Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-01-09
FIRST SERMON Of
THE NEW BISHOP.
RI. Rev. SpaIding Says His
Ministry Will be Simply to
Preach Christ.
ENTRANCE TO STRAIGHT GATE.
Text by the Rev. Benjamin Young
Officers Chosen at Annual Meeting
OF English Lutheran Church.

A large congregation assembled at ST,
Marks cathedral yesterday morning,
whore they listened to the initial dis
course In that church Of the Rt. Rev.
Franklin S. spalding The bishop chose
a. HIS text the following words from
Hebrews: Remember hem which have
the rule over you who have spoken un-
TO you the word of God; whose faith
follow, considering the end Of their
conversation, Jesus Christ, the same
yesterday, today and forever"
Bishop spalding spoke Of the work OF
his predecessors, and hoped that he
might follow them In their preaching
and leadership. His ministry would be
nothing but Jesus Christ and Him cru.
cined. As conditions aud needs, said
the speaker differ with individuals, 80
they differ with the various times and
conditions OF history and civilization,
How them can the chu ch preach
Chris tie anne ", da today and
for yer he reply & In the insistence
upon The tru h that Chris d4nity stands
for principles. rather th.n l
and final application Of those princi-
ules principles which must be Inter-
preted IN the light OF present needs.
Jesus Christ must stand for the truth
at the center, not the changeable EN-
bodiments Of truth.
III Is not power we want, but love"
continued the speaker; mot physical
energy, but moral help; not a concep-
ton of strength but fatherhood not
force, but geutleness, not God who
chooses the mighty things to confound
as, weak and helpless, but one who
chooses the weak things to confound
the mighty"
TO my mind, said the bishop, the
vital truth in this Office TO which have
been called and the care with which It's
possession I'm the church is guarded Is
that Christianity depends not urcn Il.
nal statements OF doctrine, confessions
Of faith which seemed more or less
true In times past, not upon a uniform
ity Of ritual, but upon men called and
chosen, upon whom hands are not laid
suddenly, but with thought and pray
en-"
THE STRAIT GATE.
strive to enter In at the strait gate"
'N'' ~ ANNl VI wv lotAlJdllllll lQullB
OF the First Methodist Episcopal
church. yesterday morning. lie said
that the church Is often ignorantly crit
icized and condemned for being narrow.
Breadth such as would mean the
abandonment OF the law is desired. Re-
ligion Is IN harmony With the deeper
laws Of being; II clrcumyents, II limits
II sets up barriers, and all IN the inter-
ests Of the larger life. Marrow s the
way into the Kingdom. II requires
self-denial, the crucinxlon of the baser
man; IL means burden and agony and
the bearing Of the cross. Genuine man
hood is the flower and fruit Of effort
and agony II men make no effort and
are willingly conformed to the fashions
of the world, with its fads and whims
they drift into the CULTS Of hopeless
ness The kingdom OF medicine, the
kingdom Of chemistry, every kingdom
In fact, is narrow, and must be reached
by way OF the strait gate Religion
means struggle. but because OF this why
should II be considered narrow? You
cannot go to heaven on flowery beds OF
ease but you can easily go to hell
that way. Repentance and conversion
mean something, Sometimes you must
say no, and may be termed Puritan,
or too pious; your profession may be
maligned, but your character will shine
with a refulgence that will speak for
the highest things"
OFFICERS CHOSEN.
The annual congregational meeting OF
the English Lutheran church was held
Saturday afternoon. and the follow
ing were elected members OF the church
councils Prof William Blum, G. r.
Strock, l., r. Soderberg II. A. yelling,
l.. r. Kjergaard, p. s. burst. Prof,
William Blum was elected secretary
and H. A. yelling treasurer. N. Il.
Schwenk was reelected superintendent
OF the Sunday school.
ANOTHER FIRST SERMON
The Rev. IT, f. Eddy preached his
first sermon In Salt Lake city yester-
day morning, lie chose the following
text: "Ye shall know the truth, and
the truth shall make you free"
lie said that "Unitarianism" had
seemed 70 base itself upon great Mega
tlons, Some OF these he enumerated.
The first denies that the church Is OF
divine Institution. This had been es-
tablshed by research, The idea that
religion had been lnstllled by inspira-
ton was done away The second ne
cation was thht creed IL natteg OF
personal conviction, UnitarlRnisma de-
nes that one must believe IN a creed
that others had laid down many years
ago
Another negatlon denies that there
IL revelation In the Scriptures, The
Bible should be read as an example of
human literature.
we" said the speaker deny abso-
lutely the doctrine Of blood atonement.
The idea that Christ was crucined Tor
the forgiveness OF the sins OF man-
kind seems to our minds almost mo
moral, TX
Now we come to the great affirma-
tive we believe in great force under
lying all things, force that makes
for righteousness. This has brought
man TO write new bibles, and has Great
ed new faiths, and brought 20 light new
prophets, new saviors. The coming
epoch is one of reconstruction, OF build
ing W all that has been destroyed"
THE BEST NEW THING"
Rev. Dr. Paden preached In the First
Presbyterian church yesterday morn
ing, his subject being THE Best NeA
Thing" Among many other interest
Ing remarks, the doctor said
I'm business and battle there are
strategic points, points which contain