The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-29
TELLS ABOUT
The HOLY CITY
Evangelist Coburn Paints Word
Picture Of the World to
Come.
SPEAKS TO LARGE NUMBER
MUCH INTEREST AROUSED IN
BAPTIST REVIVAL.

''The Holy City was the title of
Rev Mr.. Coburn's evening sermon at
the First Baptist church yesterday.
The sermon was listened to with great
interest by an audience that crowded
the church to its doors. In dealing
with the theme he had chosen for his
sermon Mr.. COburn explained that
cities are the natural result of the
highest type of life. When man has
reached an advanced stage Of civiliza-
ton he gathers with others of his class
and builds what We call cities. SO has
God provided a city as an expression
of the best of that which is good. This
city will abide forever. The greatest
cities this earth has ever seen have in
time passed away. The greatest cities
of ancient times are now masses Of
ruins. But this city whose foundation
God hath laid, shall know no end"
Soul Must Have a Home.
The speaker dwelt at length upon the
ages consumed in the building of this
EARTH the present home of man.
Ages were also consumed In the bring
ing of man into existence. Man must
have a body for his spirit. The soul
have a worldly sphere for the activity
of his body" Said the speaker GOD
made this earth beautiful. What must
the other home he has Prepared for Us
be? 1t was a supreme moment when
Calico put his eye to the telescope
and saw that this world was not the
center OF the universe. Heretofore all
other worlds had been thought to re-
Volve around this world. But Calico
saw that this world was one of a circle
of worlds revolving around a larger
and greater body-the sun A glimpse
was thus obtained of the infinite glory
of the creation. The highest thought
of astronomy is that the center is the
home of God around which all others
reVOlVe.
NO Doctors in Heaven.
There is a throne in the center OF
that Holy City. A throne around which
we who believe in the Holy City shall
gather" The speaker described the
superior size, beauty, glory ana wealth
of this city This city Will not be
I lighted with electricity not gas, but
the air will be tTemulOus with the soft
mellow light of Gods glory" There
will be no physicians in this city. There
viii be nothing to hint Of sickness or
disease. Those who have administered
TO the sick and suffering in this world
.
sence of pain in the world to come.
Down the streets of that great city no
funeral proc ssiOn will ever move. No
crepe viii ever be seen on the doors of
those homes. The music of this earth
but a few weak strains when compared
with the music to be heart III that city.
The flowers of this earth are but a
faint suggestion Of the beauties TO be
seen in that home to come. That city
is the only one Of which no census has
ever been taken and one of which no
census will ever be taken. The multi
tudes to be gathered there defies
cOunting-numbers will fail in the reck-
! Oning of that great host which will
have within its numbers loved ones al
ready gone. Once again families will
/ be unbrOken when the final reunion
/ has come.
Glimpse of the Holy City.
ITO the young heaven is long way
/ off. AS we grow older the Journey be-
/ comes ShOrteT-the home nearer and
nearer"
The speaker drew a pretty picture in
describing the death-bed scene when
one of mis- little ones was called to her
reward. "AS her eyes closed for the
last time on this earth a smile, divine
in its sweetness, crossed her face. With
q sigh of joy she murmured family but
distinctly with her last breath, Beau
tifull Beautiful Beautiful" She had
q glimpse of the Holy City. The
speaker closed his eloquent sermon
with an earnest appeal FOR Christian
living. Let us learn to wait for the
good things TO be ours when we have
reached this beautiful hcme1the Holy
City. Let Us not devote all our time
and thoughts to the obtaining OF those
things we wish in this world and for
get that there are greater things COM
ing to US when we have gone to our
/ CreatOr-When We have joined our
/ families and friends in the Holy City"
Rev. William COburn has been greet
ed with large audiences during his visit
in this city. He is conducting a series
of daily prayer meetings in the Y. NJ.
G. A. These are held from 1890 D. m.
Until 1 p. m. Those interested I'm the
revival of religion are invited to these
meetings. Three supplicants who had
surrendered themselves to God were
baptized into the Baptist church inn
mediately preceding the evening ser
vices. BaDtismal services Will be held
for ten new converts.