The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-02-20
PASTOR RUSSELL',S
SERMON
Nil Fa sl,oned Reu;va1 Wanted in Wal .strs,t

w dnted IN Wall Street
10 look for a return of tho pious a,r
a Uyine ol t me past which was built upo,
the pure faith once delivered nn,o ,l, ,r.
saints dude 81 "'''o u"
nione 90 9,n not admit that none today ar,
styled sanctIned IN r' cSris, mgst Jssus St Pay y
corinthians T., % We claim thai ,,,or,
are, are as honest. as upright. as loyal chill
world. VI Rmt STo ,h htoday as ever lived IN tn,
| ioritv, under the false teach;n1 r,nr ,,.n
uoned by the bishop. have utterly los
The The fIo1, rao,n once delivered to the saints
up up the creeds of the dark ages snd
tHSeineving tSing that the Bible taught the sam,
5Soahdoneo as too absurd for present.
DAY intelligence. Higher criticism IAN.
to s"e the ndne RIb,s for in3delity and opposition
ence., theosophy and atheism have swai.
lowed up the majority of the inteIIec
Iuals OF the churches. and the mediocrr
,asses ,pa are rapidly following them into
lessness. "''o soo
II IS impossible for an honest ,nan who
Ris, Has 'ost ms faith in God. and in the
neart interest in prayer meetings. in BI-
RE study and In attempted holy living
RE to rant mas nothing substantial for his faith
20 rest upon He scorns to be a hypo-
crite Hence tho old-tlmc religious life
Is not 10 be generally expected
Modern Revivals Unsatisfactory,
Modern revival methods (slangy talk
e'o"nlsh actions and a pretense that rls
'ns 10 ones feet in Il public assembly
means means Christian reformation and spirit
DrEettlng) is too foolish for thinking peo
PIE OF tho class represented by the cdi
Tor OF the Wall Street Journal. II is not
ior US TO say that absolutely nothing
- E accomplished, and that all fall away
VINO. under excitement, stand up to be
prayed for. or to indicate that they pre-
Ter 70 spend eternity in bliss rather than
IN torture. We do, however. mean IA
say that such persons are bewildered. If
no worse. and year after, we fear, are
as as pad or worse than the year before.
,. ms is because they are not really con-
Scrted-oecause they have no real foun-
dation for faith given them, and have
no faith to put upon such a foundation.
IN. amey Sos are e, p9t even what St Paul styles
tor only the spirit -bego;ten belong to
that class.
What Is Really Needed.
The revival really needed should not
be looked for nor expected amongst
worldly people. They have nothing OF
Christianity to revive. 1t should begin
with Christlas who have not yet lost
al their faith in God and in the Bible.
Ihese should become awakened 10 the
iact that spirituality and faith are at a
low e6b. Their PRAYERS should ascend
TO God. and their Bibles should be stud :
led as never before. They should make
use OF present day helps in their Bible
study and become fervont and revivifled
OF spirit through better understanding
Of the Scriptures. They must see that
the Bible was not properly represented
IN the creeds OF the past: that 1t is in
trines Of the past which have Justly be-
come repusive to intelligent minds.
When once they get the proper focus on
Gods word. one passage Illuminating an
other their faith in God and in the Bible
VIII become "A living one. a moving one,
and with this spirit. faith and works
viii come-Chrstian zeal fervcncy OF
spirit in the service OF the Lord. With
these In turn will come activities in help
ing ono another, activities IN family
worship, in Bible classes. in prayer and
testimony meetings. etc. Then. as the
Master said. they will lie, their ligh,
shine and the worldly Will see and be in
iluenced by these living epistles. known
and read of all GI. Corinthians iii, p.
Most Important Points
II is useless for any TO attemp, 10 be-
lieve. or TO attempt 10 teach others that
God is great, and just. and loving while
AT the same time teaching that he pre-
pared. before the founda tion OF the world
an immense torture chamber in which
thousands of millions would be forced &c
spend eternity How our forcfathers
could believe this and yet believe some
how or other that God is love we do not
understand. II was their faith I'm Gods
love. and not their faith in eternal tor
mcnt. which constituted the power oi
Cod working in them for good and Thicl
offset the errors of their creeds TO a large
degree. But no one Of today who is a.
all awake can any longer think Of wor-
shipping q God inferior TO himself, a
.l-.- .lxGR
poweTcss. can no longer be worshipped ir
spirit and In truth.
What the world needs. and what first
OF all the church needs is to get doctrin'
ally straight in respect 10 the Almighty
character. and in respect 10 his purposes
for his human creatures. AS soon as tha
condition of mind shall have been reached
there wib be no need 20 pray or ask toi
rcvivals nf religion-they will follow ire
sistihIy.
But what do we see opposing anv sucl
desirable denoue mentn We see two hun
dred thousand Protestant ministers snc
SUNDAY school superintendent WORKING
against such desirable results. Wo Sc
about two-thirds of them advocatin;
higher criticism -infideljly and one -tnirc
of them striving 10 hold the people u
ignorance respecting the teachings OF th'
Bible concerning mans future-seeISng
by inference at leasi 70 npho'1 me A'ro
C;od's people by the great adversary dur
ing the dark ages. II is sa1 picture
Has ~ no silver linine2
The Cloud s Silver Lining.
There are stnl a sanity few in th'
world who are not bowin@ their knee q
! Basl. not worshippiAg me golden calf o
| nrnmunon. not wandering. 1ot seeking u
! prove that they arc descendants OF mon
| KEYS. NOT seeking TO figure God out o
/ creation and n say that nature is God
In This time. when others are going Int,
outer darkness. these children Of God
/ feeding upon his word, are being blesse'
and refreshed In spirit as never before
! To them Gods word is shining NOR,
! brightly as the days go by The rouGi
places are becoming smooth and tho darl
places clear. To them the glory OF m
( divine character is being revealed. tn
! secret OF the Lord is with them. He !
showing them his covenant and MAXIM
/ them 10 understand many or the dee
| tbirrs ~ his word which the natural ey
has not seen. nor the natural ear heard
neither have these things entered INT
! the henrt OF the natural man-thins
which he hath i'm reservation for then
that love him. ,1,,.,,