The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-04-25
REJECT TEACHINGS
BECAUSE Of PRIDE
Human Reason Does Not Fully
Comprehend Greatness
of God.

The o'clock mass at st. Aary's
cathedral yesterday was celebrated by
Rev w. X. Ryan, and the O'Clock
mass by Rt Rev. Bishop Seaman. The
nigh mass was sung by Rev. d. Stat
terry, and the Rt. Rev. Bishop Seaman
presided.
A sermon on THE Spirit of Our
Age" was preached by Rev. T. Bren-
nan, who took as his text: And when
lie Is come, He viii convince the
world Of sin, because they believed not
In Me."-John xvi, g.
He briefly reviewed the progress and
advancement of the age, and its eff
fects, applying the words of St. Paul
| knowledge puffeth up" He showed
that the same spirit that dominated in
his day prevailed in the twentieth CEN
fury. Modern unchristian science, -
he said, would relegate him and his
teaching TO a superstitious age, and
accept the philosophers of the pagan
world as his master.
Progress confined 10 its natural
sphere all admire, but progress which
brings heaven and things of God to
earth, or blots out God from the uni
verse and the eternal truths should
be condemned. This, modern scientists
and college professors are striving to
do. The tendency of the age leads to
ratiOnalism and infidelity.
Religion treats of God. It's object
is the supernatural. That is beyond
the domain of natural or human
science. In the supernatural order
God or his representative, commissioned
by Him, can eXpOund the truths OF
religion. To try and do so by the
light of natural reason would be as
foolish as an attempt to rival the rays
Of the sun by the light of a candle.
Human reason rejects because 1t
is unable to comprehend His I'm
mensity, or measure His eternal truths
with mathematical precision. Puffed
with pride of intellect, they reason
from the natural to the supernatural.
which never conflict when properly
understood, but because they do not
conform to their precOnceived preju
dices they cry out, with Lucifer: I
will ascend to the stars, and l will
eXalt my throne above the stars OF
God. I will ascend above the clouds,
and I will be like the Most High
Our modern philosophers and pro-
fessOrs, tuning their ideas to the pOpu-
lar demand, preach atheism, rational
ism. socialism. materialism, mesmer-
ism and pantheism. Pride Of intellect
rejects and viii not submit to divine
revelation. These follow in the trail
of private Judgment, which gave as
its watchword the greatness and liberty
of the human mind, unwilling 10 bow
TO any authority. This, pressed to
its logical conclusion, is as conclusive
against the state and society as against
divine religion.
yet we are told: Religion IS an
absurd popular sentiment, a fantastic
degradation of human nature, and
its abolition is a necessary condition
for true happiness So said Karl
Marx, in his war on Christ and His
church. Listen to the declaration of
the late Italian social congress: We
shall have the delight of assisting at
the agony of the priests Frustrated In
the gutter
France, too. boasts of her inf
deity, and will not allow her sons
and daughters to know and worship
God. Lessons of past history are for
gotten, namely The nation that know
eth not God shall perish Here is how
a modern thinker, Blatchfield of Eng
land, expresses his unbelief: I can
not believe in the existence of Jesus
Christ There is no such thing as SIN
and free will is a myth. Carlyle Is
more moral than jeremiah, Ruskin Is
superior to Isaiah, Ingerso1, the athe-
list. is a nobler moralist and a better
man than Moses
I'm this advanced age II is wei TO
know that science is an acid which
cOrrodes and consumes everything but
the pure gold of truth That truth Is
within the reach of all Seek and you
shall find
Jesus convinced the world of sin,
because they did not believe in Him.
Not on bread alone doth man live, but
on every word which cometh from
the mouth of Cod"