The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-08-26
FINDS RICH LESSON
||VM0UNTA|N STREAM
Pastor breaches Sermon on
Beautiful Things God Has
Given Mankind,

The Rcv. DR.. Louis S. Bowernan n..-
tor OF the Emmanuel Baptist ch,rcl, =,
this city, took for the text of last nirbt's
se' mon the fourth verse OF the forty
s,N'h chapter OF Psalms, There is a
river, the streams whereof make clad
the CITY OF God" DR.. Bowerman and
MS family have maintained a vacation
camp in Parley's and Lambs CANYONS
and although Or. Bowcrman has spent
most Of his time in the canyons he has
iinsd the pulpit of his church each Sun
day, with only one exception His SER
mon was prefaced BY some OF his vaca-
tloI experiences. and his subject. "rhe
voice OF the Mountain Stream" was sug-
Ee sted to him by his sojourn near tie
creeks In the canyons, He said In part:
We had gone up one Of the canyons;
We Purposed being OH hand With the
early worm for the early trout
The girls were soon fast asleep and
setting, Chen tho full glory OF the the
starry expanse appeared On, the
mountains or the sea is the place To
STUDY the wonderful galaxy above.
heavens but dlmIy show its glory.
During the hours as We watched, we
also listened to the flow Of the waters
OF the mountain stream as II rushed
Oui Qu1Ckly-fn9Qc couch.
II was singing It's song and the lam
guage was all Its own, and yet there
was language. For the mountain
stream SlT,s,n in ever singing a song. It's
mood of tho listener or tho changes
OF the seasons and the effects OF a
STORM: Each listener will interpret
Tor himself; blessed be the man to
or he can hear her song. Our eyes
are 80 dn and our ears go dulli
The forty-sixth psalm came With
the rhythm OF the stream. One could
see the old city. of David as It stood
IN the days Of Hezekiah. the timo
when the Assyrian came down like
wolf on the fold. his cohorts all
cleaning In purple and gold" Tho
time when Isaiah said, "Israel had
refused the waters of Sloan" and
the river" or the power of Assyria. II
was the waters OF Sloan that felt
the touch OF the angels breath that
DESTROYED the invading host Sloan
giving for the mighty deliverance ere
the watchers OF the city could dis
Germ what God had frought In de-
fense OF his anointed.
So Sloan sang again OF peace II
Is no wonder that this single stream
meant so much to the city Of Zion.
1t was the main source of water sup
ply. As the psalnist remembered the
slllBie elfebI1 anu the many canals
Of 'chRnnels' about his beloved city
he easily passed from the earthly to
the heavenly and the song became
stronger and deeper and fuller. 1t
was a gladdentng song, There was
an uplift because 1t was 30 cheer
ing. 'T go on forever" there was
something reassuring. There would
be many changes and infinite va
riety but the gladdening song would
never cease. Storms; the crash Of
thunder and the flash Of lightning;
the stream was ever bearing the
gladdening and refreshing waters to
the needy city dwellers. It was the
hearing life. land everything shall
live whithersoeyer the waters, com
eth" We In this day OF irrigation
will understand the meaning.
Gladness and life: well 40 Il speaks
Of Gods grace; the infinite love OF
the everlasting Father It tells OF
his peace and his power. Out OF the
depths OF his own nature, bursting
from the secret place Of his own
eternal being, as the stream living
spring bursts from the mountains
heart, so divine grace through the
many Channels" is flowing out Into
the great world and he who Will
NAV drink and he who drinks shall
Nye-lIya tho life that Is eternal.