Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-08-06
n, RIA. Mckinley Of Boise Speak.
or at the First Presbyterian
Last Night.
awHAT IS MAN" HIS THEME.
go. tl,e PsaImist Had Been Star.GaL.
ing When lie Wrote That Now
siost Beautiful Text,

nay DR.. r A. Mckinley of Boise
,,,sehed in the First Presbyterian
,bproh last evening. from Psalms
vii 4: what Is man that Thou are
rlndnil Of him. The speaker said
in part:
This psalm is the astronomers
song. It expresses wonder at the
Greatness OF God and At Ills conde-
.,srslon toward man. II celebrates the
yrsst love Of God manifested not only
n creation. but especially in redemp-
ION. IL tells ~ the advancement ot
Jesls 20 glory. honor and dominion
thst He might b. the mighty savior Of
= lost race. The psalmist no doubt had
bean star-gazing when he wrote mis-
astronomical song. Upon tho heavens
ts had traced The name ot God In
Characters OF llght. and there had come
M him an overwhelming sense Of the
ereatness and glory OF that wonderful
Being who had flung the starry worlds
from His finger ends. In the presence
n the moon and stars and all The hosts
n the celestial army displaying the
infinite power and wisdom man seemed
pupy and insignificant and The divine
care for man most wonderful. Almost
syerpowered with these great thoughts
on, ~ the depth ~ the psalmlst's soul
came this humble inquiry. What Is
man that Thou are mindful Of him.
II The psalmist should have been thus
trrreSsed with his comparatively
limited knowledge Of tho universe how
much more deeply and powerfully
,1ould We be affected with our reyela-
lions OF the telescope and spectroScopa
and with our mathematical measure
mtnts and calculations.
II We turn away from the great uni
verse OF God aud contemplate man
himself there Is much 10 suggest NE
imrrobabihty of God being mindful
Of him. Man not only dWndlos into
comparative insignihcance when con.
trasitd with the immensely Of The uni.
verse. but he also conducts himself
.1 a manner discrcditable and ruiuous
% himself and dishonorabie 10 his
Maker. Tho very clay. The filthy mud
81 the street. maintains an existence
more praiseworthy according 20 IFS
own nature than many men do accord
aE 10 theirs. There Is no beast Of
he field or the forest that 10 misuses
an Us powers Ike many men do theirs
Furthermore. disease consumes man,
the earthquake swallows him, the cy-
clone sweeps him away, the belching
volcano oyerwhclms him. the grave re-
ceiyes him, and the worms deyour him.
Tho very stars in their twlnking seem
20 shed tears over the little sad lot ~
man. Even the Bible is crowded with
declarations OF mans littleness and
wickednesS The great evangelical
prophet Isaiah declares that man is
srass. and the psalmist. In one place
ssys man Is a lie and deceit, and the
whole Bible proclaiins man 70 he an
outlaw under the divine government
and consequently under the divine
,ondemnation. Al history. moreover.
ls largely 4 record OF human sin Scar
ely any spot of this beautiful Garth
can be found where the footprints Of
Evil cannot be traced. Every daily
newspaper. with its record of crimes
committed, proclaims the terrible deg
radiation OF human nature. Every per-
-ou s. profoundly conscious Of not be-
irp al that he ought 10 Be and of be-
as NAANN ANtk AAt NAHAl AAll W N't
IT IS scientifically true that this
whole earth is but mere speck IN
the wide neld Of vision. But suppose
the earth be small when contrasted
with al the rest 81 creation. what fol-
lows, small things are sometimes OF
& very great value There is not money
enough In all Utah 10 buy that LITTLE
baby of yours. That little woman who
las lavished upon you all the wealth OF
her affection Is worth more 10 YOU than
al else that the sun looks down upon
one little song by great poet like
longiellow or Tennyson Is worth more
Than many cases full OF evencscent 1T.
rsture. The great human soul does no
-sed the body OF a Corbett. Fitzslm
mons. Jeffries, Sullivan or Samson II
which 10 reside, and by means OF which
n operate. As a matter Of histori,
act some Of the brightest minds evel
,u this planet. Ike Keats and Pope
rave been conped up In diseased
iVsrfed and deformed bodies. The
highest value and tho most real great
hess are not be be measured 10y occu
aled space And hence great forces
mighty worlds and immense distances
10 not count In tho solution OF iht
question as 10 whether God be Mindful
VI man.
Moreover, Il IS scientifically uul
nat law IL supreme IN nature. TIL
eign OF law Is universal. fixed ant
irresistible. This is demonstrated b!
lumberless facts. But equally sclen
SIC facts also demonstrate that mar
las a moral nature which carries viii
I freedom and responsibility Sciencu
proclaims a heayen-wido dlherenc,
seiwoen virtue ana vice and between
~ actions a. men and OF The love-
nimsls In the midst OF many tremen,
lous and awful physical forces here i
naris power OF choice which Il
90 ~ nature az truly as gravitatoi
Dr. chemical AFFINITY. Having givel
nan 2 certain kind o. nature Co
must deal with him IN accordance viii
o. Having endowed man with IN
,NVer ~ personal choice God rs bount
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