Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-09-23
REFORM SERMONS
INTEREST MANY
Rev. Dr.. W. F. Crofts Of Wash
IngtOn, D. c.. Speaks
Here.
WAR WITH FOUR BIG EVILS.
Tie Maintains That it T. Worldwide
And Must Be Carried ON
To Finally.

20 ihaillAt
Three strong reform sermons were
preached I'm salt Lake yesterday bv
Rev. Or w. b. Crafts of Washington.
y. c., who Is ON his way back home
from long tour of the west. and the
Asiauc islands within the United
states territory he is secretary of
the International Reform bureau
Dr. Crafts spoke u me morning at
the First Methodist church. and i'm the
afternoon and evening at the First
Presbyterian. His first sermon was on
the subject OF THE World Wide War
with our Great Evils" the second ON
That Boy and Girl Of Yours" and iu
the evening on THE opium war"
The four great evils mentioned iu
the morning sermon were gambling.
incompetence. notwithstanding and
impurity. All citizens were called unon
To fight these evils, as part of their
citizenship. The four fields declared
the speaker, where the night is being
carried on, are local state. national
ana International Cou-ress has enc
acted IL important laws relating TO
lmpurity, divorce. the sabbath ana iu-
bureau, which also defeated Cd bad law
Co legalize race gambling in the Dis
trlct or Columbia, and another Of like
purpose I'm the Pennsylvania legis-
lature.
In the state legislatures good laws
VIII be promoted by our secretaries and
the bad laws defeated Tho enforce
ment of laws Will be aided locally
wherever these secretaries 20 as lee
turers. our international speciality is
10 inform and arouse am express pub
lie sentiment I'm favor of treaty Of all
civilized governments 20 prohibit the
sale OF intoXicants and opium TO un-
civilized and newly-ciVilized races.
This proposal has been iudorsed by
the United states senate and Presi-
dent Roosevelt and is pending before
the British government for its approv-
al There is no reason To expect that
this proposal win succeed without a
Worldwide agitation. nor is there any
good reason 10 expect II TO fail If sup
ported adequately by international
public opinion. sentiment Tor which
undoubtedly exists. but which must
be aroused and expressed.
INTERNATIONAL CRUSADE.
'rhe four forces united i'm our inter-
national crusade, as iu mo- other pro-
Jet. are, CD The reform orgauiza-
ton, CD the missionary society. CD
the chambers OF commerce ca and the
governments. The bureau has n
lecturers constantly az work one IN
Austria, one IN Canada aud ten an the
United States other lecturing score
taries should be added at London. Rer-
lin ana Calcutta. our Compre heusive
purpose is 10 create a better moral en-
Nironment for children and child
races"
THE BOY AND GIRL.
In the afternoon. Or. Crafts spoke on
That Boy ANA Girl OF Yours" when he
said in part:
We can get right with God only
through the saviorship Of Jesus. which
IL is the chief work Of the pulpit 10
preach. But the chief mistake Of the
pulpit Is In forgetting that while the
individual is saved by the cross OF
Christ tho community Is to be saved bv
HIS crown; that is, by making the law
or Christ little bv little the law OF
business and politics and pleasure.
BUSINESS REFORM.
"A man who would come TO that high-
est honor God ever put on man. the
honor OF fatherhood, TO share In Gods
dictatorship, must fully appreciate the
divine fatherhood. And how easy il is 10
teach child the three cardinal rela-
tons OF the soul to God, love, trust
and obey, when I'm a good home-a
faithful father has been In a measure
Gods true representative 10 the child.
In the home We should an learn
how 10 love others as ourselves and
ourselves as others.
SOCIAL JUSTICE.
Most OF all does Il need TO be urged
on the attention OF the parents that
IL d
of law, and that we can never expect
less lawlessnoss in the state TN we
have more obedience at home. Gods
plan is:
obey your parents
"Obey your rulers
"Obey your God
For the child's sake first and then
IN patriotic fidelity to the parents part
In developing am orderly government.
the child must De trained Go prompt
obedience 90 law and authority The
home as school of law BE- peculiarly
adapted TO perform the task OF COR
rectiug the common mlsConCeptl0u of
law as an unfrieudly restraint upon our
rigntful liberty. The young man would
not so regard law 90 HIS own great iu-
jury, 10 iu boyhoOd hc had been impress
sivcly taught that au true laws are
hut beautiful crystalizltious off love.
the home whose laws can easily ho
shown 10 be prompted by parental
l0Ve2 From that truth 10 is au easy
step 90 teach Inc child that tho laws
which the policeman represents to him
are also expressions OF love made 60
prevent sorrow and trouble and make
the people happy and prosperous.
CHILD's GROWTH.
"Very early child should Doe taught
90 use his win in self-mastory. a lli-
tlc girl came to her mother ono day
with Joy OF "a discovered Il don't
have 90 cry when j cam down. ! cam
say stop that and make me- mind me-.
Grown women would NOT torture their
friondH by yielding tn passions if from
the FIRST they had learned to say to
moods aud passions. stop that TO
make me mind me- h. the greatest pri-
mary lesson in life.
But Def the child also bC taught That
the human will alone, as thc seventh
and eighth Of Romans teaches, cannot
overcome the temptations thai pcsei
ms. Christ must De- welcomed to lhe
heart to reinforce the wan so mat what
we ought Co win to DO our transformer
natures win wish 90 do
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