Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-26

One OF the largest audiences that
ever filed the First Baptist church, list
cned last night to one OF the ablest
discOurses delivered there. II was 10y
Rev. Dr. Chivers, field secretary of the
Baptist home missionary board. Ho
SPOKE from the text. John 90 IS "WO-
man, why weepest thou? And she said,
because they have taken away my Lord
and | know not where tiey have laid
Him"
The speaker said In part Mary vas
overcome by an unutterable sense OF
great loss. She could not conceive OF
o rcsurrected Christ, and yet how Inn
moasurably greater would have been
her real loss II the body OF Jesus had
remained IN the tomb? Take away the
resurrection and you take away all
hrlst stands FOR When the High
Priest went into the holy of HOLES 20
offer sacrifice for the Jewish people,
he Frustrated himself before God and
lay prone on his face, motOnless. The
great mass of people outside waited,
GREATNESS, Ia hear the Jingle OF the
bells on his garments as he arose, for
they knew he would not rise until his
offering was accepted. when the bells
tinEled the cry Of Joy was taken up
by those nearest TO the tabernacle and
welled and swelled until the great des-
ert rang with praises. As the High
Priest under the law made atonement
for the sins az the people, so Jesus
christ under the reign Of grace made
atonoment for all mankind, and the
music Of that great sacrifice is stu
ringing IN the ears Of men.
III Christ were not. what would this
world be- ! recently read booklet
entitled THE child, the Wise Man and
the Devil II eliminated Jesus Christ
from history. and an mankind were
summoned 10 the holy city to renounce
Him. The priests cried aloud 10 the
people We have been idolators for
nineteen centuries and now We re-
nounce our error. Then they dashed
the figure of Christ on the pavement
and renunciation was complete
Here the speaker described the world
without "A Christ, and then said
"If Christ We're not, life would be
meaningless enigma and death meas
ureless terror, The teachings OF Jesus
Christ are the high water mark OF
human thought Mans deepest theme
Is God God has placed eternity I'm
mans heart. No man can find God
only through Jesus Christ As sentl-
cnt man cannot live without God II
follows he must accept Christ No
man cometh unto the Father but by
Me If the dictum OF infinite love. We
can have no satisfying knowledge or
God only through Jesus Christ. When
my good mother died AT tho old far
off home In Wales, | could not be there,
but allowing for the difference I'm time
between New York and Wales, ! en-
tered my study when they were bury
ing her body IN Wales. and sought to
see aud know what they did. ! saw
the old home as the body was borne
away. and the village churchyard as
they entered IT, ! heard the prayer OF
the man OF God, and the fall OF the
clods upon her coffin My vision went
further. Away up above AL the hu-
man sadness | saw the face OF the
Christ and heard His sweet voice call
ing. Let not your heart he troubled,
We believe IN God, believe also In Me.
In my Fathers house arc many man
sions ! go to prepare place for you,
and # | go | will come again ana re-
ceve you unto myself. that where ! am,
you may be also. II Christ We're not,
haw could know that radiant hour
4 feature OF the service was So
rrano solo THE Ninety and Nine" by
Mrs, +. y. Jones, which was consid-
cred by her friends as perhaps the
best effort in song she ever made.
The morning sermon IN the First
church was by Rev. DR. Woelfkin on
Let us talk worthly Of the high yo-
cation wherein we are called and this
divine also preached in the afternoon,
IN the East Side Baptist church. The
occasion was the annual Baptist con-
ference, which closed last night with
DR. Chlvers' sermon. The two preach
ers are touring through the country
as special evangelists I'm furtherance
Of a general eyaugelistic work, begun
IN this country q. Philadelphia by
Messrs Torrey and Alexander success
sors To Moody and Sankey. They go
to coast cities from here to conduct re-
yival services.