The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-16
Oliver Thinks They Are Grave
Evils.
BOTH ARE QUITE SINFUL
HE'LL FULL OF ERRING SALT
LAKERS.
Evangelist Says They Are Sc Thick
Down There That Their Feet
Stick Out Of the WindoW-Thea-
ire Degrades Instead Of Educat-
ing the Youth.

ire Degrades Instead Of Educat.
ing the Youth.
mere was an enthusiastic meeting al
the Ilin church last evening. Pastor
smith mad a few timely remarks to make
ABOUT the saving grace attached 70 liberal
/ contributions to the collection plate, af-
( ter which he led the congregation III sing
I ing 1T the old time religion. and IL
/ good enough fer me-"
I -dy text is from Galatians, sixth chap
/ Ter. seventh verse, said Evangelist Oil
/ Vef' Be not deceived; God is not
Knocked; for whatsoever a man soweth.
uhat shaH he also reap. L am very tired
very tatiguec; 1 have not had any rest
slitS last September but L shall speak
tlelly upon the evils that result from
tnea lre-golng and card parties
Inc theatre. as we consider il today
~ me ll8ht or the gospel of Jesus Christ
y detrimental 70 spiritual growth / have
lieu men ask II 90 not approve Of grand
OpuId- reply that / never &c 10 such
PAGES. / used 10. before became con
EcileL ana belonged TO the devil like
muse VINO attend such performances now.
want Jnat 10 soak in.
Scale is Downward.
We commence with grand oLera. then
~ I1"A 10 comic opera. then 10 melo-
~ ollIsl, theh 10 rotten drama, then 10
-i-Sl71te eStrdNdgdnLd ana nnGlly dSwn
70 iOW-uVed vaudeville. / tell YOU thai
tAeatfe cannot pay expenses unlesz II
~ 70 Fdu0eViAe and vulgar eGl<4va-
52,tl@a, YOU Know that as we'll as / do
4IIe course OF the theatre is downward
ana say this IN spite OF the fact mar
SIiud people say that Shakespearian
uIdna Is educational. Thsre are educa-
y y,I- NAY are great Geal better and
say that the attendance at theatres
- d DAD beginning for the youth Of horn
seAe7. IL Iakfs their minds from he
~ - SIRIUS lninss or HE and puts them
~ IIa unreal ana imaginary ana when
tHs curtain deSC6nds on a tragic climax
IL taxes the nervous system and lIn5sr
illiheS the nealthi it puts young persons
IN ouch frame Of mind that when they
Co4iIe GJWn 30 working in the harness
suey are IKE horse with sore shoiII--
Ger their character and stability is IN
dermined.
1t has the same effect on thu nervops
system as the reading of veslOW-haoLe5
ana wild WeSt detective stories. 7 wish
hdu me sentencing of some of orr So
S ,.aleu noFellStsi L q give them about fifty
years IN Jan for turning out stuff thaf
Is running the hives OF thousands of nrona-
islhs youths. tApplaUse.) Inspect the
literature that We md in most Christian
homes. burn the trash and YOU would0'r
gun with. ""N
Theatres Bad Effect.
The theatre has just exactly the same
oASS.- IN Jhe very best of them we see
nobility of character and honor MAJ
llsht OF, and the in6delity of a wife 10 a
husband or husband to d wife braugbf
l LloiLnlnently into the foreground. I6ev
teil YOU tnat the theatre Is great edG-
Gator. 1t is not. il Is a feeder To irnyoor. |
amy Actors as a clasS-uhere are a few
eAcapl0nS-dre not TelI giOus and are uot !
liol "a teachersr because they are NOT /
tllJlai themselves. You cannot expect an
to others. -
lake the stage-what do Won fnd2 A /
leto COMES out and Erandishes a sword 4
~ cfcer 70 save gOlden-haired shelo.
and both of them are the worst kind ~
epIopdleS and immoral ranScalIi9ps in,
isiidoie. There is no good in an e7tca
ION Win sucn teachers as that. Paople /
lsk, how about Ellen Terry ana Parrv
,INlng! j reply that they are not ali
p VffyS and IrVlngS. All the virtue on
ne stage is possessed BY those two
ilune- rather be the SickHegt- IOoLips-
little $500 a year. chicken-eatine NJefbS5l
u.s. circuit rider IN the backwOOG., thar
ne greatest actor that ever lived
no tFll OF gambling is the oldest of
= - '7i.. aIla mas been praciced by all sorts
y classes ana conditions Of people. Mos
lL she &amDilng that is done TODAY Il nv
lens OF the same cards that some
'lluIch members Keep on the table while
ney hide the Bible underneath il.
People 50 out in the evening and in
Ledu on talking lntelligently on some of /
ne interesting topics Of the day. thew acf
ne a lot OF little children playing at
tell You IT is great com
nenIary on your intelligence.
Evil of Gambling.
"WOrd reaches the ears Of some reoris
I ne ir5,, lew o. their young men friends
cent limit. and so they invite them tn
~ ll OF esslNe p 'nre and progressive
WHIST in their hOi--cS i'm order 10 wen /
henn away IRON their wickeduasses and
ne Iuth OF the matter is they are
eaching them to progress to hell abo11t
s Iast as they know how. I have got
more respect for one of the old hays thar /
ets ner last cent on the turn of f5e
wheel at Monte carlo or for one Of ~
inmates of the brOtheis on COmmer9f9I
lf7el VINO f-cn6S the last cent from the
oche,s OF some poor workingman. than &
nave LOT some or your church-gOing,
elt-rlg nteOus card players
II S nice heritage to give vOur son
o ledcn MN 10 play cards at home so /
G won Z go OUT into the world 10 DIav
men ne gets older. It's like teaching a I
Dung pig TO eat corn so that he v-Sn-r
'ant TO eat il when he grows up. Whaf
am tellng YOU are facts. IL is true that .
here Is danger in card playing.
want TO say tonight thar hell is 50 :
Il of salt Lake church members vrl,o /
lay uULe select games OF cards that their
sat are hanging out Of the windows. If
MS preacher in salt Lake knows that his
congregation does such things and doesn't /
~ out against it, ne must ne either an
nDecile or a hireing, with his mouth l !
stored over with his salary-miDe isn't /
laStered over, because I don't get nv I
llary. If any girl liz this congregation ,
thinking OF marrying a man who
amb-es ] wish to tell her TO halt: Won
ant marry a child OF the devil without
aviug trouble with your father-in-Iav-
Dr.. IT. II. Haden, Summit, Ala. saws:
think Kodol Dyspepsia Cure is 2
)lendid medicine. / prescribe it, and !
~ confidence in it grows with con-
uued use II digests what YOU eat Z
nd quickly cures dyspepsia and indI- !
astiOn. F. c. Schramm. prescription Z
'uggist, Mccormick block I
The 1900 City Directory. f
The canvass for r. L. Polk & cos
alt Lake City Directory for 1900 has
gun and VIII be pushed to completion
rapidly as possible Householdsrs !
I'd business men VIII Oblige us by fur 2
shing the canvassers with the neces- G
ry information concerning themselves !
Id their business. All our canvassers Q
iu wear badges this year, and no one a