Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-10-03
Speaks Before the Students of
L. D. S University This
Morning
SIMON THE CROSS BEARER.
Tonight at 5 o'clock adam Bede"
Dramatiaed Will be
Presented.

Al the Latter-day Saints University
this morning. before the assembled stu
dents and a number of visitors, Miss
Mabele Biggort b. A., Of New York
CITY preached an interesting sermon
After The usual devotional exercises
MY Thomas Asnworih sung the sacred
solo. Just for To-day" aud Prest. Paul
introduced the speaker who said, in
part
We snail lind our text this morning
IN The 23rd chapter OF ST. Luke, 26tn
verse. And az they led him away.
they laid hold upon one Simon, eyre
man, coming out Of the country, aud
on him they laid the cross that he
might bear Il after Jesus And In ST.
Mark the 18TH chapter 2lst verse. YOU
viii find the words. And they COM
pcll,d one Simon 4 Cyrenian, who passed
by.comins cut Of The Countryto bear the
cross" And who are theyy VINO com
PEELED the multitude? The people ana
the multitude crying out began to de-
sire him, Plate to do az he had done
unto them, And plate willing, to con-
tent the people released Bnrab0s unto
them, and delivered Jesus when ne had
scourged him TO be cucihcd.
Three kinds Of friendship are dis
played In this greatest 0f tragedies OF
religious history. PLATE had tho pow.
er and the heart to see. but the weak
ness not % reject the voice Of the peo-
pie, or 10 declare himself superior In
his station aud follow the dictates of
hls conscience. Plate did not con-
denim neither ala he prevent rabble
from crucifng him He did not actual
ly commit one Of the most brutal OF
deeds IN the history of man. but was a
party 70 Il, because he leaned ON the
people. Herod was another Of Jesus's
friends Herod was curious TO see the
Galilean. and being q man OF great
worldly possessions, unable TO count
his boarded gold, he was able, through
cruelty and power, to inspire fear and
to defy all earthly and heavenly power.
The friendship between Herod and
Pllate which followed. | think Is IN
teresting. These men were alike. Both
followed the people,
A third friend of Jesus on the way
to Gogotha was q true friend In need'
II was simon the cross bearer Who
was he? Perhaps he was u black man
lie happened to be coming into The
city from the country. and met The
fearful procession TO Calvary Just az
that moment Jesus, who had beel'
His cross stumbled ana TELL
His executors, seeing His strength was
exhausted and seeing the stalwarl
Simon, looking on, laid
hold on him and compelled him to
carry the cross after Jesus. That one
little word after" changes the whole
am not OF your faith yet stand
before YOU and stand with you so far
as YOU take Jesus Christ as your
Savior. and life everlasting as your
basis. Would Il not hc well II Chris
tians of 1904 should cling together ON
his basis and offer themselves Chris
.lons in deed as well as IN Nance
The speaker stated that there are
)nly two classes Of people In the world
--lifters and leaners; aud illustrated |
his thesis by many examples After
line poem from Ella Wheeler Wilcox, |
speaking OF filters and leaners, Miss
Bggart said;
mo church. no nation, can exist |
without friendship. Blessed are the |
There Is one called King
Edward shortly after he assembled ~ |
hrone he went over TO old Ireland, |
md came back with q title which !
hink Is the grandest Of titles ever
,iyen TO a monarch II was Edward |
he Peace-maker War today young /
zen and young women, should be
hing Of the past, a relic Of barbarism.
rs long as war OF the men exist ~ this
treat humanity, there must be cross
,carers. | can call your attention this
morning to something you all know
bout. VIII you follow me into Port
Arthur. into the army Step over TO
Germany on the other side, Take the
rain from Berlin going TO Moscow
n In Russia into the army, then start
cross the Russian plains, meet them
With the enemy, where men and women
re following by the thousands. In all
hese places there is need Of cross
carers. Of helpers; and II Is so every
'hete."
ToNIGHTS RECITAL.
The recital tonight OF Adam Bede,
and dramatIzed by Miss
lggart. was announced as a powerful
rgument for social purity, and the
ublic was invited TO attend.