The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-04-25
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Within a brief space of time yester,
day morning members of the cOngrega
ton of the First Methodist church sub.
scribed $3.50 toward the benevolences
interest on mortgage Indebtedness anC
otner incidental expenses, which vii
soon become due. The pledging of the
money followed a brief appeal by tho
pastor, Rev. Francis Burgette Short, in
which ne called attention to the ap-
preaching obligations and announced
that he desired to raise from $1,000 to
$1,000 during the next few moments
In less time than it takes TO tell, 81 ,25O
had been subscribed.
At the evening service delightful
musical prelude was given, in which
the choir and the orchestra did them
selves great credit. DR.. Short preached
sermon on Judas, the Betrayer,
using as a text the words, Have not
chosen you twelve, and one of you is
deVil?" He said: Christ invites
every man into the kingdom of disciple
ship. Men are accepting that invita-
ton. Most of them are proving worthy.
Only a few are falling by the wayside.
Sometimes this occurs to those that
have been selected by the church for
and placed in responsible positions. Ju-
das was a disciple. Christ selected him,
though he knew what he was.
Christ has called you, though he
knows what you are. He gives you the
opportunity to fellowship with the best
people on earth-thcse that compose
the SAflStAdn CHQICils 1Du MdNC HDc(A u
that call. You have locked upon your
possible companions. But what have
you done? Some OF you have rejected
the call and have chosen your asso-
ciates among others than the people of
God How much better are you than
zone of the saddest thoughts Of life,
my young friends, Is this, 1t might
have BEEN But Oh, what remorse
springs from blight ID hopes and blasted
nrnDaiCaC TI1doc nn1I1d have hHPn
mighty in .discipleship had he not lis
tened to the voice of Dante's Mephisto-
pheles-the voice of the worlds devil
until the buds of hope and blossoms
of promise were stung by the poison Of
deception; until he had committed the
blacklist crime in the worlds history;
until he had taken his own life. He had
not only betrayed the innocent blood OF
Christ, he had also betrayed his own
innocent blood.
1.-The wages of sin is always death
and sometimes worse than death. The
young man and sometimes the young
woman looks upon the wine as II
sparkles in the glass. It may look
pleasing. but its sting is the sting of
an adder. 1t will cause you to curse
the day of your birth. This very same
old devil promised Cain the chief place
in his day Cain struck the fatal blow
and instead of receiving that which he
had been promised he was given exile,
brand, rags, renorse and servitude.
Thus is II ever to those that listen to
even the slightest whispers Of the evil
one.
THE b1ackness of Judas crime lies
not alone In the fact that he betrayed
innocent blood by surrendering Christ
to the multitude. 1t is intensified by
the fact that he made pretense of being
a follower of Christ and used his rela-
tionship to Christ as a means by which
he could surrender the innocent one to
the angry mob. He was not deep
dyed criminal as we regard criminals
today. He possessed qualifications for
discip1eship, but having a strong pas
sion for wealth, he gave himself UP to
its cravings until he sold out his hest
friend. Greed for gold has caused many
a man to sell out his friends. This de-
sire for position has led many men to
betray another.
"'What might have BEEN Young man,
is that to be the remorse of your
heart, the lamentation of your life?
Christ calls you to discipleship. Give
Him your heart and follow Him even
to the cross the grave, to Clivet and to
heaven"