Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-03-20
New Chaple of Westminster Col
Isqe Formally Opened With
Impressive Ceremony
ps pADEN DELIVERS SERMON,
r.oie, Mnsical Numbers, aad Hlst'ri-
cal Sketch by Rev. R G
AlcNece.

The new GuHloll "i'''V'
u,.s,,rlnster college was dedicated yes
..,dsv afternoon. before an audiences
yam tbe three Presbyterian and other
,,,o, evangelical churches that COM
',.,olv filled the auditorium and sun
I.y school room beyond, The rostrum
aos profusely decorated with plants and
o,,ysrs Of various kinds. and on the
.,.,sorm we're Revs. Josiah McClain,
,.sior of the Third Presbyterian church,
whose congregation Is TO worship m
cha building, DR.. w. II. Paden of the
1 uI,st prasbyterlan church. Mccain Da-
r,s M the Westminster Presbyterian
cbnrfh. Dean X. G. McNiece of the
Ws,tmlpster college, Dr. r. w. Pinker-
,on Of the Christian church, T. A..
slmntIn of the Phillips Congregational
cbnrch D. A. Brown Of the First Bap-
,st church Il. Wake Of the Metho-
d'st church, +. l.. Arnold, pastor emerl-
ms OF the Presbyterian church. and
prof l. c. Lincoln. Music was FUR
nisbed by a mems quartet, and Miss
Nina Beyeridge was the organist.
OBLIGATORY SERMON
Tho dedicatory sermon was delivered
nv Rev Or. Paden OF the First Presby-
terrain church, whose subject was st.
peter's call to service from III Peter /;
B and Z: For this very cause giving,
on your part, all diligence, add to your
faith. virtue, and to your virtue, knowl-
edqe. self-Contro, and to your self
control, endurance; and to your endur-
ance, Godllness and TO Goodness,
brothery kindness; and to brotherly
Kindness. love for AL men. For If these
things be IN you and abound, they
make you to be neither idle nor un-
fruitful" DR.. Paden said, in part;
Add to your faith Faith .s)u see, Is
the first quantity In the column. You
start with II and II Is at the bottom OF
Christian character; II is at the base of
the ladder OF graCes, Without some
faith OF some kind your character has
no footing, no foundation, 1T is all In
the air. Faith is at the foundation
OF every life which sums up toward
Chrstlikeness, or amounts to anything
G0dlike This church Is founded on
faith In Christ and consecrated to His
service by those who accept and revere
Hin as Savior and Lord. This being
done, and not until It is done, we are
ready for Christian work For without
faith 1t Is impossible to please God.
With II, however, we are ready to add
the Christian graceg. We are ready
TO take the first ascending steps to-
wards Christian perfection. We have
something to build on and something
to build with.
Add TO your faith virtue. In its mar
rover sence virtue is energy, bold
ness. Vlgor or courage, In Its
broader sense II is moral excel.
lenee. We must add II In every sense.
Faith without courage is OF little use
TO the world, and a source OF discomfort
70 rs losessor A conscience Is about
me most troublesome thing n coward
can have There Is absolutely no de-
light and about as little use In holding
convictions which one has neither the
candor nor the courage TO confess. 10
be either happy or good we must add TO
our faith courage,
so faith without moral excellence Is
barren and useless. As our confidence
or iallh IN Christ must bear fruit IN
confession, so our communion with
Chnst must transform us into his like
ness Christian faith must beget
Chnstlke character The best evidence
OF christian faith is Christian courage
and Christian conduct
ms church not only stands for faith,
nut Tor courageous confession of that
ialthi not only for positive beliefs, but
ior readiness TO do battle for them.
Moreover es we stand, according to our
ugnt Tor the truth, the whole truth,
ana nothing but the truth, we stand
lor Christian morals, all Christian
morals Indeed, our catechlsm speaks
more OF duties than Of doctrines. We
uelleVe MS man may Of Gods world
way while all Is love, all N law. For a
minister or member of this church TO
openlY and unpenitently ayow that he
Em liVing IN violation OF the laws Of
Hod ana the laws Of man would mean
immediate and vigorous discipline. our
vuuIvh stands for obedience to the
Aad,to Your virtue knowledge. Cour-
sbe OF conduct OF the diylner sort IL
w golden As we stand up against the
sconer and find out that no knows The
scriptures better than we do, we must
make more Of our Bibles. As we fall
~ WIN truthseekers who have lost their
way ana ma our own paths lndlstlnct.
We uu'l ASK to seek for additional
nmhuV ADDITIONAL knowledge As we
nunse boldly into the battle OF life,
aIu nnd ourselves thwarted or out
MlI'ea at every point by entrenched
, nn9 INSCRIPTIONS evil.doers, we must
,I give up because we have been out
,tul' We must ra er go into more
uolu9Sh training We must address
ourselves TO ST. Peters sum and add
W. our virtue knowledge. Even zeal
~, ~ 10, nol may be futile II not according
10 knowledge. $50
ol9M church stands for zeal I'm ac-
IU,uanee with knowledge, II Is n think
VIZ ,Ds church teaching church. a church
"nge loves God with It's mind as well
G WIN rs heart. We do not depre-
Sale feelings, but we do insist on
MOVING ~. what our feelings are about.