Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-07-16
Rev. D. A. Brown Tells Of What
He Saw at the Salt
Palace.
CONGREGATION TAKES STEPS.
Unanimous action In Asking the 20.
lice to Close sunday
saloons.

lNt sunday resort Was ludu' g'Fi'i-
day by Rev. d. A. Brown Of the First
Baptist church which resulted in unan.
imous action by bis congra cation in
asking the police and city authorities to
close up the sunday saloons, aud stem
the local tide Of vice The occasion Of
the sermon was a recent visit Of Mr..
Brown and other members Of the minis
terial association 10 the SAT- Palace,
which he declared is d dangerous. vice
ridden resort. mainly because OF the
open saloon which draws in the crowds
lndlscrimInatngIy and So easily leads
young people into temptation and deg
radiation, Mr, Brown said IN part:
There is philosophy for the re-
ligious depression prevalent in the sum-
mer season ] am giving this sermon
that we may get al this philosophy.
The eypounder " this philosophy is Je-
sus Christ. The FIRST reason for re-
MgIous depression and decline Is the
weak flesh The time when the flesh
feels us weakness the most is the sum
mer season. 10 is then that the physl-
cal system feels sluggish, drowsy IN
active Oppressive and dependent. IL Is
IN the summer season that we feel more
heavily the labor Of our calings and
duties Of our home life, until, IN trying
20 Doe released from . these, we have
given rise Co the vacation period in
the summer season,
THE second reason for religious de-
cline and depression is the ruling
covi. There are three things that
every crowd does for every individ-
ual that makes up that crowd First
t con0uers every individual with It's
spir. Second. the individual must
harmonic his moral responsibilities
with those of the crowd.
SUMMER RESORT MUSIC.
AT the summer resort q is the busi-
ness Of the place to make spirit for the
occasion. II makes no difference what
the OCCASION. be- O. a Sunday school
convention or a convention Of saloon
men and gamblers. the spirit Of a re-
sort is largely he same with the same
attractions and the same enli1cmcuts
for people and FOR purse. Music is one
Of the first factors in making spirit
for a summer resort IL Is one OF the
chief drawing cards It conQuers the
heart Il captures the thoughts, II en-
slaves the body.
The most Of the music that is dis
persel az these summer resorts has
IN IL the motive 20 drag an ANGEL down.
OF course, ] except such music as we
have enjoyed az one Of our resorts re-
centlg. Blu. music that centers only
around 4auue .all g.. u.....as qua
poses has no high mission. % my mind
especially when the thermometer Is
striking for the boiling point and the
people, supposedly. have fed from their
vacations for rest and recreation. Signs
placed about or over all kinds Of con-
cessions. with some sort of musical in
strument grinding out music OF a more
or less certain quality, and bankers %
call on the wonders just ready 10 take
place on the inside complete the spirit
o. the average crowd at a summer re-
sort. And We al. IKE TO- The philosophy
OF 10 rs hard 10 explain unless we take
the explanation OF Jesus Christ the
weak flesh.
NV O." N N. lIiN NIIl hIINtA htifli'i
about % an that captures and COM
quers, especially the young people.
There Is no need in trying 90 resist the
crowd Some ;ime ago I saw a mem-
Der ~ This church fying around on the
ridcy-udcy n was a. member Of this
church and 7 am not going 90 tell YOU
whether % was man or a woman
This member had been caught by the
spirit ~ the crowd. and this member
was captured foo. for N ever a mem-
Der was enjoying himself, this mem-
Der was
SPIRIT OF THE CROWD.
1.-THE crowd luIs the moral sensi.
hilitics 1f the individual Captured
by It's spirit. The Individual Us LED
where the crowd goes. II there ar,
old people fa.nting under the weight
81 years, the opinion Of The crowd IS
tiat they ought Co stay az home II
there q tired mother holding q
child in her arms. She may stand and
hold the little one, Tor the moral sen-
sIhility ~ courtesy which would re-
spond So readily in the home, Is duh
cd, and boys and men ride on I'm the
spirit Of forgetfulnesS II trains are
20 be made, gates 90 be passeC
through by the crowd. your sensi
billy 81 etiquet Is thrown 90 the winds
and everybody is mastered By On,
spirit Of get there inst
There win BE- profanity. and may
be, 0bscenity and leWdness enacted be
fore your eyes and the eyes Of your
children. They turn 90 you for sons
response or expression cf disgust. but
you are On the crowd and your mouth
Is sealed Ana both their and youi
senshllity Is dullod thereby
PEOPLE OF WORST REPUTE.
The people who are of the worst
[ repute throng public places that thcl
may ply their business. they are ir
l the crowd, You would not think o
/ letting your son, Oh your daughter
l either, 81 on the same seat with q
/ libertine. in your home They ar,
| taught 90 shun such people as th'
emissaries Of he'll, but The public gath
er.ug made up OF those who are veal
/ IN flesh. gathers them an up aul thel
90 along with our families and wl
/ become accustomed to vice Boo giylu.
/ u one place. at least
The spirit of low pleasure. th'
spirit OF commercialism and the opei
/ bar are an product 81 deadened mora
] sensibilitios The dance. the question
/ able costumes and the questionable
i performances enter the NE aud hefor
we are aware they have smoihcreD
some of our higher Impulses TIT
T business aspect and the open bar au
. surely not conducive to- q ycrk uu
moral scnsIbiiity in the llfe IT ou
young people Especially Is this tru'
0n The sabbath day ! DO not wonde
that We have 90 interest DO The churci
n Jesus Christ and the things tina
] make for the salvation OF souls
/ want 90 say that my preaching woul,
Doe favored with these things n gave
my Sabh8thS tp these resorts TIT
broken beer BOTTLES. the spirit 90 graf
and gTeed. and The spirit % low pleas
T ure rs, I'D soon be noticeable ono th'
teaching from this pulpit
BAD FOR THE CHILDREN
There R one exception that a.
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