The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-07-08
HOT TALKS
At CINCINNATI
EndeaYOr Leaders Make a
Lively Beginning.
CLERGY CRITICISED
AS WE'LL AS LAYMEN
Prospects of Great ASsembIage
at Convention.

Cincinnati. July 7.-Ths weather t0day
was perfect and the Christian Endeavor-
ers spent a busy day. From morning till
evening, and during almost every h0uR
Of the day there were services going On IA
some part OF the city. The day opens6
with three quiet meetings Of enc hour
each held IN three OF the largest OF the
city's churches ana conducted BY Rev,
Floyd W IompEins OF PhHadelphfa aud
Rev WoelfkinE OF Rroolzlyn. The meet
ing at the Central Christian church was
TO have bssn conducted b. RsE + w.
Chapman Of New York City, VINO is new
seriously ia At his country heuEe at WI
nena lake t4ndiana9, and q large con
course or people had assembled u expeo-
tatton OF hearing ham, but Glas znastinss
was declared of The various sulpIt5
about the city were occupied during the
rest Of the day by the visiting ministers,
whose topic was Twenty Years q Chris
tan EnGeavOUs.'
The attendance at these meetings was
large aQa especially so as St Paui's A.
r. church, where Rev Charles N ShefdDn
OF Topeka, Kan, spoke.
The afternoon was devoted to three sim,
ultaneous sNangelistio meetings IA the
Music Hall auditorium. These meatinas
were classified for men, women and chill
dTeu-
The attendance at all was .Iargs, ana
much evaugelistic work was accom-
pllsneo, especially AZ the man 5 LEe6EinE
IN the Auditorium EudeaVoE THIS nest
ing was to have been cUpdUctsd by Rev,
Mr. Chapman Of New York and ia ITS q b.
sence. a representative of the laity Wiz
liam Phillips Hau OF New York City, con-
Quoted it. President Clarke occupied the
chalr during portion o. the meeting
Meeting For Women
The meeting OF the women in the, Audi
forum proved to be a temperance meet
ing 1t was conducted by Genera3 SaCre-
taTy John Willis Baer OF Boston. The
burden Of the remarks were for temper
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drinks, but OF tobacco as well. The at
tendance at this meeting was the largest
o. the three evsngelisUic sessions
In the Auditorium Ohio the children
neid sway, led by the new field secretary.
Clarence 4 6eerman OF Lancaster, Pa.
Treasurer William shaw Of Boston and
Miss Kate h HauS OF St Louis addressed
the children. admOnisLing them in the
ways Of righteousness and illustrating the
dangers OF cigarettes and other smoking
ana bad reading, that children are so apt
to contract in their young days.
Mrs Francis T. Clarke o. Boston, wifa
Of PRESIDENT Clarke, spoke Of the Junior
Christian EHdtav0r and its accomplish
me1ts for the young people.
At the conclusion Of the big Music
hall auditorium rallies three special
meetings were held in the Central
Christian church. the Ninth street
Baptist church and the Second Presby-
terrain church, all in the central part
OF the city. The meetings were large
and enthusiastic. The treasurer, Shaw
4
byterian church.
General Howard Speaks.
General o. 0. Howard of Burlington.
VT, spoke in part as follows:
Since the incoming or what IS called
higher criticism, and during the last
two decades Of the0retic evolution. o
taught TO our young men IN colleges
and extended occasionally with cOntrO-
versy to our theological seminaries, il
g~-
upon the earthly life. the naturaIistiC
life of men, women and children here
and now. Even in our best sermons we
miss the Old Testament scriptures. Il
Illustrations abound which SHOW more
reading Of other books and less study Of
the Bible. It seems to have become the
custom with our younger ciergymen,
especially, to treat children and youths
as they do plants. Their environment .
is studied the development is begun
and continued, and cO-relatiOns from
babyhOOd TO the kindergarten; from the
kindergarten to the grammar school.
with the industrial thrown in, from the
grammar school 10 the high school; and
from the high school TO the college,
academy, professional or commercial
stage.
L do Mt object to the severe criti-
cism Of the scripture text. and the most
searching inVestiga ton as to what holy
men of old really wrote when they
were moved by Gods molly spirit, but }
do distrust all fierce triumph which
some men manifest when they show, or
think they have shown. that Washing
ton was not a good man; that Shake
speare did not write the books repuTe0
TO him. and that Moses was not ths
composer OF the Pentateuch. I object 10
the partisan spirit which undertakes TO
wrench from us that which we have
loved and trusted and believed IN, and
worked with from our spiritual child
hood to our spiritual manhood. Truth
We want Truth we welcome 50 let
US have the whole truth and send forth
men and women into the field as mis-
siOnaries and EndeavOrers to exalt the
Savior and who are able to teach the
simple truth which men and women
need. and proclaim the good tldlngs OF
great ioy continually and without res
ervation. As we proclaim the truth in
our enlarged possessions. in all our
sparsely settled country. amid the new
and ignorant and superstitiOuS pOpula-
tons, far away in Hawaii, from shore
to shore Of CUBA and among the Porto
Ricans and the 5000, 600 ElliplnO=, CDey-
ing our Masters last command 10
preach and teach everywhere which
he taught his disciples; let US see TO IL
that we give no uncertain sound; that
we deliver no uncertain tidings, no
fame and weak proclamatiOns. Needing
this method, the old and well tried
method, the successful method, we
shall have abundant fruitage"
Strong Temperance Talks.
The meeting at the Central Christian
church was conducted by Secretary
John Willis Baer- This was a temper
ance meeting. and was addressed bY
Colonel George W. Balm of Lexington
Ky, Rev. Anna H. Shaw Of Philadei-
phia ard Oliver W. Stewart of chicago
MI Stewart spoke Of Salvation from
The Saloon" He said. in part.
salvation from the saloons. VINO
needs it? The irunkard needs 1t. Inc
business man needs it from the sinIul
waste of the liquor traffic. The gov
eminent needs il from the peril OF 81
loon rule and control OF It's institutions.
More than all others the Chrlstlar
needs it. He needs safVation from hls
own guilt and completely in the slndU
policy that his government now pur-
sucs Wa1 can save him from hi'
guilt2 lie alone He must save MIN
self If il requires him 70 build new
party He must save himself, thousf
1t .akes him into party that ne Ions
has ridicuied and has never ever
dreamed That he would ultimately SUD
ro-t. he must save himself or be VIII
lie last, and With him our Institutions,