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
,,,on,o,ly lie Announces That inc
i" r,,,,,,os' congregational Church
Is Now seif-supportins'

pay p A. Simpkin Pte
49, tn the phillips Congregation
e.eH.ns s, tbe text "A city that is set
o. I'm can not be hid" Matt V, "a.
on " a,,,er,s theme was the MAKING
and building up of great c,.S, ~
Vie remarks were applied TO sa'' A'aN-'
Mr simpkin said in part
' .,1erusalem. with its oriental archi.
..,t,,a antitrust into the sunusne az,
~ far eastern sky, Appeals ~ n
.,IlI'a,,tnation and the romaitlp ~
llHas s,.1,,, all the human interest tiio
apar5 - IN mt into It, The CITY, SO
asotnd thrusts itself commaioihs.s
81, the attention. Now IL is iiu' 80,
nbvsical exiltation that INC se ~
~ commanding position nesg A
OF tu,,et of the hills of Zion, Rorlo' OF
upgu. u" Iert nothing but signtliness 70
80 The thing that has nXeq tielLt
uV tta canvases of the age has peea
vn u and higher than the pnyslcai'
W., man. q community or u It7
W. the throb of high and loity
w, r IN the life, there will come an
'utaifstion which will make poWe.'
e,yeatness abidingness. we are aiiAis
Cue 10 have a great city mere, olle
w, hin. We would be ilillhs GUY
The dream of Isaiah: Lay the SITE litis
.,.i,h fair ,olors, the foundations WIN
nnljres making the windows on
r,tes the gates of carbuncles, an tnS
assrSors nf pleasant stones, having an
ohiIdren taught of the Lord DWELL
~, T., ,reat paace and righteousness
iiS, MAI is held in this rich symbolism
~ the Jewish seer we would fea4iHe;
The inward climb OF the race ui9
nnt register till men began 20 pulIa
elites The perfect city is the emu VI
the social order
MEASURE OF WORTH.
4rven the prophets and the Christ
have set fine highest spiritual end in the
flqure cf a city. that New Jerusalem,
con,ine down out of heaven from cod
The measure of all our worth and char-
actor is In the city we make. stepping
into the new year, our CITIZENS move
huoyantly. hopefully. enthusiastlcaily,
because they believe that this new year
holds for us the key to a greater rlch7
er. fuller life for. our city. Inc loiS-
neglected opportunities OF the s'tte, ,he
ideal geographical location, the wealth
~ tho Nils the riches of the valleys,
the beauty of the surroundings, the
gentle and salubrious climate, the open
door for industrial development, the
saline sea the medicinal springs, these
and a multitude OF other reasons are
the basis for q new day, whose dawn
mas broken and in the light OF whose
promise men say reIoicnSly, our OPP
portunlty Is here We shall be truly
great city II is a sincere pleasure to
observe the signs of the times, to see
the duickening in every department of
life, and II matters not that we have
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 Drained lawyers, the
skllful 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.
il will be a great thing TO see the real
estate movement continue. With pride
the raising Of the new business blocks
will be watched. An expansion of all
our material interests that will fifty
match the greatness of our loca ton
and gnVqnt ufill ha 0ratjfxrtnU
We will rejoice as the city rightly
takes its place at the head of all the
cities OF the vast inter- mountain en-
pre-, as II is sure to do, and mine,
MIL, factory, smelter, store, farm,
steam and railroad have their part In
me making of the greater city. SO
nave hoplstal and school, academy and
university.
But is that all? No, The biggest
thing remains yet. In the magnificent
opportunity of the time there Is wide
ana essential place for the churches of
salt Lake, no matter what their name.
INCREASE OF OPPORTUNITY.
Increase of population and wealth
MAKES increase of opportunity. The
lhioWlng thousands are largely those
VINO VIII recruit tho UNCONVENTIONAL
strength and make for greater poten-
ual efficiency, but their coming means
greater burden of service, lSeener
nwakeness to the needs of the human
neart. What shall we do? How shall
We JON In and shape for the best and
n,lghest the city in Its new opportuni-
.es! / think the answer Hes In the
ohy commission that Is worth while
" preach the gospel to every creature,
a gospel rs old rs the heart of God,
a. new as the unslight that falls on
ane snow crowned submits that stand
tuaFd about us; gospel as diverse as
'ps needs of human hearts.
TOT that gospel has the only power
sal,h mas ever known to give to man
and CITY, that upthrust which will
mahe the hilltop of prominence. beau
~ ana desire. Biologists tell us that
w, e are living In a section where the
mshty Underworld forces are lifting
u W. w by slow degrees, and thus this
nvILlon of the Wasatach Is rising with
hpn decades passing. II IL asserted
~ some that the heat I'm our local
r ~ Is engendered by tho friction
n, mass on mass in the struggle. That
may BE- This we know by the ago
ssSspeflenco--that the tomorrow of a
a. 1tr city VIII not be realized save
a., vie other WOrld fnrcn ~ @rnth 40