The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-16
LIBERAL VIEWS
ARE EXPOUADEO
Mills Tells About New Evan
geIiSm He Will Preach
in Salt Lake.
PUTS ASIDE OLD DOGMAS
SAYS MODERN MAN DEMANDS
NEW RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.

Benjamin Fay Mills, who will de-
liver two addresses in Salt Lake to-
! day. and who will give series of lee
lures during the week, arrived from
/ the west yesterday. He was Joined
last evening by his daughter Ethel
/ wyn. who arrived from Los Angeles,
and who will remain here a few days
Father and daughter will meet again
at a point further eastward after Mr.
Mills course in this city.
Mr. Mills came first to Salt Lake
| thirty-two years ago, when he spen-
few days here. Sixteen years ago
he came hither again under the au-
spices of ali the evangelical churches.
Immense crowds attended his meet
| ings, which were held in t:1t
brought from San Francisco and ca
| pable of accommodating 1900 people.
| This afternoon Mr.. Mills will address
the audience at the Tabernacle, and
tonight he will speak at the Salt Lake
theatre. The weekday meetings Will
be held in Barratt hall.
Il note with establishment the
growth of Salt Lake City," said Mr..
Mills. 1T was always my belief that
your ci.y would become one of the big
centers There is no reason why il
should not. 1t is situated III a region
of immense productivity, and, to my
mind, it must become the great city
between Denver and the Pacific
coast"
Leader of Liberal Thought.
Mr.. Mills has become one If the
| leaders in liberal thought of the
present time. He says. however. that
he has lost none of his old faith. but
has simply gained more. ct am the
ambassador of concilation," said Mr.
Mills y Il preach the doctrine that
must apply to the modern man. I be-
lieve that it is time for Mormon ana
Gentle alike in your community 20
end the strife which has beea--could
not have been other than-de trimental
to the progress of the community end
its residents. l preach the doctrine
that we are all people.
1T is not that 1 believe in the old
things less. but in the new things
more" said Mr. Mills. when asked for
an explanation of his change OF re-
ligious opinions. Il no longer believe
that true religion can be circum-
! scribed by creed or dogma. l do not
ask another to subscribe to my opin
ions and beliefs, but / do seek to es-
tablish q sympathy and fellowship If
our purpose is common one.
Mo Animosity Toward Churches.
Il have not sought to break down
the churches as they are, but 1 have
sought to present a larger conception
of religion than we have yet lived
believe that each of us is here las Gi-
vinely as any is here, and believing
that the redemption | preach is that
of love and truStfulneSs"
Mr.. Mills said that his two addresses
today the one at the Tabernacle OH
The Eve of a New Spiritual Fra"
and the evening Address to the
World at the Salt Lake theatre.
would outline his present attitude on
evening addresses at Barratt hall dur
ing the week, he said, was designed
to illustrate practical applications to
the problems of life.
Il hope" said Mr. Mills that the
issuing of reserved seats for the Sun
day evening lecture has created no
misrepresentation. 1t was arranged
that way to assure those most de-
sirous of attending of the opportL1i-
ty. All unoccupied seats are 10 be
thrown open at s o'clock, and the lee
ture viii be as free as any 'e,igiou5
service to all who come
Lover OF Nature
At his home in Los Angeles MI
Mills lives the part TO life of a lover
of nature. He has three outdoor stu
dies, one among the roses, one among
the oaks and the third among ne
hOneysuckles. He draws enormous
audiences TO his lectures in Los Au-
geles, and the people who attend are
of no particular creed or dogmatic be-
lief