Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-05-14
|IHE DEDICATION
Of NEW CHURCH.
,,,,resting and Impressive Ser
vices at First Presbyterian
Auditorium.
SERMON BY REV. DR.. PADEN.
......,,re Edificc Was ProfuseIy Dec.
o,.ted With Beautiful Flowers
For the Occasion.


-ss new First Presbyterian church
..a,orIum was well filled yesterday
ropng, and packed solid In the eve
,lss on the occasion OF the dedication
..r,ices. The results OF the day fully
n,uAed the officers and members Of
ne church IN their assurance that they
nd one OF the most attractive edifices
/, The country both for convenience and
,,,oustics, as well Ms In architectural
Mats. The front OF the auditorium
,s decorated profusely with white
savers OF several varieties and potted
,apts which made the rostrum and the
a,san loft resemble a floral conserva-
,ory
DEDICATION SERMON.
p.y Dr. w. NJ. Paden preached the
a,Slcotlon sermon, assisted by Rev. Drs.
Wlshard and McNiece and Rev. J. G.
tinroln in the services. The text was
aFor We are laborers together with
al Therefore let no man
,roy In men: for all things are yours:
ghsther Paul. or Apollos or Cephas, or
,ha world. or life, or death. or things
rres.nt. or things to come all are
Yours, and ye are Christ's, and Christ
il Gods" Cor. H.: 2l-2S.
He said In part:
This A.. our Fathers house, one OF
uis many mansions. But will God In
vsrv deed dwell with men on the earth?
nav much less In this house which We
Ssys built. Behold heaven and the
ssayen Of heavens cannot contain Him.
ve must beware of provincialism, even
'nlanetsry provincialism.' We are not
mere servants of this or that time.
,isce ar mortal master. but undying
tsndren az the high and holy One who
,nhohI,sth Eternity.
"Shris,ianity is NOT LOYALTY 10 this or
.ha, h,iman isader hut LOYALTY 10 Christ
S o. , 4. 49, ytastar .yar christ and oil
.,a az. hrothers WHY shonld We tag
W. W. s'e f,nr sny ono man however good
s,Vms s,. 80 e,,.sot ,yhen ,ve ovn them ollo
III or, RS uhsths. pauI ar Anollos or
80, All are ours whether Auuus-
vsp'n a. tn,har or calvin mr. Wesley or
W. 49,, y, W. AZ ,,ot haiong IN any mo
~ vi AZ ,han, thev ono and ALI belong
a.'
BELONGS TO ALL.
"u.,.. o,,o ., c,od,s cbi,drsn gets n
N,en - ~ Es,har +, ,n,,huith
nlessase Iurn tn nranar,y ~ cannot
or'un.sn So,'''''pm pnantai far,iIy church
ue entti,su ~ ""I r, - ,'Ka,nr,s does
OF na. ., ,,a n% Iohn pm
w. 9e"us % ,,,s,s .Jo,v. Rutherford
!an W n w ar fohn WooImsr,
W AA' Ai'0N' -
W. .rb, hor,,age ~ divine truth is
W. a,n a i, hnS neraon al any time,
W .ic,,t,.,, r,,t. claim his norton of
ME- Fa,Nsr's estate oar text Is sufii-
c,an, WIN ana testament All things
are YOURS: Whether paul or Apollos or
Cephasi All are yours, We are not
theirs. SO are moi your own. Ye are
trhrist's and Christ IL Gods.
"ye, we have So much OF the partisan
in us that We can hardly be fair, even
10 Gods chosen prophets and teachers.
Thomas Hardy hardly overstates this
spirit when he says of Parson Clair:
He loved st. Paul, admired st. John,
felt tolerant towards ST. Jude and st.
Peter and dislked st. James as much
as he dared There Is too much OF this
sort Of thing even IN our treatment of
VIZ hNis Hlfli VI wv iiluF1 '"N
with all such partlalism. Ours Is not
the church az ST. John or at. Paul
or ST. James; much less the church OF
c. Calvin, ST. Cranmer or ST. Wesley.
!, Is the church of the incarnation,
The church of the atonement. the
church Of the resurrection. But II Is
more. II Is the church Of Jesus Christ,
the Son Of the living God.
Ia riUbt 80 t,a1f,no futhars
wont TO say: We are not Catholics but
o J,ngl'o' ar no, ~, ,h , nroaI
church Of Jesus Christ. which has many
members who bear many names Az
one has expressed II Christian In our
name, Presbyterian our surname We
are Presbyterian Christians, AS such
We can cooperate with Christians of
every name In works OF faith and Ia
hors Of love. IA defined In the West
minister confessions, the most compre-
hensve and catholic OF all religious
constitutions. The church consists OF
all those throughout the world who pro-
fess the true religion, with their child
rem, We therefore claim as brothers all
who belong to our Fathers household.
so the conditions for admittance 10
this household are as near as may be
the conditions for admittance to the
kingdom Of heaven. We receive men
az they come on one condition, faith In
the Lord Jesus Christ manifest by "A
cody sorrow for sin and in godly
life.
We stand for n comprehensive creed,
high moral code and simple but re-
weren't culture Of form OF worship: but
We stand ahov1 all ,bi,os f,r faith it,
the Lord Jesus Christ.