The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-07

- Pnstor Russell took for his text tho
words OF the Prophet David
WHITTIER shall flee from Thy presence?
II ascend up into heaven. Thou art
there; II ] make my bed In hell. behold
Thou art there" psalm cxxxix, 7. 81. He
said: - 90 nc
We are living In day when money.
sets OF the masses. The evolution
theory and higher criticism OF the
@ @Sinie nave fostered unbelief TO such an
doubted. Beginning With the college nro'
lessor and the majority OF the educated
ministers mn this skepticlsn has embraced
blessings OF prosperity. To these heaven
and heavenly things seem vagaries as
compared s with present enjoyments and
believed in and fenred eternal torment,
And their present attitude is one of doubt
respecting everything connected with the
Bible there is nothing but guess work.
and they prefer their own guesses to
those Of other people. Very many Of
a1e shem spesk eanddly and tell tha, they
and would like to be informed respecting
| the future
very similar condition growingly pre-
Palis amongst the poorer classes and the
uneducated. who say: We believed the
scholnrs when they told us the Bible
was inspired. Why should we not be-
|
II is fraud? AS the wealthy doubt that
| God VIII specially favor them. so the
poor doubt whether God will specially
disfavor them. Both classes are reaching
| the conclusion that fortune or disa st tcr
rests, not with the Lord, but with them
| selves.
The Worlds Need-a God.
The effect Of all this loss of faith In
an IN, Almighty Il isl, God is seen on every hand
quences is that the religious element OF
mans nature Is becoming numb and the
masses. rich and poor, are seeking n sub
words foretold they are lovers of pleas
ure more than lovers OF Cod" Addition
ally; many of the wealthy carry on a
lines. DESTROYS OF initiating them. but
unable SO to do, others arc filling the
world with violence to an extent that Is
our elaborate and costly police .protec-
secure in Civilized lands ' than n' amongst f 1ess
nedeS he Mh all the projection
etc. our rulers and officials tell us that
they are often bewildered in their at
tempts to preserve law and order,
Many learned men believe thnt there
Is no other God than Nature; and many
of the unlearned are following their lead
They ,5 5essGn that Natars mntner them
Is pitfless. unsympathetic, cruel In
deed. this is one of their special argu
ments against personal God, for they
say that such God would not permit
the sufferings We witness on every hand
and the still more terrible sufferings
which the creeds Of Christendom have
taught them arc IN store for all except
the sanity few.
1t is time that we return to the Bible
proposition and see the truth of the
statement. 1.-THE fool hath said in his
something wrong with the brain which.
after noting the wonders Of nature. seen
In the surrounding worlds and systems
and attested In all matters earthly, sees
not an Intelligent creator, The wonder
ful ndaptability OF our own bodies tells
of a wise creator.
ed to Its purpose and conditions. with tho
eye OF fish, adapted TO Its different
conditions, and with the eye OF beetle.
adapted to still different conditions. we
see the most indubItable proofs of pro-
foundest wisdom and superhuman skill.
When we think OF mans wonderful pow
world and then consider his inability to
make single living thing. from NIL
crobe to an elephant. from a tiny seed
to tree. surely we should concede that
duction Of these wonderful variations
and created man himself, must be an
aImshty G9d anS naS. unts
night showeth knowledge along these
lines, TO those who have the eyes OF un-
derstanding to see, It is time that these
taer them 'ni Should UIdS have their rEue measure
taken, regardless of how many titles may
follow their names. The moderately edu-
Gated as we'll as the illiterate need such
testimony to come from every pulpit
And II it does not soon come our clNlliza-
! tion will be wrecked.
All-Seeing Eye Not omnipresence.
Thou, God, seest me-; 1.-THE eye Of
the Lord Is in every place" These
| scriptures give us the proper conception
of the Almighty. AS with the telescope,
the microscope, the telephone. ETC., man
ing, SO by powers still more wonderful
| the Almighty is cognizant of all the al :
fairs OF the universe. We grant tna'
our feeble minds are unable 10 compTe-
| hend so great, SO universal an intelli-
gence. -,
We cannot know in what manner the
angels the spirit nlace OF take axe
cognizance OF our affairs; We cannot
know in what manner the electric or
lightning flash serves ssse as div,he ihat seul
SO infinitely high above US possesses
powers of Information as far beyond our
comprehension as the telephone nha VIE W.
beyond the comprehension which our
forefathers had Of these things In theit
day 1t is easier to believe that SO sreat
| a being as tho one who formed man
should have all wisdom and all power
than 10 believe him deficient OF these.
The scrlptural argument Is gooS one
"EJe that formed the eye. shall ne noI
see9 He that formed the ear, shall he
not hear?'
God in Heaven and in Hell.
The creeds handed down TO us, from the
dark past declare that God Is every
where present-onlnipresent. This is az
unthInNable as Ii Is foolish and unscrip.
tural. Taking advantage Of this error Tor, od ol
many, away from a belief in persona
God. He who is everywhere is nowhere
The result Is the absurd view which mas ,
taken hold on some otherwise intelIii
gent people 10 the effect that good and
God are synonymous. Hence log OF
wood that is good for something; that
can be made Into something useful. Is
said 10 have good in 1t, and, hence, &c
have God in it-ditto, piece or IRON, %
into saving that Cod Is fsss eXe5yTheTe ~ rnG snS
OF nature and happen So takes the place
Of faith in the God of the Bible. whose
\ residence is In heaven, but whose jnteiii
gence and power extend throughout It., int n,
we arc only learning-through electricity
radio activity, etc. besides ANGELIC mes
I'D or