The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-04-19

world of religion, OF supreme reaiity'
Is not the world of sordId bargaining.
In that real world freedom Is moro
than property. a man Is more than y
dollar. In that real world where re-
lirion is life the claims OF men must
supersode the claims OF property-7al'
thinos must make way for the soul.
What Is the message which jesus
and all his companions In All ases
have spoken and are still speaking 10
the world, speaking by the way lnsy
lived far more powerfully than tney
could In any words? Thcy were say
Ing and are still saying: THESE tnlnes
which you men and women seem 70 re-
gard as real and permanent: laws
customs, social relations, ciyilizauoh.
and the like, are not permanent. Tney
are transient fieeting. They VIII not
remain. Does Jerusalem seem 50 en-
during? Not one stone Will be leit
above another In its walls. Does the
Roman empire seem the supreme real
ity? II is as unstable as mist. Does
human slavery seem the foundation OF
national wealth and industrial powerg
II cnnnot remain No nation can en-
dure half slave and half free Moth
ing cndures but the truth and justice,
and truth and justice arc eternally on
the march" The first two or three
centuries OF the Christian religion are
the most eloquent and convincing wit
ness TO the truth Of all this that can
be found anywhere Without physical
force of any kind. without property.
hunted for their lives, compelled to
hide In caves and dens and tombs, with
every avenue of honor or wealth or
prestige. closed to them. nevertheless
the only thing In the Roman world that
grew and waxed strong and over
wholming through the two or three
centuries following Jesus was the
movement he set on foot, and Roman
emperor had to adopt 1t to save his
kingdom from speedy downfall.
What is the word Of religion today?
Whnt must II say to you and ME and
all the world? This: "The world IN
which you are functloning In trade and
commerce aud the like is not the real
rl--it is passing. transient. II has
D,, he clements Of permanence. Not
for these doeH life exist. Not for these,
chiefly, are human beings born. equip.
ptu Win dhu hiihNos OhNS"SN
with gifts OF love and aspiration and
sympathy, Not for these are men and
women made. Not In these can life
express Itself. The end OF human life
is not served merely by the creation of
vast wealth, by the bull ing OF great
cities, by the realization OF world-em-
pIre. World-empire for America is no
more In the light OF present day needs.
hopes, aspirations, rights, than world
empire for Rome was In the light
of that days needs. aspirations, rights
II we men are to live today, we shall
live most really, not In the process Of
building transcontincntal railroads.
trans-oceanic steamships, continental
irrigation projects, or new editicns OF
Chicago or New York or London or
Rome or Babylon out here on the
plains OF the west 1t isn't a greater
Chicago, a greater New York. a great
cr Rome, "A more magnificent Babylon
that humanity needs. The only build
ing In which We shall find our real
place and function Is the building here
on the earth of the city OF God, which
is the city of Man, the city OF Com
rades, the structure OF human brother
hood That alone is the service Of re-
ligion, That alone makes the earth
worth while. makes IL more than a
mere floating cinder IN the sky