Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-01-07
Rev. simpkin Takes as Theme
The Upbuildlng of Salt
Lake.
PREDICTS GROWTH FOR 1907.
,,,,o,,y lie Announces That the
i"' phillips congregational Church
1s NOW sclf-supportlns'

Hee, IT, the phillips Congregation
=, from the text. "A Guy ." =. "a
hin can not be hid" Matt '; 80,
The sneakers theme was the . Ia
hu,lding up of a great Guy, "iiu
a,'N ,,orks were applied to SAT- Adhe'
A. simpkin said in part
H,, ,,sr,,saiem. with its oriental aren't
,,c,pre upthrust into the sum sun - the
No. far eastern SKY, appea.1 .orsa
,,In.o,ination and the romant,o the
mag 49,, all the human interest tiie
ap"' &c mt into 1t. The CITY
ase thrusts itself commanuihsS
Stu1toU o+tention. Now ii Is not aioiie
on an,,sical exaltation that the seo M
I Commanding position lIes',
OF ,,,t Of the hills of Zion, Roniv' OF
lp,i lent nothing but sightlness ~
itnn; The thing that has IXeu ' ,Di,,
w. The canyases of the age nus l g
Saener and higher than inc ply -
W., man. q community OF u hu
Mheh the throb of a high and loiNy
lio.i IN in the life, there Will come an
lniiis ION which will make power
atness abidingness. We are aliAi-
si'. ~ have n great city here, one scr
gus hin we would be filing out
on 5raarn Of isaiah: Lay the stones
LEI fair aolors. the foundations Will
sonnhires. making the WINDOWS
aeates. the gates of carhuncies, tiI tt 'j
borders of pleasant stones, na'ius a.
onr children taught of the Loru, wv" W.
~ In great peace and righteousness
III No. ~ is held In this rich symbolism
90 ,be Jewish seer we would reaiiSe;
u,. inward climb of the race did
,,nt register till men began TO oulIe
ma NJ irba nerfect city is the end OF
the social order
MEASURE OF WORTH.
"Even the prophets and the Chr,s'
have set the highest spiritual end IN tne
drure cf a city. that New JerusaIeis !, H.
coming down out OF heaven from Siou'
The measure of all our worth ana clal
acter is in the city we make Sleppins
into the new year. our cltlzehS ilioNe
hnovantly. hopefully, enthusiastically,
because they believe that this new year
holds for us the key to a greater, rlch-
n, fuller life for our city. The long
neglected opportunities Of the state, the
ideal geograph.cal location, the weaith
of the hills. the riches of the Valleys'
the beauty of the surroundings tue
gentle and salubrious climate, the ops'i
door for industrial development, the
saline sea the medicinal springs, these
the basis for a new day, whose dawn
mas broken and in the light of whose
promise men say rejoicinsly. 'Oui OPP
nortunity Is here. We shall be truly
great city. IL Is a sincere pleasure TO
observe the signs of the times, TO see
the quickening In every department. OF
life, and II matters not that we nave
sat through the years until the very
glacial pressure of things has pushed
us from the old mornings and sent us
out to larger things than the old foun-
dation could hold. Now the stir OF
things by Commercial club and Mer-
chants association is about us. The
work of the Walls and Newhouses, the
Keiths and Kearns, the Derns and
knights. the Rices and Days, the
Weirs and Walkers. in bringing the
wealth of the hills TO the city is tell
ing. The courage of the men who plant
ed the great factories that have lifted
the Utah farmer into a condition of
prosperity unprecedented, Is to be
praised because of its creation of large
wealth that may be used for the city S
development.
REAL ESTATE BOOM.
THE shrewd bankers and commercial
men, the great-brained lawyers. the
skiltul surgeons and physicians. the
capable journalists have put their best
into the things that are, and there Is
no doubt that 1907 will see the greatest
year Of advance we have ever known
ii will be great thing to see the real
estate movement continue. With pride
the raising of the new business blocks
viii be watched. An expansion of all
our material interests that will fifty
match the greatness of our location
and our advantages will be gratifying
we will rejoice as the city rightly
takes Its place at the head of all the
cities of the vast inter mountain en-
plre as II is sure to do, and mine.
mill factory smeltcr store, farm
steam and railroad have their part In
the making of the greater city. So
nave hopistal and school, academy and
university.
But is that all? No! The biggest
ming remains yet. In the magnificent
opportunity of the time there is wide
ana essential place for the churches of
SAT- Lake, no matter what their name,
INCREASE OF OPPORTUNITY.
Increase of population and wealth
makes Increase of opportunity. The
hlowing thousands are largely those
VINO VIII recruit tho denominational
strength and make for greater poten-
.al efficiency, but their coming means
b'Sdtrf Durucn OF service, keenel
nWakeness to the needs of the human
neart What shall we do? How shall
we JOIN In and shape for the best and
nlghest the city In It's new opportuni-
uesI l think the answer lies in the
ohly commission that Is worth while
" preach the gospel to every creature
gospel rs old rs the heart of God
a. new as the unslight that falls on
,ue snow crowned submits that stand
tuaFd about us; gospel as diverse a:
VIZ needs of human hearts.
FOR that gospel has the only power
salth mas ever known to give TO man
nl city that upthrust which vii
u"he the hilltop OF prominence. beau.
ana desire. Biologists tell us that
wv are living In section where the
MBnty underworld forces are lifting
u w w by slow degrees, and thus this
awtlon OF the Wasatach Is rising witt
hapn decades passing. 1t IL asserted
some that the heat in our loca
oose'Ihgs Is engendered by the friction
", mass on mass In the struggle. THAI
may be- This we know BY the agG
s4,peIlehce-that the tomorrow OF O
Sesler city VIII not be realized save
ioIr .ne other world force of truth Il