The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-29
CHURCH W AS
CROW DED
TO LIMIT
GREAT AUDIENCE AT PRESBY-
TERRAIN SERVICES.
Special Musical Program a Much Ap-
preciated Feature-Sermon
Second in Series.

The services In the First Prcsby.
terian church were very great sue
cess last evening. The pews were all
crowded, one hundred and twenty-five
chairs were placed wherever there
could be any space found for them,
and the vestibule was filled with Peo-
pie standing. after some had been
turned away.
Mrs Wade was at her best. and
fully sustained the best hopes OF her
audience. Seven difficult harp solos
were given. and all of a high class
of harp music. Miss Mitchell sang
Roma's Resignation with much feel
ing.
Rev. Carver spoke briefly In part,
as follows:
The theme of the evening IS one or
direct conflict with the two strongest
trends Of human nature, self hate and
self love. II 1t seems strange to any
one that hatred for self should be ac-
counted one Of life's strongest trends
we have but to point to the many CEN
turtles when the hermit and monk
were we'll known as one OF the most
powerful factors of human life. The
well known fact of the great rule or
the famous Chartreuse Monastery Is
an excellent illustration OF this Saint
Bruno the founder made silence ono
OF the laws OF his order. He believed
that the tongue was to be used only
in the service of God and not for the
everyday conversation among men.
MI rufo hn I'm Ia nF,t a 4
idea of selfdenial when carried to an
extreme. Speech is the means OF all
knowledge, and the vital factor in edu
cation and civilization and TO refuse
It's many blessings because II Ia Of
times the instrument OF sin was folly
itself. But nevertheless. the old idea
of the hermit is still visible in It's eI-
feet upon the governing Ideas of to-
day Many of the standards of char
acter and religion are of a purely ne
gatiye order. Ii Is what one refrains
from that with many one determines
Christian worth. On the other hand.
the peoples OF Greece have given 10
the world an entirely different test or
worth. With them culture was the
sreat purpose and aim and all Of their
ideals centercd to a degree In self
lcVe. They gave to the world a new
standard when they made worth to
consist In what you are in yourself
rather than what You refrain from do
ing. II must be confessed that when
Jesus Christ came he more nearly con-
formed to the idea of culture than TO
The Idea of restraint as being the vital
factor In the formation of life. he
clearly considered all Of our endow-
ments as God given and for purpose
as His great parallels upon the tai
cnts" and pounds" clearly teach. And
yet for many years the negative vir'
tues rather than the positive ones
have ruled his church.
In proof Of this you have only 10
recall how many of the negative
Christians you have met who have IN
speaking of their Christian work spok'
en- chiefly OF that which they had Civ
en- up for Christ, as II II were enough
TO measure tho Christian Ideal by
that which it is not and does not do,
and never think at all Of that which IL
should be OF added service and work
for the one near or far who really
needs help.
The life OF Jesus Christ Is a very
great example Of a life being judged
by results. He was not satisfied with
those who believed In self-denial as an
extreme. nor with those who were de-
voted to world OF self culture. Both
Pharisee and Sadducee found serious
fault with him. His WAS pre-eminent-
" life to be judged by its positive
results.
Now each of these trends fall IN that
they forget the very first social and
religious responsibility taught In the
Bible; namely. the fact that VIC are |
our brothers keepers and cannot, as !
of God. neglect this import
ant responsibility by either extreme !
denial or culture.
Therefore. we today have a new I
and more virlle trend of Christian nie (
which is not measured by what We door /