The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-25

Gay. As usual he had The closes,
,ov, Ss'"ttph ana crowded house His
tban io1,, lovers or the pleasure more
ESouilhess Sli hut denying the power thereof.
RON SiIn turn away GI Timothy nj.
L. % lie said: '''''
20 present day conditions II ST. Paul had
| ml.t'Sh lhe words this very day Tho
yyortu yo,.w SENS Sgen,s 10 oe going pleasurc-mad
! - eNioehii! We are in The ''perIIous
,lmes mentioned in tho context Il is
proper tnat We Investigate this tcndtnr,
roWwaLd pleasure and formality as respects
| ssItsIon' a" nat Is the cause OF this con-
dition? II is not because mank,nI bo,a
Tatufhly moro desire for pleasure inv
sbou,s % 1oI, On INC contrary. phrenology
on inc human mind are thosc which r.
Iale 10 spirituality and reverence. In
~, normal conditions. therefore all
i,a,n ','h IIhent reasonably he expected 10
,IIan@ 'nclr chi"f pleasure in spiritual
IullsS IN harmony with n proper raysr.
lot tleIr ,rcator and his will.
d,tion d,tMi M ma mas Gnanse1 this natural CON
n"d! from reverence for God and snir
T .,uSt lnlhes 10 more sensuous pleasures
I'm I'm merely an outward form OF piety?
! ! ne answer is that mans reverence for
MS creator and for spiritual things has
oetn taken advantage OF by Satan. f;od
ma n3s been pictured 10 mems minds az
az i-poWcflul and dcViiish. These are
!a,sc doctrines. 81. Paul declares arc
doctrines of demons IL Timothy I,.
| -. Ihese misconceptions, formulated in
| 10 mutitudinous crseds bocanno ibajr
| Idols Each idol creed contained a Iii,Io
| nucleus OF truth. around which monstrous
urIoIS We're aggregated; For long time
we r,5 53h,nndIy ,ny and stupidity worshlped our
| creed idols. fighting for ourselves and
| against others. Contributing our money
| 10 the point Of sacrifice and self-denisj
we butt costly temples. each party for
| his own idol
We were KEEP, SO busiIy engaged in
mus hgh,lne and working and build
ing; mai ne did not stop TO carefully
notice the horrible outlines of these
idols. nor Ia consider their blasphcmous
misrcpresentatlons OF the true God OF
justice. wisdom, love. power
The Day Dawn Is Upon Us.
Inc apostle says. They that sleep.
Many thus have been asleep and have
dreamed terrible things respecting tho fu-
ture which our Heavenly Father has or
cinaiions and Nightmares have afflicted
us. Many. have been drunken with the
wine OF false doctrines. mentioned in the
apocalypse. which tells us that this
| drunkenness" or stupcfaction or error
| has extended TO all nations OF Christen-
dom 'key. Nylii; ~;
We may we'll thank God that 'the
nlght Is tar spent and the day Is. al
| hand The sun Of righteousness shall
rise with healing in his beams (Mslachi
scattering Of darkness, superstition and
| error. which for SO long has more or less
oecl"udcd the minds of many of us 10
true teachings OF his word II is because
| Ne arc in the dawning OF the new day
| that We arc beginning to SEQ. as never
before. the horrible features Of our creed
| idols
| The majority of Christians have not yet
discovered the real character OF the AL
mighty They arc in a transition state.
They no longer worship their idols as
! formerly. vet they still worship them.
We can direct Them TO worship the true
God. but the idols so monsfrously mis-
represent the God of all grace that the
worship is necessarily faint and half
hearted: or, as the apostle declares. ii Is
merely "a form of sodliness." without
should accompany the worship of the true
God rightly understood and properly rev.
ererccd.
A Revulsion of Sentiment
The e, dawning Mvring & Of the light of the new
the Nightmares of the dark ages. We
have begun tn doubt our creed idols
Many have ceased their worship alto
gcther. MANY others respect them mere
| Is as retishcs OF the past some are
afraid that If the masses cease 10 w"r-
ship the idols all reverence for holy things
into heathenish darkness. We should re-
| member, hestheDish darkness. and are
merely now escaping from it, The
heather has had his idol OF wood and
| ones. The heathen's Idols are ugly
| enough, Yet far less horrible than the
creed idols of civilized lands. No excuse
viii longer maintain idol worship of any
kind.
Looking for the Truth.
| The great difficulty with the masses is
| that rePudiatlng the idols. they are lap
sing into agnosticisni-doubt They know
not what they believe. They are look
| ing for the truth. They find the leaders
OF the cr"eds stl, bowing formally to the
Idols. but privately repudiating them. Such
| leaders are unworthy OF confidence and
only partially honest Hungry and thirsty
| tor something 10 satisfy the craving Of
| their hearts the famishing people are
| turning toward pleasure. THEY are low
ers Of pleasure more than lovers OF God
Comparatively few any longer believe
| in pursatory or everlasting torment, but
| they believe that these doctrines have
| Scriptural foundation which they proper
| iiouately discrcdit. and charge with being
| the source Of all their Ignorance and SUI
| r"rstttIon In the past with faith IN the
| Bible gone. the masses know not where
10 go nor whom 10 trust respecting on
| lightcnmcnt regarding the future. They
are reaching the conclusion that every
thing Is big guess. and that they may
as well do their own guessing as 10 pay
n minister 10 do II for them.
| The situation Is a deplorahle one. As
VIC have already intimated; humanity is
so constituted that religion holds the very
| highest place In his mental organism
| the scat OF power and control In all the
| affairs Of his lifc. with no fixed conVic-
| tIon. men arc drifting. The learned are
going into inndelity. under the more re-
! fined name OF higher criticism. The poor
and loss learned ar" going into doubt re-
| speclng any intelligent Creator or super
visor. As a matter of fact they arc say
| ing not only there is God who would
! torment nnanitlnd ctcrnally. but apparent
ly. there is no God who takes any inter
| est in humanity.
| In this frame Of mind Socialism appeals
| 10 them They propose 10 bring about
| Paradise Restored. hy tho power OF So
! callsm They saI 10 themselves. I've