El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-21

vests again went into service when
Prescott was reached
Sunday at the Canyon.
After thoroughly enjoying Saturday
evening at Prescott, the Ell Pasoans
got what rest they could snatch be-
tween that city and the Grand canyon.
leaving Prescott at midnight Saturday
with a big delegation at the depot
to see them Off-and arriving at the
canyon at els Sunday morning. Most
of the party made the descent into
the canyon during the day, but Few
remained on the top, preferring to
view its magnificence from distance
rather than to conquer it at such
physical effort as Is necessary IN go
ing to the bottom and returning All
were rewarded with a view OF sunrise
and sunset from the brink of the
Titan Of chasms. A concert by the
band and praise service during the
morning under the leadership Of Dr..
II. +. Wright were features OF the
FL TOVar and the guests extended the
FL PasOans every courtesy. The visit
Of a full military band was a novelty
seldom seen on the brink of the great
canyon, hence it attracted much at
tention. 1t was Of particular interest
to the few lazy Hopi bucks, sQuaws
and papOoses who tent near the HCpi
cJSriO house and weave blankets and
dance their weird dances for the en-
tertainment and spare coin Of the
visitors
Praise Service.
The band played for Sunday morn
ing services OF the FL PaSOanS In the
ball room Of the magnificent Ell Tovar
hotel, and in the afternoon it rendered
a concert on the hotel piazza and the
guests OF the hotel and of Bright Angel
camp were present for both The morn
ing service was very appropriate for
celebrating the end OF a week OF active
and strenuous travelling Prof q. 2
Putnam, presided and introduced Dr.
H f. Wright, who delivered the ad-
dress. taking as his text the wonders
Of the Grand Canyon, the handiWork
of the Almighty The Keynote quartet
sang two appropriate selections, Lead
Kindly Light" and Hear Us, Oh Faith
err" the latter a tenor solo, by Parvln
Witte, with quartet accompaniment
The band rendered ''The Rosary"
Dr. H. +. Wright, in his address, said:
'9The old dispensatiOn was too mar
row to contain the Christ He estab-
lished a new era in religion. Minor
transition periods have been expert
are passing through one now. On the
brink Of this broadcast eXpanse of all
the vast openings Of earth's surface
We certainly ought to be led to see
the broad, farreaching, progressive
features of the grandest era of Chris
tianity.
Here we certainly should leave in
the far background petty denomlna-
tiOnal differences, realizing that de-
nOminatiOnaI loyalty does not imply z
sectarian bigotry and that the doc
trines on which we are agreed are as |
far greater than those on which we
differ as the Grand Canyon OF the /
Colorado is greater than the little !
ditch on the little New England farm. |
This is an era in which the breadth |
of the nature of Christ is becoming [
more fully understood and his teach |
ings better applied than ever before /
Hrrn~r rTe1 n1Tr
astronomy taught that the earth is |
the center Of the planetary system. In /
connection with this idea, the world |
was led to the cOgnate thought that ]
the worlds chief inhabitant, man. is I
the center OF the religious system I
These teachings held sway till the /
10th century. COpernican astronomy (
now taught that the sun is the cen
ter Of the planetary realm and men
were led TO see that sun of Righteous
ness is the center of the religious
realm.
Long. indeed, have we been in see
ing all that is implied in this progress :
sfVe movement We have been taught B
Every man for himself and the devil /
take the hindmOst' Let US progress +
to this. every man for his brother and
all help the hindmOst. Modern insti- /
buttons. orphan homes. institutional :
churches, Y. NJ. and y. ". c. A. organ
izadOns, manifest this spirit.
These are for men, indeed, but for
men through Christ. We see today
that we live most fully for men and |
even for ourselves individually when
we live for Christ Cause the heaven
y bodies to circle around the earth
and you viii destroy this world and
all the planets of our system Cause
all the deeds of men to revolve selfish
y around earths creatures and you
destroy men.
Are Moving ChristWard.
in deeds we are moving Christ
ward. In faith, we must be else these
deeds would not be done. The world
is moving with all the force Of a tidal
wave toward faith in Jesus Christ as I
the worlds Redeemer.
We are being led to see the bible
more fully as it is and to appreciate
it most highly. While studying this
book under the guidance of its most
progressive critics at the University I
Of Chicago, I made a transition in
faith like the passing from a small
rOwbOat to a substantial steamer. I .
feel now that my faith is sufficient 1
to Outride all the opposing pillows and |
DutWeather every storm. Those who
hold the theory Of evolution today do !
not lose their faith in God, but have Z
t strengthened. Formerly evolution /
was atheistic; now it is theistic.
Darwin said that behind all evo-
utionary processes there must be an
mpOnderable force else there could /
be no evolution. Now We see that ]
this is God Science and revelation /