The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-30

society has become a stencil in the nos
tr1iS OF upright. honest men and women
peaeve also with you that society as
organized today is a curse and will sooner.
or later destroy the great republic. for
We see men (organiZers of great tri1sts)
Wrlng1ng fortunes beyond the dream of
avar1ce from the bloody sweat ard toll
OF the masses, and Offering il as a bride
70 titled, leprous libertines of England. If
lney VIII accept their daughters hand in
rna.Iriage. We see men upon whose brow
nature mas set the seal of genius. selling
themselves and their opinions for mess
OF pottage, grave and reverend SEN
alors Laughing at that instrument which
we have been taught to reverence as d.
ylne II its origin-the Declaration of In
dependence.
Representatives of the masses. uphold
never delegated to him. and thereby
eampling under foot the liberties of the
people, in order that they might receive
the political crumbs that fall from their
masters table But, sir / did not want
70 thus sdigress- | know you will forgive
this letter, for, be assured, | have in
view m what | shall now. say only the
good of the cause in which you are en-
gaged. and only hope that the thunderous
eioquence you are now hurting at the
people may rot pass unheeded. Let me
plain and not beat the bush; but after
watching the effect of your sermons on
the audience, l am convinced that the
good.
1 have heard most of the great revival
ISIS OF the country and the most success
ial are those WHO by simple Yet pathetic
stores bring the people to tears. 1 do not
natter you when l say you have a splen-
dld vocabulary. incisive delivery. clear,
concise arguments, inimitable powers of
mimicry a good. trained voice, no doubt
an accomplished musician, handsome in
teilectual and a fire presence
thlnk / nave never met a follower of
the Lowry Nazarene with all these latur-
81 and acquired accomplishments and at
the same time having the persistent cour-
age which you evidently possess. Having
peop-e in tears; you can by few simple
stories. such as Moody and Cough used
so Vel. touch the hear s of these who will
listen: you can "hold the mirror up to
and show virtue her own image,
scorn her own FORM, etc. The young men !
will ses their dear old mothers kneeling
at the bedside in prayer-mothers whom !
hey have neglected. perhaps forgotten. |
You can. sir. show these brutes of hus-
bands their patient. long-suffernig wives; /
YOU can, know. paint in vivid colors the /
iering boys and girls; the fathers strong
though silent solicitude; the sisters,
daughters shame, and the
agony of the crucifiXion.
You can so preach. that the people will
zee the great drops of blood. like balls of
ire dropping from the Sinless One; see
he death agony on the cross, all this
nd more you can depict. and by so doing,
ir. knowing the people as l do, your la
,or will be crowned by a splendid result
We know We are all you paint us-male
larlotS etc, but you antagoniZe US, you
light us. and. although we recognize the
ruth of what you say, man like We fight
acl.
Now, Mr. Oliver. don't think arrogate
o myself any function that is yours;
merely speak as one who, sitting under
he dripping of the sanctuary. note the
fleet of your etoquence, in holding the
aultitudes as if you were its soul, white
he heart all the while is steeled against
ou. Touch the peoples hearts by your
loquence a. simple pathetic story, and a
ear will spring right from the heart.
hey are then brought to you. Yours
ruly, CHARLES CRANE.