The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-06-27
FEWER At Church
IN HOT WEATHER
Evening Congregations Small
Ter, but Morning Audiences
Are Not Affected.
EXPECTS TO PUT IN FANS
PASTOR OF FIRST METHODIST
MAY INTRODUCE NOVELTY.

With the advent of hot weather
evening attendance at the various
churches Of salt Lake is beginning to
show a falling off. but as this is COM
mon each succeeding season the pas
tors Of the different houses Of worship
are not alarmed TO any great extent
They do not believe there Is a lack Of
religious sentiment on the part Of
their congregations. The pastors say
there is little. if any. decrease in the
Sunday morning attendance, but IT is
i'm the evening when the attendance
figures are reduced.
So far none OF the churches in salt
Lake have adopted the plan in vogue
in many eastern cities OF providing
fans for the worshipers, but il would
not be surprising If this device is
adopted I'm salt Lake next year.
Rev. Francis Burgett Short. pastor
Of the First Methodist church, said
last night that the morning attend
ance at his church was about normal,
but there was a decrease on sunday
evenings. This he attributed to the
sultry weather Next year. said the
Rev DIR. Short. II IS planned TO pro-
vide fans for the mem bers Of the con-
gregation. Electric fans may be IN
troduced and other features brought
about which will result in making the
First Methodist church comfortably
cool.
Rev. p. A. Simpl1in Of the Phillips
CONGREGATIONAL church said the use Of
fans in his church has not been round
necessary. because Of the GOODNESS OF
the edifice. The church is so situated
that it has perfect ventilation, and It
is rarely ever that the heat becomes
in the least oppressive. In the event
il Is found necessary to provide fans
for the members of the congregation,
he said. there will be no hesitancy
about furnishing them.
The same conditions apply in prac-
tically every church IN Salt Lake.
Morning worship is attended as usual.
but at night. with so many Of the re-
sorts open and the climatic conditions
main at home or go to some OF the
outdoor breathing places. At the
Westminster Presbyterian church dur
Z ing the summer months the services
run more to the musical and the SER
mons are briefer than ordinarily. 81
find" said the pastor. the Rev. Charles
| Curtis Mcintyre. that these shorter
/ services bring out the people where
they would not attend If the services
were as long as during the cooler
months"
In place Of the indoor worship many
salt Lake people have a habit Sun
day nights, and other nights during
the week for that matter. of attending
the outdoor services Of the Salvation
Army. This little band of workers
never fail to draw around II a crowd
at its nightly meetings at Second South
and state streets, and more than one
convert has been made BY means OF
| this nightly crusade.
l For a number Of weeks past the
/ Seventh Day Adventists have beer
holding nightly meetings I'm a little tent
in Postofiice place. and these meetings
are also well attended. Last night al
/ this meeting the subject Of the even
ing's talk was WAR or Peace
/ Which ?" and there was an unusually
/ large congregation present to listen C
l the impressive remarks.
In addition to these religious street
meetings there are a number Of talk.
! on Socialism given at various point.
about salt Lake each evening. Las
night audiences were initiated with the
mysteries Of the belief at Main and
Second South streets and at State and
/ Second South streets.
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