The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-20
SUNDAY BUSY DAY
FOR METHOD|STS
Love Feast Is Held in the Fore
noon, With Large At
tendance.
BISHOP MOORE breaches
AN INTERESTING SERMON
In the Afternoon New SCandi-
navian Church Is
Dedicated.

The Glove feast Of the M. E. mis-
sion conference, Sunday, from $3.50 to
l. a. m, was well attended, Rev. E. o..
Mork presiding Testimonies were
given by many members, showing de-
votional spirit to the work in Utah.
While this State has not been consld-
cred the best field in some ways, the
Lord had more than repaid for the la
Dor expended, Several expressions were
made Of gladness that they had been as
signed to work in Utah,
The services at II a. m. were begun
by the usual singing, with prayers by
Rev. Mr.. Murray. The sixteenth chap
ter of ST Matthew was read by Rev.
~. Bovard as the Scripture lesson.
Bishop Moore, taking from the lesson
the text "Upon this rock ] will build
my church, and the gates of hell shall
not prevail against it, said in part:
Interest attaches TO the beginning
OF any great movement. whether po-
litical or religious. Great Importance
is attached to the great hall in Phlla-
dclphia. We look upon the men who
wrote the Declaration of Independence
with respect. We look upon the pen
that signed the document, and we may
see the document itself. When so much
Importance attaches TO the lndepend-
enco of single country, what shall we
attach to the beginning of Christianity
81 do not wonder that those who
write the life of the Savior pause long
and lovingly on the scenes. Jesus
turned away from his own people, who
would not receive him. lie asked what
people said of him, and receiving the
answer that some took him for a
prophet, etc, He then asked Of them,
But whom say yc that | amf Peter
said, Thou art the Christ, the Son or
the living God, Then Jesus SAID,
Upon this rock will build my church,
and the gates of hell shall not prevail
against it. If Jesus had been man
the first answer concerning what men
said of HIM would have satisfied hlm; !;
but he turned to them and asked, But
whom do you say that l amG
Highest Attributes.
''We must feel that Jesus had the
highest attributes of man. Call him
father, also my brother No three
m n can be found with higher minds
John. who called men away from their
sins; Elijah, recognized as prophet;
jeremiah, who stands out upon tho
pages of history as one of the highest
characters, But Jesus was not man,
but our Savior and Lord. My Father
III n6uNcu ICEShltu ~ w yVb'
character makes you the stone upon
which to build the church-the lnyisi-
BILE church.
'What care we for a solid founda-
ton if there be no storms! The gates
of hell Will assault 1t. The whole
world will be against 1T. The foes Will
issue from the gates of hell-the en-
tanglements of commerce, business, the
appetites and desires; and the phlloso-
ply and human achievement that
would put man IN the place OF God.
Even death himself, riding his white
horse, comes out of hell to slay the de.
Tenders of the faith, Death comes and
sweeps them away. But Christ went
down TO death and the grave and rose
from the dead; then we begin to un,
derstand that, 'The gates of hell will
not prevail. We poor mortals can
build this church. BY keeping our
selves in the arms of Jesus we are
safe. 1t is the invisible church Of
which these things are, said.
"We hear so much about dogma.
Here is the dogma-'We must know
what we believe Jesus gave the
dogma, We believe that Jesus is the
Son of God. I love Christ because he
is God and not man. He is able to
save all who come unto him.
With the closing of the sermon the
creed was repeated by the conference
IN unison.
Rev. Samuel Allison of Payson was
duly ordained a minister in the M. e.
church by Bishop Moore, Rev. Mr..
Mork and Rev, Mr.. Talbot assisting.
Church Is Dedicated,
AT 3 80 p. M. the ceremony Of dedi-
eating the new scandinavian NJ. e.
church, at 523 South Fourth East
street, began with sermon from the
text, "What shall I render unto the
Lord for his benefits to met" by
Bishop Moore, being an appropriate
text for the occasion, Rev, Mr.. Mork,
Rev. Mr.. Talbot and Rev. Mr.. Dexter
and other conference members assisting
in the ceremony.
was soo Ga,Vee Iove Divine e' sSng bR
Miss Ella f. Hansen Of Brigham City.
Tho church is without cent of indebt-
edncss, but fraction over Sl0l was
raised by those present for incidentals.
The rain prevented large attendance.
At 8 'clock in the evening Rev.
Mr.. Spencer, editor of the Central
Christian Advocate Of Kansas City,
preached sermon at the Tiff church,
on the subject of prayer, He said in
part:
''The cry Of the raven has force;
the mother bird will give up the morsel
in her own mouth. The bleat Of the
that the good God has no heart! Why
not the prayer of man be answered1
OF the wretch who cries out, % God,
help me to be better man. The
real reward of life is not in this world
The value of PRAYER is in dovelon;pu