The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-05-20
By Rev. Newell Dwight Hills

was truly the planetary man. His was,
| lndeod the co5mic culture. Nothing that
concerned His fellows WAS foreign TO
| Him. He loved Nature. the grass. tho
| wild poppy, apd watched the flight OF
birds. He loved tho mountain top and the
wino-swept moors. and standing on the
Mount OF olives studied the silent stars,
I and questioned what went on behind ana
beyond those stars. lie loved the homo,
and lent sSnotity by us presence n anS 10 ,bS hS
weak. and His cup of cold water was u
self spring OF innumerable reforms 10
slove and eerf and prisoner. HIS empha,
sle OF childhood stands back OF an
schools, colleges and universities. tlls IN
fiuencs upon the fine arts appears IN a
single fact that the masterpieces OF paInI-
Ing have Him as subjeetl the mas.cId
pieces OF music breathe His spirit ana
chant His praise and the masterP'eGGIs Gis
worship. And "a men go toward ioeal
discipleship they go toward entnusiasfh
for geology. astronomy and every science
toward the love Of poem and 1ta-P,ge song apo tnl
ward enthusiasm for the library ana sS3ii-
lery and lecture, toward interest In poll
tics and reform and ideai Grnsanfnd Son,lI,Hmd
sorrow only; that He wept, but nae never
seen to smile What right have you 10
happiest life that our earth has ever
known Think you that the nlnd man
whom He healed knew transports or JOY
while the Healer Himself hed no part
the sick TO health. but had no part IN
the deep exultation Of these transformer
homes3 Did He save the publican ana
thief? Recover their hope. and redeem
their souls from death. and experience
no auickening OF the pulses that oea5 IN
should be wiped from the pages or ms
tory Is that which says that Jesus otten
wept but was never seen 10 sm,te' ,,ais a.p
hold of the Christian life become His DIS
ciples and so toward likeness 10 your
Master. you Will go toward that fornl OF
culture that will make you familiar with
oil the best that has been done, ana
thought and said In this great world
Every pleasure Is ours All breadth OF
sympathy and every form OF art, ana
nature and music All these are ours
because they are Chrsts. and Christ is
Gods. The narrow man is the man who
initiate His life What shall we say then
of these who object that II they enter
upon the Christian life they must give
up many pleasures and many 1oys2 What
II should ask a beggar In his rags. with
his moldy crust for bread, TO enter n
mansion, and become the owner OF a
beggar, with his thin blue lips and gaunt
face should stand hesitant upon the
threshold of the great mansion, end LOOK
head wistfulIy and say: oh but L have
to give up the pleasures Of begging from
house to house, and the delights OF sleep
Ing In garret some thlngs the dls-
clple does give up; the pleasure OF sin
for gluttony and ill-tcmper, and lording
It over ones fellows. are real pleasures.
But In losing the low form OF pleasure
the disciple gains a thousand new and
higher ones
Excuse Based Upon Inconsistent
Church Members.
Some there arc who rail against Chris
tianity by reason OF the want OF consist
ency among It's members. They Insist
that the church has stood for ignorance.
narrowness, bigotry and cruelty. One of
their favorite amusemcnts is rehearsng
the story OF the Popes who have perse-
cuted scholars. They remind us that one
Pope imprisoned Calico. and another
killed Bruno; that Calvin burned Serve
tus, that Torquemada ordered the Inqui-
siton. II Is insisted that tho emblem OF