The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-02-20
INITIAL. SERMON
BY NEW PASTOR
Rev. Ward w. Reese breaches
: to Large Congregation at
st. Paul's.
SPLENDID IMPRESSION
IS MADE ON HEARERS
Text Is Taken From Second
Epistle to the Cor
inthianS.

The first sermon by Rev Ward W.
Reese as pastor In charge Of ST PAU
Episcopal church of this city, was deliH-
cred TO a large. attentive and interested
congregation Sunday morning. Ii was
evident that the new pastor made an en-
cclent impres ssion
Rev. Mr. Reese took for his text part OF
the eleventh chapter Of st Paul,s second
cpistle TO the Corinthians: III ] must
needs glory. will glory OF the things
which concern mine iniirmitics-
In the course OF his sermon the Rev
the suffcrIngs. the infrmities of the hu-
man nature of St. Paul were the food N
his spiritual development. The early
Christian church had embodied in its lie
these same characteristics which were Il
part OF the great apostles life. The hrst
followers of Christ suffered from hunger
prosecutions and conflict but thereby
built up power OF the growing Christian
community.
Deep Impression Made.
Hence two genera tions after the death
of Christ they had made so deep an I'M
preston on the Roman empire and Greek
cities that one In every ten persons WAS
a Christian, and their cleanliness Of lv-
ing and exemplary spirit changed the fu-
ture OF the Roman empire. That change
has since been reckoned as great a mir
acle as those OF Christ's personal minis
try. The development OF the modern
Christian. civilized state was due To the
absorption by the community OF the III"
of st. Paul--to think and work on the
things OF the spirit as most worth While
in life.
But modern historians tell us. prin
cipally Ferrero. that the Roman state was
not so wicked as we imagine. The aver
age Anne rcan city contains many more
people whose lives are unrlghteous
and unhoy as the most wicked period OF
Roman aris'ocracy: due to the large IN,
crease and dissemination OF wealth. and
the consequent pursuit of pleasure. In
stead OF the things of the spirit,
II this is true then the church OF
mems souls and lives TO righteousness
and devotion 10 the spirit. In n large
part II has. The church is not so pow
srful an agency OF the spiritual life be-
life
Tide Now Turning,
The tide is turning Men are looking
inside themselves They are falling 10
find the satisfaction in the external world
OF wealth and property and pleasure. as
they have formerly They now lind in
their inner consciousness God there, They
find in the last teachings OF science God
has placed his agencies in the world thaI
seem not to work only for the thing near
est, but for some uIterIor purpose. This
is illustrated in the science OF modern
medicine. God has placed in the human
blood system an innuInerable host of
minute living observation-disclosures save
and repair the members OF the injured
physical body. They are always on guard,
waiting it were. for an attack. So.
too. inside the body he has placed the
spirit and inside the spirit 4 correspond =
ing force to preserve and repair the at
tacks on the spirit-the human conscience
is always awake in the mind TO ward
off the attacks against the spirit. count
less mental prcks attack the mind 60
drive evil away from the soul.
To give attention to the culture OF the
spirit is not only doing Gods Will as each
one discovers IL inside his or herself 1t
is also manly and humanity noble Men
abhor injustice and anything against a
square deal For people. as they so largely
do. TO neglect the busy. constant work OF
Cod In the human soul, is not giving
God or manhood square deal.
But the world is coming back to un-
derstand the life Of st. Paul. and feel and
know It's worth The things that made
his life so much worth while. are the
things which are making men turn to a
new. yet old, view OF Christian manhood
and the church OF Christ is on a highe!
road TO be Gods redecming power in tho
world.