The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-08-28
THE MILLS MEETINGS.
Great Preparations Being Made
Therefor.
The Large Tent to be Pitched on the Vacant
Lot Immediately North of the Hotel
KnutsfOrd.

The Mills Union meetings will begin in
this city on Sunday, Sept 4, in the great
tent which has just arrived from the Pacific
coast and which will be pitched immedI-
ately north of the Knutsford hotel, where
six vacant lots are being cleared of ell OBJ
structions, leveled and covered with saw
dust. The tent now standing on the
ground will be pitched on the adjacent
ground, back of the Manitou hotel, and will
be used for special purposes during the
meetings. Mr.. Mills and his musical CO.
worker, Mr.. L. b. Greenwood, are expected
TO arrive on Saturday. They win come TO
Utah without their families. and will re-
turn to the coast after leaving Ogden. The
meetings, which have been conducted for
FIVE weeks in San Francisco by MIR. Mills,
are to close the middle of this week These
San Francisco meetings have grown in
power and numbers from the first. On
last Sunday night the mechanics pavilion
was densely packed and an overflow meet
ing was held with 5000 persons. In the
afternoon of the same day, at q special
meeting for Sunday school boys and news
boys, 1900 persons were present, and st
the same hour Calvary Presby terian church
was crowded with girls, who were ad-
dressed by Mr.. Mills. On last Thursday
between LOCO and 1000 of the most sub
stantial business houses IN San Francisco,
including many Hebrew firms, closed in
order to give their employees special op-
portunity to attend the meetings.
The interest among the Salt Lake
churches in the coming meetings is already
| growing very great and general.
| The preparatory union services, which
began last Wednesday evening with
prayer meeting which filled the First Con-
gregationsl church, will be continued dur
ing this week as follows: Sunday evening,
at the First Presbyterian church, q twenty
minute sermon by DIR. Mabry, of the First
Methodist Episcopalian church; and after
will be a meeting OF all the ushers
anu other assistant workers for the Mills
meetings. Monday evening, at the First
Baptist church. Tuesday evening at the
First Methodist. Wednesday evening at
the First Presbyterian. Friday evening at
the First Congregational. The Joint COM
mittees will meet for reports and business
Ut the close Of the Wednesday and Friday
evening meetings. There will be no meet
ings on Thursday and Saturday evenings.
| A large chorus will be organized to assist
| in the music, ard volunteer singers ar6
asked for from all tho churches. The first
practice will take place this Sunday
afternoon ut 80. at the First Presbyter-
ian church. No. 5 Of Gospel Hymns will
Uc usSu d. bulo pEdCtlccs Uut db Luc LuecLiuR8
several thousand copies of the special
Mills edition Of No. will be on hand
The entire city has been divided, by the
! invitation committee, into five districts,
and a little army Of between 100 and 200
canvassers will visit this week every resi-
dence and business Office in the city, leav-
ing printed cards of invitation, so that
every one may feel that these meetings srs
for their own personal benefit
Raefdoc fhis and many other mathnda ~
creating an interest In the meetings, con-
spicuous posters will be placed on the street
corners. twenty-five hundred chairs have
been ordered from Denver besides large
number which will be 0btainable in this
city. There will be three sermons next
Sunday-at II am, $3.50 and Z 80 pm, Al
all these services Mr.. Mills will preach, and
nfter the evening service he desires to meet
all the ushers and assistant workers in the
SIN all tent which will be pitched just east
of the great tent. The capacity OF the tent
will doubtless be greatly taxed on the OPEN
ing day, and 1t is believed that 1t will prove q,
much too small for the crowds of people
which will want to attend the meetings.