The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-30
CHRIST AS MY JUDGE,
SUBJECT OF A SERMON
Bishop Spalding Delivers Inter-
esting Discourse at st.
Marks Cathedral.

The Right Rev. F. S. Spalding, bishop
Of the Utah diocese of tho Episcopal
church. preached forceful and impress
sivo sermon Sunday evening at ST.
Mark s cathedral on 'Christ as My
Judge" The service Sunday evening
was the first of a series of prayer meet,
ings which Will be held at the cathedral
every night this week, BEGINNING at
7:30 clock. While cordial invitation
is extended to the general public to
attend these services, they are designed
especially for men. Tho topics for the
meetings follow: Monday uight, ''The
Presence of God in His World and in
Me; " Tuesday night, The Joy of SeI,
"Wednesday night. MY Personal OPP
portunities TO Labor With and For
Christ s Kingdom;" Thursday, night,
1.-THE Holy Church Universal, the Ono
Body of Which Christ Is tho Head; +"
Friday night, "Christ s Law of Peace
and Righteousness aud Love Intended
to Be the Fundamental Law of Every
Natlon;" Saturday night. God S Pur-
pose to Make This World His King
DOM These topics are arranged by
the Brotherhood of ST. Andrew, of the
Episcopal church.
The service held Sunday evening was
well-attended and Bishop Spaldlng's adj
dress was a very interesting one. He
took for his text John iii, 10: "This
is tho condemnation that is come into
the world that men loved darkness
were evil. In part, Bishop Spalding
said:
II is not easy TO discover what deter
mines the moral standards OF men Per-
haps the best answer is public opinion.
This public opinion is expressed by. the
Judiciary, by the acts OF legislatures,
which perhaps register II rather than ere
ate It. Artists, physicians, clergymen.
teachers. all have an influence in creating
voice of the people Is the voice of Cod"
because We all have feeling that public
opinion might be more moral, more IN
teiligent than it is; still, If 1t was really
complete public opinion which determined
our individual opinion our standards
would be fairly high. Instead, each one
OF us is influenced by n very small part
OF the general judgment. The ethics Of
his profession" for example. furnish a
standard Tor a lawyer or physician. but
that is minimum rather than maxi
mum requirement. II we arc 10 be what
We ought TO be. VIC must have fuller
light, we must listen 10 truer juds-
ment, we must hear the voice OF God.
Gods standards are not hard to find
il we look for them and the week OF
prayer" upon which We arc entering is
an effort to find them and live more near
" up to them, Tonight the thought Is
THE Effect of Gods Light on Personal
Character; Monday. The Evidence of
Gods Presence in the World; Tuesday,
"The Duty OF Service; Wednesday,
Willingness to Bear Responsibility :;
Thursday, THE Church as the Represen-
tative of Cod; Friday. "The Law of
Love and Righteousness" Saturday,
How We May Hasten the Fulfillment of
Gods Promises"
Bishop Spalding then showed how tho
consciousness OF the divine standards of
conduct strengthened the will ilumined
the conscience and guided the affections.
He who depends for his moral stand
ards upon human public opinion only Will
endanger will, blind conscience, and lose
control of the affections" he declared,