The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-10-12
GYMNASTICS OF SALT LAKE PREACHER.

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Herald on Monday morning in attractive and
complimentary plea type, congratulated the rever-
end gentleman his liberal views about religion
Our morning exchange told us that "The pastor
of the First Congregational church admitted the
right of men today to build new creeds for them
selves" He said: Il say to you, make your OVID
faith, how can it be expected that all mankind W
adopt one form of belief" Further down i'm is
singular discourse he adds: Il am but sweeping
aside the rubbish to get at great things
Nearly 1000 years ago there existed a very re-
markable man known to his friends Saul of
Tarsus, a Pharisee and a Roman citizen, who took
or was given the name of Paul, to which the early
Christian church. after his death, prefxed the title
of saint His letters and some edfying incidents
of his wonderful life are recorded in book which
is known as the New Testament. Well, this SANITY
and phiIosophic man had among his acquaintance
not friends-some public speakers who, to win
popularity ticIed the itching ears of the free and
easy livers who crowded to hear them, to adopt
the language of the stage 'they played to the gal
leries." The saint was present when one of these
orators had the floor and when he came out of the
hall he heard to mutter something about
sounding brass and tinkling cymbals." Then/he
went on his way preaching Christ and Him cruel
fed" and was beheaded for his foolishness. The
public speakers waxed rich and fat, we're clothed IN
fine raiment, were borne in sedan chairs, called
good fellows, lived in fine houses died and each
one as ST. Peter said of Judas, event to his own
place"
We do not believe that controversy ever yet
brought a soul nearer to God or made any man a
better member of society. We shall not then IN
vite a controversy on the enunciation of the frag
mentary religious views Of the pastor of the First
Congregational church of this city or enter at all
on debatable territory.
We submit, however for the reverend gentle
mans morning meditations, and call to the atten-
ton of those of his admirers who may chance to
see today's Intemountain Catholic, the accom-
panying extracts and quotations. When the Israel
ties abandoned God fell into the fouIest sins, and
became demon worshipers, the inspired writer of
the Book of Judges tells US: They built creeds,
each man made his own faith, or to quote from the
Book of Judges "In those days there was no king
in Israel, but every man did that which pleased
himself" Judges, chap. II, '. g. Every man,
like Michas the idolator, adored his own god and
worshiped he pleased. Now listen to this: "A
great London fog has come down on some of the
ministers in the shape of what is called advanced
thought. Who make up this precious group of adj
vanced thinkers to whom God has made special
revelation of that which he tried to make known
thousands of years ago and through want of know
edge failed to make ineligible? Are they so dis
tnguished for unworldlness, piety and scholarship
that it is to be expected that they would have been
chosen to fix up the defective work of Moses and
Isaiah and Paul and Christ? I wonder on what
these modern prophets were transfguredl
These men who pride themselves in our day on be-
ing advanced thinkers in religion will all of them
end in atheism, if they live long enough, and de-
clare here today they are doing more among the
different denominations of Christians for damag-
ing Christianity and hindering the cause of the
worlds betterment than 5000 Robert IngersoIls
could do That man who stands inside a castle is
far more dangerous if he be an enemy than 5000
enemies outside the castle" Grew Dewitt Talmage,
Chautauqua sermon.)
And hear this: "But if the salt has lost its
SAVIOUR wherewith shall it be sated!" If the teach
er have gone astray by what other teacher is he to
be converted2 at is therefore good for nothing
but to be cast out and to be trodden under foot
Let teachers then look we'll to it. seeing that
mighty men shall be nightly tormented. and there
is no help for Them but they fall into hell with
greater crash" ST. jerome, Book 1st Comm
ON Math. W
And once more: "Amen 1 say to you. that all
sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and
the blasphemies wherewith they shall blaspheme<'
but he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost
shall have forgiveness, but shall be guilty of
an everlasting sin" MARK. i'll, 1920
Would we be bringing Goals to Newcastle if we
remind the pastor of the First Congregational
church that the abest commentators and exegetes
of the New Testament are of the opinion that he
who consciously makes void the teachings of Christ
mutiates his doctrines and destroys, 50 far as he
can, the palpable meaning of his language commits
the sin against the Holy Ghost2
When the reverend gentlemen exclaims: 4 am