The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-19
Mr.. MILLS CALLS
FOR A new DEAL
Thinks Men Should Be TruStfuI
and Loving in Bust
ness.
URGES GENERAL SHAKE-UP
HUMAN RACE DOESN'T KNOW
HOW TO LIVE.
URGES GENERAL SHAKE-UP

i Another large audience heard Ben
Jamin Fay Mills in Barratt hall last
evening. Mr.. Mills discussed property
and what use should be made of it.
His appeal was that men should be
absolutely trustful and loving toward
one another i'm the acquiring and dis
posing of material goods, In the
course of his lecture MIR. Mills de-
CARED that the human race does not
know how to eat, to dress or to build,
saying that man ate from the sham
bles, wore clothing that was without
comfort and erected architectural mon
strosities which, compared with the
things God had builded, should make
man blush for shame.
Mr.. Mills was not al all pleased with
the use some of the rich men are
making of their wealth, saying that
the erection of libraries by Mr. Car
neg1e was putting wealth to a bad
use, not that libraries weren't needed
but that the spirit of independence of
the people was destroyed. Mr. Mills
said that libraries should be built by
The stately the whole people Mr.
Rockefeller's contributions to the
Chicago university were frowned upon,
not because the university did not
need the money, but because the gifts
= mad tendency TO instill into the
teachers sycOphantic spirit and rob
them of their independence of thought
and action.
Series Non-Sectarian.
The course of lectures which Mr..
Mills is giving is under the auspices of
no religious sect or creed, which is
proved by the fact that the Sunday
lecture was given in the Mormon tab
ernacle; at Monday evenings meeting
Rabbi Charles J. Freund presided, and
at last evenings lecture the Rev Ben
Jamin Brewster dean of St Marks in
troduced the speaker. In the course
of bis lecture last night Mr. Mills said:
Jesus distinctly said, Lay not up
for yourselves treasures upon the
earth, where moth and rust consume.
and where thieves break through and
steal.
Jesus was not decider of disputes,
but an enunciatOr of principles The
principle eXemplified was Beware of
coVetousnessH Covetousness is the
lust for things which causes personal
misery and social dscord.
Struggle for Life.
81 shall discuss the law that gov
ems the supply of every real need
later; but l may say, in passing, that
me ordinary personal struggle for
LIFE, which has been the human rule
uestil now, neither provides well for
mans physical wants. cultivates his
tastes, develops his mind, improves his
morals, nor inspires his soul We DO
not know how to live, SO as to add enc
cubit to the stature We do not most
of US know what or how or when to
eat. Most Christian men are still the
instigatOrs and supporters of the
ANu q ~ HI az
cay1ng corpSeS of their little brothers
whom they cruelty slaughter for this
purpose, and stimulating and increas-
ing their own fleshly lusts by the pro-
cess. They eat too much and too OF
en-, living TO eat. rather than eating
ana drinking for the glory of God
that is, considering materials. times
and seasons, quantity, method and
manner. in the light of the ministry to
the spirit and the welfare of humani-
~.
Almost none of US can dress appro-
pritaely or becOmingly, with our alb
surd slavery to fashion and our wick
ed emulation of one another You
could not stand in front of well
dressed congregation and study the
apparel without both amusement and
disgust, in comparison with which the
royal robes of the simply clad lilies
suggest spiritual grace and signifi-
canoe that thrill and inspire the be-
holder. When Solomon learns to live
without self-seeking and self-con-
ciousness, God viii array him in gar
ments as much more beautiful than
the lily's clothes, as his spiritual in
telilgeDce and culture may surpass
that of the grass of the field.
And most of our ordinary ancient
and modern architecture suggests
monstrosities. The commercial spirit
is the deadly enemy of beauty, and our
cities. for the most part have the
appearance to an artist OF material
nightmares. We do not yet know how
10 build like the hills of God or the
! palaces of the clouds. 1t may be said
of any human architect who an
breaches perfection that himself from