The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-13
CHRIST IS ROCK
OF ALL RELIGION
He Is the Foundation Upon
Which Every Christian
Must Stand.
DELIVERS STRONG SERMON
SERVICES IN THE FIRST BAPTIST
CHURCH.

AT the First Baptist church yester
day morning the Rev. Dr. .. A. Brown
chose for his subject Jesus Christ. the
Rock of Religion" In his remarks he
emphasized the fact that Christ is the
without him there can be no Christian
ity. His sermon was a powerful one,
and was thoroughly enjoyed by the
large crowd present.
DIR. Brown took for his text. And
did all drink the same spiritual drink:
for they drank of the spiritual rock
that followed them: and the rock was
Christ" 1 Cor, 1914; For other foun-
dalton can no man lay than is laid
which is Jesus Christi Cor, 3-f1;
Everyone, therefore. that heareth
these words of mine and deeth them,
shall be Hkened unto a wise man who
built his house upon a rock. Matt,
7:24. He spoke, in part, as follows:
L bring this subject before you to-
night SOP several reasons: First, be-
cause shere is special message In
Christ, TIE rock, for the Christians who
have recently been renewed. By our
return we acknowledge from the long
ing of our life. that we find in him
what is the solid and substantial after
all. Second because there is a special
VINO have grown up into mature life
without him. To you the message is
most assuring: that Christ will reform
and readjust your life into the power
and permanency of the rock. Third,
be PAUSE there is q special message in
Christ, the rock, to those who for the
first time are coming into the work of
foundation-building for time and for
eternity.
In Explanation.
There is nothing that establishes
the certainty of our material existence
so much as a foundation for our feet
When we SOW a seed or set out a tree
we know they will remain. When we
contract for a piece of land, We know
that it is a permanent possession,
whether we have seen it or not. When
we rear a roof for our heads we know
that it is done once and for ALL The
foundation for our feet establishes US.
THE scripture brings us the message
that what a literal rock upon the earth
is to our feet that Jesus Christ is to our
consciousness. Sin is called a falling,
for both man and angel The angels
who fell from their first estate. In this
thought we have effect of sin upon a
mans feeling in that the sinner feels
that there is no foundation under his
feet He feels that he is sinking into
some awful destiny of darkness and in
his despairing descent he grasps for a
STAY or support as does a falling man
who would regain his footing. What an
awful condemnation i'm the conscious
ness of the sinner, At such a time
Christ is the rock. He slips into our
consciousness and takes away the fall
ing and the fear. He places our feet
upon the rock, upon himself, and we
begin to establish ourself in life.
Rock of Construction.
ITO the sinner Jesus is the rock of
construction upon which to build life,
and not the rock of condemnation upon
which TO destroy life. The Jews who
brought 1he woman and wanted Jesus
to stone her to death, met the response
of the Christ that reveals his mission to
the world. Jesus was provoked at them
just as l am sometimes provoked at
men who sit as judges over the char
acters of others. I am not a rock of
condemnation to destroy this woman's
life: 1 am a rock of construction upon
which she may build her life
Rock Is Stable.
IF there is noe characteristic above
another in the rock, it is that of stabiI-
ity Your character can never become
settled until it is built upon him who is
the rock of ages Particles OF dust
the leaves and the trees themselves are
sent through space by the winds. But
not the rocks; they are stable"