Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-08-20
SUNDAY SERMON
By REV. S|MPK|N
nIscoursed Interestingly On the
0Id.FaShioned Re-
Iigion.
THE RACE HAS NOT CHANGED,
T.. Mere Ncwnc>s the Hallmark of EX-
ccllencc and Worth'-Dcar-
est Things In Life.

Rev r. A. siupkin preached yester-
DAY morning, in the Phillips church, on
the old fashioned religion choosing AZ
bis text, zone is your Master even
christ. and all ye are brethren. %
Matt. xxiii, 10, The speaker said in
rsrt:
ut is granted without discussion
that the church IS old-fashioned but 10
rs 10 be asked, ls mere newness the
hallmark Of excellence and worth? 4
little look into the worlds heart and
your own, viii show YOU that the very
dearest things IN all life are old-fash-
ioned. What was there new In Mlllets
Angelus. The Man With the Hoe or
The Cleaners Just the material upon
which a cupful Of color was smeared;
no more: for the scenes there portrayed
are as old as the race. when Mozart
rut into the rich Funeral mass all
the penitenoe. faith and hope Of his
soul. he did not make new thing.
Ne but gave his yoicng 90 the WORLD
GA things OF heart passion and pain
and desire that every soul recognizes
40 listening 90 the liquid melodies of
that requiem. And 50 with the richest
'hIngs that come closest 10 the heart
motherhood with It's grace. love with
It's worship and sacrifice, wifehood
childhood, fatherhood ARE an very old
fashioned. as are honor truth. integri-
~ and fidelity Yes the church Is
old.fashioned ami IL Is in splendid CONF
pany. II Is never 90 be forgotten that
churches. religion, have need 10 be old
fashioned. When the earth sees new
man, with new emotions, needs. moral
values and problems, then the church
can cease 70 be oid-fashioned. But
The age man, the race II you Will. has
not changed I'm type, even though 500
oIally his conditions may be different.
HE WHO PAINTS A LIE,
He who paints picture Of the sects
fighting each other today paints a lie
II Is true that men DO not-and IN the
present racial development cannot
perhaps, see eve TO eye in religious
things; but do they in matters political
economical. civic? And yet no voice is
lifted against the expressions OF men
la these matters that differ so widely
and yet are one en- honesty He who
said, II | be lifted up. ! will draw all
men unto Ne. stands I'M the heart Of
our age and about Him gather the regi-
ments OF God. II yesterday IN the
'ogs that hung thick upon the face Of
he world they found the enemy where
ney should have found the brother. let
W count their zeal more. rather than
their honesty and goodness less As
We see them today giving utterancc 10
the ge-suppressed cry ~ brotherhood
and IN their eve catch the common FIRE
N the zeal that is wise enough 20 direct
IS fire upon the things OF evil I'm our
time because u loves men with Gods
love. let us be thankful that the church
comes SO fast 10 the place where II
shall throne upon the passionate devo-
ton and submission Of a race 10 Christ
who by love Is the worlds Master.
oh yes. the church is growing. Is
moving with the human race. To all
the old problems II Is earnestly seek
INK 60 apply the simple remedies Of God.
ashamed that dilatorily II has tarried
IN the past, dwelling ON the exquisite
chasing ~ the cruise rather than on
The power Of It's contents % heal the
ages hurt To the new problems the
involved life of the day brings. 10 is
giving as paSsiouately as an Edison or
a Beard in the laboratory It's thought
and care 60 meet the demands Of an
appealing life. Il needs no new al
rnabet no new message, for as the
Old alphabet holds an the combinations
N speech that the latest science, the
highest literature demands. so the old
message of Jesus. that In the centuries
ihe church has b8bbled an too brokenly.
holds forever the answer 10 every need.
aspiration and ideal Of that Man who
Is back of an the veneer OF culture
snd civilization Unchangingly the same
in the age.
CLAMoR Is FOOLISH.
This clamor about new life il fool
ish, There can be but variation. When
De Nries made his important discov-
cry two years ago regarding the dlf-
ftrcuiiati0n Of species. he did not find
that any one OF the new forms pro-
duced was by that step separated from
the laws OF lie and development that
govern the species And so. no differ
e0tlation that culture civilization and
varying social conditions bring I'm the
human family viii ever discover man
from that law Of spiritual life and those
truths which meet the conditions OF
man, voiced by the church Of Christ.
They are az God for the age. Prac-
ically the only progress possible TO the
t.grth 81 Jesus beyond deepening ap-
rrchension Of the ahidine truth. is that
~ unification and assimilation Uni
t'atiou of the several branches OF the
tue church Of Jesus is not only possi-
Die. but essential Go world conquest.
It is here that The fairminded and care
ill observer viii find a marvellous pro-
ercss IN the church. The great change
cur time notes f. due 90 a recognition
n mutual possession ~ the essentials.
md Of the great fact stated Boo our text.
pnt Is your Master. even Christ. and
au 80 are brethren. This progress
las naturally Included. as men have
come TO see more clearly together the
abiding essentials, the deliberate out
Trusting from beliefs o. such that was
merely human in IT'S origin, and not
binding therefore. upon the conscience.
Indeed, Il would seem. in the churchs
present temper. that practically an that
Is In the way Of the union OF Chrsten-
dom today IN a practical fashion Is
me remnant Of the merely human IN
belief and practise which are still VS.
ihle-the century-old accretlons, whose
value Is only sentimental