The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-07-04
SAGES OF OLD HAD
FOOLISH CREEDS
Rev. Timothy Brennan Preach
eS on Danger of False
Prophets.
ETERNITY THE QUESTION
BEFORE IT ALL OTHERS LOSE
SIGNIFICANCE.

Father Kelly celebrated the S o'clock
mass and Bishop Seaman officiated at
/ the O'Clock mass at st. Mary's cathe-
/ dral. yesterday. At the II o'clock mass
Rev. Timothy Brennan preached from
/ the gospel Of the day. taking for his
/ text. Beware OF false prophets, who
/ come to you in the clothing Of sheep.
I but inwardly they are ravenous woies.
| lie said in part.
Religion is and always was the most
| disputed question. In a question: OF
politics there are generally. apart from
side issues, two parties. In America IL
l IS the Republican and Democrauc par
l ties. In England the struggle is be
/ tween the Liberal and the Tory, and 50
| along down the line in all countries
/ there are two great parties regarding
I questions of time. But these shOuld
/ sink into imaignificanCe when cOinpareu
/ with questions of eternity. regarding
| which there can only be one side. as II
| rests on the immutable word OF Coo
| Yet Coos word is rejected, and we get
/ as n substitute mans conce4ted knowi-
| edge. IL Is no longer what doth ~
/ profit a man TO gain the whole Worla
/ il in the end he lose his soul. but the
| maxim now is. eat. drink and be merry.
for tomorrow we die.
Wisdom of Humanity.
How wise and prudent men are re,
| garding earthly affairs. NO man VIII
| give a dollar for a nickel. or can De
| persuaded that two plus two do not
I equal four In worldly matters the
/ utmost wisdom Is displayed, but IN re
/ ligion we have the extremes OF Iolly-
| study ancient history. We find master
| minds as regards war. science. leglsla-
ton. Jurisprudence and all other
branches OF earthly knowleoBS- 49,. 49,
memories are perpetuated IN theF
Even in this advanced age their
deeds are marvellous. But Sgars s,i iIU,,,
| was extreme folly. They mad their
gods. Jupiter and Mars. Venus and Fan;
gods Of cruelty and lust, savSgeIy, a i,,
| cense. Bossuet says Of these that inc
grossest forms Of idolatry sat broodlns
over the moral world The Egyptian
fathers OF philosophy. the Roman con-
I ouerors Of the world. the Grecian IN
| vent0rs Of fine arts were an notoIiio 90
| for the error. the folly OF their beIleLs
| and Socrates. paganisn pIouutst St5
I sacrificed a bird to propiIiate the BOV
. / Esculapius. before he raised the pol
soned cup to his lips. -. I'll.
In the oldeu days men bent tnetl
heads to the fetch. worshiped wood
. ] stones. fOur-fOOted beasts and creep
ing things. They abandoned the tetlcn
I and turned their eyes 10 the sun aho
[ moon and stars and elements OF nature
These again were abandoned In time
| Tor the Greek and Roman gods These
too. persisted in the dust Of their TEN.
pies. yes in the dust Of time before tne
craving Of the human mind ana near
for the one true God
Christ came TO the dwellings OF men
His brief message was: I and the
5 f@ofbsr arc ONE He proclaimed the
unity. the justice and the truth OF th'
! living God and instillcd into the heart'
J OF men Gods love. He founded q
church to guide and direct mans tot
tering steps when in doubt, and prom
ised that IL should continue his missiof
I'm time ended. Heaven and eartf
mass away. The gates Of hel
shall not prevail against thee
Christ n BuIwarl.
rarn1 ID HuH n
! world stands Christ clothed in az
truth. His justice and His love. ~
. founded a church to which lie eNac,e'
I obedience. He that will not hear tn
. Church lei him be to thee as a heather
, I and n publican But that church, Ike
the synagogue in battling against pa
ganism. from the moment II wa
launched on the waves Of the world ha'
/ to contend against false prophets, Wh
| spoke not according TO the WORD, ne
| cause there was no light in them.
According to the inspired word
pride OF intellect and holiness OF hear
/ are the cause Of religious upheaNats
vanity wrote Montaigne' ls Ine . dbl
| er Of all sects.' Abelard adds. TITO
! makes heresy. and hercsy. which is tn
% | guirit OF anti-Chrlst, dissolveth Jesus
:, and wageth war upon the most higl
an the vagaries Of religious foil
y all novelties have appeared. All doc
: | trines. from Genesis to Revelation, nav
= been attacked, and every arIc!e OF "
q creed from 4 believe In Cod 70 iii
10 everlasting has been denied. How ca.
: intelligent man. or the human mine
8 Entertain the absurdities and contradic
o tions advanced in the name or God
70 But did not the angels who had befor
a them the infinite power, truth, Justc
: and love OF God rebelT one assume
e tho role OF a false prophet before tn
r face Of the living God. His follower
s were hurled from tho calm OF heave
g 20 the horror Of the bottomless pit Tn
Z cause was pride. II was war on tn
living Cod"