason
DEMANDS. The religion az tue future VIII
refuse to teach that There Is any saving
ordinance; rites and ceremonies Will be
valuable rot in themselves. but because
II the truths that they help us to remsm-
hcr. Tho religion OF the future Will pro-
N0unce everything good that makes for
The larger welfare and happiness Of man.
IT viii pronounce no institution as Oh
vine unless that institution helps men TO
~ masters Of themselves, This was the
religion TINT Jesus brought and when VIC
fad hiCl we lind this religion
The corner stone on the religion Of the
future will be the fatherhood Of God; the
structure Will be that magnificent temple
called the brotherhood of man Upon such
--%il;.s viii the religion OF the future be
lrat because slch basic truths and only
-;ich can permanently satisfy the mind Of
growing humanity
Mr. Goshen returned last Friday from
chicago where he has been for the past
six weeks visiting az his home. During
his visit he spent most of his time study
in- lie aiFo visited through the east and
st,ut several days az the -. Louis tair.
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