The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-28

IN preached here today under the
auspices of the International Bi-
branch n'u stuoents association Qocal
trn,h tTrrnh,rhehhwunsectarian). H., composed. of the
askcd why such great crowds always
heIend his addresses while tho churches
sI,r 9n al den1minations are complaining OF
s,IIh SLID attendance. Pastor Russell replied
,Ihe people arc thinking. Perplexed hy
,he infldelity and Higher Criticism taught
rn,n M ,ne principal colleges and pulpIts.
OF The Bible consistent with itself and
NOT AT war with the revereniial exercise
Oh reason. The Scriptures forcteIi OF our
day. saying. There shall he a famine in
me land; not n famine for bread nor a
| thlrst for water. but for the hearing OF
NE NE WORD word Of the Lord (Amos viii iD.
| teIigent thinkers, whose numbers arc in
ereasing. Many OF those who attend NV
ne1n,ees mons q and nd many who read my sor-
ceased to attend the church services
Two services were held. one for the
after nEerc tbe fbon'idsrins nisrI the great Here
Tor Its text Gods call 10 Cain. after
he had slain HIS brother, s'Wherc 10
I ThE Nv 5T9thsr?y PthtSc,. and Gains reply. "Am
- The speaker said In part:
| NO one can dispute that Individual
Ism. personal Independence. personal re
Spn5nsibility. has done much for the de-
veiopment OF our race. The scrfdom and
| paternalism OF the past were unfavorabIc
| TO individual thought responsibility and
h' Se.ioh' NO wise and good man would
| oesire TO rob his fellows OF independence
| OF mind
One Extreme, Then the Opposite.
We are In danger however, OF going
| 10 the opposite extreme-in- danger OF
CARRYING the subject OF personal indie
pGendenee pen too farm danger Of neglect
,pG some who should have assistance
In danger Of thinking OF all men as be-
E ing NOT only free but equal. While we
nj should have proper freedom OF WILL
YET al are more or less handicapped in
the exercise Of tile will. AS St Paul
said. We cannot do the things which
we would. We are slaves Of sin and
| PROPHET David's explanation applies to
us all Il was shapen IN iniduity, In
sPsaIn, sin a1d ;, ny mother conceive me"
IL was in view Of such inequalities
OF the flesh that ST Paul wrote to the
church. We that arc strong should
pear with the infirmities Of the weak
Romnns XIV. y. This principle ap-
piied Hn,,1a by by the apostle to the church.
beneficial in the natural family And
as our hearts enlarge we should all
como to realize more and more the
entire human family. Of which st. Paul
says "Of one blood God created all
men: to dwell upon the face of the whole
earth (Acts xvii. 26).
| Wnerc lS Iny BroCneET
Gods Inquiry of Cain implied Gains re-
spocting our responsibility in Gods sight
for one another. We will begin with the
church. the highest type of brotherhood
Imaginable We should not be content
10 split into sects and parties. What
ever was the ignorance OF the past, which
led TO the formation Of the various
creeds and denominations. there can be
no excuse for these now. because Chris
,sans OF all denominations have come
to discredit the old creeds. Should there
not. then; be movement toward heart
national and creedal lines, amongst those
who recognize God as Father, the Lord
Jesus Christ as the Redeemer. and the
Bible the Divine Revelation?
Am 1 my my % brother's I Keeper eG %' Every a,
true Christian should realize that today
Christianity is being assaulted In rs
In the universities. colleges and semi
nares OF all denominations battle IL
, raging, which threatens the destruction
are blind to the situation. but the in
surgents-the higher critics and evolu
tionists-realize the situation and arr
HearKen to our cry: All is weIlr' These
, higher critics seem TO have no con
, science, They claim that the people mus
, courage them 10 .sleep" while the!
> raise over them the banner OF infid elit,
3 called higher criticism
typical Abol shirk the responsibility b,
saying. "Am I my brothers keeper
moi realizing that from the divine stand
= point they have a responsibility towar'
Q every other Christian with whom the.
a are in contact They should realize tha
loyalty to God means that they "shoul
! show forth the praises OF Him who hat
t called us out OF darkness into his mar
= | velous light"
In a word. every true Christian VIII
, has made full consecration OF himsel
= TO the Lord, to walk In the footsteps O
D the Savior, should waken TO the TACT tina
D we are in a critica! time we arc
) the time mentioned by, 81, Paul wne
= bv fre'' Il Corinthians Ill, l3.) TIL
p testing VIII be along the lines both ,
faith and of works. Only those hoIdin
,, the saints WIN be able to bring fort or.,t;
a such fruits, such good works, as IN
4 testings OF this hour require This clas:
y awake to their responsibility fowar
e God and the brethren and the Bible. an
Kept lalp IL in this this "evii day" God viii bles
= them In their endeavors 10 glorify Hiih'
MY Hrother's Reeper-socialy
In the days OF slavery and serfdon
every master, every feudal lord. recos
nizeG a responsibility for his servants 9
slaves. He was interested In their heait
- and in their morals, for they were ~
II rroDeriy. and any
~ pp,oppnioI loss 10 him, Thus selfish IT
terest .l kept him alive to his reSponsi1i na
ity, to a considerable degree sut no
i, aIi that mas changed. Serfs and slave
y rn,ensed from obligation; are wtthol
sSpsson and Serious SsTs anssf nhs less Of n ben
ss TO- ,d to the wall Our lawmakeI
no no have recognized The fact and have hiIdrS thL1w
r. around the weaker sex ano oh'!q.. .1,'
n safegunrdS In the laws. protecting we
or from designing people who would expo
u ,hn,n Tor selfish purposes - :,
et Naverthcless with all that human ia
az o 49,, hecn able TO accomplish, the daf
ger is increased AS knowisdEs Soo
ius's ,"n ~ IIfa's necessities and lu'
= The pr'fTrh Those me members OF our race ls e;
I favorably equipped for the esd pai'se seme %, i
are ar, Of less intellectual powers, othe
hy reason OF unfavorable c'renmstanc
'"'l Ilrdsr such conditions /, is not So
prisins that all who rin SLe aSiS fot iher ne 'S oN
in6 W. WI nor should II surprise us IN