The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-05-13
By the Rev. Newell Dwight Hills

Judaism. Tho old system OF tho temple and
the syn0eSuS TSo waS stood tho temple With It's
altnrs the pen crowded with sheep and goats,
the butcher With his knife. ond the priess
with his robe The time was in the days OF
Moses and OF David. when these outer
symbols full OF instruction to the he
childhood is bad for that race in lts ma
tunty. Moses was the Pcstnlozzi OF mis- age,
he was the nrst 10 organize 90 systSm ,Srnrsb oh
symbols that appealed to tho nina uIousn
the ego Groat Froebell Wonderful also
tho genius OF Pestnloszi! But greater than @
both multiplied score OF times. the genius
OF Mosss. Twenty-Five yeare ago II was quite
tho thing TO talk about the mistakes OF Moses
But since that time clny libraries and tablets
havo been deciphercd thousand old rolls
Transmitted manuscripts have boon compared,
the etoried East has yielded UP its richest
name and famO arc fixed forovsr de found
the children OF Israel at seminal point, next
cattle and o horde Of slaves. They could not
road or write. they had no idoa OF God. of
law OF sin OF conscience. Of politics. or lib
cr4y suppose you wero ruddenly sot front
10 front With a cnnnibel or a savage Sup
How would you begin7 BY tho time you have
worked over that question for Tow weeks
you win begin 10 appreciate the geniuo OF
Moses. Moses wanted TO mako those slaves
understand that sin separated men from God:
in moral univcrse- How did he do thisT
He built series OF welle-arst on outer wall,
that held all the people aloof because they
had broken Gods law. When tho people had
ahmed nc made them bring something that
yyn'p wns precious 10 them. perhaps II was a dove
or n lamb nnd then when they had oGorcd
H. had bowed themselves 70 the ground and
SponsNt ,hom in,o tn" outer court Beyond
was inner court: further still holy
! place. beyond tho next WALL n most holy
! placa And then nj sacred center. was tho
/ ark Of the covenant. Into this holy place only
tho high priest nigh, enteI a. ana a. tnae onsy
hut Moses wanted show tho peopla TINT
sin costs God much treasure. Dld one man IN
! h.s anger slay nnother, leaving childIen or
| phana9 Well God had 10 become the SIN
bearer for the murderer. In HIS province; tho
unseen God raisco M friends for the niue
! ones becoming father tho feathcIicss
and a husband 10 the widow To make thehe
| ncwly-emnnoipated slaves understand that sin
costs Cod ara man much treasure, Moses
! made the transgressor bring his most prccious
liquor oil! winc. his most precious grain.
that also u-pon which he lived. tho lamb or
tho Roat md through those symbols,
. thcy climbed in thought up toward Cod, DID
power 10 transform slaves and savages7 Let
history answer How wise this judge named
Samuel. How marvellous this eweot singer.
David. What em!nence belongs 10 solomon
the scholar How noble this company OF
prophets and martyrs and kings BY, su' -, no
hrows ought 70 have outerown Soses's system
In hundred yoars. scaftoldinR Is useful
in its place, but when the house Is done. the
scafroldipg ought 20 be taken AWAY. When
Michael Angelo wsS decorating tho Sistins
chapel the scnfrolding nled the cntiro room.
When the artist had completed those marvel
oue '.rsphs and the Judemen, scene. he in
what II the eoarroldins Of s1ichaoi Angelo
had ecen kert In tho sistne chapel for ths
last nve hundred years? II would have beer
moro foolish than for these old Hebrews
who kept their slaying OF lambr nnd ktd,
long after their symbolic lad been tul.
! nilod.
Conservatism and Radicalism True
and False.
Consider the peril OF false conAervntism. II.
Characteristic Ia reverence for old laws, ole
customs and old crccds This spirit profor
old creeds to new ones. old cuytoms and form
to modarn onos, old Uledlcinss, old tools. OLE