The Florence tribune., 1900-07-28
Religious Services at Kelvin.
Special to Florence rRIBusz.I
K@LfIN. Ariz.. Julg g.


 It was, aside from the excellent sermon and song service, an extraordinary in- teresting event, marking as it does an epoch in the history of one of the near future greatest mining camps of America.
 MT. and Mrs. Hockett kindly gave the use of their spacious parlor, ad- joining the dining room, in which seats for about fifty persons were arranged A number of seats were also placed out in the open air, which suited many of the old-timers better, who had not been to church, they said, for many years, and were of course a little bash ful about going in among the ladies in their mining attire. All, however, were made comfortable and soon adapted themselves to the new order of things. The entire affair was re- markable success, viewing it from every stand point.
 Several of the saloons closed their doors and the gentlemen of the cloth left their gaming tables and came out to learn something of the new game Mir. Mayo was about to introduce.
 Miss Mabel Burgess, la te of Indiana, was the organist or rather the pianist of the evening. Little Ruth Hoctett, Miss Marguerite Lemon, Thos. Meehan, Mrs. Lemon and her beautiful little daughter Portia, Roy Hayden, Mr. Lemon, Mir. Bird, Mir Wilson of the Ray company, Clay Hockett and Bill Zent formed choir of no mean pre- tensions. The walls of the building fairly vibrated to the familiar tunes of "old Hundred" Nearer my God to Thee," etc., and the Great Creator of the Universe was thus publicly honored for the first time in a mining town now nearly one year old.
 The text was Genesis, 3i chapter, verse 9, the latter part of the verse, viz: "Where art thou2" The scene is laid in the Garden of Eden. God is walking in the Garden in the cool of the evening. Adam and Eve had par taken of the forbidden fruit and were hiding from God. Many others are now hiding from God" said Rev. Mr.  Mayo, "in a very similar manner, and God is calling them, Where art thou?' The vast majority of men and women," said the pastor, "are at heart on this question. They will not commit themselves and come forward and boldly assert them selves to be on Gods side. No, they are wavering, vascillating, and uncertain. It is time," said the pastor, flor us all to take an inventory of ourselves, just as a merchant takes an inventory of stock, and find out where we are in the line of morality, uprightness and Christianity. God asks his childrel to. day just as he asked Adam, Where art thou?' David was man after Gods own heart, yet he was always shining, always falling, but he al- ways had God to go to and God would always forgive him as parent forgiyes the little child. God who made mau understandeth mans weak ness and infrmities. and is ready to forgive him, not only seven times but also seventy times seven times if neces- sary, if he comes to God in sincerity and in truth"
 The sermon evidently made deep and permanent impression and the seed sown on this occasion, let us hope, may spring forth and bear fruit even if only one poor wandering soul toa blissful eternity.
 Rev. Mayo will visit the Ray mining camp while up here. He has made a favorable and lasting impression here. HIS pcTSOlitl uldS tlCbtSAA AS SACob. Ato jolly round full face, ever ready to laugh at good joke, Cor even a bad joke, for that matter) takes away all that dread and suspicion that men of the mountains and elsewhere attach to a preacher. Most miners believe firmly in God, as they constantly see Gods wonderful works all about them, and they reverence Him in their own way, but of preachers they know little or nothing, and are usually prejudiced somewhat against them from lack of intimate association. Rev. II. E. Mayo, however, has won his way to their hearts during his short stay and brief but brilliant sermon, so explicit yet of such great force and so graphically pictured as to be forever indellibly i'm. pressed upon the tabletsof the memory of all who were so fortunate as to b' present at last nights meeting.
 Truly yours,
 Jos. MULHATToN.
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