The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-03-24
AT THE CHURCHES.
The Various Religious Services to
be Held To-day.
SUPPORT OF CHURCH SCHOOLS.
The Street Children-A Religion that Neglect'
the Present Life is of Little
Account.

I bic worship will be conducted in the
various churches to-day as follows:
CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY
SAINTS.-Salt Lake Stake of Zion, Angus M
! Cannon, president; Joseph E. Taylor and
Charles w. Penrose, counselors. Meeting this
afternoon at o'clock.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN--Public worship at II
am. and preaching by the pastor, r. G. Nc
Niece. Sabbath Scnool al 1925. Young Fec
pies Society of Christian EndeavOr at Go.
Evening worship at 1880 and preaching by the
pastor.
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.-The Rev.
j. Brainard Thrall, pastor. Public worship with
sermon by the pastor, at IL am. Sunday
school at 1918 Young Peoples Society OF
Christian Endeavor at pm Seats fee and
public cordially invited.
ST. MARKS CATHEDRAL.-HOly communion at
am. Morning prayer, itany and sermon at
il am. Sunday school at 2:45 pm. Evening
prayer and instruction at $3.50 pm Bible class
at $50 pm. Evening prayer and sermon at 80
pm.
METHODIST CHURCH.-No Al E. Third South
street. Preaching at II am. and $50 pm. by
the pastor, C.. l.. Libby. Sunday school at II: )
pm. Young peoples meeting at 6:l5 pm.
Subject morning and evening: The real enc
mics fought by the Christian Church" In the
evening its attitude towards MormOnism will be
jpecially considered. Both sermons should be
heard to fully appreciate the evening discourse.
CHARLES ELLIS will deliver a free lecture in
the Federal court room this evening" at
O'Clock. Subject: Reason and Revelation"
A LECTURE will be given in the Twelfth ward
meeting house to-day at 6 80 pm. by Prof. j: f.
Talmage. Subject: Atheism and ldolatry."
Lukunga, on the Congo river, has Bap-
fist church of seventy member s.
The number of places Of Christian wOr-
ship in England and Wales, certified, re
corded and on the register at the close of
1888, was %, S51, an increase of 63O in the
year.
The Rev. DR.. A. F. Beard says that the
governments wars with less than half a
million of Indians have cost the United
States $500, 900, 600, enough to plant missions
in all the heather tribes in the world
Spirit of Missions.
Some statistician asserts that the net
gain of new churches in the United States
during the year of 1888 was 6,434, the in
crease in the number of ministers was 4, sos,
while the increase in church-members was
ia SCI. The average gain for each day of
| the year was seventeen churches, twelve
ministers, and 2, l20 members.
D. L. Moody announces that on the 4th
day of April, 1899, he will begin holding in
Chicago convention of Christian workers,
similar to that held in the summer at
Mortified. These meetings will continue
from thirty to sixty days, and instruction
will be given by well-known leaders of
Christian thought and action.
There are ,24S Young Mems Christian
associations in America, 622 in England,
Ireland, and Scotland, 1892 in Germany.
Holland, and Switzerland, 200 in Japan, and
$50 in eighteen other countries. Ii is an in
teresting fact that there is an organization
at Nazareth, where Christ lived for thirty
years, and at Jerusalem, where he was
crucitiod.
Twelve years ago the Modoc Indians were
IN vilized heathcnS. Now they are a com
munity of Industrious farmers, with half
their number processing Christians. 1t
cost the United States government 81 ,S4S,
90 to care for 1900 Dakota Indians seven
years while they were savages. After they
were Christianized it cost, for seven years,
s120, 900, saving of 81, 71S,0O0.
CHURCH SCHOOLS.
One of the palpable duties Of all church
men is the support of the church's schools
of learning If we believe at all in this
church, in its historic claims, in the associa-
lions which cling to it and the traditions
it chershes, we shall not neglect any Oppor-
tuRity to advance the interests of its edu-
cational institutions. But apart from all
the predjudices we ought to have in favor
of church schools, we can get from them as
good preparation for our children at as
small cost as is furnished by any school
and the instruction they give are second to
none.-Church of To-day.
THE NEGLECTED CHILDREN.
II the civil authorities cannot and do not
attend to the needy, neglected children, that
go to swell the great lists of crime, pauper-
ism, and insanity, ther Christian philan-
thropy should do it. Christianity, thank
God, is coming to be more and more prac-
tical in its aspect and work. We are com
ing to feel more and more that religion
that has everything for future world and
nothing for this world has nothing fer
either A religion that neglects this pres
ent life is a mother who neglects her infant
with TIE expectation that manhood will set
everything right. There is a class of pei
sons who spend their lives in trying to e
good. There is another class who spend
their lives in trying to do good. Genuine
goodness is something more than me G
self-Seeking for eternity. 1t is SOmethiI G
more than that sort of piouS living viii
means little else than safe and sagaCiOCs
investment in the skies. 1t is a working
together with God in this world for the VI
lifting and advancement of the human race.
1t is a seeking to lessen the pains and bur-
denS oflife among the toilers and Strugglers.
1t is reaching out after the children q
poverty and want-the hapless little one S
who have been hurled prematurely against
the lifc-wrecking problems Of existence.
Help that can run to help the helpless and
comfort the comfortless always keeps
closest by the side of God. Perhaps we
shall find at last, in the day Of final disclos-
ure, that the deepest and most far reaching
influence that we ever eXerted was the in
tuence that we eXerted over the helpless
and neglected little children of the streets.
Perhaps we shall find it to be the best work
we ever accomplished. At all events, it is
well to live well. And he lives the longest !
who lives the best. He is great who con-
fers most of blessing on mankind.-Mrs |
Sarah b. Cooper, in the Onion Signal.
THE YOUNG PEOPLES AGE.
Such it is in a marked degree. Some Of |
US who are unwilling to be called aged note |
the glad contrast in our churches between |
the position accorded to the young now and |
in the days of our youth. Indeed, little, if !
any, place in the activities of the church |
was made for childhood and youth twenty
five years ago. The youth were taught that
they were hOpelessly in the thrall of Satan,
and must remain there until stricken into
uncomfortable conviction of sin by a light
from Heaven Such distorted views and
impressions are largely dissipated in our
churches by the gracious results which are
witnessed. In the mouths of babes God is
perfecting praise in the sanctuary. The
churches, with open arms, like our Lord
himself, are saying, "Suffer the chill
dren to come" The children are speaking
and singing hallelujahs, and the people press
to hear them. "a little child shall lead
Them" never was so true. The spiritual
life and active beneficence of many of our
churches find their perennial source in the
hearts of youth. 1t is the young peoples
age in the history of Christendom. Happy
the pastor, happy the church, that gladly
recognizes the unmistakable lead of God