Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-12-09
PLEADS EARNESTLY
TO MAKE GOD REAL
Rev. W. 7. Brown Says the
Church Would Regard Deity
As a Policeman.
EXTRAVAeANCE A DESTROYER
Rev y. - short says Fashions Pace
Talks To Young People.

The God Of the Chrluaus was pic
turcd as policeman. "a spy ana an IN
human dcspot in the eyes OF some OK
the rank and dle ~ the worlds church,
o. today boy the Rcv. William Thurstou
Brown at the Unitarian church yestcr-
day. Where is God today? what Is
.lin cause which cousecrates and JUS
idcs our effort and our life?' he asked
Continuing in this thought he said in
part:
what sort of o. God has the church
uied to give Co the world? II has tried
20 give the world au Almighty Police
man. Omuipresout spy. and thurman
J'aspot We may fear policeman or
spy or a despoL but we do not and
cannot love them. They are not fuuc-
lions of our civilization which COM
pei or permit love. True. preachers
have talked much about the father
hood OF God. but the fatherhoOd of
God which toe church has ri .rfi fo mon
boo ltS Crecls has been and Is nothing but
mask which the Almighty Policeman,
The omniprescnt Spy. the Inhuman
Despot puts over his face. 10 has been
father who could permit his only
son 20 die Zoo order 90 satisfy his own
perverted sense Of Justice. or 10 correct
90 fundamental mistake in creation. II
has been father who could hold finite
men guilty of infinite sin, and mete out
To- them infinite penalties. IL Is a IA
Cher who does not possess one of the
moral or ethical qualities of "a decent
human father And even when these
nru h..
denies. as they have been by so-called
liberals, nothing but am empty hypo.
thesis has been put in It's place q
father who in NO way that can pos
sibly reach the hearts of ordinary men
ac,s out or gives reality To his alleged
fdtherh"oQ
MAKE GOD REAL.
Where is your God and what is He
doing is He doing anything Is He
anything but an empty theory? Does
He mean anything in and for our hui
man life Does He care anything
about what goes on I'm the world? is
Re showing that he cares? May we
know that He cares? Is Il impossible
for as not to know that He cares? Is
the~e any way en- which we men and
women may. without hypOCricy. say
We believe In God OF worship Him?
our lives We're made for worship. for
love for reverence. But we think too
much Of our self-rcspect. our reputa-
upn for truthfulness, TO pretend love
or reverence which We do not feel
Show us your God our God. Make Him
real To as, and II he rs lovable we win
love Him N He is deserving of our rev.
ercuce we viii give 10 with AN our
souls We cannot worship phantom.
"a theory We are finding life a strug-
gle q long. hard struggle just for eX-
H- naaf
DO with that struggle. means some
thing lOr O.. Is something la IT, We
have no use for Him. There is the
challenge which the great mass Of
mon by their actions, by what they
arc rlr u-rre Clogucntly than would
be possible I'm any words. are bringing
.1 ,.Hs ano every religious orgtni1a-
tiou, and that challenge cannot be
avoided. 70 is useless any longer TO
keep up this agelOug attempt 90 gall
Vaniza a corpse. Success in that at
.cmpt would mean nothing"
THE REV. +. b. SHORT.
"The Home ard ITS Destroyers.' was
selected as the theme of the sermon
delivered at the Firs, NJ. r.. church
yesterday by the Rev F. -. short. Tie
took ass the keynote of his sermon The
prevailing eXtiayagauce everywhere
manifest and showed by strong ar-u-
ncnt how &c is working the ruin %
-1 many homes. lu part Doe s'id:
II Is a terrible thing tO destroy
thing Of beauty orr a. source of haupl-
noes" said Dr. short THE home de-
cides the character of both tine chulcn
and the state therefore money spent Goo
publoc schools and institutions ol
learning that improve thc mind ana
enrich the heart is wei spent IT'D
home is the place where WC reveal ouI
rue selves. where we live our uatura.
lives. AZ church ana I'm society "c
weli our best clothes and are on nut
best behavior.
AT home. you see the real man ant
the real woman, she real boy and me
real girl Tho home is more sacred tnu
The church. Tho marriage ceremony ls
as sacred as the Sacrament ot Che
Lori's supper That which leads to
hlm-maHug are love, court-hip and
MARRIAGE. AN OF which are or should
be- as sacred as the breath of God
Then high ideals and noble purpose
determine what the character OF th'
home shall be-.
"Thesc guarantee right and happy
relations among the homemakers SAD
the fact that this sacred home circle
ls sometimes broken Among other
dcstr1yeTs may BE- noted FIRST. Eeelne
and charging upon each others faults.
80 Two people, no husband. mo- wife.
ar' perfect. each has bis or her short
clmugs. But these 10 the ayoras.
man or woman are few compared wiJ.
fhHlr excellent qualities ana deeds 100
relation Oh each other
FASHIONS PACE
Do. .cond the unhoIy ambition TO Keep
stsn win fashion for ibis leads 40 cE-
lrayapanCe ANA cAtravagauce d. "a mosI
positive destroyer of cine home. Th.