The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-11
BEGIN WEEK OF
UNION SERVICES
First Meeting Well Attended By
Those of All Creeds.
REV. BRUCE KINNEY SPEAKS
BUSY MEN URGED TO ANSWER
CALL FOR SERVICE.

The First Methodist church held q
arge gathering last night at the first
! Of the weeks union services, a gather
ng that represented half a dozen diff
.erent religious creeds. who have Joined
. lands for the time in an evaDgelistic
4 light Rev. Bruce Kinney, general mis-
'ionary for the Baptist district of Utah
ana Wyoming, was the speaker of the
eNening- He dwelt on the Importance
pr BUSY men, men whose ability quail
nes them for soul winners, taking up
The fight for Christianity
The speakers text was taken from
spake unto Philip saying, Arise and
go toward the south unto the way that
Foeth from Jerusalem unto GAIA. which
IS desert"
He said, I'm part:
I'm these words was contained a very
iefinita divine call TO Philip for service.
hese calls come 10 us today just as
flesriy as of old. The question IS, How
elements2 Any opportunity for service
can TO service The trouble els we
IRE looking FOR the great opportunities
ne politician thinks he could be preSi-
ient But / have small faith in the
righteousness of that mans administra-
ION who fails TO see and perform his
tuty IN his home ward. Likewise the
thrisian must hear and heed the calls TO
flupte service. Then one must have the
Foihty to meet the demands of the call,
use II Is not to him Here Is the Ques-
on or ones own personal equation.
nose who Over-esttmate their ability are
pot so bad as those who. without trying
Jay, L can't The truth is they won't.
4 II every Christian would do his fun
tuty the world might be won 10 Christ
n an Incredibly short time.
Then we must be conscious Of the call.
pr course But We often are responsible
or failure TO heed calls Of which we are
lot conscious because by failure to heed
have become
% such calls
Was Too Good z Man.
Philip might have said. II am too good
man TO waste my effort down there i'm
ne desert We must learn that God
PANTS busy men in his service Every
lervant Of God when called To conspfc-
Aous service was busy man. Moses.
haul. David, ELISHA, Peter. James. John.
lay IL reverentIy that I believe that
either God nor the devil has much use
or a lazy man.
I Philip arose and went. lie came near
n the chariot and heard the prophet
"adlnE Isaiah And, beginning at that
cTipture. nc preached unto him Jesus
lay we at every point of contact preach
esus unto all men2 Everywhere God
ants men who are willing TO serve and
acrifice II need be He won the Eunuch
no IN time became the first evangelist
p AFRICA Jonah refused a call and met
Great FhliiD accepted and won q VIC
. II is a great thing to win a soul. He
nat WInneth souls is wise. but il is a
feater thing TO win one who shall be
pine a soul-winner. We know little of
endreW except that he won Peter. Few
now who won Moody. but Moody has
ON his untold thousands. As we go
trough the desert world which is not
lNing the fruitage il should unto God.
snail have the privilege of leading
en- 10 royal relations with God and who
pay develop regal powers i'm his service
nan not we. lighting our torches at the
- stltar- go every where prea ching the
ora and starting other fires until this
ltire CITY shall be one blaze of glory
eSterday's prayer service $3.50 10 I n ~
N. Faden. 8 discourse was heard by many
uSlneSs men. by not a few women and
the Ministerial association. the mem
tTs OF which attended in a BODY. At
'daN noon hour prayer meeting Rev
. McClaln of the Third PRESBYTERIAN
lurch win sneak