The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-16
SPIRITUAL POWER IS
MEASURED BY FAITH
The Rev. DR.. VIII A. Belts
Tells Why at First Meth
odist Church.

Faith as the course OF accomplishment
was explained by the Rev DR.. Will A
Belts. pastor OF the First Methods
Episcopal church. In his sermon las
night entitled There Is Limit to Al
Things" The Rev. MIR. Belts drew hi.
text from Matthew 9:29. According tc
your faith be 1t unto you There wa:
a good attendance at the services. tn,
work OF the new minister apparently
having met with the hearty approval o
the members of the church. The Rev
DR., Betts said in part
After much travail OF thought some
profound philosopher has given to us
this expression. "There Is a limit 10
all things. In harmony with the
spirit of this capitalization OF np-
habit to Ak limit to all things with
which We have to do II Is quite
he common thing fol, us to limit
the, spiritual power Of the church
cial ability. but this mode OF rea-
soning Is incorrect for these things
do not determine tho limitations OF
the Io power % Of the the church ;nS The ,ist fat
for all power whether natural or
spiritual is Of God and we cannot
put limit on God.
Is there a limit to the power Of
We must answer no, The only pos
sible limit you can place upon any
OF these things must be In the
strength Of the particular contrivanCe
brought into requisition to utilize the
power
Is there, then. limit to spiritual
power? Our actions have many times
said yes, but thank God. this Is not
the blind man. "Accordng TO your
faith be IT unto you" He teaches us
that spiritual power and achievement
in your life and mine can Ne limited
only by our faith.
Faith. then. Is the medium through
which the holy spirit works which
makes us bear the same relation TO
his divine power that the engine or
force. If you please. we are the
machines through which the holy
spirit sends out his divine energy.
The strength of any engine is meas
ured by It's weakest point and the
limit OF our spiritual power Is meas
ured only by our faith.
On every hand there are conquests.
victories and glorious spiritual
church that are simply waiting TO
be claimed by the united faith OF
Gods people.
You know perfectly well that our
present financial depression is not
occasioned by scarcity OF silver and
gold, but because OF lack OF COM
mercial faith
Our spiritual depression, our fall
ure TO achieve personal victories. our
inability TO encompass the walls of
every fortress of sin is not because
OF lack of divine power, but rather
lack of faith on our part. Not
wlthstanding the fact that we have
all about us an abundance of divine
power. still we are conscious that
there is among us a deplorable lack
of unwavering faith, We lack faith
In God and man and we have there
by become so weak that we see
strikes, riots, murders and suicides
until at times we feel almost ut
terly discouraged.
The breaking of the electrical con-
nection on an automobile renders II
useless.
The reason for our lack OF spirit
uaI power IS that the connections
with the batteries OF glory have been
broken. There are many things that
break our connection with divine
power and 1t is our business to locate
the trouble