The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-21
ENTHUSIASTIC AUDIENCE
HEARS REV. DR.. BARBOUR
Y. NJ. c. A. International Com
mitteeman Makes Splendid
Impression.

Choosing AS his subject, "The Battle
OF the Ages" Dr. Clarence 4. Barbour,
international committeeman OF the Y. NJ.
c. a., spoke TO an enthusiastic audience
at the Y. NJ. c, A lobby Sunday after
noon at 4:30 o'clock. lJr. Barbour who
is an intensely interesting speaker vivi-
fled his lecture with many examples from
the practical walks OF HE, discussing at
length the eyer-present conflict existing
between mans higher self and the things
of the world which tend 10 win away
from the higher spiritual life.
Referring to the Biblical quotation,
Whatsoever is born Of God overcometh
the world" the speaker Interpreted the
quotation In the light OF the prcscnt-day
knowledge. He said that he had met
men who claimed TO believe only that
which they thoroughly understood, and
in combating this argument the speaker
referred 10 electricity, stating that IL was
something that was known 20 no man;
was harneSscd up In certain ways and
made to propel cars; harnesscd up in Ger
tain other ways and made TO light cars,
and still further barncssed up In certain
other WAYS and made to heat cars. These
men. according to the speaker. did not
for IL moment disbclleVe In electricity. yet
none of them understood what IL was
they merely saw the manifestation OF The
strange power.
DR. Barbour then went on 10 state that
the true spiritual life which awakened In
men could not be understood and meas
existed in the world. nevertheless, and
many living examples were present IN
everyday life Taking from actual life
l.an example to Illustrate his meaning, DR..
Barbour told OF a gathering at a banquet
one evening he had attended. y DOCTOR
n lawyer. banker and a bishop were
asked To tell what was the most WON
dertul thing that ever happened to then
individually. After the others had spoken.
the bishop was called upon and told OF
| an Acquaintance OF his in his home town
II I'm. TNntrs st1hn nr.hn a
Tom
on the night of the bishops transfer
| from his home town to another place he
! met Poor Tom while that person was
about to commit suicide. The bishop tool;
! the man to the darkened church ano
| prayed with him, after, which he asked
the man 10 pray for help. Help. seemed
TO come to the man in some divine way
after which the bishop continued on his
journey, The bishop did not return tt
his home town until twenty-five years
nous. At the depot ne was met by a
judge. who introduced himself as tht
same "Poor Tom" with whom the bishoT
had prayed, This, according to the speak.
er, was an example of spiritual awaken
Ing which existed. but could not be meas
ured except by the manifestation OF th'
power in the everyday walks Of life,
taken from life by the speaker, all OF
which tended to strengthen the argumen
| tative tone OF the lecture and many o.
| which carried conviction to the audi
| tors.
The music for the occasion was fur
! nlshed BY the Scottish quartette. com
posed of William Cook, James a. Nelson
sang "Annle Laurie" and Might OF Rest.
| Miss Gall Mills favored her auditors Will
n soprano solo and c. j. Nettleton played
II violin solo.
Sunday morning Or. Barbour filled th'
the Emmanuel Baptist church