Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-06-10

THE CENTURY OF CHRIST.

Rev, Charles A, Eaton " Cleveland
o. recently expressed hls belief that
the present century VIII he the "ccns
fury NJ religion" M the preceding was
the century Of science" The worlds
need today ho says, rs n return 10
Christ "a fresh understanding Of Ills
consciousness of himself new SUR
render In all the areas Of their being
practical intellectual and spiritual, TO
the rogencratlng power Of His divine
personality" And this need VIII be
met,
ON the over restless surface OF our
age, only keen eye can detect cvl.
dcnoee Of a near fullllment of this fore.
cast The fac, IL that the age seems 10
have general tendency away from
christ, II we look nj modern business
methods, fashions, the daily circulating
literature, social conditions, etc, n now
code Of morals appears 20 be blazing
forth from the very mountain tops ~
society And the burden OF II Isl
Make money, never mind hones,yi
avoid the duties OF life fatherhood and
motherhood gratify passions oycr-
throw authority patronIlc the divorce
court, and end with suicide" That the
old, tested standards are being broken
down and those vet up Instead, IL but
too evident all around us,
As IN illustration of tho decline NJ
religious fnIth In the world !, can ba
mentioned that not long ago II was pros
posed 10 meeting Of the General SYM
cd of the Reform church at Hurlcl,
switzerland, that baptism and tho
Lords supper should no longer bo obs.
served, Tho delegates favor
ing this mutllOtIon ~ the
creed, stated that since they no longer
believe In tho resurrection ~ Jesus,
they dd not zee why baptism should
be retained nt all They see, they cS-
pnincd, IN Jesus only "A man, and can-
not accept the bapllsmal formulu,-"ln
the name Of tho Father and Of the Son
ynd ~ the Holy Ghost" while ~ for
adult baptism, such seems TO them
perfectly ridiculous MS u prerequisite
TO confirmation and admission to the
Lords table, Az for the supper itself,
ihoy claimed that the feast originally
was hut the usual jewish gathering
for the observance of the Passover
followed by a little social intercourse
between our Lord and His disciples
nnd n slight ropas,i but that there In
no evidence that Jesus ever appointed
such q meeting or such ropast TO bo
n standing ordinance IN His church
and to be observed by lIis followers
for all time, Tho result Of tho discus.
zion was that the synod snyo oach
pastor tho liberty TO mako such
changes In the formulate Of baptlam
and tho Lords supper 0s tho session
OF His Church might approve. And
this took place IN Protestant com.
munily profcssedly acknowledging tho
| scriptures as the only infnlllblo guido
| IN matters OF both faith and practice.
hut II IN the spirit Of the apo, II In
| u manifestation Of tho general tendency
toward rebellion against the Lord and
n life IN llbor,inIsm, instead Of law.
defined liberty
hut Notwithstanding these signs
OF the time, we, too, be.
lIeyc that the present century viii be
tho century OF Chret Hls power win
be established among the children OF
men, more nrmly than over before.
This we believe, because lie hae ostab-
lIahed His church In this age Tor the
very purpose Of saving the world from
the power Of the adversary, Ana what,
" tho world reject tho message, cruel.
~ the messengers or crown thcm with
crowns Of thorna2 That only hastons
the work OF redemption, The rock
may be rejected even by the builders,
but II win nevertheless become II COR
noretone. because the Lord has 40 or-
dalned The century Of christ IN sure
| ~ coming The blood Of the martyrs
Of this age was no moro shed IN vain
than the blood Of other witnesses for
| truth, IN prevIoua Ngoa,