The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1923-10-06

is only one man and that is Jesus,
when ! have his approval ! do not
need the approval of any man. 1t
goes without question that the heads
OF the church we love so well must
hear the voice of the people and un-
less they hear the voice Of the people
/ there viii be a rumbIing thunder
that must be heard. / am not saying
anything this afternoon that ! cannot
repeat. Some one sang, II am glad
came out of the wilderness" i
am glad ] have no yoke on my neck
believe the church of God must be
clean; men of the church, in the pull
pit, and in high Offices of the church,
even upon the bench of bishops,
should be upright in life and char
acter. Every man pretending to be
leader of the people should be a
clean man. They must be clean men
and / do not uphold any man that is
weak man. This accounts for my
being here this afternoon and I be-
leve there are lot Of my brothers
who would like to be here this after
noon but cannot because the powers
that be say not.
Christ asking his disciples, what
are the people saying about me5"
who do men say that amp
What are they thinking7" Making
inquiries about public opinion. Then
he asked his disciples directly, Whom
do ye say that / am?" Then Peter
answered, Thou art the Christ, the
son of the living God" There was
something deeper in the answer than
flesh and blood. Therefore Christ
said unto Peter, flesh and blood have
net revealed this unto yOu but nay
father which is in heaven; therefore
he said, upon this rock / will build
my church and the gates of hell shall
not prevail against it." Peter wasn't
firm, he denied his Christ, that is the
kind of man to whom Christ was
talking when he established his
church, man unstable. In saying,
Thou art Peter and upon this rock
! will build my church" he was not
speaking Of changeable Peter, but
speaking of Peter transformed BY the
indwelling power of God and when
that power came unto Peter it made
him firm as rock, so firm that Jesus
established his church upon this hu-
manity transformed by the unity or
the spirit of God. Jesus did not es-
tablish his church on strong men who
occupied high places nor on Mt. Zion,
which was the religious and political
capital Of the people, but upon weak
humanity filed with the indwelling
Christ. When Christ went to the
temple of Mt. Zion he found them
trading, selling and buying and drove
them out and said, make not my
fathers house den Of thieves. But
when he got ready to establish his
kingdom he didn't go to Mt. Zion, he
found weak man who wanted to be
transformed by the spirit of God,
a man who didn't have faith to resist
wrong, and said as il were unto him,
! know you are weak, that you are
changeable, that you 60 wrong, that
you have denied me, but you have a
good viii and If you will get the
grace Of God in your heart you will
become firm, Interchangeable as rock
and upon this rock made by the union
OF humanity and divinity, / will build
my church Upon this unity OF faith
which brings God down to man and
imam up to God and forms union of
divinity and humanity. Jesus did not
build His church upon ecclesiastical
power, that is where the mistake
comes IN, upon a line of rules laid
down by men, not upon dogma OF
man, but upon the unity Of divinity
and humanity. In establishing His
church Christ made it possible for
the highest and the lowest to come
to God for himself Prepare your own
way. trust the security Of the church.
Christ said that the gates of hell
shall not prevail against His church.
Judges occupied places near the gates
to render judgment and armies pro-
ceeded out of the gates to battle,
therefore Christ draws this iIIustra-
ton: To show that the armies that
proceeded out Of the gates Of hen
cannot prevail against his church.
de was not only talking about hell
from below but he'll from above as
well. The denominational churches
have served to keep the race divided
and while they have done some good
they have also done great harm, for
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