Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-03-16
Secretary Smith Delivers Strong
Address on Evils Of the Day.
LARGE AUDIENCE PRESENT
The Great Trinity OF Sius IL lntem'
perance, Gambling aud impu'
rity-Good Music.

Yesterday afternoons mems meeting
held under the auspices Of the Y. NJ. G.
A. IN the Salt Lake Theater was un-
doubtedly the largest meeting OF It's
kind ever held in this city The entire
theater auditorium was filed, includ-
Ing the upper gallery, and the crush to
get In from the street was such as 70
almost break the outer doors down.
An attempt was made to take up ucK-
cts: but the ticket takers were swamped
early In the day" for the incoming
rush poured and rolled right over them
Then 500 boys from the public schools
surged up against the stage door on
state street, all hoping to get into the
chorus, but only half Of them were
needed, Truly, Anna Held or the i've
Hest vaudeville could not boast OF a
greater rush,
The meeting was opened at 1880, by
Prof. Wetzel and the great chorus oil
boys packed the stage solid
They sang entirely in ensemble sew
eral airs learned IN school--the time was
too short for anything new such Sc
lections as Swinging In the Grape VINE
Tree" etc. The mass singing was very
good and the audience gave the boys a
hearty reception, The services proper
followed. with w. H. Tibbals acting
as chairman, and the opening, as Wei
as the closing prayer, was offered py
Rev. j. Bckell OF the First Methodist
church. Rev. DR.. paden Rev II, keep
sell Hon. Frank h. Stephens, &. 7.
Oyerfeld, Secy o. l.. Cox and other
prominent citizens were on the stage
Sheets we're distributed with familiar
hymns printed ON them, for the audit
ence 10 sing, 80 that when standing,
they were really huge choir
sECY. SMITH SPEAKS.
International Secy T.. h, Smith Of the
Y. NJ. c. A. was the speaker; and he
held the great audience spell bound,
'Impurity'' was his theme, and this
tCuchy subject was handled In a most
effective way, yet without descending
into 'prurient details or sensational
description. Mr.. Smith prefoced his adj
dress with reference TO gambling ana
intemperauce. He emphasized the fact
that gambling, lntemperance and Inn
purity are hellIsh trinity that always
work together, and for mans eternal
undoing. II man CANDLES II can be
safely asserted that he drinks, and II
he is lasciyious he both drinks and
CANDLES The speaker made a point OF
the fact that In sermons and addresses
generally, intemperance and gambling
are vigorously and vigorously attacked,
and the attitude Of the public press
was practically the same. But the sin
Of lmpunty Is always handled distantly
when at all So that II Is only occa-
slonally, on such occasions as this that
The subject Is adequately touched upon,
and yet Il is something that takes hold
OF a mans very life. Mr.. Smith went
right al THE facts In the case" deal
ing with the causes, results and reme-
dies Of impurity. The Seventh of
Proverbs was the basis Of the discourse.
and he divided the subject into the
periods OF innocence, viciousness and
the hog degree. In this last stage the
speaker held it might be considered a
reflection on the hog to make such
comparison. He spoke Of standing
Saturday evening. near the Kenyon
hotel where he saw two well dressed
young men leering, ogling and making
insulting remarks about young women
as they passed These wretohes Mr..
Smith denounced in unsparing terms,
as he did the gay L0tharios who made
Il their purpose to ruin young women.
The terrible grip RIGHTEOUSNESS gets on
It's victims and the horrible diseases
that follow IN its train We're graphically
portrayed TO very attentive audience;
yet Mr. Smith was nice about H. His
illustrations were vivid bat truthful
and one Of them was IN the case of an
eastern college student who ended a life
Of RIGHTEOUSNESS by dying In shed at
Ogden, a complete wreck The fact
that parents, pastors and guardians
did not warn young men Of the dam
gers OF impurty was strongly deprecat-
ed. Not all men are tempted 10 drink,
net all men are tempted TO gamble.
But all men are subject to the tempta-
ton or impurity, and yet Il is In this
that there Is the least warning
The speaker was frequently applaud
cd, and az the close Of his address, when
he asked all processing Christians 20
arise, perhaps one-thrd Of the audi
ence did so. over one-half OF the re-
f'N"lAAANA tfA'NN " HNlA AAA' AifNAhNl h0AANA
for those TO rise who would Ike the
prayers OF Christian men. and the rest
got up later 10 express their sympathy
with the Christian faith When Mr.
Smith asked FOR those TO rise who de-
sired 70 lead a Christian life. over loo
young men did so, and later gathered
IN front of the Stage. whore the evans
gelist made them an earnest exhorta-
ton.
Mr. Smith called special attention In
his address TO the need OF a Y. NJ. G. a.
building IN salt Lake, ana stated that
George Peabody Foster Of New York
had promised 10 give S25 600 towards
this In ease Salt Lake would give $780,
900 The offer held good until May !
next. Mr.. Smith hoped Il would be
taken up. There was no evening SER
vice IN the theater as the eyaugells
said he was unable physically TO cope
With two meetings
TO REVISE JOURNAL.