The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-03-06

He came into TINS WORTH anu HECu
in it in the lowliest and humbliest OF
guises, overturning their every dream
Of might and majesty and demonstrate
ing to those who had so long looked
for His coming, that only in humility
is real power, only in service is true
dominion.
In the companionship of the weak,
the world-worn and the suffering His
mission found fruition and fulfillment,
and in the selection of men upon whom
TO build His Kingdom, His choice fell
upon those, who hardened by the toll
Of the day and wearied by the watch
ing of nets by night had yet wrested
from sea and soil only the bare ne
cessities of life.
Into the hearts and minds Of these
men He poured the riches of His
wisdom and the wealth Of His love,
to strengthen them for the great bur-
den He was soon to call upon them
to bear. to inspire them for the war
fare they were soon to wage for His
sake
And thus He walked and talked
with men and wrought the foundation
upon which He was to build the struc-
ture Of eternal life; upon which He was
to erect a temple within whose spa
cious walls the nations of the earth
would come to offer sacrifice and de-
votion to His Heavenly Father-to a
God, newer in conception of power
and dominion; richer in attributes Of
love and mercy, and gentler in His
dealings with His hayward but re-
pentant creatures.
He looked out upon the world He
had come to redeem and sought for
a sign Of its conversion; but His
anguished gaze ever rested upon the
shadow of a cross upon which, predes-
tined from the beginning, He was to
offer up His life for the sins of all
humanity. He had fed the multitudes
and had given them to drink OF the
waters Of salvation; yet, to His lips
was ever pressed the chalice from
which He was to drink to the very
dregs the bitter draught of atonement.
And as the. last dread hour ap-
preached, when the browning act of
His career was to be performed, when
the great summing up of the lessons
Of divine wisdom, which for three
long years He had endeavored to in
still into their hearts and souls, were
to be symbolized and crystallized into
ore great central mystery, He called
together His few chosen followers
earnest though they were, yet filled
with fear through want Of understand
ing-and into their care and keeping,
He entrusted the richest Of all the
heritages of the human SOUL support
ing the gift with the divine assurance
of His eternal presence; and safe
guarding it with His promise to shield
and protect it against every impair
ment Of time, and thought and change.
How firmly the seed was planted
how securely the trust was reposed
how faithfully the promise was kept
the centuries attest.
From Christ its founder to His pres
ent Vicar on earth in one unbroken
order Of Apostolic succession it has
come down to our very day and time
and on its affairs and in the hearts OF
its people, in simple form and blood
less manner, is daily renewed and re-
enacted the spiritual splendor of the
Last Supper and the awful tragedy
Of Calvary.
A little flower, springing from the
stony soil Of Nazareth, has spread
and blossomed until its beauty anc
fragrance fills every land and cline; Z
little twig, planted amid the hills O
Palestine, has grown and thrived unit
under its wide-spreading branches res
in spiritual security all the nations O.
the earth.
And to you, my friends, is granted
the glorious privilege of dwelling il
the warmth and comfort of its pleas
ing shade; to you is given the heritage
of faith that alone can Danish every
doubt and fear of the soul.
You are gathered here tonight t
celebrate an epoch in your religion!
history; to manifest your gratitude fol
a special mark Of Divine favor and tc
declare your appreciation Of the ten
der solicitude Of Holy Mother Churcl
for your spiritual and temporal wei
fare.
Unto youth the person of the Re-
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